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Dutch Online Gambling Reforms Get Sudden Tax Migraine
Holland’s gambling reforms, which aim to modernize the Dutch online and land-based gaming markets, have been slow-moving, to say the least. Drawn up in 2013 to overhaul the country’s 50-year-old existing laws, they were initially expected to be rubber-stamped in late 2014,...
Mark Cuban Invests in Daily Fantasy Sports Data Company
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban is the outspoken owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and renowned for appearing on ABC's "Shark Tank." The tycoon made his fortune by being ahead of the tech curve, and now Cuban's focusing his attention on another burgeoning...
Steve Wynn Reportedly Interested in Building North New Jersey Casino
Steve Wynn folded on his Golden Nugget Atlantic City property in 1987 and vowed to never return to the "corrupt and stupid" East Coast gambling mecca. But now one state legislator says the casino billionaire is interested in coming back to New...
New Lithuanian Gambling Regime Promises “Severe” Crackdown on Unlicensed Market
Lithuania is getting tough on unlicensed online gambling operators. New powers engendered by the country’s recent gambling reforms allow the ministry of finance to take stringent measures against offshore companies offering illegal gambling to Lithuanian citizens. The gambling regulator (GCA) has warned...
Guardian Newspaper Criticizes Responsible Gambling Trust “Conflict of Interest”
Neil Goulden, head of the Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) in the UK, has been called out by Britain's Guardian newspaper for an apparent conflict of interests. As chair of the RGT, Goulden presides over the country's leading charity devoted to minimizing problem...
California Committee Approves Key Daily Fantasy Sports Legislation
The California Assembly Committee on Governmental Organization (GO) is taking the lead in moving the state towards welcoming a regulated and structured market for daily fantasy sports (DFS). The Internet Fantasy Sports Games Protection Act (AB 1437), authored by Assemblyman and GO...
Canadian Sports Betting Bill Strikes Back
Canada’s single-event sports betting bill is back from the dead. New Democratic Party MP for Windsor West Brian Masse has announced he will reintroduce the bill, shelved in 2013, to the Canadian Parliament imminently. The original legislation, known as C-290, was presented...
Stockton University Atlantic City Campus Inches Closer to Opening in New Jersey
Stockton University in New Jersey is home to nearly 9,000 students and currently resides about 15 miles northwest of Atlantic City's famed Boardwalk. A higher education public institution, Stockton successfully petitioned to become a university and change its name from the Stockton...
Second PokerStars Boycott Struggles to Make Impact After First Effort Fizzled
A second PokerStars boycott by high-stakes and high-variance players is apparently failing to make a discernible dent, at least on the site’s traffic figures. Around 1,600 players signed up for the protest, according to organizers. Per industry number-cruncher PokerScout.com, while traffic dipped...
Bwin.party Back to Winning Ways as Takeover Date Approaches
Bwin.party has announced a five percent year-on-year net revenue increase for Q4 2015, the first time the company has reported year-on-year quarterly growth for well over two years. This was achieved despite the introduction of the UK point of consumption tax in...
