State Senator Raymond Lesniak, the Legislature’s prime supporter of online gambling, has now thrown his weight behind PokerStars inclusion in the New Jersey igaming market. Although the American Democratic Party politician clarified that the decision ultimately lay in the hands of regulators, Lesniak did state his opinion that: “I...
July 10th, 2014 By Lucy Brown
Amaya Gaming CEO Mr David Baazov, who was born in Israel and grew up in Canada, has been the head of the company since 2006 and over the past few years has steadily been building his technology and gambling software supplying business. Last month, however, the 33-year-old businessman surprised...
July 9th, 2014 By Stephen Smith
In 2011, Spain created a regulated igaming industry which ring-fenced its online poker players from other European countries and allowed Spanish residents to play on dot-es websites licensed by Spanish regulator Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ). A few years later and the country’s online poker market has...
July 8th, 2014 By Charles Washington
After years of clamping down on online poker and vowing to block international gambling companies from operating inside its territory, Russia now seems to be performing an about face and considering regulating online poker. The surprise news was announced after Russian business daily Kommersant reported that First Deputy Prime...
July 7th, 2014 By Shane Larson
In the coming weeks a new TV show called ‘Poker Night in America‘ (PNIA) will run for 26 weeks on the CBS Sports Network. Following Black Friday poker shows nearly died out completely as sponsors shunned the advertising dollars of unwanted offshore sites, notable exception being the World Poker...
July 3rd, 2014 By Lucy Brown
The Delaware Lottery has released its latest online gambling results for May, revealing a dramatic 27% drop in revenues to $175,601 compared to its record high of $240,496 in April. Worryingly, both online casino games and poker reported declines last month. Casino games down 47% In May, Delaware‘s online...
July 2nd, 2014 By Stephen Smith
In May, Nevada reported an 8.11% jump in gambling revenues to $970.3 million, compared to the same month last year. From that tally online poker generated $862,000 in revenues, an 8.8% improvement over April’s results. Helping to fuel the Silver State’s gambling industry in May was a welterweight world...
July 1st, 2014 By Charles Washington
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