After nearly a decade in the online poker business Poker Heaven, a Microgaming skin, is shutting its doors for good on November 12. Poker Heaven officials are blaming over-regulation in the European market for their decision. In a statement posted on the company's site, a spoksperson said: After ten years as a trusted European Poker…
A few "lucky" Romanian punters who wagered on Bet365 sites were recently offered the opportunity to talk about their gambling activities with local gaming authorities. It's all part of a baffling feud between the well-regarded operator and the Romanian licensing authority it's been cooperating with for a very long time. At the heart of the…
What's the hottest internet gambling market in the world right now? No, it's not Asia. The regulated version of that market is still in the fetal stage. Maybe one day it will pop, but not this year. How about Western Europe? Sorry, that's not it either. Thanks to piles of red tape and bureaucracy that…
Business is booming for the Italian internet gambling with companies reporting solid gains for the first half of 2015. The new numbers aren't just good for the internet gambling industry as a whole, they're also a rare European gaming liberalization success story. The big news for Italian facing operators and affiliates is that overall igaming…
The Greek gambling market has roared back to life after years of decline brought about by the country's devastating economic collapse. According to the latest numbers from the Greek Gaming Oversight and Control Commission (EEEP), the country's gamblers boosted industry revenues by a whopping 9% in 2014, over the previous. Even better, for the Greek gambling…
Betting Too Much on the American Market On paper, regulated igaming in the United States seemed like a surefire hit. After all, American gamblers had been locked out of legal online gambling almost a decade and seemed ready to get back in the game. Now, after more than a year of regulated play in Nevada…
When the Dutch igaming market opens to international operators in 2015 it will be the latest in a long line of European Union member countries to embrace liberalizations. The big question for operators and affiliates is whether the Netherlands will also be the latest in a long line of European gaming markets to fizzle out…
When European Union regulators decided that EU citizens have the, “right to be forgotten,” by Google, they opened up an Internet-sized can of worms. That decision, which was delivered in May, looked great on paper but the practical realities of implementing the Euro-citizens’ new found right is anything but clear cut. Google has already seen…
Google kept the SEO world on its toes last month with a pair of major updates that impacted some of the web’s biggest sites. But Google wasn’t the only one dishing out headaches in the month of May. Thanks to a major ruling from the European Union, Google may be making major changes to their…
Paddy Power is taking a pass on the emerging Spanish and Dutch igaming markets. According to a report in today's EGR, Ireland's biggest independent bookmaker will not be applying for a Dutch igaming license and will not be participating in the trouble Spanish market either. In an interview with EGR, Paddy Power spokesman Peter O’Donovan…
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