Earlier this year, there was a lot of optimism circulating about the possibility of daily fantasy sports legislation passing in California before the end of 2016. Despite the rumors, however, a close look at the facts indicate that there is unlikely to be any successful push forward on the...
August 9th, 2016 By Adam Brown
In mid-July, cash game traffic at PokerStars was at a nearly nine year low, with the site’s ring games showing a 7-day average of just 11,500 players, a full 50 percent below levels of just 6 years ago. While cash game traffic has since risen to 13,500 players over...
August 8th, 2016 By Shane Larson
Many people view gambling as a vice and paint it as one of the ills of society, while others argue that the desire to take risks is innate, and that gambling is a natural extension of that urge. A new research study supports the latter opinion, revealing that humans...
August 5th, 2016 By Stephen Smith
In 2015, rumors started circulating that Pennsylvania would become the fourth US state to legalize online poker before the year’s end. When December 31st arrived without any legislation being passed, however, many people speculated that Pennsylvania’s Governor Tom Wolfe would subsequently sign an online gaming bill by the summer...
August 4th, 2016 By Charles Washington
Over the last few years, a number of member nations of the European Union have passed laws restricting online poker. These laws include banning residents from accessing legal sites that are licensed by other EU nations, prohibiting the pooling of players from multiple EU nations on a single site,...
August 2nd, 2016 By Adam Brown
The latest figures out of the UK indicate that the country’s gambling firms are betting big on television advertising. Despite voluntary industry restrictions that prevent gambling ads from airing before 9:00PM, the amount spent by gambling companies on TV commercials has increased by 46 percent since 2012, and those...
August 1st, 2016 By Shane Larson
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