US Online Gambling Expansion In 2015 So Far
From the beginning of this year, multiple states were seen as great candidates to pursue internet gambling expansion, especially Pennsylvania and California. In fact, these two states were widely considered the frontrunners in the race to become the country’s next legalized iGaming states, although other states such as Washington, Massachusetts and New York were also […]
Playboy Poker Shuts Shop Two Years After Relaunch
In 2009, Playboy was losing money until Scott Flanders was appointed the company’s new chief executive officer and managed to turn around the business by creating a more elevated lifestyle model for the Playboy brand, whilst also making Playboy “primarily a licensing business”. The same year Flanders joined the company, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement […]
World Poker Fund Holdings Hires Gambling Law Expert Martin Owens
The World Poker Fund Holdings (WPFH) was formed earlier this year with the assistance of chief backer US rapper Soulja Boy (photo), and has the stated mission of helping develop the poker industry by making the game more entertaining and accessible to the general public. This week, the company subsequently hired online gaming law expert, […]
Regulated Pennsylvania iGaming To Outshine New Jersey Market
In 1988, just Nevada and New Jersey offered casino gambling in the US, but today that number has risen to 43, or 86% of all the states in the country. Pennsylvania is one of them, and in 2007 the state opened seven casinos which brought in $1.4 billion during their fiscal year of operations, and […]
Mohegan Sun Online Casino Launched In New Jersey
While New Jersey’s online poker market continues to disappoint, the state’s online casinos are doing rather nicely and on Monday their numbers grew further after MoheganSunCasino.com launched under the iGaming license of Resorts Casino Hotel. The new online casino has currently moved into a soft-launch phase while a number of services are tested, including geo-location, […]
South Africa To Establish Illegal Online Gambling Taskforce
According to South Africa’s National Gambling Act of 2008 only those operators granted an online gambling license by the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) are permitted to offer their products in the country. That’s all fair and good, but the DTI´s Chief Director of Policy and Legislation, MacDonald Netshitenzhe (photo), firmly believes gambling is […]
888 To Monopolize US Regulated Online Poker Traffic
Following months of negotiations, 888 Holdings announced it has acquired bwin.party for the price of £898 million ($1.4bn), a price lower than the £908 million offered by GVC/Amaya but with the benefit of having fewer associated risks and regulatory constraints associated with it. As a result, 888 Holdings has now not only managed to strengthen […]
