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Gibraltar Explosion Halts Online Betting Operations
An explosion at a power station in Gibraltar temporarily wiped out a large portion of international online betting services earlier this week, including leading UK brands William Hill, Ladbrokes and Betfred, as the British outpost's telecoms systems were interrupted by fire, effectively...
MGM Seeks Delay of License Award to Save $200 Million
MGM Resorts International has formally asked the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to delay the final approval of its casino license. Unexpected behavior, perhaps, from a casino giant eager to start work on its $800 million casino project in Springfield's South End; however, MGM...
Pennsylvania Table Game Revenues Break Records
While Pennsylvania "ums" and "ahs" about regulated online gambling, there certainly seems to be an appetite for brick-and-mortar table gaming, as the Gaming Control Board has reported record turnover in table games since their introduction in July 2010. In March, table-game revenue...
French Online Poker Market Continues to Decline
France's online poker market is still moving in a distinctly downward trajectory, according to its online gaming regulator ARJEL, continuing a negative trend that began in 2011, just after the country opted to regulate and ring-fence the market. In the first quarter...
Dutch Authorities Shut Down Blue Gem Gaming
Questionable goings on in the Low Countries this week, as the Blue Gem Gaming website flat-lined while its third-party gaming software disappeared from its clients' casinos, all of which points to a crackdown by the Dutch authorities. Blue Gem took over some...
Delaware Posts Strongest Online Gambling Revenues Yet
The raw numbers for Delaware's online gambling industry will never look impressive when compared to New Jersey's. Delaware is a far smaller state, after all, and can't benefit from the same kind of gambling heritage that Atlantic City boasts. But that doesn't...
Caesars Launches Neteller Services for Online Gambling Sites
One of the biggest limiting factors for regulated Internet gambling in the United States has been payment processing. While the sites licensed in Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware are entirely legal for any financial institution to deal with, many banks have still...
Scientists Find Area of the Brain Linked to Gambler’s Fallacy
One of the great things about being human is having a brain that's magnificent at finding patterns. This helps us hundreds of times every day, but it can also be a curse: we're also very good at finding patterns that don't exist...
Illinois Rep Bob Rita OffersTwo Plans for Chicago Casino Expansion
It's not hard to imagine just how lucrative a massive casino placed in Chicago could become. It's been a dream of many for years now, though never one that has come anywhere near fruition. Now, one lawmaker has put two proposals for...
Authorities Find Resolution in Borgata Cheating Fiasco
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has reached a resolution regarding the Borgata Winter Poker Open counterfeit chips fiasco at last. The tournament was suspended on January 18th, and subsequently cancelled, following the revelation that the fake poker chips had...
