NJ iGambling to Surpass $200 million in 2017
A recent report published by Chris Grove and Adam Krejcik of Eilers & Krejcik Gaming predicts that the New Jersey online gambling market will continue to grow this year. The positive forecast estimates that the industry will finish out 2017 past the $200 million revenue mark. That doesn’t mean that the experts are predicting a […]
Addiction Concerns Over Japan’s Casino Legalization
Prime Minster Shinzo Abe has seized on a new distribution of power in the country’s legislative branch to finally legalize casinos in Japan. He and his supporters now hope that the move will bring in much-needed tax revenues to fill the country’s coffers, and reinvigorate its economy. For those who have favored a loosening of […]
Implications of AI Victory over Poker Pros
You don’t often see poker covered in the mainstream news, but a recent story has found its way onto the pages of newspapers and media outlets across the globe. From January 11th to 31st, a poker robot called Libratus faced off against four top professional poker players over 120,000 hands of heads-up no-limit hold ‘em, […]
Is Mobile Gaming Killing the Console Market?
In the world of gaming, it wasn’t a console game that created a buzz in 2016–it was a mobile game. After all, there is no denying that Pokemon GO was the industry’s story of the year, with media outlets reporting on the phenomena in which people of all ages took to the real world seeking […]
Anti-iGambling Argument Makes Case for Regulation
While support for online gambling is continuing to grow, there is still a group of opponents that take every opportunity to speak out against the industry. Their line of reasoning is largely along the same lines, and when analyzed closely actually seems to argue more for regulated online gambling than gambling prohibition. Let’s take a […]
The Fragmented State of New Jersey’s iPoker Industry
PokerStars has certainly changed the online poker industry in New Jersey. Since the site began legally operating in the Garden State last year, PokerStars has managed to gain a sizable market share and to bring in millions of dollars in gross gaming revenue; but, has the addition of a third site to the market helped […]
Hawaii iGambling Legislation an Uphill Struggle
For years, those interested in the online gambling industry have placed bets on which state would become the fourth to regulate iGaming in the US. Pennsylvania, California and New York have all been front-runners, but now there is an unexpected late arrival on the scene, namely Hawaii, which became the last state to join the […]
