THE AMERICAS

Lotteries pushed for an exemption from the Restoration of America’s Wire Act but Rep. Jason Chaffetz told lotteries to get stuffed; a California tribal coalition warned legislators about PokerStars’ treachery; New Jersey’s online poker market continued to slide; Atlantic City casino revenue caught a cold; GameAccount inked a free-play online deal with Maryland Live; Louisiana proposed using unclaimed casino cash to fund medical exams for rape victims; WPT player of the year Mukul Pahuja went on an epic Twitter rant; Sheldon Adelson topped the Forbes’ list of gaming billionaires; a judge told Caesars Entertainment to bend over and spread ‘em wide; Scientific Games revenue spiked following its Bally acquisition; High 5 Games sued International Game Technology for contract violations; Gaming and Leisure Properties made a $4.1b offer for Pinnacle Entertainment’s real estate and Sue Schneider explained what distinguishes iGaming North America from all other conferences.

EUROPE

Bwin.party’s earnings fell for the third straight year; Italian financial cops accused PokerStars of a €300m tax fraud; Novomatic subsidiary Greentube acquired social and mobile gamers AbZorba Games; Denmark’s online gambling market grew 20% last year; Russian online bookmaker traffic fell 11%; Intertain’s revenue rose almost as much as its debt; the European Commission approved Poland’s gambling amendments; Paddy Power hired new mischief makers; GamCrowd and Innvotec brought crowd-funding to the online gaming industry; Rob Painter talked up SkyBet’s new Football League sponsorship and Casino Saga’s Georg Westin discussed his company’s trademark beef with King.com.