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RAWA Rhetoric Sweeps House Subcommittee Meeting in Federal Online Gambling Debate
The Congressional hearing for the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) was finally unleashed on Capitol Hill yesterday, chaired by Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who introduced the bill early this year. The hearing had been largely criticized in the run-up, because the...
Kentucky Wildcats Still Big Favorite Heading Into Sweet Sixteen
March Madness started with some major upsets and a few exciting buzzer beaters, but most of the favorites are still in the field heading into the second weekend of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. That means that heading into the Sweet Sixteen, it’s...
GVC Shows Strong Profits In Online Gambling Operations
GVC Holdings saw their new gaming revenues increase by more than 30 percent in 2014, resulting in a profit of €40.6 million ($44.4 million) for the year. The company, which acquired Sportingbet two years ago, comes on the back of a strong...
Amaya Receives UK License
Amaya Gaming has passed its most rigid regulatory test since the acquisition of PokerStars and Full Tilt, following the granting of UK licenses for both poker sites, as well as its B2B online casino business. Amaya had previously been operating in the UK under...
PPA Plans Briefings To Demonstrate Safety Of Online Poker For Legislators
The Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) may be getting a hearing in the House of Representatives this week, but that’s not the only opportunities that legislators will have to learn about online poker this week. While the RAWA hearing commences with...
Ladbrokes Holds Corgi Race To Predict Royal Baby Name
Prince William and Princess Kate will surely take a lot into consideration when their second child, due in April, is born and it is time to choose a name for the new boy or girl in the royal family. One thing they...
Optimal Payments Ready To Purchase Skrill
Optimal Payments has reached an agreement to purchase fellow payment provider Skrill Group for approximately €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion). This move could help Optimal become a much bigger player in the world of digital payment processing, an area that Skrill (formerly Moneybookers)...
Judge Denies Ivey’s Motion To Dismiss Borgata Lawsuit
Phil Ivey may still ultimately come out on top against the Borgata in the lawsuit over the $9.6 million he won at baccarat using an edge sorting technique. But at least for now, a judge has said that the case has enough...
Assemblyman Pushes For Nevada Lottery
Assemblyman Harvey Munford wants to bring the lottery to Nevada. Yes, that’s right: the gambling capital of the world does not have a lottery, and that’s in large part to the gambling industry of the gambling capital of the world, which doesn’t...
Carl Icahn Compares Taj Mahal Union Leaders To Mobsters
Carl Icahn has put a lot of money into the Trump Taj Mahal in an effort to save the Atlantic City casino, but there’s been one group that he hasn’t been on the best of terms with, to put it lightly: Unite-HERE...
