US regulated online gambling state achieves second-best results since launch in November 2013 Delaware, the US state which was among the first to regulate and licence online gambling back in November 2013, has reported its second best month yet, posting $229,789.82 in online revenues. Whilst not up to the rising numbers from New Jersey, the results indicate continued - if...
130 convenience store industry representatives will interact with members of Congress in Washington DC this week The Association for Convenience & Fuel Retailing, a US trade association representing the interests of convenience store owners, and historically a body opposed to online gambling and in particular internet sales of state lottery tickets, has announced that its annual Government Relations Conference kicks...
One of America's most anti-online gambling states to mull a state Senate measure The US state of Arizona - often perceived as one of the bastions of anti-online gambling - could be set to regulate and licence daily fantasy sports betting, according to local media reports. The Cronkite News reports that state Senate bill 1515, which has sailed through the...
U.S. Department of Home Security applies for seizure warrant According to Vox Media-owned tech business website Re/code, Costa Rica-based online gambling operator 5Dimes laundered around $2 million through the use of Amazon gift cards in order to circumvent the U.S. financial system. The report is based on an alleged application for a seizure warrant recently filed by the Department of...
$15 million to play for at this final table Three months ahead of the shuffle up and deal call, the $300,000 buy-in Poker Central and Aria Resorts Super High Roller Bowl poker competition has already reached its cap of 49 players, with an entry list that includes almost every big name in the game. Try these as an example: Daniel...
Only days left until pilot program lapses In a possible reprise of the online horse racing betting hiatus caused by legislative neglect several years ago it appears that unless Illinois lawmakers react before March 25, the state's pioneering online lottery ticket sales venture will have to be suspended. The Washington Times reports that online sales launched in 2012 have totalled...
Bests Lisa Hamilton in heads-up play Jason Wheeler has emerged victorious taking the Word Series of Poker Circuit Main Event title at Bally's Casino in Las Vegas. The poker pro outlasted a field of 1,214, ultimately defeating Lisa Hamilton in heads up play to claim the title and a payday of $323,236. "I feel really great right now," Wheeler said...
Here's your chance to do so... and help a deserving charity at the same time Well-known figures are usually invited to give the "shuffle and deal" call that starts the action at leading World Series of Poker live tournaments, but the organisers have come up with a praiseworthy idea of auctioning the call for this year's WSOP Main Event, with...
Soft launch now planned for March 16 Pokerstars has announced a change to its formal launch date in New Jersey of March 21, revealing that it will soft-launch in the Garden State next week on March 16. The soft launch characterisation enables the company to restrict the initial number of US$ players to just 500, with an 8-hour play limitation...
Five Californians appear in New York court charged with running a $32 million illegal enterprise The Queens County District Attorney's Office in New York announced this week that 17 individuals allegedly connected to a $32 million illegal online sports betting ring have entered not guilty pleas. Prominent among them were 5 Californian men identified as Cyrus Irani (a 37-year-old man...
