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French online poker

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...

Casino.org Staff Writer April 21, 2014
Blue Gem Gaming Sheriff Gaming

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...

Casino.org Staff Writer April 21, 2014
Delaware gaming revenue

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...

Casino.org Staff Writer April 20, 2014
Optimal Payments Neteller Caesars Interactive Entertainment

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...

Casino.org Staff Writer April 19, 2014
insula gambler's fallacy

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...

Casino.org Staff Writer April 19, 2014
Rep. Bob Rita Illinois gambling Chicago

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...

Casino.org Staff Writer April 18, 2014
Borgata Winter Open 2014

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...

Casino.org Staff Writer April 17, 2014
New Jersey online gambling Borgata Atlantic City

Steady Growth Continues for New Jersey Online Gambling

Atlantic City casinos aren't exactly breaking the bank yet when it comes to regulated online gambling in New Jersey. But every month has been an improvement over the one before it, and March once again saw steady and solid growth for the...

Casino.org Staff Writer April 16, 2014
FinCEN Jennifer Shasky Calvery money laundering

Casinos Weigh Compliance vs. Customer Service in FinCEN Crackdown

US casinos are balking at the news that they could soon be required to divulge the sources of their high-rollers' gambling bankrolls. The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is expected to announce that American casinos will soon be brought in...

Casino.org Staff Writer April 14, 2014
match-fixing soccer

Sportsradar Urges Sports Federations to Combat Match-Fixing

In response to match-fixing scandals that have rocked the world of sport recently - notably soccer and cricket - sports data provider Sportradar has published a detailed and comprehensive paper which looks at in-depth causes of - and solutions to - the...

Casino.org Staff Writer April 13, 2014