Increasing Poverty in Macau
The wealth gap is becoming more and more of an issue in the United States with political figures like Bernie Sanders speaking out about the stark differences in income and savings between the richest and poorest people in America. Although discussions are often focused on the West, the disparity between rich and poor is not […]
PartyPoker’s New Loyalty Scheme Working
As the online poker boom has dwindled, operators have been left scrambling to find ways to remain profitable and promote growth. For PokerStars, that has meant abandoning its popular VIP model and shifting its focus towards recreational type players. This strategy seems to be working for PokerStars, too, but it has also left many of […]
Revamped PokerStars Rewards Program Now Global
PokerStars has been undergoing major changes in recent years, with one of them involving the world’s largest online poker operator completely revamping its VIP program in the hope of attracting a new target market of recreational players. After analyzing the success of its initial program roll out in Denmark on May 25th, the company subsequently […]
Advocacy Group iDEA to Champion iGambling Push
An advocacy group has recently emerged in the hope of reversing the increasing trend of online gambling legislation never quite making it through the American statehouses. The group is called the iDevelopment and Economic Association, or iDEA for short, and they currently have twenty founding members linked to online gambling in the United States. The […]
Link Between Antidepressants and Gambling Addiction
Depression is a serious mental illness that can have a devastating impact on a sufferer’s physical well-being and overall quality of life. Therefore, it’s no wonder that so many people turn to antidepressants to help them manage the symptoms of chronic depression. In recent years, however, critics of these types of drugs have spoken out […]
A Look Inside Japan’s Pachinko Games Industry
In the United States, the slot machine reigns supreme as the gambling machine of choice, but in Japan, gamblers prefer to spend their coins on a different type of recreational arcade game called Pachinko. Derived from the Japanese word “pachi-pachi” meaning “the click of small objects”, the game has been played in Japan since the […]
CJEU Rules against Hungary iGaming Licensing Framework
Hungary legalized online gambling back in 1998, and over the past two decades has made several changes to its regulations governing online poker, casino games and sports books. The latest set of amendments to the law has proven controversial, though, as foreign operators have accused the country of showing favoritism to domestic companies. Now, a […]
