US poker-dedicated television network expects more deals in future The new round-the-clock Poker Central television network dedicated to poker entertainment has signed up the National Cable Television Cooperative, which buys programming for 900 nation-wide television companies, as its first cable provider partner. Poker Central launched in October this year (see previous InfoPowa report) and offers poker-centric programming that includes "100...
Politicians wrangle over cuts and content, but House bill names online gambling as a possible funding source With its budget measures for the year ahead now well over 5 months late, the Pennsylvania Legislature is trying to arrive at a compromise that both Republicans and Democrats … and the state governor … can live with, and online gambling has featured...
Two Canadians and a US citizen federally indicted Two Canadians - one of them operating from Costa Rica - and a Florida-based US citizen have been indicted on wire and bank fraud, illegal money transmitting, money laundering and conspiracy charges by Florida US Attorney prosecutors and stand accused of activities to process money from illegal offshore online sports betting sites....
Rep. John Payne's HB649 set for House floor vote Against all the odds, Rep. John Payne's online gambling legalisation bill HB649 is set for second consideration on the Pennsylvania House floor later today (Wednesday), and could result in approval for internet gambling operated from state-licensed land casinos, with a 14 percent tax based on GGR. The measure passed a House...
19 new online games for Golden Nugget online casinos NYX Gaming Group has announced that 19 of its games are now live on Golden Nugget Atlantic City gambling websites in New Jersey. The software developer's gaming content has been deployed by the majority of licensed online operators in New Jersey, a third of who have chosen NYX platform technology to...
Wide-ranging questions need to be answered so that genre is fully understood, say state politicians New York state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has almost become the acknowledged point man in US enforcement agencies efforts to exercise more control over the daily fantasy sports phenomenon, but a number of lawmakers in the state legislature say they need a better understanding...
"This is a much more complex issue than just saying 'make it legal.' There are a lot of nuances involved," says chairman Tuesday's informational hearing by the New York Assembly committees for Racing and Wagering, Consumer Affairs and the Protection and Legislative Commission on Administrative Regulation appears to have gone off rather well, with sensible and relevant information being imparted...
Celebrities would be paid to play in order to attract online poker fans The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement announced Thursday that it is considering a celebrity-based promotional scheme as a means of improving business for the online operators licensed in the state. The proposal is that licensed operators would be permitted to hire for reward celebrities to play...
Golden Nugget brings content agreement to fruition Just three months after signing a content provision agreement with New Jersey online gambling operator Golden Nugget, Swedish internet gambling software developer NetEnt reports that its games are now live on the desktop and mobile facilities of the operator. NetEnt has received a transactional waiver from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement...
Cataboom deal with Resorts Digital creates $5 million in jackpots across two gambling websites The Dallas-based Internet marketing and events firm Cataboom has announced a partnership with New Jersey online gambling operator Resorts Digital Gaming LLC that will see the creation of $5 million jackpots on the operator's ResortsCasino.com and MoheganSunCasino.com websites. InfoPowa readers will recall that Resorts is the...
