How Realistic Is It To Expect A Second Poker Boom?
During the poker boom years from 2003 until the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was passed in 2006, the number of people playing online poker at least doubled in size every year, and while today the game remains more popular than its pre-boom era, the industry has never lost its desire to recreate the […]
Live Poker Broadcasts At Twitch TV Driving Online Traffic Higher
Live streaming video sites seem to have presented the online poker industry with an unexpected opportunity to expand its customer base, after the past few months have seen thousands of poker, as well as non-poker players, flock to Twitch.tv and other social media channels to watch players gambling for real money on sites such as […]
Delaware Online Gambling Bounces Back 42% In November
After sinking to its lowest level of the year so far in October, the First State’s online gambling market staged a dramatic comeback in November rising by 42% to $184,898 compared to the previous month, and 66% higher than the $111,387 generated in November 2013, the first month of regulated online gambling in Delaware. Last […]
Harry Reid Expects New Push For Federal Online Gambling Ban In 2015
US poker players breathed a sigh of relief this month, after the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) failed to be added to a must-pass omnibus spending bill, which would have resulted in the blanket banning of online poker across the United States. Nevertheless, RAWA is likely to rear its ugly head again in 2015, […]
Russian Bill Passed Criminalizing Online Gambling
After five years of blocking online poker legislation inside Russia, in June the country’s lawmakers signaled a potential U-turn in their policies following an announcement that opening its market of 143 million people to Western online gambling companies was in the country’s best interests. However, all bets are now off after the State Duma passed […]
Is New UK iGaming Laws Destabilizing Online Business Confidence?
A new UK iGaming law designed to level the playing field between UK and overseas operators may be having a detrimental effect on business confidence and making the UK an unattractive market to base online operations, according to Chief Executive of the Gibraltar Betting & Gaming Association (GBGA). CEO Peter Howitt made his comments whilst […]
New Jersey iGaming Revenues Fall 8.4% To New Low In November
Following on from October‘s online gambling results, which at $9.5 million were the lowest ever on record, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has now released its gambling figures for November revealing a further contraction in the Garden State’s iGaming industry, this time shrinking by 8.42% compared to last month with just $8.7 million […]
