Before Amaya Gaming could say, "hello," to its New Jersey Gaming License, the massive poker company had to say, "Goodbye," to four of its top executives. That was a specific demand from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) before granting Amaya a New Jersey gaming license, according to a report in iGamingBusiness.com. Those…
With 2,000 former Full Tilt Poker players set to receive approximately $5 million in remissions over the next two weeks, the Black Friday saga is finally reaching its end. This final set of payments closes a chapter on one of online gambling's darkest stories and paves the way for Full Tilt Poker to rejoin the…
The New Jersey gambling market has turned into something of a test laboratory for the emerging American online gambling market. That's because Garden State gaming regulator are seriously motivated (read: desperate) to do whatever they can to help local casino operators get an edge on the market. In practical terms, that means they're not afraid…
A new coalition of business and gaming industry advocates are telling Congress that it has no legal standing for meddling with the online gambling business. Member of the coalition include the American Conservatives Union, The Center for Freedom and Prosperity, and a host of other generally conservative lobbying groups. In a letter to House Judiciary…
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) are reshaping the way Americans look at sports betting and not everyone is particularly happy with the new world order. Across the nation, lawmakers and traditional gambling stakeholders are calling for more regulation of new-fangled DFS sites. At the heart of the debate is the question of whether whether daily fantasy…
California online gambling is something of a unicorn for the American igaming market. It's a market that's every bit as promising, as it is elusive. If established, regulated online gambling in the Golden State would seriously increase the size and stature of the US facing in a very positive way. After all, California's population of…
A new New York online poker proposal has put Empire State gambling stakeholders at odds with one another. On its face, bringing online poker to New York state seems like a no-brainer; online gambling creates tax revenue and New York State desperately needs tax revenue. Unfortunately things in the gaming industry are never that simple.…
The Chinese government has launched a massive crackdown aimed at, "cleaning up the internet," that's resulted in thousands of arrests across the country, including a few internet gambling operators. Beginning last month, Chinese authorities began what they're saying is a six month operation to combat a whole slew of internet crimes including identity theft, credit…
A series of recently uncovered documents reveal that attorneys for the both the Department of Justice and the NFL consider sports betting a, "game of skill." The documents, which cover sports betting legalization cases from 2003 and 2013 show attorneys, including the new U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, using the skill defense in arguments for…
Billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson has hired former GOP Senator and majority leader Trent Lott to lobby on behalf of the Restoration of the American Wire Act (RAWA). Lott, who works on behalf of the Washington D.C. lobbying firm, Squire Patton Boggs will be pushing Adelson's anti-online gambling legislation to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Of…
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