DGE director David Rebuck outlines parameters and the impact on "black" and "grey" operators In an advisory bulletin earlier this week New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement director David Rebuck outlined the regulator's policy regarding the acceptability of licence applications. In summary, he drew a distinction between applicants who have knowingly and deliberately operated in environments they knew to be...
Stephen Race joins California-based mobile-first i-gaming platform provider The Oakland, California-based mobile i-gaming platform provider CashBet has announced the appointment to its board of Stephen Race, a highly experienced US businessman with long associations in the video gaming and financial services industries. Race is currently a portfolio manager at Strategic Turnaround Fund, a hedge fund focused on micro-cap US companies....
AGA boosts its year-long "Stop Illegal Gambling — Play it Safe" campaign The US land casino trade body, the American Gaming Association has boosted its year-long "Stop Illegal Gambling — Play it Safe" campaign with the launch late last week of a new website titled stopillegalgambling.org. The AGA has also announced a partnership that will look at training law enforcement,...
Latest busts not associated with the earlier arrests of 17 individuals, say State Police Illegal online sports betting enterprises are having a tough time in the US state of Rhode Island this week, with State Police reporting Thursday that another illegal internet betting ring has been shuttered with the arrest of nine people on charges that include running online betting...
Lawmakers scheduled to vote today on Zalewski bill The Illinois House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote today (Wednesday) on whether to progress Rep. Mike Zalewski's House Bill 4323 legalising daily fantasy sports in the state. The bill contains provisions important for player protection such as prohibiting daily fantasy sports operator employees from competing in public competitions, and preventing players...
The state that hates online gambling (except when it suits the local economy) has become the fourth to take its lottery ticket sales online The US state of Kentucky has never been a fan of online gambling (remember the brazen attempt to seize over almost 150 international operator domains?), but it appears that when it comes to lottery ticket sales...
Oklahoma judge approves plan to offer international online poker from tribal lands The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma's tenacity in pursuing a business strategy to offer international online poker through servers located on tribal land could be about to bear fruit. After final arguments presented to U.S. District Judge David L. Russell following an indication from the state government earlier this...
Online gambling, daily fantasy sports and sports betting on the agenda The US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade has scheduled what could be a very important Congressional hearing next month, with online gambling, daily fantasy sports and sports betting on the agenda. Scheduled for May 11, the hearing's objective is to examine the legality of the...
House Judiciary Committee sends Zalewski proposal to the floor Illinois Rep. Mike Zalewski's daily fantasy sports legalisation bill HB 4323 was advanced by the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday and sent to the floor for debate later this week amid concerns by some lawmakers that the measure had not been properly vetted and was moving too fast. "I know this is...
Lawmakers will likely be cautious following warning on tribal compacts The Connecticut Attorney General may have thrown a major spanner in the daily fantasy sports approval works Monday with his warning that legislation allowing the vertical to operate in the state presents a danger to Connecticut's lucrative revenue-sharing compact with two tribal land casino groups. AG George Jepsen's opinion was...
