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Online Casino News Roundup: November 2013

[caption id="attachment_38481" align="aligncenter" width="288" caption="The day Tom Landry warned of has arrived."][/caption] November 2013 online casino news saw plenty of action as two more US states launched regulated igaming. It's a big move for the igaming industry that's being watched closely from all corners of the globe. Here are a few of the big igaming…

5 iGaming Myths That Need to Go Away in 2013

Everything Will Change When the US Legalizes... The promise of legalized online gambling in the United States has operated as a sort of gambler's/casino affiliate bedtime story since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) choked off the US market back in 2006. While that's a great half full view of the world, it's also…

New Jersey Opens iGaming Soft Launch

New Jersey online gambling operators are participating in a soft launch of the country's newest igaming market that's spread across 17 different sites. As one might expect, the early hours of the trial run were marked with a host of technical glitches. Some end-users reported geolocation errors that kept them from playing, despite their locations…

Nevada, Delaware Talk Interstate Gambling Compact

[caption id="attachment_38234" align="alignright" width="209" caption="Delaware Governor, Jack Markell"][/caption] The governors of Nevada and Delaware have been talking recently about the possibility of entering into an interstate online gambling compact. This news, which was first reported in the Las Vegas Sun, should come as no surprise to anyone who has been following the birth of the…

Delaware Officially Launches Regulated Online Gambling

Delaware lived up to its, "First State," slogan last week when it became the first American state to offer a full suite of regulated online gambling to its citizens. It's a major step for the American-facing industry and the first shot in what is expected to be a long battle for East Coast igaming supremacy.…

WSOP.com Faces Technical Issues

WSOP.com players are having big trouble depositing cash with Nevada's second regulated online poker site. Player woes are a major headache WSOP's parent company, Caesars Interactive and black eye for the Silver State online industry as a whole. The complaints, many of which were posted on TwoPlusTwo.com, and later reported on by Gambling911.com, focused on…

Nevada GCC Grants Online Poker Extensions

[caption id="attachment_37585" align="alignright" width="244" caption="GCC Chief, AG Burnett"][/caption] The Nevada Gaming Control Commission (GCC) is giving three big-time online poker operators a little more time to get their acts together. Under Nevada law, operators have six months to launch their sites after getting the final okay on their online operators licenses. MGM Resorts International, Boyd Gaming…

Phil Ivey Launches Poker App

[caption id="attachment_37316" align="alignright" width="201" caption="Ivey's app offers access to instructional videos."][/caption] Phil Ivey, professional poker's resident bad boy/genius, is launching a new poker app for mobile users. The Ivey Poker App is a sort of mash up of a social casino and poker lesson series with plenty of opportunities for social interactions. Ivey's app is…

iGaming News Roundup – September 22-28

[caption id="attachment_37301" align="alignright" width="220" caption="Wynn is ready for online poker."][/caption] The iGaming and SEO worlds are moving along at full speed as dealmakers get ready for America and Google launches a big, new algorithm. Here are the headlines from the week of September 22, 2013. iGaming Headlines 888 Inks Wynn Deal - 888 Holdings struck…

Is Rake Back in Online Poker Dead?

Is rake back in online poker on the verge of extinction? Over the last several years the online poker industry has experienced a number of setbacks, specifically in the U.S. market.  On April 15th, 2011 when the U.S. Department of Justice pulled the plug on the largest U.S. facing online poker sites, they also dealt…