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Internet Gaming Revenues Up In New Jersey
Online gambling in New Jersey got off to a slow start, leading some to wonder if state-by-state regulation of Internet gaming would ever bring in the type of revenues lawmakers had been hoping for. On the other hand, maybe we only needed...
Nevada Skill Gaming Bill Hailed As “Monumental Moment” For Gambling Industry
A new bill that could revolutionize the Nevada gambling industry by adding skill-gaming elements to slot machines has sailed through the State Assembly and now just needs a signature from Governor Sandoval to be passed into law. Senate Bill 9, which was...
GVC Launches Bid for Bwin.party
GVC Holdings, the company that owns Sportingbet, announced today that it had made a bid to acquire its larger rival, bwin.party, for an undisclosed sum. Should the sale go ahead, GVC said it would be a reverse takeover, as bwin.party’s market value,...
Feds Slam Paul Phua with Conspiracy Charge in Effort to Convict
Paul Phua, the Malaysian high-stakes poker player and businessman accused of masterminding a million-dollar World Cup betting operation in Las Vegas last summer, is due to stand trial on June 1. The prosecution’s case appeared to have been eviscerated when a federal...
Brockton Voters Narrowly Approve Casino Plan
Casinos only need a small edge over their players in order to score a win in the long run. Backers of a proposed resort in Brockton, Massachusetts are hoping that the same can be said for casino referendums. Voters in Brockton narrowly...
IGT Revenues Down In Q1, While GTECH Sees Growth
International Game Technology is in the process of fully integrating the two companies that merged together to form it: IGT and GTECH. That means it’s impossible to truly evaluate how well the merger is going as of yet, but the first numbers...
666Bet and Metro Play Begin Customer Payback
666Bet and Metro Play have begun to repay their customers. A “significant number” of former players at the troubled online casinos have had their balances refunded via a Skrill account, according to a statement from Metro Play Ltd, which operates both sites....
Amaya Receives Danish License for FullTilt.dk
FullTilt.dk will launch in Denmark, having been granted a license to offer poker and casino games from the Danish Gambling Authority (DGA). PokerStars has been operating licensed gaming in the country since the beginning of 2012, well before Amaya Inc acquired the...
Chinese Lottery Supplier Booms Even While Macau Slumps
Chinese gamblers may not be spending as much time or money in Macau as they were this time last year, but that doesn’t mean that they’ve deciding gambling just isn’t for them. While casinos in Macau report record slumps in their revenues,...
Caesars Entertainment Money Laundering Allegations Could Cost Operator Millions in Fines
Caesars Entertainment Corp. could be subjected to millions of dollars in fines as the company tries to settle money laundering allegations it faces from the federal government. The gaming operator is currently in talks with US authorities over how to settle the...
