Irish lawmakers are pushing a new tax plan for horse wagering that would spare operators, while putting a load of new taxes on punters. The new tax scheme was proposed by Horse Racing Ireland and is currently under consideration by the Minister of Irish Department of Finance Tax Strategy Group. At the core of plan…
The American Gaming Association held its annual meeting last week and the result was a beefed up Code of Conduct for its members. At the meeting, a constellation of gambling industry all-stars including, David Rebuck, Director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement; Dean Hestermann, Corporate Director for Issue Management at Caesars Entertainment; Patrick…
Zynga, the once dominant social gaming giant, posted a profitable Q2 2017 on the strength of its social slots products. Word that Zynga is operating in the black is the first good news the company has seen in a very long time. But before you applaud the return of the creators of Farmville and Zynga…
New Jersey lawmakers are looking across the globe for new customers to help boost the state’s rapidly growing online gambling industry. Earlier this week, State Senator Ray Lesniak said he’ll be introducinga bill a that would allow Garden State online gambling operators to accept customers from other US states and other countries. This new player…
FanDuel is shutting down its UK-facing operation as it prepares to fight for its life in the chaotic US daily fantasy sports market. The move is a good indication of how desperate the situation is at the company, now that its dreams of merging with rival DraftKings have been put on ice by US regulators.…
California is the latest state to step up and prepare for the eventuality of legal sports betting in the United States with a proposal to amend its constitution to allow bookies to roam free across the Golden State. But before you start dreaming of placing parlays by the beach, you'll have to wait for the…
Slovakian government officials have published a blacklist containing the names of ten gambling operators whose sites they are ready to block from the country's punters. It's the most recent move in an effort by the government to crack down on unlicensed foreign operators serving local online gamblers. The names on the list include - 888…
The UK Gambling Commission has a word of warning for fantasy football operators: don't do anything that even resembles traditional sports betting if you want to keep your license. It's a warning that illustrates the challenges fantasy sports and daily fantasy sports operators face as they market a product that, increasingly, has trouble presenting itself…
The proposed merger between daily fantasy sports giants, FanDuel and DraftKings has been called off. Company officials called off the deal late Thursday but questions about the fate of both companies will be lingering for the foreseeable future. Joining the two biggest names in the daily fantasy sports world seemed like a plausible, even a…
The UK Gambling Commission has issued a £150,000 ($194,000 USD) to Lottoland for a radio advertisement the Commission says is misleading to consumers. The fine is the latest in a series of punishments doled out to gambling operators that are, more often than not, based on a single consumer complaint. In this case, the fine…
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