German gambling laws, and the incredibly slow pace at which they are applied, have finally attracted the attention of gaming regulators with the powerful European Commission (EC). According to multiple published reports, the EC is formally admonishing German officials for a wide variety of missteps during their years-long gambling licensing debacle. At the core of…
Romanian gambling officials have issued a new set of licenses to online operators and, true to their word, also published a black list of banned operators. While both actions are significant steps forward, both are intended only as temporary solutions to the country's ongoing challenge of igaming liberalization. As it stands, both the licenses and…
Billionaire casino owner Shel Adelson donates millions of dollars every year to GOP candidates but, according to Senator Marc Rubio (R-FL), that money doesn't buy any influence when it comes to gambling legislation. Rubio, who has received money from Adelson and, coincidentally, supports the Adelson-backed Restoration of the American Wire Act (RAWA), spoke on the…
American online poker could get a major boost if the Internet Poker Freedom Act of 2015, a bill introduced in Congress by Representative Joe Barton (R-TX), passes. Barton's bill calls for the establishment of interstate poker compacts; stiff penalties for unlicensed operators; and an opt-out clause for states that aren't interested in participating in online…
Lots of European governments talk about breaking up their lucrative sports betting monopolies, but very few of them do so of their own volition. Hungary, is not one of those countries. Late last week, lawmakers in the former Communist country began moving forward a proposal that would radically liberalize the way Hungarian gambling takes place.…
If you've ever it seemed like Americans prefer illegal sports betting over regulated online betting, congratulations you had it right all along. Even better, the big brains at the University of Massachusetts recently conducted a study that backs up that claim. The study was conducted by the UMass School of Public Health and Health Sciences…
The tiny country of Cyprus, and its notoriously discrete bankers, have held onto the land and web-based casino industry's fortunes for years. Oddly enough, Cyprus has never hosted any actual casinos. That situation could change dramatically by the end of the month. According to published reports on Cyprus media outlets including in-Cyprus.com, Cypriot lawmakers could…
Gaming enforcement authorities in Romania have had it with unlicensed operators and they're doing everything in their power to stop them dead in their tracks. In some very blunt remarks, Romania's National Gambling Office (NGO) president Cristinela Odeta Nestor has vowed to, "eradicate," operators who don't fall in line with the country's harsh new gambling…
New Jersey facing casino affiliates are being given a choice: quit doing business with offshore sites that aren't licensed in Jew Jersey, or get outta town. This Tony Soprano-style threat isn't as bad as all that. Affiliates have a quite generous 150 days to get in compliance before feeling the wrath of the New Jersey…
The battle for regulated California online poker has been going on for quite a while now but in recent weeks, that battle has started to turn ugly. For starters, whispers in the halls of the California State Legislature are suggesting that the most current online poker bill, AB 431, is dead in the water. According…
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