Marginal year-on-year improvement in last month of 2015 The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement released the Atlantic City gambling statistics for December 2015 on Wednesday, noting that total gaming win from the Casino Hotels was $191.7 million compared to $190.5 million December 2014, a minimal rise of just 0.6 percent. For the month, land casino win was $177.6 million,...
London-based David da Silva will focus on license sales of the CashBet mobile-first iGaming platform to real-money gaming publishers Cashbet, a California-based mobile-first real-money gaming platform provider and turnkey operator, has announced the appointment of a London-based commercial director, David da Silva as part of its international expansion plans. Da Silva will focus on license sales of the CashBet mobile-first...
Newly licensed Lottoland besieged by punters desperate for a crack at US$1.5 billion jackpot Aussies desperate to have a crack at the US Powerball $1.5 billion jackpot offered in Wednesday night's draw crashed online ticket re-seller Lottoland's .au website prior to the draw as they tried to buy last-minute tickets. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Lottoland, which only this...
Californian ticket hit the right numbers, lottery authority reveals Wednesday night's draw of the record $1.6 billion US Powerball lottery has produced at least one winner, according to an early report from the Californian lottery, which confirmed that a ticket bought at a 7-Eleven store in Chino Hills near Los Angeles had the winning numbers 8, 27, 34, 4, 19...
Massachusetts man who lost $175 files a class action Lawyers working for daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings are probably having a busy time dealing with various class actions launched against the Boston-based company by players who see an opportunity to exploit the current legality debate swirling around the company and its product. The latest of these class actions was filed...
Republican lawmaker moves to confirm legality in Wisconsin Wisconsin, a US state where the constitution bans many forms of gambling, may be among the first to formally legalise daily fantasy sports, if Republican state Representative Tyler Vorpagel has his way. This week a spokesman for the lawmaker confirmed to the Wisconsin State Journal that he is drafting a bill to...
CNIGA 'disappointed' that Government Organization Committee has not addressed online poker issue Immediately prior to the January 6 California Assembly Government Organisation Committee meeting on daily fantasy sports, the California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA) issued a press release expressing disappointment that chairman Assemblyman Adam Gray had not included the legalisation of online poker in his committee's deliberations. Steve Stallings,...
Online poker, sports betting and daily fantasy sports to be discussed by Government Oversight Committee In California, the legislature's Government Oversight Committee has given priority to a January 6 hearing on three bills proposing the intrastate legalisation of online poker, daily fantasy sports and sports betting. Assembly committee chairman Adam Gray's AB1437, titled the Internet Fantasy Sports Game Protection Act...
After two months on the run fugitive arrested by New York police After two months on the run from multi-million dollar online gambling charges in New York, Andres Arriaga (41), a resident of Valencia (an affluent neighbourhood of Santa Clarita in Los Angeles County) surrendered to New York police, a spokesman confirmed this week. Radio station KHTS reports that Arriaga...
Spectrum Gaming Group takes a look at industry trends in 2016 The respected US Spectrum Gaming Group has issued its predictions for 2016 for the gambling industry, including several items relevant to the online environment, among them: * The legal and regulatory issues involving daily fantasy sports will continue to be prominent in statehouses across the country while the DFS...
