Gambling News

- April 25, 2016 By Oliver Young -

Research firm Rubin Brown published the 2016 edition of the report ‘Gaming Statistics’, a comprehensive review of the gambling industry in the United States. This is the 7th year anniversary of the publication which includes statistical data from this industry, namely data from more than 1,000 gambling operators across 40 US states and it incorporates […] Continue Reading

- April 21, 2016 By Nemanja L. -

Malaysia has continued their efforts to curb illegal gambling in the country with another unconventional measure, having decided to cancel all cell phone numbers that were found to have sent text messages inviting the country residents to take part in illegal gambling. According to the Bernama media outlet, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) have […] Continue Reading

- April 20, 2016 By Oliver Young -

The gambling regulatory body in the US state of New Jersey published a file on its website explaining its view on how dirty online gambling licensees can get through their activities in legal ‘grey zone’ markets. In an advisory bulletin titled the “Impact of operations in grey markets on suitability for licensure”, the director of […] Continue Reading

- April 18, 2016 By Oliver Young -

Michigan has recently launched an online gambling bill which proposes new ways of legalizing and regulating this industry. The US state currently has a limited form of online lottery gaming, but the online gambling activities might be expanded with the introduction of this recent bill to the state Senate. Senate Bill 889, also referred to […] Continue Reading

- April 14, 2016 By Nemanja L. -

Czech Republic has made an important step towards increasing the gambling tax in the country as the lower house approved the bill designed to increase said tax. The European Union state is in the process of regulating its gambling market and the government has clearly jumped at the opportunity to hand a much needed boost […] Continue Reading

- April 13, 2016 By Oliver Young -

The gambling jurisdiction in the UK has recently launched a new strategy on minimizing problem gambling and rising awareness of responsible gambling on a nationwide level within the next three years. Titled the National Responsible Gambling Strategy, the document deals with the subject of issues resulting from gambling and proposes several methods on how these […] Continue Reading

- April 12, 2016 By Samantha A. -

Early this past Saturday morning a man was injured by being shot while he was in the parking deck at the Wetumpka’s Wind Creek Casino sitting in his vehicle. According to the Poarch Creek Tribal Police Department representative, the victim and the suspect knew each other.  With this knowledge it is sure to be an […] Continue Reading

- April 12, 2016 By Nemanja L. -

Betfair has announced that they have just had their largest cash-out in history as a lucky punter used said option to land a £53,000 payout on a 22-leg football accumulator. This is definitely not the biggest amount the world-famous gaming operator has paid out to its customers, but it will no doubt go down as […] Continue Reading

- April 11, 2016 By Oliver Young -

The South Australian Council of Social Services (SACSA) wants changes to the current online gambling tax laws in the country in order to ensure that taxes are paid where bets are placed. The Aussie group says that gambling operators being licensed by the current licensing jurisdictions have been avoiding paying the right taxes because according […] Continue Reading

- April 7, 2016 By Nemanja L. -

Alabama and Tennessee are the latest two US states to have found daily fantasy sports websites to be illegal gambling, thus adding another blow to leading DFS operators DraftKings and FanDuel. Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange announced on Tuesday that cease and desist letters have been sent to DraftKings and FanDuel, as the two gaming […] Continue Reading