Daily fantasy sports betting and online poker have received unequal treatment from state legislatures despite the fact that the two games are similar. On a player level, the two rely on outside luck, as well as player skill to win, and cannot be thought of purely as games of...
December 21st, 2016 By Adam Brown
As attitudes towards gambling continues to shift, more countries are beginning to reexamine their current laws regarding the various forms of betting and gaming. Sports betting in particular is being seen in a new light, with many Western European countries now actively considering whether or not to legalize the...
December 20th, 2016 By Charles Washington
Online poker has been legal in New Jersey for three years, and while there was a lot of positive news out of the Garden State during late 2015 and the early part of 2016, the industry did not have a big year as far as online poker is concerned....
December 19th, 2016 By Shane Larson
Japan has finally paved the way for a fully-fledged casino gambling industry, after both the country’s lower and upper houses of parliament voted in favor of a casino legalization bill. The government will now have one year to set up a framework dealing with the legislative aspects of the...
December 16th, 2016 By Charles Washington
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has issued a new report detailing the state of the country’s gambling industry between April 2015 and March 2016. It’s the first report of this type to be released since the country changed its online gambling laws and mandated that all online gambling operators...
December 15th, 2016 By Stephen Smith
When PokerStars majorly revamped its VIP Program for 2016, the popular online poker site caused a major controversy amongst its legion of online grinders. Earlier this year, PokerStars then hinted at more changes to come in 2017, and naturally this sent the same segment of players into near panic...
December 14th, 2016 By Shane Larson
In the 17th century, it was considered shocking for a woman to place a wager, and high society ladies in France who were exposed as gamblers were disgraced and fined for daring to dabble with cards. Today, women are free to frequent casinos as often as men, but are...
December 13th, 2016 By Adam Brown
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