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Several U.S. states are looking to legitimize and legalize online gambling, with Nevada leading the pack. The launch of online poker services represent an opportunity for data centers that can meet the regulatory standards for housing gaming infrastructure. Last May colocation provider Switch announced that its SuperNAP data center has been approved as registered hosting center for online gaming, and now ViaWest says it has gained approved for its new facility at Lone Mountain, Nevada.
Nevada is breaking ground for online gaming nationally, with new laws allowing online poker passed in February of this year. The services are restricted to players at least 21 years old and physically located in Nevada. Station Gaming (Ultimate Poker) and Caesar’s (World Series of Poker) are the first companies to launch legal online poker operations in Nevada.
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Have you ever gone to the casino, sat down at the slots and wanted a little more of a challenge?
"A little bit more than just hitting the button and looking for your 7s or looking for your cherries so it's just a spin on the slot product," said Mike Trask with Bally Technologies.
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The American Gaming Association estimates that Americans spend about $4 billion gambling online each year, even though Congress banned it in the U.S. in 2006. About 1,700 offshore sites have handled these bets, but there are now three states benefiting from superseding the federal laws that have tried to keep players from cashing in big.
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Web technology company Goo Technologies, developer of the HTML5 graphics engine Goo Engine, has released the results of its 2013 State of Browser Gaming Index, finding that Americans are becoming more comfortable with browser gaming, but still want more from those browser-based experiences.
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STOCKHOLM Oct 8 (Reuters) - With 100 million people logging on every day for a fix of its games like Candy Crush Saga, globalgamemaker King is showing rivals not just how to hook players, but how to get them to pay.
King is the latest among European tech firms like Rovio, creator of mega-hit Angry Birds, and Mojang, behind Minecraft, to make it big on the global gaming scene. But its stunning profitability in an industry littered with firms who failed to make money from popular games has made it a totem for others seeking to emulate its success.
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Apple’s still-unconfirmed but long rumored smartwatch is poised to be a sales juggernaut and the product hasn’t even been officially unveiled yet.
But will the so-called “iWatch” be a hit with mobile gamers, online poker players, and other high-stakes digital gamblers?
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