For the first quarter of 2018, Portugal’s regulated internet gambling industry generated €33 million ($40.4m) in revenue, with that figure representing a 7.8% increase compared to the same period in 2017. Helping to give the country’s market a boost was its online casinos, which were up by 18% year-on-year,...
May 29th, 2018 By Shane Larson
Last weekend, Italy’s gambling industry breathed a collective sigh of relief after the country’s president Sergio Mattarella failed to green-light Prime Minister-designate Giuseppe Conte’ plan to form a coalition government consisting of the anti-Euro Five Star Movement (MS5) and the far-right League party. That because a few days earlier,...
May 29th, 2018 By Charles Washington
Online poker giant PokerStars has inked a deal with International Entertainment Corp (IEC), with the partnership revealed in a document filed at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The hotel company will now be managing PokerStars-branded offline card rooms and live events across selected Asian markets, and commenting upon the...
May 26th, 2018 By Stephen Smith
Following this month’s news that the maximum stakes of Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) in the United Kingdom will be cut from £100 to just £2, a number of interested parties have been expressing their relief that a new chapter may soon open on the country’s gambling industry. The...
May 25th, 2018 By Lucy Brown
In 2008, Maryland approved the placing of slot machines at its land-based casinos, with table games added to the gambling mix four years later. Over the ensuing decade, Maryland’s casino markets has gone from strength to strength, and this year is no exception with the state’s six casinos having...
May 24th, 2018 By Shane Larson
In April, Pennsylvania saw the size of its casino market fall by 1.5% to $280.9 million compared to the same month in 2017, with a slight increase in the state’s slot machine offering counteracted by a brutal month for its table games. The lackluster numbers follows a record breaking...
May 22nd, 2018 By Stephen Smith
The government of the United Kingdom has just decided to cut the maximum stake for fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) from their current level of £100 down to just £2. The change was announced Thursday, May 17 by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, but must still...
May 21st, 2018 By Adam Brown
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