PokerStars may have been refused entry into the regulated states of Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware, but the world’s largest online poker room has now set its sites firmly on the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the US online poker market of California. However, the company still has to...
March 31st, 2014 By Stephen Smith
According to a revised forecast by Morgan Stanley, the US internet gambling market is now expected to be worth $3.5 billion by 2017, a 30% reduction compared to the groups previous prediction of $5 billion. Apparently, the Wall Street firm made allowances for worse-than-expected technical issues when revising its...
March 28th, 2014 By Charles Washington
On Wednesday, the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) was introduced to the Senate by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and to The House of Representatives by Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah). If passed the identical bills will reinstate an earlier interpretation of the Wire Act to prohibit all...
March 27th, 2014 By Shane Larson
Across the USA thousands of Internet cafes have sprung up providing not only access to the Web but also offering customers online gambling games such as black jack, roulette and slot machines. Advertised as ‘sweepstakes’ cafes, these illegal gambling operations have been pulling in more than $10 billion in...
March 26th, 2014 By Lucy Brown
Land-based casinos and lotteries may dominate the gambling industry, but online real-money gambling is continuing to grow rapidly, as the use of smartphones and tablet computers becomes more prolific. Across the globe, however, the regulatory landscape of internet wagering is varied and whereas most European countries have some legislation...
March 25th, 2014 By Stephen Smith
At the end of last month, the states of Nevada and Delaware signed a landmark agreement to combine their player pools in order to give their nascent igaming industries a much needed boost. At the time the Delaware Finance Secretary Thomas Cook said the system would likely take until...
March 24th, 2014 By Charles Washington
Having been turned away from the regulated online gambling markets of Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware, the world’s biggest online poker room, PokerStars, is currently working on gaining access to California‘s huge potential igaming market providing, of course, regulation is eventually passed in the state. Nevertheless, PokerStars will first...
March 21st, 2014 By Shane Larson
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