New Jersey Online Gambling Revenues Down Again In May
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has released its online gambling figures for May, revealing an 8.39% decline in revenues to $10.47 million, compared to the $11.43 million taken in April. From that total, casino games were down by 7% to $8.2 million, while online poker had also fallen by 12% to $2.6 […]
WSOP Nevada Now Leading Regulated US Online Poker Market
Up until now Party NJ and its two sites nj.partypoker.com and borgatapoker.com had been the leading poker network in the US. Now, however, that situation has changed after WSOP.com increased its traffic by a massive 50% over the past three weeks. Commenting on the remarkable turnabout, traffic watchdog site PokerScout, said: “So far this month, […]
Rumours Abound Over Possible PokerStars Sale
Over the past few months there has been a lot of speculation that PokerStars could allow itself to merge or be purchased in order to re-enter the US online poker market. William Hill, Steve Wynn, bwin.party and Amaya Gaming have all been cited as potential buyers of the site, and while these rumors may seem […]
Is Caesars Behind New Federal Anti-Online Gambling Bill?
While Nevada Senator Dean Heller circulates a new poker-only online gambling bill on Capitol Hill, entitled “Internet Gambling Prohibition and Control Act of 2014,” a dispute has broken out as to whether Caesars Entertainment played a major role in drafting the potential piece of legislation. The controversy also comes a short time after Las Vegas […]
Disunity Fractures US Online Gambling Industry
More than half year after Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson announced his crusade against online gambling, the 80 year-old billionaire appears to have succeeded in bringing potential legalization to a grinding halt in the USA, with regulation having not advanced either on a federal or state level. In addition to Adelson’s orchestrated attempts to […]
WSOP.com Currently Enjoying A Poker Boom In Nevada
Ahead of the 45th annual World Series Of Poker in Las Vegas, the organization announced a wide ranging cross-promotional campaign to integrate its legal online poker offering, WSOP.com, with tournament poker’s annual showcase extravaganza. One week into the 65 bracelet Series and already the arrangement has had a marked effect on cash-game volume, which has […]
California Tribes Poker Only Agreement Bad News For PokerStars
Following years of disagreement, on Tuesday California moved a step closer to legalized online poker after 13 of the state’s most important gambling tribes signed a unified online poker bill and sent it onto the California legislature. Up until now, California’s tribal gaming interests had been unable to agree a common approach to online poker […]
