GVC Holdings recently came out 1-1 in battles against UK ad regulators regarding the content of some of their advertisements. The stories of these two fights speak volumes about the power anti-gambling forces have over government regulators, as well as the lengths gambling operators must go to to defend some pretty innocuous content. In the…
The world of online casinos is a lot more like your sophomore year of high school than most folks in the industry would care to admit. That's partially because an operator's perceived credibility is also often linked to its popularity among consumers. So it was that the Kindred Group's Maria Casino was recently taken to…
UK gambling revenue from October 2018 to September 2019 dipped down over previous years due to a crackdown on wager sizes and the shuttering of retail shops. This downward trend was so significant that real growth in the online sector failed to help offset the losses. Sadly, this period of downward growth will likely be…
During times of fiscal crisis, governments of all kinds look to regulated vice, like sports betting, to help fill in those budgetary gaps. That's exactly what lawmakers in California had in mind last week when they introduced a new sports betting bill aimed at helping the state dig itself out of a COVID-19 induced monetary…
Police in New South Wales (NSW) arrested two men on charges that they were betting on the outcome of the National Rugby League's Daily M Medal Awards using insider information. 29-year-old Joshua Wilson and 31-year-old Ben Trevisiol were both taken into custody after a police investigation found evidence that the two used information gleaned from…
German online gambling operators are facing a major challenge this week as both Visa and Mastercard have begun slowly cutting off payment processing to this market. It's a move that doesn't appear to be rolling out, or being enforced, with any consistency and is indicative of the confusion that seems to be the German online…
UK betting shops and bookmakers have been given the ok to reopen operations on June 15, according to a report in the UK Express. The is part of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to restore some semblance of normal life to UK citizens and revitalize its shattered economy by allowing "non-essential" retail businesses to…
Are social gaming sites offering games of skill or games of chance? That's a question that remains unanswered as Aristocrat, the Australian owner of social casino giant Big Fish Games reached an out-of-court settlement with plaintiffs in Washington State, rather than gambling with the the outcome of a jury trial on the matter. Aristocrat's troubles…
Gambling regulators in Maine have approved a measure that would allow online wagering on horse races. It's a big move for a state that's been slow to expand gambling options and shows exactly how much the worldwide COVID-19 lockdown is impacting and expanding gambling markets. Wagering on harness racing has long been legal in Maine,…
Florida is on track to become the second southern state to reopen its casinos as the US slowly emerges from a two and a half month COVID-19 lockdown. The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is leading the way with plans to have its Tampa Bay location open for business as soon as today. But casino…
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