D.F.S. AND ONLINE POKER BILLS BACK ON THE TABLE IN WASHINGTON STATE (Update)
Representatives Sherry Appleton and Vincent Buys kick off the new legislative session. Wednesday saw the opening of the new legislative session in Washington State, and Representatives Sherry Appleton...
View ArticleSECOND BOYCOTT INITIATIVE AGAINST POKERSTARS A BACKFIRE? (Update)
Undeterred, players upset by loyalty program changes reportedly plan a third boycott. The independent online poker monitor Pokerscout reports that the second boycott of Pokerstars by players aggrieved...
View ArticleNEW BETSTARS SPORTS BETTING SITE LAUNCHES SPIN & BET
Amaya’s new venture is confident adaptation of popular poker promo will pack ’em in. Amaya’s new BetStars sports betting operation has announced the launch of what it claims is a The post NEW BETSTARS...
View ArticleGLOBAL POKER LEAGUE TEAMS AND MANAGERS ANNOUNCED (Update)
Entrepreneur Alex Dreyfus’ Mediarex Sports and Entertainment delivers as promised. Poker entrepreneur Alex Dreyfus’ much-publicised Global Poker League took a big step forward Wednesday with the...
View ArticleANOTHER CLASS ACTION FILED AGAINST DRAFTKINGS (Update)
Massachusetts man who lost $175 files a class action. Lawyers working for daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings are probably having a busy time dealing with various class actions launched against...
View ArticleONLINE GAMBLING CHAMPION IN PENNSYLVANIA TO RETIRE
Rep. John Payne announces he will stand down later this year. One of the foremost champions of legalised online gambling in Pennsylvania, Representative John Payne, has announced his intention to The...
View ArticleWILLIAM HILL MAINTAINS MOMENTUM IN 2015
Trading update reveals company FY performance will meet expectations. Online and land gambling group William Hill plc has issued a trading update covering the twelve month period to end December The...
View ArticleFRENCH GAMBLING GROUP TO INVEST EURO 100 MILLION ON MODERNISATION
Sales target is Euro 14 billion. French online and land gambling group Française des Jeux has big plans for the future that include investing Euro 100 million in its ambitious The post FRENCH GAMBLING...
View ArticleBETDIGITAL UPS HIRING TO HANDLE EXPANSION
5 new specialists hired by digital content developer. The UK-based digital content developer Betdigital has revealed that it has had to hire an additional five professional specialists to handle an The...
View ArticleI.O.M. HEAD OF GAMING SAYS ONLINE IS ‘BOOMING’
Mark Robson is optimistic about the year ahead. In an interview with the newspaper IOM Today this week, the head of the island government’s e-gaming division, Mark Robson said the The post I.O.M. HEAD...
View ArticleSINGAPORE E-SPORTS COMPANY SHUTS DOWN
Titan calls it a day due to financial difficulties. One of the leading companies in the Asian eSports market, Singapore-based Titan has warned that it is about to shut down The post SINGAPORE E-SPORTS...
View ArticleNETPLAYTV EXTENDS AIRTIME DEAL WITH I.T.V.
Agreement will now run through to 2019. Interactive gambling group NetPlayTV, which recently walked away from acquisition talks with Sportech on a possible The Football Pools deal (see previous...
View ArticleAN INTERESTING VIEW ON E-SPORTS POTENTIAL
Deloitte Global predicts that eSports will generate global revenues of $500 million in 2016. Respected business and professional services analysts Deloitte Global has issued an interesting perspective...
View ArticleWILL FANTASY SPORTS BE TABCORP’S SAVIOUR?
Falling online market share puts Aussie gambling group under pressure. Morgan Stanley analyst Mark Goodridge said this week that the Australian gambling group Tabcorp may turn to an expanded fantasy...
View ArticleBET365’S ROMANIAN TROUBLES CONTINUE (Update)
Online gambling group loses appeal against licence suspension but may fight on. The strange case of the Romanian regulator’s suspension of online gambling group Bet365’s licence continued to mystify...
View ArticleBLAST FROM THE PAST AS WSEX FOUNDER RETURNS TO THE U.S.A.
After fourteen years of self-imposed exile in Antigua, Ware returns to face the music. The names World Sports Exchange and Jay Cohen evoked thoughts of a blast from the past The post BLAST FROM THE...
View ArticleSKY BETTING A GOOD PLACE TO WORK
Leeds-based online gambling company judged among “Best Companies to Work For”. Staff at the Leeds, UK base of online gambling operator Sky Betting and Gaming received the encouraging news this The post...
View ArticlePOKER CENTRAL TO REPRISE SUPER HIGH ROLLER BOWL
Buy-in reduced for 2016 event. Poker television network Poker Central, in collaboration with Poker Pro Productions and the Aria Resort and Casino, has announced the launch of the second edition The...
View ArticleONLINE POKER PRO WINS ALMOST A MILLION AT P.C.A.
Nick “FU_15” Maimone bests a field of 225 to claim $996,480 main prize in High Roller event. Nick “FU_15” Maimone, a primarily online poker pro, more than doubled his career The post ONLINE POKER PRO...
View ArticlePOKER LOSES OUT IN NEBRASKA
Lawmakers vote for chance in argument that poker is a game of skill. State senators in Nebraska have rejected a proposal that poker is a game predominantly of skill and The post POKER LOSES OUT IN...
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