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German Online Gambling Plans in Disarray Following Hesse Court Ruling
Germany’s online gambling reforms lie in ruins this week. An administrative court in the state of Hesse has upheld a previous ruling that 20 online sports betting licenses issued as part of its 2012 gambling bill are illegitimate. That decision is likely...
DraftKings Employee Cleared in Daily Fantasy Sports Cheating Scandal
DraftKings employee Ethan Haskell did not use insider data to gain an advantage while competing in FanDuel's $5 million NFL Sunday contest according to an independent investigation. International law firm (GT) was hired by DraftKings to determine whether Haskell used data he...
Bwin.party Fined by DGE Over Party Poker Founders Share Divestiture Violation
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) announced this week it has issued a financial penalty to bwin.party, along with three land-based casinos, for a violation of its rules. Bwin.party was issued a $10,000 fine for “violating the terms of a...
Bet356 to Challenge Romanian Licensing Revocation Fiasco
Bet365 is likely to challenge the revocation of its license by the Romanian regulator and an accompanying ruling that added it to a blacklist of illegal online gambling sites in the country. At the same time, bwin.party was also added to the...
Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling Hits Back at Pennsylvania Lawmaker John Payne
As a Pennsylvania House committee meets tomorrow to vote on the issue of online gaming, Sheldon Adelson’s Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG) has launched a scathing attack on the legislative push to regulate in the keystone state. Pennsylvania’s efforts to legalize...
Pennsylvania Committee to Vote on Online Poker Wednesday
Pennsylvania’s proposed legalization of online poker has seen a revival of its fortunes in the midst of a three and a half-month-long budget impasse. As the state seeks new methods of plugging a $2 billion deficit without raising taxes, the push for...
StarsDraft Scaled Back to Four States as Daily Fantasy Sports Questions Mount
StarsDraft is scaling back its operations in the United States from 45 states to just four. In a press release issued this week, parent company Amaya announced that due to recent developments surrounding daily fantasy sports (DFS) including probes by the Department...
Delaware Follows Nevada’s Lead, Announces Investigation Into Daily Fantasy Sports
Delaware is officially reviewing the legitimacy of daily fantasy sports (DFS), Secretary of Finance Tom Cook confirming late last week that his office is investigating whether such practices are legal in the state. Just days after Nevada issued cease and desist orders...
Olivier Busquet to Fight JC Alvarado for $270,000
The seemingly inexplicable link between poker and fighting was strengthened once again this weekend after Olivier Busquet agreed to a six-figure mixed martial arts (MMA) contest. The high stakes pro made his name crushing online heads-up tournaments, but he recently put out...
Steve Wynn Loses it Over Wynn Palace Macau Table Game Allocations
The Wynn Palace Macau represents a huge black spot in Wynn Resorts revenue stream and Steve Wynn is hopping mad about it. The source of the mogul’s ire is the Macau government’s refusal to reveal how many table games it will allocate...
