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Following the release of a review on current online gambling laws, Australian officials are finally moving to enforce new restrictions on internet gaming. From blocking payments to illegal offshore operators, to prohibiting online in-play sports betting, the new laws are shifting Australia’s iGaming market from “grey to “black”, and it may leave PokerStars owners...

PartyPoker has been operating in the New Jersey iGaming market for more than two years, at one time holding the position of #1 network alongside its partner, Borgata Poker. But when GVC Holdings completed the acquisition of bwin.party on Feb 1, 2016, the job of issuing a new license fell into the lap of the...

Gambling has been a part of human culture since the dawn of man. I can easily imagine a group of cavemen betting their prized club on who could throw a rock (or perhaps their cave-mate) the furthest. According to research, the US gambling market had its best year ever in 2015, and analysts are...

As a typical day at the track comes to a close, we’re used to witnessing the forlorn faces of myriad bettors whose picks didn’t come to fruition. At the same time, bookies are toasting champagne to another day of raking in the big bucks. Last month’s Cheltenham horseracing festival went a little differently as...

Many goals in life involve sacrifice. Some parents give up on a more demanding career to have children. Determined students often put off a social life to complete their studies. Likewise, Victoria’s Langwarrin Hotel is willing to shell out $1 million to get their hands on 10 new pokies. But at least the money is...

The laws regarding gambling online through offshore website are pretty clear in Australia, for the most part. Operators are not permitted to accept Australian punters, and doing so is (technically) a crime. Promoting offshore gambling sites is also strictly illegal. There are no laws, however, prohibiting players from utilizing such websites. There is one grey...

In more than 7 years, lawmakers in California have failed miserably in trying to pass any form of internet poker law. Only once in that time has any bill ever received a vote. Now, as one source confirms the state is finally “set to move ahead” with legislation, allegations against David Baazov, CEO of...

Since opening in 2011, Nassau County’s Resorts World Casino has been generating millions upon millions of dollars for New York’s state education fund. Now, thanks to the 2016-17 State Budget plan approved last week, about $40 million that was previously slated for education will instead be siphoned back into the New York casino as a capital spending...

A few years ago, Antonio Esfandiari – aka The Magician – was one of the most feared professional poker players in the world. While his presence still yields the warry attention of his peers, the fact that he hadn’t won a 1st place prize in a major poker event since 2012 was a source...

The Tohono O’odham Nation has spent several years battling the court system for the right to build a resort casino in the Phoenix area, on its own land, complete with genuine slot machines and banked table games. The tribe says its compact with the state of Arizona allows them to do so, and now,...