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The casino and lottery industries could be slowly being threatened by Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS), according to a new poll conducted by Leger, The Research Intelligence Group, pdf.
The online survey that was ...
The 2015 Betting & iGaming (BiG) Africa Summit, produced by Eventus International and hosted by The Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa, recently completed an intensive 3-day session, and included p...
The Blue Horizon Casino Cruise ship is set, once again, to sail out of the Port of Palm Beach Friday October 30th. After several delays including a complete shutdown and trip to a Jacksonville dry dock to repla...
Canada will get another shot at approving single-game sports betting legislation, although it remains to be seen as to whether the effort will garner any more success the second time around.
The C-290 sports...
The governor of Idaho, C.L. ‘Butch’ Otter is calling for the reinstatement of instant racing terminals in the state but with stricter regulations this time around. It was just a short time ago that the Supreme ...
In what appears to be an effort to ward off strict oversight from the governments of individual states and federal agencies, operators of daily fantasy sports have created a new self-regulatory body. Seth Harr...
Gamblers in Russia will now have a lessened opportunity to take part in online casino and poker gaming thanks to a decision by the state agency. The agency has been threatening to block gamblers from the activi...
Armenia’s first-ever gambling industry gaming forum is set to take place in the country’s capital Yerevan on November 19, 2015. Conference topics will encompass all aspects of developing a successful gambling b...
Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York who brought the poker industry to its knees and permanently altered the landscape of the online gambling industry in what has now become kno...
Online gambling operators in South Australia may no longer be able to offer unsolicited credits to their customers there.
Regulatory changes proposed by the state’s Independent Gambling Authority (IGA) to th...
In the most recent Resorts Casino Hotel management agreement update, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (NJCCC) will allow the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (MTGA) to invest in Resort’s online gambling ...
StarsDraft, the "new kid on the block" in daily fantasy sports (DFS) has scaled back its offering to only include players physically present in Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, and New Jersey. Parent company, A...
Despite the fact that the Maryland Million is scheduled to take place today, just three days ago ladders and boxes of new flooring crammed the terrace level at Laurel Park where last minute work was being done....
In early July the government of Romania published a list of 48 online betting operators it had blacklisted. Now, according to reports in major niche media, Bet365 and bwin.party have been added to the list. Bot...
The daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry is under siege from all quarters. Wednesday the Wall Street Journal, quoting anonymous sources, reported that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI are investigati...