Archive for May, 2016

France’s Liquidity Sharing iPoker Bill Has Obvious Drawbacks

For some time, French regulator ARJEL has been pushing for reforms to the country’s Digital Bill in order to improve and better regulate online gaming for its citizens. Now, ARJEL has finally succeeded in moving the French government one step closer to that goal after three new amendments were...

Nevada Is The USA’s Most Gambling Addicted State

Gambling can be a fun past time, but for some people it develops into a habit that is difficult to stop. In fact, addiction is a very real mental health problem for at least 2% of gamblers, and scientists say that people become addicted to gambling in much the...

How Secure Are Online Gambling Sites?

When you buy a lottery ticket and try your luck at winning a jackpot through a game that’s offered by your state, you assume everything will be fair. After all, its a regulated environment and the government is overseeing the draw, right? Maybe not. In 2016, Eddie Tipton, the...

Australia Bans In-Play Sports Betting

Online gambling and poker are illegal in Australia and may not be legalized by any of the country’s six states. However, the acceptance of online betting on sporting events, greyhound racing and horse racing is allowable under Australian law, provided that states do not choose to ban it. What’s...

NJ and Delaware iGaming Post Record Revenues in April

The USA’s online gambling industry seems to be on somewhat of a roll of late, and each month seems to be outdoing the record revenues set only the previous month. April was no exception, too, with New Jersey extending its record-breaking streak to six consecutive months, and Delaware to...

iPoker Bill Passes Californian Committee Vote

In late April, California took another step towards introducing online gambling legalization after several hearings on the subject were held. The Assembly Governmental Oversight Committee then voted on whether AB 2863 should be moved on for further consideration by the State Assembly, and the committee subsequently returned a unanimously...

Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma Gets Green Light For Real-money iPoker Venture

Europe and other parts of the world have taken to online gambling at a faster pace than the U.S. In Europe, for instance, it is legal to visit online poker and casino sites in order to wager for money, while in the U.S. it is currently only legal to...