T&Cs provide for arbitration, and plaintiffs agreed to this, says judge In November last year a group of US teenagers (or their parents) launched litigation against the Valve Corporation, which developed the popular Counter Strike Global Offensive video game used extensively in eSports contests. The litigants claimed that Valve's Steam Marketplace and CS:GO supported illegal gambling by allowing Americans to...
HB3067 faces political and time constraints HB3067, an online gambling legalisation proposal filed in the West Virginia House by Delegate Shawn Fluharty earlier this month (see previous InfoPowa report) has already encountered opposition at committee stage, according to local media reports. The bill, which has five co-sponsors, faces two challenges, one political and the other a shortage of time. The...
ADW on international horse races for US customers Webis Holdings' WatchandWager Advance Deposit Wagering (ADW) service has launched its international horse race betting product "WatchandWager WorldWide" perfectly timed prior to the running of the Dubai World Cup this past weekend. "WatchandWager Worldwide" will promote the extensive international racing that WatchandWager provides to its US customer, a company statement reads, allowing...
For instant win games Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) has extended its existing instant win games partnership with the Arizona Lottery for a further year. Building on its 36-year relationship with the Lottery, the company will continue to offer its products to Arizona players, comprising holographic and Scratch My Back® games, amongst others. Most recently, the Arizona Lottery collaborated with Scientific...
House committee progresses HB149 HB149, a bill seeking to legalise daily fantasy sports in the state of Florida authored by Rep. Jason Brodeur, was advanced by a House committee Tuesday, raising hopes for rapid progress instead of a repeat of last year's failure of a similar bill. The measure proposes that betting on fantasy contests should be allowed as long...
But he (or she) wasn't alone - hacker gained access to half a billion accounts back in 2014 News surfaced Monday of an indictment unsealed last week by US federal prosecutors charging two Russian intelligence officers and two other hackers in a conspiracy to illegally access Yahoo's network and use some of that stolen information to access a number of...
Not the best February - 4.5 percent down year-on-year The Nevada regulator has released revenue numbers for February 2017 which, at $945.5 million are down 4.5 percent on the $989.9 million achieved in corresponding period in 2016. However, observers have pointed out that due to the vagaries of the calendar, there was an extra February day last year. Michael Lawton,...
State lottery using online gambling legalisation issue as leverage? Media reports from Massachusetts this week have highlighted some interesting developments in both online gambling legalisation and the state lottery's attempts to get legislative permission to go online. InfoPowa readers may recall that last year the Senate voted 22-17 to give the State Lottery the green light for online activity, but...
Report claims poker table count in Las Vegas has declined 25 percent over the past decade The Associated Press news agency carried an interesting report over the weekend claiming that US land casinos are reducing their poker table facilities in line with the waning popularity of the game, especially following the 2011 enforcement actions against online poker operators The report...
In newly created leadership position Caesars Entertainment has named Christian Stuart in the newly created role of executive vice president of gaming and interactive entertainment. A senior member of Caesars Entertainment staff since 2009, Stuart currently serves as chief marketing officer/SVP - Las Vegas Region, prior to which he was chief of staff/SVP in the CEO's office. "Under Christian's leadership...
