Israel Casino Expansion Starting To Look Less Likely
While countries as diverse as Brazil and Pakistan are seriously considering loosening their gambling laws, Israel continues to maintain the status quo, greatly restricting the right to gamble within its borders. Under the current law, there are only two forms of gambling that are legally available in the country of 8 million people, namely the […]
PokerStars Promoting Behavioral Changes Amongst Its Players
When PokerStars announced its VIP Program changes last year, its parent company Amaya was subject to widespread outrage. The negative response even included an organized boycott of PokerStars during the first few days of December by its regular grinders. As part of their grievance, these online poker professionals lamented that they would subsequently have to […]
Full Tilt and PokerStars To Merge on April 1st
Canadian online gambling operator Amaya Inc has carried out many innovations since acquiring PokerStars and Full Tilt, but one of the more dramatic developments to date was announced recently after it was confirmed that on April 1, 2016, the two online gambling websites would merge their operations.. Full Tilt Background Many industry insiders speculated that […]
DraftKings To Bail Out Stranded FantasyHub Cutomers
Daily fantasy sports betting has gotten a serious black eye over the last year. First, the story broke that employees at top sites were engaging in what was essentially insider trading by using their knowledge of how the algorithms of sites worked to make money at competitor sites. Next, a number of states came out […]
PokerStars to Soft Launch in New Jersey on March 16th
PokerStars was shut out of the US market in 2011, after its previous owners, the Scheinberg family, consistently flaunted the country’s UIGEA. The acquisition of PokerStars by the Amaya Gaming Group in August 2014, however, paved the way for the site to shed its ‘bad actor’ label and obtain a New Jersey iGaming license at […]
Whole Californian Market Would Benefit From iPoker Regulation
Just prior to Black-Friday, the Californian iPoker market accounted for 16% of the country’s online poker revenues, as well as 4% of overall global revenues. Since the plug was pulled on the industry, however, legislation that would allow online poker to return to California has been endlessly debated, but thus far failed to gain any […]
Details of North Jersey Casino Referendum Emerge
New Jersey has long been caught up in a battle over whether to break Atlantic City’s gambling monopoly, and allow casinos to operate in the northern part of the state. Atlantic City’s eight land-based casinos have lobbied hard to maintain their control over the industry, stating that increased competition could drive them out of business. […]
