An excerpt from “iGaming Expert Roundtable: How Affiliates Can Rev Up For Regulation.” A streamed recording of the full webinar is available free of charge to CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com newsletter subscribers. –> View The Full Webinar <– Still confused about the state of online gambling regulation in the US? You’re not alone, so we stepped in to…
The State of Delaware took its first step towards full-on, regulated online gambling this week with the launch of three, free-to-play casino sites. It's a big move for the state that, barring any technical disaster, will be the first in the US to offer fully legalized casino gaming... not just poker. Regulated iGaming in, The…
Still confused about the state of online gambling regulation in the US? You're not alone, so we've stepped in to bring together some of the top legal experts in the industry who know what's up, and how you can prepare (finally) for regulated iGaming. In our iGaming expert roundtable on October 23, we’ll be hosting…
[caption id="attachment_36958" align="alignright" width="194" caption="NJ DGE Director, David Rebuck"][/caption] New Jersey gaming regulators have set November 23 as the first day of Garden State regulated online gambling. Though no official announcement has come from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE), the news is being reported by multiple, reliable gambling news sources such as…
A U.S. District Court judge in Texas has ruled that Bitcoins are officially a form of currency. The ruling came in response to a motion to dismiss a Bitcoin-focused fraud case because the defendant said Bitcoins weren't actually real money. Texas resident Trendon Shavers is accused of scamming would-be investors in his Bitcoin hedge fund,…
[caption id="attachment_35937" align="alignright" width="194" caption="David Rebuck"][/caption] The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has posted an Internet Gaming FAQ that includes some new information on how branded skins will be regulated. Branded skins are an issue NJ Gaming Enforcement Director David Rebuck has been focusing a lot of time on lately, as he alluded to…
[caption id="attachment_35382" align="alignright" width="297" caption="Texas Congressman, Joe Barton"][/caption] Texas Congressman Joe Barton is the latest Representative to introduce a Federal Online Poker bill. Barton's bill would legalize online poker at the Federal level, while allowing states that aren't interested to opt out of igaming entirely. In a statement to the press, Barton described poker players…
[caption id="attachment_35185" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The only (legal) game in town until 1978."][/caption] March to Legalization From 1931 until 1978 the State of Nevada was the only place in the United States that offered legal, real-money casino gaming. The Silver State's casino monopoly established Las Vegas as the template for all the casino towns that followed,…
[caption id="attachment_35018" align="alignright" width="169" caption="Dennis Gomes"][/caption] Dennis Gomes Until the mid-1970's, Las Vegas casinos were, in large part, run by the mob. It was an ugly truth that much of the Nevada gaming industry chose to ignore, but not Dennis Gomes. This tough young go-getter was appointed as the head of Nevada's Gaming Control Board’s…
Look out, Google! For the first time in its short history, DuckDuckGo, the little-search-engine-that-could, is racking up over two million daily searches. It's an important milestone for the upstart search engine that offers unprecedented levels of privacy. (Remember, DuckDuckGo does not track user IP addresses or search histories.) It's probably no coincidence that DuckDuckGo's big…
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