Running on five days of disruption Americas Cardroom (ACR) on the Winning Poker Network is the victim of severe Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS) attacks which began the better part of this past week, the online poker site confirmed in an advisory. Since Wednesday, 25 April, customers have had intermittent success accessing the site at login, while many others have...
Geo-location services will be essentially if US Supereme Court ruling is positive Geo-location specialist technology provider GeoComply announced Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Scientific Games Corporation to provide its geolocation compliance services to the company's digital division in anticipation of regulated sport betting being legalised in the United States. GeoComply’s geolocation technology will be integrated into the...
Latest in several state initiatives around popular video gaming component Earlier this week Minnesota House of Representatives politician Rick Hansen introduced bill HF 4460 following bi-partisan discussions indicating widespread support. The bill aims to effectively ban the in-game purchase of loot boxes in video games, proposing the prohibition of video games that: Permit the in-game purchase of a randomized reward...
Best streak since 2008 Casinos in Nevada crossed the $1 billion revenue mark for the third consecutive month in March, a streak that the state had not seen since 2008, reports the Associated Press new agency. Data released Monday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board show casinos statewide earned about $1.03 billion from gamblers in March, a 3.4 percent year-over-year...
State health authority campaigns against bill, along with local Detroit newspaper Michigan Representative Brandt Iden's proposal to permit licensed land casinos in the state to offer online gambling has run into trouble despite getting through the committee stage (see previous InfoPowa reports). The bill has languished in recent months and has yet to get to a House floor vote, but...
In simulated gaming contract London and Irish stock exchange-listed gaming firm GAN has been selected by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI) for the provision of Simulated Gaming for launch in three of its US casinos during the second half of 2018. Considered a major client win, MBCI owns and operates Pearl River Resort whose portfolio of assets includes...
New Jersey On The Eve Of Joining Multi-State Online Poker Player Pool (Update) Regulator says technology has been fully tested and works Speaking to local media on the eve of New Jersey joining the multi-state online poker player pool Tuesday, David Rebuck, director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, said that the Caesar's brand, operators of the tri-state...
Proposal To Remove Sunset Clause In Daily Fantasy Sports Bill (Update) Budget amendment passes the Massachusetts House and awaits Senate action An amendment that would remove the July 2018 "sunset" provision in a 2016 Massachusetts daily fantasy sports legalisation bill has passed in a committee and House budget vote Friday and now awaits action in the Senate. Proposed by Representative...
Results of new Seton Hall sports poll released With the decision of the US Supreme Court in the New Jersey sports betting case (hopefully) imminent, the industry considered the results of a new Seton Hall poll this week. The poll showed that by a margin of 55 percent vs. 35 percent, Americans favour legalised betting on sports events... and by...
US racing giant outlines future plans US racing corporate Churchill Downs Inc., revealed part of its future motivation in a conference call following the release this week of its Q1-2018 results (see previous InfoPowa report). That motivation includes growth in states where online gambling and sports betting has or may become legal following state legislation (as is currently the case...
