Author: Nathan

The new company to be formed by the merger of bwin and PartyGaming now has a name: Introducing bwin.party digital entertainment, soon to be “the world's largest publicly listed online gaming group.” The new company will make PartyGaming’s current Gibraltar headquarters its home. And it will be very much a global company, “ideally positioned to…

Things are heating up in Mediterranean markets: Just days after learning that Gibraltar is adjusting its Internet gaming regulations comes news of increased competition in the Italian poker market. Online poker players in Italy will soon have more options, with Caesars Interactive Entertainment (formerly Harrah’s) signing a contract for its subsidiary World Series of Poker…

The official schedule for the 2011 World Series of Poker has been released. The 42nd annual installment of the most popular poker event starts the day after Memorial Day and, as usual, will be held at the Rio in Las Vegas. The WSOP officially kicks off on May 31, 2011. The Main Event begins "on…

On the heels of this week’s earlier story that Ireland is raising its taxes on online gaming companies comes the news that the Irish government has backed research claiming that “a global phenomenon which ‘may well be incapable of full regulation,’” reports RTE Business. The paper adds that “a ban on advertising would be difficult…

When it comes to Internet poker bill drama, count the Sunshine State up there with California and New Jersey. Like those two states, it’s seen a number of attempts to regulate online poker come and go in the past few years, most recently in March of this year. Now, lawmakers are trying again with a…

If you’re young enough, or just properly plugged into the mobile world, this is probably already old news. But larger companies and the media in general are just starting to map this latest online trend. Which is: People are rapidly transitioning away from email to instant messaging. Think about any teenagers you know. You're much…

Spectrum Gaming Group, an independent casino industry research and regulatory advisory group, has issued a list of the 21 most important trends facing the global casino industry in 2011.Unsurprisingly, a number of these trends deal directly with the Internet gambling issue. Some are obvious — for example, we already know that "mobile Internet and social…

Attention has wandered away from the Kentucky online poker domain name case in recent months. As you’ll recall, this case concerns Kentucky’s attempt to seize 141 online gambling domain names -- including heavy hitters like PokerStars and Full Tilt -- from their rightful international owners, on the basis that they provided unlawful online gambling services…

When it rains, it pours: As the debate over regulating online gambling in the U.S. gets more media attention, more lawmakers realize they’re missing out on potentially billions of dollars by leaving online gaming unregulated — and therefore untaxed. The latest state to consider regulating Internet gambling is North Carolina, where Governor Bev Perdue “says…

Many online gaming companies, including PartyGaming, are headquartered in Gibraltar (or “The Rock” as it’s often called), because of the location’s unique tax status as a British territory in a foreign country (Spain). The Guardian describes Gibraltar as a “virtual Las Vegas”, adding that “in online gambling it has hit the jackpot.” Now, the government…