DraftKings has quickly emerged as one of the leading players in the rapidly expanding world of regulated US sports betting. Along the way, they've trashed a lot of the taboos that had long been held out by anti-sports betting advocates as arguments against regulated sports betting. For example, DraftKings has blazed a trail of marketing…
Are players in the Philippines ready for the day when online gambling includes regulated cockfighting? The world is one step closer to answering that question after the country's House of Representatives completed a crucial vote that outlines a taxation scheme for just such a plan. Late Wednesday, the country's House of Representatives approved, by a…
When will Nevada's glittering casino archipelago reopen in its entirety? That is to say, when can you waltz into Caesar's Palace without a mask and expect the place to be packed to the rafters? We don't know exactly when that glorious day will arrive but, according to Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, corona virus inspired capacity…
The giants of the internet have found that a lot of their users are not really big fans of the gambling and alcohol industries. As a result of copious user feedback, the internet giants are moving forward with a plan that would allow end-users to opt out of gambling and alcohol ads all together. Under…
A group of Swedish players are causing headaches for the Kindred Group after finding a way to circumvent the country's onerous casino deposit limits. The all-too-clever players caused a big headache for the operator, while pointing out the absurdities of the hastily written, and hastily applied, casino deposit limit rule. At the heart of the…
Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights (ANRF), an advocacy group for (you guessed it) non-smokers, has visited America's casinos and they didn't like what they saw. Now they're lobbying the American Gaming Association (AGA) to call for casinos that allow smoking to forgo desperately needed COVID-19 relief funds. It's a long-shot bid that's not likely to get…
The UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is launching a review of the country's Gambling Act of 2005. It's a move that's been spoken of for years, but has never really picked up traction. Regardless, UK-facing gambling operators are nervous about what the DCMS has in store for their future. When the…
DraftKings has announced a new deal with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation (MPTN) - operators of the Foxwoods Resorts Casino in Connecticut, which positions them to be a major player in the East Coast regulated sports betting market. But what the deal accomplishes today is merely an opening act for a much bigger move down…
A recent study on problem gambling by the University of British Columbia in Vancouver came up with some insights that may not be news to anyone who's spent time with problem gamblers. Turns out, they're don't make a lot of date-driven decisions and generally don't think outside of the moment they're living in. The report,…
Former New York Governor David Patterson thinks that new casinos could be the Empire State's ticket out of COVID-related financial catastrophe. As such, he's promoting a plan that would see three new casinos in the state, but he's going to need some serious political help if the plan is going to come to fruition. Patterson,…
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