Gambling News
Warner Bros and Tolkien Estate Reach a Deal over LOTR Slot
- July 5, 2017 By Oliver Young -
Video slots are by far the most popular online casino games. Research and publicly available figures show that most of the revenues come from slots and players spend most time playing slot games. That is why online casino operators aim to offer only the finest slots to their customers and there is big competition between […] Continue Reading
Casinos in Nevada Record 3.5% Increase in May
- July 4, 2017 By Riley Wilson -
Nevada Gaming Control Board has released the figures for the month of May, which show the casinos in the Silver State can be satisfied with the results. The casinos in Nevada recorded a 3.5% year-on-year increase in earnings. Bear in mind this is the third monthly increase, when compared to 2016, which gives the state’s […] Continue Reading
Sessions Won’t Introduce a Federal Online Gambling Ban
- July 3, 2017 By Oliver Young -
The situation with the status of online gambling at a federal level in the US, seems to be at a standstill. Those who are in favour of legalisation try to push bills that legalise online gambling through the houses of representatives of various individual states, whereas those who oppose online gambling are trying to prevent […] Continue Reading
Russia’s Internet Watchdog Blacklists Google
- June 29, 2017 By Riley Wilson -
Roskomnadzor has temporarily blocked access to Google this week, due to links leading to a banned online gambling website. Many internet users were surprised on Thursday, when they lost access to Google.ru, while the reason was a redirect to a gambling domain pertaining to Russian bookmakers Fonbet. The response of local internet service providers was […] Continue Reading
New Jersey’s Betting Legalisation Plan at Supreme Court
- June 28, 2017 By Oliver Young -
New Jersey is one of the most enthusiastic American states when it comes to putting forward a legal framework that will allow citizens to have access to betting and gambling services, both online, as well as at land-based facilities. New Jersey legalised online casino gambling in 2011, thus becoming one of the few states where […] Continue Reading
Mega Moolah Pays Out Another Multi-Million Jackpot in 2017
- June 27, 2017 By Riley Wilson -
When Microgaming launched Mega Moolah back in 2006, no one could have expected the game would be so popular more than a decade later, but most importantly, no one could have guessed this slot would change so many lives for the better. Nicknamed ‘the Millionaire Maker’, this Microgaming release paid out its first multi-million jackpot […] Continue Reading
UK CMA Threatens Gambling Operators with Legal Action
- June 26, 2017 By Oliver Young -
The UK is one of the countries with a very liberal approach towards gambling and betting. In the UK both online and offline gambling and betting are legal and available. But the market is also regulated and the operators that wish to offer betting and gambling services to UK citizens have to adhere to the […] Continue Reading
Former Mohegan Sun Pocono VP Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison
- June 22, 2017 By Riley Wilson -
Robert Pellegrini, a former executive of Pennsylvania Mohegan Sun Pocono was found guilty for participating in a scam that cost his employer more than $420,000. On Friday, Pellegrini was sentenced to 32 months in prison, and was ordered to make restitution to the casino for the money he and his accomplices stole. Elaborate Scheme 51 […] Continue Reading
Netherlands Could Regulate Online Gambling Market by July 2018
- June 21, 2017 By Riley Wilson -
This year’s Gaming in Holland conference was held on June 13-14 at Amsterdam’s De Hallen Studios, and one of unavoidable topics was the Netherlands’ Remote Gaming Bill. The bill is still waiting its introduction, and according to officials of Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice, the road towards becoming the law is very bumpy. Dutch […] Continue Reading
Online Gambling Association Established in the US
- June 21, 2017 By Oliver Young -
It seems that the support for online gambling legalisation in the US is growing. US is one of the few countries of the developed world where many types of online gambling are restricted or even prohibited. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 certainly complicated things, although many feel that it might be unconstitutional, […] Continue Reading