Arizona Republican Senator John McCain, the legislator who made headlines in September 2013 for playing poker on his mobile phone during a U.S. Senate Committee Hearing on Foreign Relations, has once again caught the attention of the U.S. gambling industry. In a Capital Games podcast hosted by Andy Katz of ESPN and Rick Klein of…
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Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment(SHRE), touted as one of the most influential operators of hotels and casinos, and owned by Florida's Seminole Indian tribe has announced reviving plans of entering the New Jersey hotel casino business. Last Thursday, the entertainment firm received a Statement of Compliance issued by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (NJCCC), which…
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Microgaming Software Systems Ltd. the Isle of Man-based iGaming software provider that lays claim to having created the "world's first true online casino," has announced the launching of an industry-first Application Programming Interface (API), which the company calls "Babelfish." Designed and created to make easy the development and integration of a new poker program into…
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The National Council of Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS), a non-bipartisan organization of U.S. state lawmakers who are themselves members of gaming regulation committee in their respective state legislative houses, has published a compilation of gaming policies that the organization proposes as standards for online gambling legislation. The NCLGS asserts that the compiled standards could…
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Last week, GoBetGo Sportsbook online betting site closed down without giving its site members assurance of settling any unpaid winnings and/or remaining account balances. Rather than do so, the GoBetGo Management merely posted a notification that the dotcom site has closed because their business strategy of offering the best odds at low margins was not…
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The next summer and winter Olympics is still a year away, but a group of Nevada-based bookmakers is hoping that state regulators will grant their petition for allowing Olympic Games betting. As it is, wagering on Olympic matches is an exception to the sports betting activities allowed in Nevada. According to the Vice President of…
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In a move to spur the growth of Internet gambling in New Jersey on its second year, particularly for online poker, NJ regulators have given the go signal for WSOP.com and 888.Poker.com to proceed with their initiative of combining their player pools. After its first year, NJ's online gambling industry realized only around 10 percent…
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To demonstrate its commitment to putting the interest of the poker community first, PokerStars announced the cancellation of previously introduced and announced changes at PokerStars.com and shared liquidity sites. An exception to the cancellation is the rake increase announced for the "Spin and Go" games that took effect on November 03, 2014, denoting that the…
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Russian Federal Bill 478806-6, which the Russian Parliament State of Duma had deliberated on for several months in 2014, finally became a new law, after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed it last December. The new bill is actually an amendment to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, aimed at putting more teeth to Russia's…
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PokerStars is fast becoming more than just the world's largest online poker room as it has expanded its live gaming operations, by opening a second true-to-life poker room in another Crown-Melco operated City of Dreams, but this time in Manila. Last December 14, 2014, the PokerStars Live Manila poker room opened its doors and held…
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