As the 2016-17 NFL regular season rapidly approaches, daily fantasy sports operators are gearing up for another lucrative 17 weeks of American football action. This year will be a little different, though, as the industry’s largest shareholders, DraftKings and FanDuel, are both dipping their toes into the wider pool of season-long fantasy sports leagues....
Roulette is one of the oldest, most beloved gambling amusements of all time. It’s been around for centuries, and was once restricted to only members of nobility. In modern times, and thanks to high-speed internet, anyone can play online roulette whenever they like. For new players looking up strategic ways to win, most will...
Think back to your high school years, when just about everyone was involved in a social clique. California’s online poker prospects could be looked upon in a similar manner, with each group of influential shareholders making up its own clique. At the head of the class, we have Assemblyman Adam Gray, Chairman of the...
We’ve all seen some rather incredulous CCTV footage of people doing crazy things while playing the pokies. Not long ago, a UK man was observed relieving his bowels on the floor while playing the pokies in an amusement arcade. Footage of blatant robbery attempts have become all too common, as well. But this latest...
There are different types of gamblers in the world. The majority of them are just seeking out a form of entertainment, taking no real time to consider how they play the games. Then you have those who invoke a gambling strategy to better their odds of winning a specific game. Last of all, there...
There’s no denying that Aussies have a passion for playing the pokies. We love our nights at the local pub, pumping coins into the machines in hopes of hitting a big return. There’s also no denying that Australia has the highest rate of gambling addiction in the world. There’s more than enough statistical data...
At around 5:00 a.m. on Friday, July 1, 2016, UNITE HERE’s union members employed by the Trump Taj Mahal were sent a mass text message by their Local 54 representatives. They were informed of the initiation of a strike against the Atlantic City casino hotel, and told not to walk off the job at...
Online casinos were once all the rage, but with the exponential advent of modern technology, mobile casinos are quickly taking over. There are literally hundreds of mobile gambling apps available for smartphones and tablets these days. The hardest part is knowing which ones to trust, and which ones have the best quality games and...
All over the world, we could classify just about everyone into one of three groups. You have your average blokes who could walk right past a row of poker machines and never think twice about them. Then there’s your stretched-taught, anti-pokies, anti-gambling advocates who want them all to disappear from the face of the...
Think back to your childhood, when you and your friends would get together and play schoolyard games like ‘Follow the Leader‘. Now that we’re older, we find that such antics aren’t just childhood entertainment, but a cold hard fact in any successful business industry. That became even more apparent this week when gaming regulators in...