Archive for May, 2018

The State of Maryland’s Gambling Industry

The State of Maryland’s Gambling Industry

In 2008, Maryland approved the placing of slot machines at its land-based casinos, with table games added to the gambling mix four years later. Over the ensuing decade, Maryland’s casino markets has gone from strength to strength, and this year is no exception with the state’s six casinos having...
May 24th, 2018 By Shane Larson
Pennsylvania Casinos Down 1.5% to $281m in April

Pennsylvania Casinos Down 1.5% to $281m in April

In April, Pennsylvania saw the size of its casino market fall by 1.5% to $280.9 million compared to the same month in 2017, with a slight increase in the state’s slot machine offering counteracted by a brutal month for its table games. The lackluster numbers follows a record breaking...
May 22nd, 2018 By Stephen Smith
UK Reduces Maximum FOBT Bets to Just £2

UK Reduces Maximum FOBT Bets to Just £2

The government of the United Kingdom has just decided to cut the maximum stake for fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) from their current level of £100 down to just £2. The change was announced Thursday, May 17 by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, but must still...
May 21st, 2018 By Adam Brown
PokerStars Partners with International Entertainment To Grow Brand In Asia

PokerStars Partners with International Entertainment To Grow Brand In Asia

The Stars Group, which owns the world’s biggest poker site PokerStars, has entered into a partnership deal with Hong-Kong-listed company International Entertainment Corp (IEC) to run PokerStars-branded land-based poker tournaments at its numerous hotels across Asia. Commenting upon the development, a statement from IEC explained that the agreement would...
May 19th, 2018 By Charles Washington
New Jersey Online Poker Just 7% of iGaming Market in April

New Jersey Online Poker Just 7% of iGaming Market in April

New Jersey’s has followed up March’s record $25.6 million in online gambling revenue by posting its second best month to date in April, with the $23 million collected representing an impressive 10.6% gain compared to the same month in 2017. Nevertheless, it is online slots and table games which...
May 18th, 2018 By Shane Larson
Senator Orrin Hatch Proposes Federal Regulation of Sports Betting

Senator Orrin Hatch Proposes Federal Regulation of Sports Betting

This has been one of the most exciting weeks as far as the USA’s gambling industry is concerned, with the decision of the Supreme Court to allow individual states to determine whether or not to legalize sports betting representing a major victory for state rights. Now that the Professional...
May 17th, 2018 By Charles Washington
How Much Will the USA’s Legal Sports Betting Market Be Worth?

How Much Will the USA’s Legal Sports Betting Market Be Worth?

At the start of the week, the US Supreme Court overturned a more than 25-year old federal law which prohibited sports wagering from taking place outside of Nevada, and a handful of other states. As a result of the case brought against the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act...
May 15th, 2018 By Stephen Smith
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