DraftKings, FanDuel Win Indiana Lawsuit

Three former university football players did not lose their "right of publicity" when DraftKings and FanDuel used their player data, statistics and names, the Indiana Supreme Court recently ruled....

Gibraltar Reaches Agreement with Spain On Gambling Industry

Gibraltar has reached a tentative agreement with Spain to protect its gambling industry in the face of concerns over how Brexit will affect the Overseas British Territory. The deal...

Unikrn Gets Isle of Man Licensing for Cryptocurrency, Esports Betting

Esports betting operator Unikrn has been granted licenses for cryptocurrency and real-money online gambling on esports from the Isle of Man. The company says it is the only blockchain-based...

Full House Rejects Z Capital Offer

Full House Resorts said Affinity Gaming owners Z Capital Partners' offer of $132.5 million or $1.79 per share “reflects a stark and fundamental disconnect from our board’s understanding of...

Sands, Valley Forge In; Rivers Out for PA iGaming

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem (l.) and Valley Forge Casino Resort are the latest Pennsylvania casinos to apply for online gaming licenses, while Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino took itself off the...

Louisiana Parishes To Vote On Daily Fantasy Sports

On November 6, voters in every Louisiana parish will determine if they want to allow daily fantasy sports, meaning DFS could be legal in various parts of the state....

PokerStars Offering Play’n Go Content in Italy

PokerStars is now offering content from developer Play’n Go in Italy under a partnership agreement signed earlier this year. PokerStars Italy will offer a full suite of games from...

Sweden Receives 55 Applications for Online Gambling Licenses

Sweden has received at least 55 applications for online casino and sports betting licenses under a reworking of its gambling regulations. Previously, only one betting site, Svenska Spel, was...

World Poker Tour Partners With FansUnite

The World Poker Tour and FansUnite have announced a global marketing partnership. FanUnite is a Ethereum blockchain protocol that claims to be revolutionizing online sports betting, but can also...

Continent 8 Locates in Atlantic City

The Atlantic City Convention Center (l.) will be home for a gaming data center developed by Continent 8, a data hosting company, which will serve iGaming, sports betting and...

Quebec to Appeal Ruling on Online Gambling Blocks

The government of Quebec will appeal a Canadian Supreme Court decision that the province’s attempt to block unlicensed online gambling sites would be “unlawful.” The province had wanted ISPs...

New Jersey Pledges Fight Against Illegal Online Sports Betting

David Rebuck (l.), the head of New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement, testified before the state legislature last week, telling that that all the applications for sports betting licenses...

FanDuel Pays $82K Sports Betting Payout Despite Odds Glitch

FanDuel’s New Jersey sports book will pay an $82,000 winning ticket to a Newark man even though a computer glitch allowed the bet to be issued at over inflated...

Washington State Joins 15 Countries Opposing Video Game Loot Boxes

Regulators in Washington State have joined with 15 European countries to work together to re-classify video games featuring loot boxes under gambling regulations. The coalition cited the risk of...

IGT Launches Online Progressive in New Jersey

One of the missing components in online gaming has been the wide-area progressives. IGT has solved that by launching its MegaJackpots WAP games in New Jersey at four online...

Pennsylvania Awards Online Casino Licenses to Penn National and SugarHouse Casino

Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board has approved online gaming licenses for SugarHouse casino (l.) in Philadelphia and Penn National’s Hollywood casino. The two casinos were the fourth and fifth to...

Greece Unveils New Online Gambling Licensing Framework

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos (l.) has released details of a new online gambling framework. The proposal would set high fees for online gambling companies seeking five-year licenses. A...

DraftKings Suffers DOS Attack

Fantasy sports site DraftKings said it suffered a denial of service attack in August and is attempting to sue the perpetrators. A federal judge in Massachusetts issued an order...

Belarus Legalizes Online Gambling

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko (l.) has signed a decree legalizing online casinos in the country. Online gaming sites, however, cannot launch until April 2019. Online bingo, slots and card...

Sky Bet Adds Minimum Bet Guarantee

Sky Bet has become the latest UK bookmakers to add a minimum bet guarantee to its customers. The guarantee will allow bettors to bet to win £500 on Class...