Monthly Archives: July 2016

Gaming Industry News Weekly Recap – Stories You Might Have Missed

THE AMERICAS

Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives approved online gambling and daily fantasy sports legislation; California’s anti-PokerStars tribes said a 10-year ban and a $60m fine was the mandatory price of admission to the state’s regulated market; Intertain Group named ex-Sportingbet boss Andrew McIver as its new CEO; Brooklyn’s DA busted a “billion dollar” online betting ring; a Connecticut eSports player sued Valve Corp for allowing skin betting on CS:GO matches; Baha Mar’s receivers have reportedly shortlisted two bidders for the stalled $3.5b resort; Nevada casino sportsbooks really, really missed Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Lee Davy recapped all the goings-on at the World Series of Poker 2016.

EUROPE and MIDDLE EAST

Win Cash Live entered administration after failing to secure new investors; the UK Brexit vote set a betting record while the UK Gambling Commission warned licensees about novelty betting integrity; Deutsche Telekom shut its German-facing Tipp3.de site after just one year; Betsson shares lost one-third of their value following a Q2 profit warning; Russia got its third licensed online sports betting site while Russian legislators proposed banning betting on non-sporting events and the average Russian’s wager size fell 25% in Q1; Spain revived its BCN World gaming zone plans in Catalonia; PokerStars halted real-money online poker in Israel; myBet shut its underperforming online poker site; Bet365 was publicly shamed for delaying a punter’s £54k withdrawal request; LeoVegas’ Karolina Pelc talked up the relationship of gambling and gossip; Webe Gaming’s John English discussed having a life outside gambling; Martin van Geest said slots developers needed to be more socially aware and Mondogoal’s Shergul Arshad talked up the massive potential of daily fantasy football (soccer).

Gaming Industry News Weekly Recap – Stories You Might Have Missed

THE AMERICAS

Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives approved online gambling and daily fantasy sports legislation; California’s anti-PokerStars tribes said a 10-year ban and a $60m fine was the mandatory price of admission to the state’s regulated market; Intertain Group named ex-Sportingbet boss Andrew McIver as its new CEO; Brooklyn’s DA busted a “billion dollar” online betting ring; a Connecticut eSports player sued Valve Corp for allowing skin betting on CS:GO matches; Baha Mar’s receivers have reportedly shortlisted two bidders for the stalled $3.5b resort; Nevada casino sportsbooks really, really missed Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Lee Davy recapped all the goings-on at the World Series of Poker 2016.

EUROPE and MIDDLE EAST

Win Cash Live entered administration after failing to secure new investors; the UK Brexit vote set a betting record while the UK Gambling Commission warned licensees about novelty betting integrity; Deutsche Telekom shut its German-facing Tipp3.de site after just one year; Betsson shares lost one-third of their value following a Q2 profit warning; Russia got its third licensed online sports betting site while Russian legislators proposed banning betting on non-sporting events and the average Russian’s wager size fell 25% in Q1; Spain revived its BCN World gaming zone plans in Catalonia; PokerStars halted real-money online poker in Israel; myBet shut its underperforming online poker site; Bet365 was publicly shamed for delaying a punter’s £54k withdrawal request; LeoVegas’ Karolina Pelc talked up the relationship of gambling and gossip; Webe Gaming’s John English discussed having a life outside gambling; Martin van Geest said slots developers needed to be more socially aware and Mondogoal’s Shergul Arshad talked up the massive potential of daily fantasy football (soccer).

Tribes Say PokerStars Should Pay $60 Million for California iGaming License

PokerStars’ could be blocked from a newly regulated Californian iGaming economy for ten years if the state’s tribal coalition gets its way. The long running debate over bad actors (sites active in the US post-UIGEA) reared its ugly head again recently after a tribal coalition indicated that such sites should be excluded for ten years. […]

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Tribes Say PokerStars Should Pay $60 Million for California iGaming License

PokerStars’ could be blocked from a newly regulated Californian iGaming economy for ten years if the state’s tribal coalition gets its way. The long running debate over bad actors (sites active in the US post-UIGEA) reared its ugly head again recently after a tribal coalition indicated that such sites should be excluded for ten years. […]

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