Carrying the torch for the European Poker Awards and American Poker Awards that date back to 2001 and 2014, respectively, the Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob have announced the third iteration of the Global Poker Awards.
I recently speculated that gambling regulators would face more and more scrutiny. I expounded on this by noting that the demand for competent gaming regulators far outstrips the supply. That means a lot of gambling regulators (often political appointees) are tasked with learning on the job, and gambling is a job with a near-zero margin…
Bally’s is positioning itself as a serious player in the US sports betting space. The latest news has Bally’s becoming the official sports betting provider of Major League Fishing (MLF). And while this is far from the biggest splash the company has made, it highlights a core component of the Bally Bet model.
A new online casino is coming to New Jersey. Online lottery courier service Jackpocket has announced it has secured market access in the Garden State through a skin agreement with Caesars Entertainment.
Marketing gambling as entertainment is a drum I have been banging for quite some time. That said, I’ve never been able to plainly explain my thoughts on the subject, despite spending several years mulling it over. After writing a column dissecting Jason Robins’ statements about what kind of customer DraftKings is interested in attracting, it…
Sports betting sucks most of the oxygen out of the room, but there is another form of “gambling” – or “gaming” depending on your purview – that has quietly become one of the most intensely debated legal topics. That form of “gambling” is social casinos.
A comment by DraftKings CEO Jason Robins has the gambling sphere in a tizzy. “This is an entertainment activity,” Robins said during the investor-focused Canaccord Genuity digital conference. “People who are doing this for profit are not the players we want.” And with that, cue the torches and pitchforks.
The 1961 Wire Act is back in the news after the lottery and online gambling provider, IGT, announced it is suing the Department of Justice and Attorney General Merrick Garland. The 18-page complaint seeks a declaratory judgment on the Wire Act, noting the court ruling from earlier this year only applies to New Hampshire.
Gambling Twitter ended last week with a pithy but also interesting debate about gambling harm. Specifically, a comparison of the harm caused by sports betting vis-à-vis online casino games. Both products produce social harm, but is it equal?
After a 35-year run at Binion’s Horseshoe, the World Series of Poker called the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino home since 2005. The storied poker tournament will have a new home in 2022. Actually, it will have two new homes, as Caesars Entertainment announced the 2022 series would take place at two of its Strip…
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