3799 stories by Philip Conneller
PokerStars Blocks Play Money Games in Washington State, Federal Judgment Unnerves Social Gaming Industry
PokerStars has blocked free-to-play games in Washington State. According to the State Gambling Commission, the online poker giant is one of several providers of "freemium" social casino-style games that opted to withdraw services to state residents last week, following a federal court...
Global Integrity Firm Sportsradar’s Head of Esports Fired for Betting on Matches
Sportsradar Head of Esports, James Watson, was fired this week following a Twitter storm over his use of multiple accounts to bet “aggressively” on esports matches. Sportsradar is a sports data monitoring and intelligence company, supplying some of the world’s biggest sports...
Ocean Resorts to Bring Hyatt Hotel Brand to Atlantic City
Ocean Resort Casino, formerly Revel, is joining the Hyatt brand. The resort is gearing up to open this summer, almost four years after Revel closed its doors in financial crisis. And when it does, its 1,399 hotel rooms will be operated by...
PokerStars Ad Banned for Painting Recklessly Skewed Picture of Bluffing in Poker
The UK’s advertising watchdog has banned a TV ad spot for online poker giant PokerStars for implying that reckless bluffing can be a financially rewarding strategy for amateur players. The Advertising Authority said it felt the spot oversimplified the game in a...
Florida Legislature Special Session a ‘Genuflection to the Gambling Industry,’ Says Anti-Casino Group
Influential Florida anti-gambling group NoCasinos has claimed the state legislature’s call for a special session to address gambling issues is “a fictional crisis manufactured by gambling lobbyists.” Over the last two years, the legislature has failed to pass sweeping gambling reform packages...
DraftKings Actively Seeking Sports Betting Partner in New Jersey
Daily fantasy sports giant DraftKings is itching to make the move into sports betting. This week, the company told the Associated Press it had already contacted casinos in New Jersey with an eye on partnering up after a favorable Supreme Court Ruling....
Massachusetts’ MGM Springfield Begins Hiring Blitz, Connecticut Talent Welcome
The MGM Springfield is hiring. The $960 million casino resort is scheduled to open in September, and while construction workers rush to apply the finishing touches, MGM officials on Monday launched one of the biggest hiring sprees in the history of Springfield,...
Macau’s Casinos Boast 22 Percent Gains in March, Analysts Bullish
Macau’s casino revenues increased by 22 percent in March to $3.21 billion, the biggest upturn in eight months. It’s the 20th consecutive rise for the for the world’s biggest gambling hub, which was thrown into the grips of an economic downturn from...
New Sports Betting Bills Suggest Leagues are Compromising on Integrity Fee
New sports betting bills that have surfaced over the past few weeks in New York, Kansas and now Connecticut suggest that the NBA and MLB are prepared to compromise in their demands for a cut of a future market The leagues have...
Big Fish Casino Constitutes Illegal Online Gambling, Rules Federal Judge
In what could prove to be a landmark decision with troubling connotations for the social games industry, a federal judge in Washington state has ruled that social casino app Big Fish Casino constitutes illegal online gambling. Judge Milan D. Smith of the...
