In 2016, Japan finally legalized casino gambling, opening the door to a potential goldmine for operators, with experts estimating that gambling could be a $25 billion industry for Japan, whilst creating thousands of jobs that would further stimulate the economy. Despite the financial benefits of legal casino gambling, though,...
July 30th, 2017 By Shane Larson
Pennsylvania’s online gambling proponents received a disappointing blow in mid-July when the state legislature recessed without passing an online gambling legalization bill. At the start of the month, lawmakers and online gambling advocates had been hopeful that July 2017 would be the month when the long-debated matter of iGaming...
July 29th, 2017 By Charles Washington
Michigan is aiming to become the next state where residents can legally gamble online, but there are still many hurdles to clear and negotiations to take place before regulated iGaming can become a reality. Consequently, the state recently revised its Internet gaming bill, Senate Bill 203, in the hope...
July 28th, 2017 By Adam Brown
The wealth gap is becoming more and more of an issue in the United States with political figures like Bernie Sanders speaking out about the stark differences in income and savings between the richest and poorest people in America. Although discussions are often focused on the West, the disparity...
July 27th, 2017 By Stephen Smith
As the online poker boom has dwindled, operators have been left scrambling to find ways to remain profitable and promote growth. For PokerStars, that has meant abandoning its popular VIP model and shifting its focus towards recreational type players. This strategy seems to be working for PokerStars, too, but...
July 25th, 2017 By Shane Larson
PokerStars has been undergoing major changes in recent years, with one of them involving the world’s largest online poker operator completely revamping its VIP program in the hope of attracting a new target market of recreational players. After analyzing the success of its initial program roll out in Denmark...
July 24th, 2017 By Charles Washington
An advocacy group has recently emerged in the hope of reversing the increasing trend of online gambling legislation never quite making it through the American statehouses. The group is called the iDevelopment and Economic Association, or iDEA for short, and they currently have twenty founding members linked to online...
July 21st, 2017 By Lucy Brown
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