More than half year after Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson announced his crusade against online gambling, the 80 year-old billionaire appears to have succeeded in bringing potential legalization to a grinding halt in the USA, with regulation having not advanced either on a federal or state level. In addition to Adelson’s orchestrated attempts to […]
Ahead of the 45th annual World Series Of Poker in Las Vegas, the organization announced a wide ranging cross-promotional campaign to integrate its legal online poker offering, WSOP.com, with tournament poker’s annual showcase extravaganza. One week into the 65 bracelet Series and already the arrangement has had a marked effect on cash-game volume, which has […]
Following years of disagreement, on Tuesday California moved a step closer to legalized online poker after 13 of the state’s most important gambling tribes signed a unified online poker bill and sent it onto the California legislature. Up until now, California’s tribal gaming interests had been unable to agree a common approach to online poker […]
The whole world is currently awaiting the kick-off to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, scheduled to get underway on June 12th. Each year viewership of the spectacular tournament reaches new heights and this year is expected to boast 310 million people tuning in to watch this summer’s football tournament on a daily basis. […]
Pennsylvania State Sen. Edwin Erickson (photo) has announced he intends to introduce a new internet gambling bill, State Bill 1386, within the next few weeks and just like Nevada the bill is designed to allow poker-only within state boundaries. The Senator’s move comes after a feasibility study commissioned by Pennsylvania lawmakers was presented to the […]
The Delaware Lottery has announced that its online gambling revenues were up by 6% to $240,496 for the month of April, compared to the $206,833 the state generated in March. In spite of the positive result it was online casino products which helped lift the state’s igaming revenues higher, while online poker took a dive […]
Last week, we reported that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) had sent out instructions to US affiliates requesting that they stop promoting unlicensed internet poker rooms and “immediately remove any online gaming links that are not authorized under federal law or under the law of any state.” The move was designed to […]