Belgium Fines 79 Internet Players For Gambling On Unlicensed Site
In the past, EU countries have shown a willingness to deter iGambling companies from offering their unlicensed products in regulated markets, while leaving the actual players themselves free from prosecution. Alarm bells then started ringing this year with the highly publicized case of a German player who had €63,490 of his online winnings confiscated for […]
Greek Gambling Market Grows For First Time In 5 Years
Greece’s Gaming Oversight and Control Commission (EEEP) has released its gambling results for the whole of 2014, and the news proved a pleasant surprise with revenues rising by 9% to €5.9 billion compared to 2013. This impressive growth represent the first time the market has expanded since the Greek debt crisis struck in 2009, a […]
French iPoker Revenues Slide 7% To €61m In Q1 2015
France’s online regulator authority (ARJEL) has released its gaming results for the first three months of 2015, and while the country’s online gambling market reported a 3% rise in gross gaming revenues to €190 million, iPoker revenues posted a 7% drop in gross revenues to €61 million compared to the €65 million reported for Q1 […]
PokerStars Signs Global Superstar Neymar Jr As Brand Ambassador
PokerStars may have slimmed its roster of sponsored pros of late, but the site has continued its marketing strategy of signing celebrities who have the potential to bring the game to a wider audience. Well-known sponsored players at the site include tennis ace Rafael Nadal, Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldo, Dutch hockey world champion Fatima Moreira […]
MGM Resorts Pushes For Northern New Jersey Casino Expansion
James Murren, chief executive officer of MGM Resorts International, told a group of reporters gathered at the American Gaming Association’s (AGA) offices recently that allowing a new casino to be built in northern New Jersey could be a useful way to generate extra revenue for the state’s struggling gambling industry. Murren also said that “the […]
PokerStars Institutes New Retroactive Affiliate Policy
On May 1st, PokerStars announced a major overhaul of its affiliate program model by ending its previous life-time revenue sharing approach in favor of a new two-year maximum deal. PokerStars confirmed the changes in an e-mail sent to its affiliates on Friday, with the notice subsequently making its way onto a number of poker forums. […]
Daniel Negreanu Joins 24/7 TV Network Poker Central
Recently, poker fans were delighted to learn about the upcoming launch of a brand new poker channel called Poker Central, which aims to provide poker shows around the clock for a global audience. The pioneering network has the potential to expand the game’s player base, and even create new poker superstars for fans to follow, […]
