New York Gaming Commission to Study Online Gambling

The New York Gaming Commission is ordering a market study of online gaming, which could impact efforts to bring legal online poker and other forms of gambling to the...

Major Gaming Console Companies Agree to Disclose Loot Box Odds

Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony (Playstation at left) will require publishers making video games for their systems to reveal the odds of getting individual in-game items through loot boxes. The...

New Zealand Opens Public Input on Online Gambling Regulation

The New Zealand government has launched a public consultation on regulating online gambling in the country. The government wants to focus on ways to reduce gambling harm, says Internal...

888 Casino Launches New System in New Jersey

888 Holdings has revamped its online casino in the competitive New Jersey market and plans an update for its online poker platform too. 888 Poker, now the only poker...

Rivers Barred from DFS Court Battle in N.Y.

Rivers, the Schenectady casino, wants to join the state’s appeal of a 2018 court ruling that daily fantasy sports violates the New York Constitution. But Rivers may have too...

Penn National Enters Multiple iGaming Partnerships

Penn National Gaming is the latest U.S. operator to join the online gaming and mobile sports betting arenas. Its new alliances with DraftKings, PointsBet, theScore and the Stars Group...

Sports Betting Elbows iPoker Legalization in California

The once intense interest in legalizing online poker in California has been shunted aside by a new interest: sports betting. Meanwhile one of the largest online poker markets in...

Betdaq Launches Sportsbook

Betdaq has launched a fixed-odds sportsbook to complement its 2 percent exchange and online casino. The sportsbook will be backed by a multi-channel marketing campaign that includes PR and...

New Zealand Considering Credit Card Ban for Online Gambling

New Zealand’s gaming regulator is considering a ban on credit card use for online gambling as the country prepares for a new online gaming platform from SkyCity.

Golden Nugget Atlantic City Could See Online Revenue Pass Brick and Mortar

Golden Nugget Atlantic City (l.), the leader in the New Jersey online gambling market, could see its combined online revenue surpass its brick and mortar revenue by the end...

Online Casinos Launch in Pennsylvania

Online casino gaming has come to Pennsylvania as Parx Casino in suburban Philadelphia and Penn National’s Hollywood Casino near Hershey launched online gambling as part of a three-day test...

Has New App Solved iGaming’s Apple Problem?

Are you a Pennsylvania sports fan and also an iPhone user? It’s now possible for you to place online bets in at least a few of the mobile sportsbooks...

PA Judge Denies Casino Bid to Block iLottery Games

A judge has handed Pennsylvania casino owners a setback in their effort to block the state lottery from offering online games they say simulate casino-style slot machines.

MLB To Launch Chinese ESports Tournament

Major League Baseball has announced its first venture into eSports with a tournament in China that will feature eight competing teams under the title MLB: The Show. The three-month...

Gambling.Com Announces First American Gambling Awards

Gambling.com Group Plc. announced the winners of its inaugural American Gambling Awards, recognizing achievements in the online gaming industry. New Jersey’s David Rebuck (l.) was named top regulator following...

Amazon’s Twitch Acquires Social Platform Bebo

Streaming video platform Twitch has acquired social networking platform Bebo for about $25 million. The acquisition is part of Twitch’s plan to increase its eSports business and the platform...

DraftKings Begins DFS in Alabama

Sports betting and daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has re-launched daily fantasy sports in Alabama after the state moved to legalize the games earlier this month.

New Jersey’s Top Regulator Warns Offshore Bookies

New Jersey’s top gaming regulator, David Rebuck (l.), has issued a warning to offshore sportsbooks taking illegal bets in the U.S.

New ESports League Backed by New York Mets Owners

A new eSports league called Andbox has been announced by an investment fund backed by the owners of the New York Mets. The new organization will include teams in...

Dutch Online Licenses Draw a Crowd

Seventy-nine operators have expressed interest in online gaming licenses in the Netherlands according to Dutch gaming regulator Kansspelautoriteit. The market is set to launch on New Year’s Day 2021.