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For quite some time it was online poker that was seen as the stepping stone to comprehensive online gaming. It was the compromise that would satisfy the anti-gambling and placate the online gaming advocates while opening the door for future expansion down the road.
The NGIC has Already Made the Ruling RE: PrivateTable.com
Speculations surrounding the legality of PrivateTable.com going forward with a real-money launch without the legislative approval of online poker in California continue to fester. Santa Ysabel Gaming Commission Chairman Dave Vialpando has insisted that the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) allows the site to proceed but, it seems that an IGRA ruling pertaining to Internet Class II Gaming has either been forgotten or ignored.
PlayStudios adds cruise ship prizes to myVEGAS rewards
Social casino developer PlayStudios has agreed a partnership with Royal Caribbean International to offer users of its myVEGAS app the chance to win accommodation and perks on the Miami-based cruise operator’s ships.
New Jersey Fallout: Ultimate Poker's Future in Question
After Ultimate Gaming closed the doors to its online poker room and casino in New Jersey on Sunday, it was expected that there would be a reduction in workforce. Customer service representatives and other staff directly related to the operations in New Jersey were among those predicted to part ways with the company.
Gambling On The Baptists: A Casino Magnate Reaches For The Collection Plate
In case you missed it, Sheldon Adelson, CEO of Las Vegas Sands, reached out to Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), this last Spring to strike a deal to ban online gambling. The gains from such an arrangement are of obvious benefit to Mr. Adelson; after all, online gambling constitutes a direct competitor to his enterprise.
In the booming online poker business, Amaya will raise you billions
David Baazov doesn’t look like the card sharks you see in high-stakes poker tournaments on TV–the computer geeks or baseball-capped good ol’ boys living the Vegas dream. Nor is the polished 34-year-old CEO of Montreal-based Amaya Gaming Group Inc. a Hefner-style swinger or a reclusive mastermind, like other entrepreneurs who have hit the jackpot in the young, chancy business of online gambling.
Sony's Morpheus gamble could change course of VR
PS4 is going gangbusters, 3DS continues to impress, Steam and Kickstarter have between them overseen an extraordinary revitalization of PC gaming, and mobile gaming goes from strength to strength; yet it's absolutely clear where the eager eyes of most gamers are turned right now.
For the Gaming Industry, How Much Is Too Much?
One-third of Atlantic City’s casinos have closed this year. Simultaneously, new casinos are under construction or on the drawing board in surrounding states. So how many casinos are too many? More pressingly, has the industry reached the saturation point?
Mobile helping to broaden gaming audience
Mobile gaming continues to see growth in the US, and it's not coming at the expense of other platforms, the Entertainment Software Association said in its new report, Mobile Games: Expanding Gameplay Across America, which it put together with help from The NPD Group.
Class II Controversy
While a coalition of California’s politically powerful American Indian tribes is pursuing legislation to legalize online poker, some Indian bands plan to launch real-money online poker and bingo websites as Class II gambling permitted under federal law.
Metric Gaming Selects GeoComply for U.S. Sports Wagering Solution
Las Vegas-based Metric Gaming LLC, a leading supplier of technology, software and services for the mobile sports wagering industry, has selected GeoComply to handle its geolocation compliance needs as it prepares to launch its products in the North American market.
Unshuffled mini-baccarat game ruled legal
Games of mini-baccarat played at the Golden Nugget two years ago with unshuffled cards in which gamblers won $1.5 million did not violate any rules or laws, New Jersey casino regulators ruled.
Beyond the 481 patent citations which reference NMG's Slim Terminal Gaming System, the following patents and applications incorporate representations of the '602 in their descriptions and specifications further illustrating independent recognition of its position both by priority and foundation for server-based gaming:...
GTech-IGT integration process kicks off
The integration process between GTech SpA and International Game Technology (IGT) has officially started, the chief executive of GTech, Marco Sala, announced on a corporate video released on Monday.
Boyd Gaming launches sports wagering app
Boyd Gaming Corp. launched a sports wagering application for mobile devices Tuesday, allowing customers in Nevada to bet on college and professional games and events.
Can the iPhone 6 replace your gaming handheld?
Apple's iPhones have been great game devices for years. In fact, iPhones are the gadgets that helped re-invent mobile gaming and steer it away from the domain of companies like Nintendo and Sony.
Slim Terminal Gaming System US Patents 6,409,602, 7,189,161and7,837,560
New Millennium Games. Inc. (NMG)’s Slim Terminal Gaming System US Patent 6,409,602 (‘602) was applied for November 24, 1998 and issued June 25, 2002. The patent family has been referenced 481 times to date, illustrating its crucial positioning as a "keystone"...
Gamesparks' Griffin Parry on why server-side features spell success
"We don't come from games, which is something we see as a virtue, because it gives us a bit of perspective," opened GameSparks' CEO Griffin Parry, speaking at TIGA's Smartphone and Tablet Conference in London.
Parry, whose firm helps developers implement server-side components into their titles, believes that one day all games will run in the cloud.
Bally’s Merger with Scientific Games is GTECH-IGT’s Evil Twin
When I think of the recent merger between Bally Technologies (BYI) and Scientific Games (SGMS), my mind gets caught in the Kurt Vonnegut novel, Jailbird. The story features the RAMJAC corporation, a fictional enormous super conglomerate that pretty much owns the entire planet, and its controlling shareholder turns out to be a crazy bag lady named Mary Kathleen O’Looney. I read this before I understood the impossibility of superconglomerates owning more than 50% of any one industry let alone the planet at any one time due to economic calculational chaos, so it made a scary impression on me as if
The Great American Gambling Boom
For a nation that prides itself on individual liberty, the United States has long clung to its Puritan roots in regards to gambling. As early as 1630, the Massachusetts Bay Colony had outlawed the possession of cards and dice. In the 1800s, as the Wild West was tamed, lynching of professional gamblers were not uncommon. By the 20th century, even state-sponsored lotteries had been eradicated.
GameAccount readies US mobile casino launch in 2015
London-listed gaming technology supplier GameAccount Network has announced the expansion of an existing partnership with an undisclosed US casino operator to launch its mobile casino solution during the first quarter of next year.
Sports betting banned? Don't bet on it
Even though the Giants lost two of their first three games and the Jets aren't doing so well either, you may believe they'll be champions this year. Maybe you want to put a little money on that. Or the World Series. Or the Final Four.
Not just the five bucks bet with your brother-in-law or the money in the office pool (both activities illegal, by the way) but an honest-to-God wager based on professional odds with a chance of winning big.
Gov. Christie says go right ahead, and Dennis Drazen, legal advisor to Monmouth Park, says you can do it at his place real soon.
Atlantic City looks to define its gaming future
Four years ago, the obituaries for Resorts Atlantic City were being written.
The city’s oldest hotel-casino — the first U.S. gaming hall ever licensed outside of Nevada — was in disrepair.
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