Delaware iPoker Revenues Drop 19% in May Despite Nevada Compact
At the end of March, Delaware and Nevada enacted their interstate online poker compact which it was hoped would boost Delaware’s iPoker market and ultimately encourage other states to introduce legislation of their own. After an initial surge in traffic, however, April’s revenues eventually tumbled by 35% to $48,500 compared to the same month last […]
Poker Far From Being A Solved Game
In 1997, supercomputer Deep Blue defeated Grandmaster Garry Kasparov in the second of their celebrated chess matches, and in so doing inspired other scientists to develop more and more sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) programs to beat their human opponents. It wasn’t long before computer scientists subsequently tried devising programs to solve incomplete information games such […]
NJ Online Poker Revenues Contract 15% In May
On June 12th, the latest batch of results were released for New Jersey’s online gambling industry and while overall revenue results were positive in May and noted a 19.1% improvement to $12.5 million year-over-year, online poker, on the other hand, continued its disappointing run with revenues contracting by 15% to $1.93 million from the $2.27 […]
Could Fantasy Sports Suffer Its Own Black Friday?
Over the past few years, the popularity of daily fantasy sports has grown exponentially in the US with the game attracting more and more players drawn to an unregulated industry where normal people can suddenly become millionaires. Needless to say, this situation has also started to attract the attention of the US government in a […]
What Scientists Discovered From Delving Into The Psychology Of Poker?
This article is based upon research conducted by Dr. Jaclynn Moskow, which seeks to provide a detailed look at the psychology behind poker, and what scientists have discovered from studying this fascinating game of incomplete information. What Has Studying Poker Players Revealed? Poker games are very intense and most of the time they require the […]
Future Of German Online Gambling And The ISTG
Gambling is very popular in Germany, and in 2012 the country replaced its Interstate Gambling Treaty (2008) with the Interstate Treaty on Gambling (ISTG). This particular piece of gambling regulation, however, attracted a great deal of criticism from the EU commission with one sticking point being that it basically restricted online gambling to just sports […]
WSOP.com Outshines Zynga In The Social Gaming Market
Poker may be a popular pastime amongst online gamers, but revenues from the game pale in comparison to the money generated by online casino sites. The same hold true in the social gaming world where casino apps are a more lucrative revenue stream than their free money poker equivalents, which have also showed a steady […]
