Fans of online poker had hoped that 2016 would be the year when a fourth state finally legalized and regulated the popular gambling game. Despite initial optimism, however, the year finished without any success, but now it seems very possible that New York may be positioned to become the...
February 26th, 2017 By Shane Larson
Following the first democratic elections in South Africa back in 1994, gambling laws were passed allowing for the licensing of brick and mortar casinos. South Africans and tourists have been visiting these venues ever since, and while gambling has now become a popular past time, recent years have seen...
February 24th, 2017 By Adam Brown
Gambling is a polarizing topic, and while attitudes towards gambling seem to be positive in general, there are still many people who are adamantly opposed to the industry. Lawmakers at national and local levels are lobbied by different groups calling for tighter and looser gambling laws at the same...
February 23rd, 2017 By Stephen Smith
A recent report published by Chris Grove and Adam Krejcik of Eilers & Krejcik Gaming predicts that the New Jersey online gambling market will continue to grow this year. The positive forecast estimates that the industry will finish out 2017 past the $200 million revenue mark. That doesn’t mean...
February 22nd, 2017 By Charles Washington
Prime Minster Shinzo Abe has seized on a new distribution of power in the country’s legislative branch to finally legalize casinos in Japan. He and his supporters now hope that the move will bring in much-needed tax revenues to fill the country’s coffers, and reinvigorate its economy. For those...
February 21st, 2017 By Shane Larson
You don’t often see poker covered in the mainstream news, but a recent story has found its way onto the pages of newspapers and media outlets across the globe. From January 11th to 31st, a poker robot called Libratus faced off against four top professional poker players over 120,000...
February 20th, 2017 By Shane Larson
In the world of gaming, it wasn’t a console game that created a buzz in 2016–it was a mobile game. After all, there is no denying that Pokemon GO was the industry’s story of the year, with media outlets reporting on the phenomena in which people of all ages...
February 17th, 2017 By Lucy Brown
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