But online poker declines again Delaware's legalised online gambling industry saw a slight monthly decline in September, with overall revenues of $156,125 (August 2015: $158,979), but whilst online casino gaming remained reasonable stable, internet poker revenues hit a record low of $24,523 in rake and fees - down even on the all-time worst results of June last year, when the...
Beware Fin5! Delegates at the recent Cyber Defence Summit in Washington DC have been warned about a new hacker group titled Fin5, which researchers reported was responsible for a hack on an unnamed land casino that resulted in the loss of 150,000 gambler credit card details. Researchers Emmanuel Jean-Georges of Mandiant and Barry Vengerik of FireEye said that the casino's...
Blumenthal writes to Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission as "insider" row continues The Democratic Party Senator for Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, has joined the growing ranks of enforcement and political figures urging a federal government investigation of the daily fantasy sports industry. Sen. Blumenthal formally called for a federal investigation into any deceptive or fraudulent practices at daily fantasy...
Friday debut makes a big splash in a booming vertical The partnership between Imagine Games Network, now rebranded as IGN, and soft drink giant Coca Cola debuted its inaugural weekly eSports digital show Friday, making a big splash for the booming vertical. Titled 'eSports Weekly with Coca Cola,' the promo for the show can be accessed here: http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/10/08/introducing-esports-weekly-with-coca-cola. Featuring prominent...
Second class action faced by DraftKings and FanDuel More pressure was heaped on the beleaguered daily fantasy sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel Thursday when a class action was filed against them by a Kentucky resident - the second such action following a 'bait and switch' class action claim filed in Florida last year but since abandoned (see previous InfoPowa report)....
NetEnt refreshes its popular "Flowers" online slot for the festive season NetEnt has given a Christmassy flavour to its popular Flowers online slot in the run-up to the festive season. Features include double symbols in both the main game and free spins that literally behave the same as two individual symbols, along with x3 multipliers and stacked wilds in free...
As it looks toward International expansion California-based, real-money, mobile-first gaming platform provider and turnkey operator CashBet has appointed investment banker Dan Edwards as vice president of Finance. CashBet also announced the appointment of former chairman of Probability Games and founder of ScotBet, Graham Martin, to its advisory board. Online Casino News Courtesy of Infopowa
Tribal operator cannot hold more than a ten percent share, regulator rules Connecticut's Mohegan tribal gambling company, which operates the brick and mortar casino for Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, inked a new management agreement to 2019 with the casino Wednesday which removes an option for the tribe to increase its investment in Resorts Casino by buying a further...
Utah Republican Representative Jason Chaffetz fancies his chances as successor to John Boehner Mention the name of Utah conservative Republican politician Jason Chaffetz (48) in online gambling circles and the immediate association is with Sheldon Adelson's Restoration of America's Wire Act, an online gambling banning bill that Chaffetz is trying to drive through the House of Representatives (see previous InfoPowa...
Fangtastic new slot launched in time for Halloween Online gambling games provider Nuworks has launched a new and suitably scary vampire-themed slot titled Fangtastic to coincide with Halloween. The flaming dice symbols trigger up to 66 free spins with a 30x win multiplier in the game, and the total of the triggering dice determines the number of free spins, which...
