Archive for September, 2016

Poland May Opt for Restricted iPoker State Monopoly

Poland has currently shut out all online poker sites as the country works to reform its gambling laws. Many industry experts thought that once the new legislation was in place, Poland might subsequently open its market up and accept new licensees under an improved framework. Unfortunately, that beginning to...

Delaware’s iGaming Market Needs Restructuring

When one thinks of online poker in the United States, the markets of New Jersey and Nevada likely spring first to mind, but they’re not the only places where people can log in and play legally. Delaware also has a regulated online gambling and poker industry that often gets...

Poker Criticism Doesn’t Conform To Reality

When you’re the most well-known brand in an industry, you expect people to love you but also to scrutinize your every decision. Just like celebrities, these brands benefit from their fame, but are also lambasted when their actions seem to go against the expectations of their customers. The online...

Could Branded PokerStars Tournaments at Resorts Boost NJ iPoker?

PokerStars continues to be a driving force in the global poker industry, and this month the brand announced yet another major shake-up in its product. This time, however, it had nothing to do with radical new changes to its website, but instead to its numerous sponsored tournament series. Consequently,...

TV Gambling Advertising in UK Booming

All day long, we’re exposed to advertising, be it on the websites we look at, the billboards that we drive past, or at home while watching television. Many industries rely on TV advertising as a method of building their brands, and in the United States, you may occasionally see...

Pa and NJ Partnership Could Boost iPoker Market

In 2013, the Garden State passed online gambling legislation in the hope of generating millions of dollars in annual revenues. While the online gambling market in New Jersey reached a record high in July of this year, online poker’s performance, on the other hand, has been well below projected rates;...

EPT Re-Branded As PokerStars Championship

The European Poker Tour (EPT) is in the midst of its thirteenth season, which also is going to be its final one. No, PokerStars isn’t doing away with their ultra popular tour, but it is re-branding the tournament series into two individual events, namely the PokerStars Championship and the...