Nick Xenophon Introduces Gambling Amendment Bill In The Senate
On November 24th, South Australia Senator Nick Xenophon introduced his Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill (2015) into the Senate, a piece of legislation that is based upon the findings of Financial Counselling Australia (FCA), and its influential report entitled “Duds, Mugs and the A-list“. If it eventually passes, the bill will reform Australia’s online gambling sector, […]
What Lies Ahead For The Social Casino Market?
While the interest in some types of gambling games are showing a downward trajectory, the social casino games sector, whose key platforms are slots, bingo and poker games, continues to surge in popularity. Already the size of the social casino game niche has reached $3.4 billion, and currently accounts for about 4 percent of annual […]
RAWA Congressional Hearing on December 9th
In October, Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz (photo) of Utah abandoned his bid to become the Speaker of the House, but since then he has doubled down on his goal of cracking down on online gambling. After months of no news on Chaffetz’s Restoration of America’s Wire Act bill, the Congressman then announced that he was […]
PokerStars New Jersey Launch Expected In Q1 2016
In 2011, Black Friday resulted in the shutdown of multiple online poker sites in the United States, including PokerStars which has since been shut out of the country’s online gambling market. Now, the company is finally poised to make a comeback stateside after being granted a license to operate in New Jersey, the question naturally […]
DFS Operators Need To Diligently Adhere To Federal Laws
As daily fantasy sports (DFS) sites prepare to take on regulators in a number of US states currently working on legislating the industry, it seems that they also need to be concerned with the increasing level of scrutiny aimed at their businesses by the federal government. One area of concern relates to money laundering, with […]
Canadian New Democrats Intend to Revive Sports Betting Bill
Back in October, Canada had a major political shake-up with the country’s Conservative party losing their majority in the Canadian Parliament. Now that the Liberal Party is in firm control of the government, and the Democratic party has increased its share of seats, there is hope that a sports betting bill may finally pass in […]
Delaware iPoker Revenues Lowest Ever In October 2015
Things seem to be going from bad to worse, as far as Delaware’s online poker industry is concerned, prompting some to believe that the state’s two year old industry may soon grind to a dying halt altogether. Although Delaware’s iPoker industry has been dismal on account of its small population of just 900,000 people, it […]
