Looking Ahead At Online And Mobile Gambling’s Future Potential
Land-based casinos and lotteries may dominate the gambling industry, but online real-money gambling is continuing to grow rapidly, as the use of smartphones and tablet computers becomes more prolific. Across the globe, however, the regulatory landscape of internet wagering is varied and whereas most European countries have some legislation in place, and last year accounted […]
Summer Launch Eyed For Delaware-Nevada Online Poker Compact
At the end of last month, the states of Nevada and Delaware signed a landmark agreement to combine their player pools in order to give their nascent igaming industries a much needed boost. At the time the Delaware Finance Secretary Thomas Cook said the system would likely take until the end of 2014 before being […]
PokerStars Eyes California’s Lucrative Online Poker Market
Having been turned away from the regulated online gambling markets of Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware, the world’s biggest online poker room, PokerStars, is currently working on gaining access to California‘s huge potential igaming market providing, of course, regulation is eventually passed in the state. Nevertheless, PokerStars will first have to contend with a “bad […]
Rep. Chaffetz’ Anti-online Gambling Bill By End Of March
According to M.J. Henshaw, a spokeswomen acting on behalf of U.S. Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), the Republican Congressman is planning on introducing an anti-online gambling bill to Congress on Wednesday, 26th March, designed to “restore longstanding United States policy that the Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling.” UIGEA re-interpreted in 2011 to allow […]
New Jersey Geolocation Tech Now Boasts 95% Success Rate
After three months, New Jersey‘s nascent online gaming industry has generated $27.2 million in revenues, which is shaping up to be a mere tenth of the original $1.1 billion in annual revenues projected by Governor Christie ahead of legislation. Nevertheless, the market has also suffered from a number of technical problems, not least geo-location issues, […]
Delaware iGaming Revenues Up, But Player Numbers Down In February
The Delaware Lottery has released its Igaming results for February, revealing a 13% increase in revenues to $166,454 compared to the $145,276 reported for January. Poker, on the other hand, saw a 16% fall in rake and fees to $73,971 from $88,390 in January. Igaming In Delaware In April, 2013, Nevada was the first US […]
Exodus Continues Of Unlicensed Internet Poker Sites From Regulated Markets
Since three US states regulated their online poker markets last year, these licensed online gambling sites have continued squeezing their unlicensed counterparts out of the country’s domestic market with all indications pointing to the fact they will eventually be put out of business altogether. In New Jersey and Delaware, for instance, the Merge Poker Network […]
