Authorities in the Canadian province of Quebec are getting ready to enforce a blacklist of over 2,000 unregulated online gambling sites. It's a controversial move that's aimed at shoring up Loto-Québec, the provincial lottery, but it's not without controversy. Loto-Quebec officials have made no secret about what's motivating their desire to block access to the…
Isle of Man’s Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC) is considering a number of changes to the regulations that govern online gambling operators. Chief among the proposed changes is a proposal allowing operators to accept Bitcoin deposits from their players. The proposed upgrades to the GSC's regulations were released late last month in the form of a…
Amaya Gaming CEO David Baazov is taking a voluntary, and indefinite, leave of absence from his position in the wake of his recent legal troubles, according to a press release from the company. Baazov, 35, is facing a number of insider trading charges related to Amaya Gaming's multi-billion dollar acquisition of the Rational Group, owners…
Regulated online gambling has finally made its way to the massive Indian market. OK, it's not the whole country, just the tiny state of Nagaland (population 2.26 million) but it's definitely a good start. Late last week, Nagaland lawmakers put their stamp of approval on a new plan that legalizes online, "games of skill." These…
A Dutch appellate court recently overturned rulings by two lower courts declaring poker is a game of skill. It's a major setback for Dutch poker enthusiasts and potential operators who hoped the previous rulings would be upheld and that the Netherlands was being ushered into a golden age of poker. The game of chance ruling…
It's not an everyday occurrence when an online gambling company asks government regulators for more curbs on advertising, but that's exactly what's happening in the red hot Australian gambling market. In an interview with The Australian (subscription required) late last week, Sportbet CEO Cormac Barry voiced his wish for regulatory curbs on advertising for Aussie…
Austrian officials have charged two Bwin.Party executives with bribery in relation to the company's failed 2007 bid to obtain a Turkish sports betting license. Norbert Teufelberger and Manfred Bodner were both charged with money laundering, breach of trust and corruption. The charges were laid against Teufelberger and Bodner were presented back on January 12, but…
Gaming industry profit reports from 2015 and the results are a pretty mixed bag. The once struggling Caesars Interactive Entertainment Group (CIE) reported record profits, while Ladbrokes reported its first loss in a decade. Here are a few tidbits from the latest reports. CIE Books Record Profits CIE is a bright spot in a company…
Hackers are increasingly targeting online gambling sites with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that could potentially cost big bucks in lost business. Even worse, these DDoS attacks are incredibly cheap to mount, making them a problem the industry will be dealing with more and more in the years to come. Though many (maybe even…
Does e-sports betting really have the potential to be a $1.8 billion business over the next five years? That's the conclusion of a new report from Eilers Research titled, eSport Betting: It’s Real, and Bigger Than You Think. The aptly titled report suggest that this year alone, esports betting will generate revenue of around $24…
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