[caption id="attachment_30899" align="alignright" width="277" caption="Kyl and Reid just couldn't get it done."][/caption] Anyone who bet against the US Congress' ability to pass the Reid-Kyl online poker bill can go ahead and cash in their tickets. On Friday, Nevada Senator Harry Reid announced that the efforts to push the bill into law this session were all…
[caption id="attachment_30576" align="alignright" width="261" caption="Zynga CEO Mark Pincus"][/caption] Zynga is a step closer to real-money gambling in the United States after filing an application for a Preliminary Finding of Suitability from the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The Preliminary Finding of Suitability is the first step in a licensing process that can take as long as…
[caption id="attachment_29846" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="MGM Grand Is Ready To Play Online Poker"][/caption] The Nevada Gaming Commission licenses are rolling off the approval assembly line with three more companies ready to operate in the state’s new intrastate online poker industry. Number one is the big brand MGM Resort who secured a license along with two other…
[caption id="attachment_29168" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Tribes Ready To Play Online"][/caption] They are coming to the online gaming market faster than you think. A Native American tribal casino is on its way soon and it looks like it could be here by early as November. The casino intends to launch both online poker and casino brands with…
Gambling is one of the few industries that shaped as much by political forces as it is by economic forces. That's why the upcoming national and local elections in the United States incredibly important everyone in iGaming, whether they're in the US or not. Because there are so many angles to the politics of gambling,…
[caption id="attachment_28100" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="The Nevada Gaming License Requirements"][/caption] Now that the Nevada online gaming jurisdiction is in full force, it's important to know what’s involved, including all of the current updates and companies that have licenses. As Jon Friedberg explained in his exclusive interview about getting his affiliate license, the licensing process is quite…
Frank Fahrenkopf Jr. isn't betting on Congress' chances of passing a Federal online gaming bill in 2012. That was the gist of the chief executive of the American Gaming Association's remarks to industry leaders at the annual Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas this week. In his address, Fahrenkopf said that the Feds weren't likely to…
Double Down Casino is having a pretty incredible run in 2012 and their future prospects are just as bright. Thanks to their recent acquisition by International Gaming Technology (IGT) in January, the company is well poised to take advantage of igaming's Holy Grails; intrastate poker in the US and real money social gaming. It's pretty…
Bwin.Party is selling their Ongame Poker Network to Amaya Gaming in a deal that may be worth as much as $32 million. The blockbuster deal is just one more sign of the massive game of musical chairs being played in the gaming industry ahead of legal online gaming in the US. Amaya, a Canadian based…
When politicians talk about online gambling, they're not fishing for votes from the public; they're fishing for campaign contributions from the casinos. That's the conclusion of a very interesting Las Vegas Sun article on campaign finances and the gaming industry by Karoun Demirjian. [caption id="attachment_27605" align="alignright" width="270" caption="Nevada Senators Reid and Heller, at your service."][/caption]…
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