Last week a multi-partisan group of UK lawmakers dropped a bombshell on the UK-facing gambling industry. Wouldn't it be great, they said, if gambling operators simply couldn't advertise? It's a radical solution aimed at helping out a small group of problem gamblers that makes use of sledge hammer tactics when a precise tool would likely…
One of the hard and fast rules of gambling is that the house always wins, but Australian operator Sportsbet is proving that rule can be bent. Sportsbet is on the hook for $93,000 (AUD) ($64,000 USD) after allowing a self-excluded player wager more than $150,000 without picking up on the fact that he shouldn't have…
If you think that the UK ban on video betting terminal wagers over £2 was bad news for the UK-facing gambing industry, you'll want to step away when you hear what the All Party Parliamentary Group has in mind. The cross-party group of parliamentarians wants some major reforms to UK gambling and they may just…
Golf wagering is proving to be an unexpected big hit for DraftKings, the American sportsbook that seems dead set on dominating the emerging regulated US sports betting market. But with no other options for wagering, maybe golf's sudden success speaks more to being the only game in town than a part of a regular wagering…
The Sky Ute Casino Resort made history this week as the first tribal gaming concern to enter the US sports betting market. It's a huge achievement that, hopefully, will get a boost from the increasing number of professional sporting events for players to actually wager on. Located in Ignacio, Colorado, in the southern part of…
When the world went into quarantine during the spring of 2020, one of the big concerns for European governments was the impact lockdown would have on their citizen with gambling problems. Would chronic gamblers lose their minds and shirts while stuck at home? Would gambling operators see them as easy prey? Most European governments weren't…
French online gambling operators were something of an anomaly during the recent COVID-19 lockdown. In fact, they might have even transcended into the category of unicorn. They were, in fact, some of the only businesses on the planet that actually saw revenue gains as their countrymen hunkered down in quarantine. According to a report on…
The glittering casinos of the Las Vegas Strip are (mostly) open for the first time in 78 days. The latest incarnation is one where masks are encouraged, temperatures are taken, and the crowds are sparse. But that appears to be the new reality for the forseeable future as the casino industry attempts to make some…
Bet365 has symbolically end an era of sports betting this week when it shut down its telephone betting services in the UK, according to a report on the Racing Post. It's a legacy service that, frankly, has been lucky to hang on this long. Regardless, many a punter will likely have a few fond memories…
Online poker is a game in which even a very small advantage can propel a player far beyond his or her opponents. That's why Canadian poker player Elisabetta Bertucci alleges a technical glitch in the poker software offered by Loto-Quebec, was particularly egregious and offered some players a significant advantage over others. Bertucci believes that…
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