"New Jersey needs fundamental reform and a fighter. I'm a fighter," says Ray Lesniak When the subject of online gambling legalisation and a wider dispensation for sports betting comes up in New Jersey the name that inevitably comes to mind is Senator Ray Lesniak, a skilled and persuasive legislator who is renowned for his tenacity in pursuing objectives in the...
Jackpot Shores available to New Jersey players on desktop and mobile New Jersey-licensed online and mobile casino operator PalaCasino.com has announced the launch of Jackpot Shores, a new and exclusive progressive jackpot slot featuring a unique interactive bonus round wheel with the opportunity to win three separate progressive jackpots including a Mega Jackpot seeded with $100,000. Jim Ryan CEO of...
New independent assessment points to slower growth and smaller prize pools The independent researcher Eilers & Krejcik Gaming has released its latest examination of the daily fantasy sports industry, noting that the phenomenal growth rates of preceding years are unlikely to continue and that previous forecasts will have to be revised. The report cites a variety of factors currently impacting...
A home office clean-up that yielded a million dollars Snow-bound Joemel Panisa of Oregon decided last week to give his home office a clean out to pass the time, and it was as well that he did. He found a year-old lottery ticket and decided to check the result... just in case. It turned out to be worth a million...
DFS market grew just 4 percent in 2016 Latest statistics from the independent research company Eilers & Krejcik Gaming will give daily fantasy operators pause for thought - especially DraftKings and FanDuel who are about to merge and hold 90 percent of the market. Researchers found that DFS revenue grew by about four percent last year to c. $3.26 billion,...
New Jersey regulator releases FY 2016 results, showing that online gambling revenue grew 32 percent year-on-year The New Jersey regulator released the 2016 final performance figures for Atlantic City gambling Thursday, showing that online gambling operations assisted the land casinos to post their first revenue increase since 2006. Online gambling revenues over the year came in at $197 million -...
US poker pro scores his second big win since the new year began US poker pro Bryn Kenney (30) has started the new year on fire, scoring his second big win this week by taking down the $25,000 buy-in PokerStars Championship Bahamas High Roller for $392,876 after besting a field of 59. Earlier, he was victorious in the $50,000 buy-in...
New congressional investigation report makes no mention of online gambling at all One of the key talking points used over the last few years by the Sheldon Adelson-funded Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling has been the totally unfounded claim that the FBI have associated online gambling with terrorist funding. The claim is pure PR spin and scare, and was based...
Federal judge rejects argument in $1.1 million contract dispute, but case dismissed anyway Earlier this year we reported on the $1.1 million contract dispute between Las Vegas daily fantasy sports company Emil Interactive Games LLC (t/a DraftOps) and the Minnesota Wild hockey team, in which Emil Interactive was sued on allegations of being in breach of its 2015 contract to...
American Gaming Association says IRS row-back is "a big win" for everyone Changes to tax laws on casino winnings proposed by the IRS in the United States would have been complicated and expensive to implement, and have been withdrawn, reports the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. The proposals included new rules about how slot winnings should be reported, suggesting that the...
