Archive for May, 2016

Casinos Missing Out On iGaming Convergence Opportunities

Online gaming is becoming more and more popular as people increasingly use their smartphones, tablets and computers to access gambling websites and social media games when they’re on the go. In the U.S., online gambling for money is only legal in three states; however, there are over 1,500 regulated...

Will The Next US President Legalize Sports Betting?

The majority of states in the U.S. are home to at least one casino whether it’s privately operated, or on tribal lands. Furthermore, three U.S. states have already legalized and regulated online gambling, and still more are considering following suit by introducing legal iGaming in the near future. Daily...

First Portuguese iGaming Licenses To Be Issued in June

A couple of years back, Portugal decided to break the lottery and iGaming monopoly enjoyed by Santa Casa da Misericordia (SCdM), and instead follow European Union guidelines and open its market to other international operators located on the continent. Despite this, online gambling is struggling to take off in...

French Senate Votes in Favor of Shared iPoker Liquidity

France has moved a step closer to improving the competitiveness of its online poker industry after the country’s Senate passed three amendments to its online gambling laws, one of which will allow gambling companies to share their poker players with those of other European countries. Ring-fenced Market Unviable France’s...

How Wounded is the Poker Industry?

Is poker gravely wounded and getting ready to draw its final breath? Some analysts and media outlets who follow the gambling industry say so, and continue to perpetuate the idea that poker is declining and on its way out. While it’s true that there has been a drop in...

Gambling Just a Short-term Solution to Financial Problems

There was once a time when the only real casinos to be found in the United States were either located in Las Vegas or Atlantic City. After the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was passed in 1988, however, tribal casinos began to pop up on the landscape, offering people places...

Important Congressional Hearing on Gambling Scheduled for May 11th

May 11 could prove to be an important day for the gambling industry, as on that date the ‘Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade’ of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a public hearing to gather opinions and information about the potential legalization and regulation of three forms...