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If Congress Must Regulate Sports Betting, It Should Focus On Enforcement
The American Gaming Association (AGA) is right to oppose the federal sports betting bill introduced by Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Chuck...
Romania's New 2% Turnover Tax on Online Gambling Takes Effect
Romania has moved ahead with a new 2% turnover tax on online gambling operators to fund social welfare program
Romania-licensed online g...
Tencent bans 270,000 cheaters from online game ‘League of Legends’
Tencent Games, the world’s largest gaming company, has banned nearly 270,000 “League of Legends” (LOL) players in the past two months, th...
Gregory Smith, president and CEO of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation, Now halfway through FY2018-19, the Lottery is well ahead of FY2018 and poised to set some new records
The Connecticut Lottery is already off to a great start as we begin 2019. We are in a solid financial position, and this will result ...
Danish regulator Spillemyndigheden has ordered local internet service providers (ISPs) to block 18 sites found to be in violation of the Danish Act on Gambling
Danish regulator Spillemyndigheden has ordered local internet service providers (ISPs) to block 18 sites found to be in violation of the ...
Virginia Lottery seeking young artist imaginations
Lottery seeking young artist imaginations
The Virginia Lottery is calling all young artists in K-12 public schools to put their imaginat...
New Mexico Lottery Introduces Three New Scratchers
ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Lottery welcomes the new year by releasing three new Scratchers:
$5 “Gold Mine 9x” is a blue and gold ti...
Former NJ Gov. Chris Christie Calls Out Leagues, Federal Sports Betting Laws
Chastising the major American sports leagues for what he called their underlying duplicity, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie urged a...
Texas Lottery generates more than $100 million in one week from scratch-off ticket sales
AUSTIN —
The Texas Lottery has, for the first time in its history, sold more than $100 million in scratch ticket sales in just one ...
SBTech appoints Gavin Isaacs as Chairman
SBTech appoints Gavin Isaacs as Chairman
Former Scientific Games CEO brings extensive experience to innovative supplier and will help gr...
Industry Leader Larry Loss To Serve As Interim CEO Of Iowa Lottery
CLIVE, Iowa – Larry Loss, the Iowa Lottery’s executive vice president and an industry leader who has worked at the lottery since its star...
Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein online casino licenses expire
Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein online casino licenses expire Germany’s online gambling market is closing a chapter as the first online cas...
Almost half a billion euro paid out by Irish National Lottery in 2018
Almost half a billion euro paid out by National Lottery in 2018
Almost half a billion euro has been paid out to National Lottery winners...
Companies operating video slot machines in Wyoming bars are challenging the attorney general's opinion that the games constitute illegal gambling
Companies operating video slot machines in Wyoming bars are challenging the attorney general's opinion that the games constitute illegal ...
West Virginia launches Online sports betting
CHARLESTON — The app is live, but the scope of the expected revenue gains from online sports betting in West Virginia remains to be seen....
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III has issued an opinion that could open the door to legalizing sports betting in Tennessee
“If chance is the dominant factor in determining the outcome of the contest, the contest constitutes a lottery, and absent an amendment t...
Michigan Governor Vetoes Package of iGaming Bills That Had Opened Door To Legal Sports Betting
With 48 hours remaining in his term, outgoing Republican Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Friday vetoed the package of iGaming bills that...
35 years ago, Isaac Asimov was asked by the Star to predict the world of 2019. Here is what he wrote
By ISAAC ASIMOV Special to The Star
Originally published Dec. 31, 1983
lf we look into the world as it may be at the end of another gen...
Concerns Raised Over a Real-Money Gambling App on Steam
Video games are without a doubt one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the planet but it has been subject a to a fair share of...
Slovakia’s president has vetoed his country’s new gambling regime, which would have opened up the online market to international operators
Slovakia’s president has vetoed his country’s new gambling regime, which would have opened up the online market to international operator...
Aspire Zone to launch online gaming tournament with 2.3 billion players worldwide
QNA/Doha
Aspire Zone has announced the signing of a collaboration agreement with Wega, one of the world’s leading e-payment systems...
by Steve Carp States should tell Feds to back off on sports betting
Ray Lesniak is my hero.
If you’ve ever made a bet on a sporting event, he should be your hero too.
Who is Ray Lesniak?
He is the forme...
NBC registers domain names for sports betting
Do the registrations foreshadow a new sports betting platform or are they merely defensive registrations?
Is NBC going to offer sports b...
US government to meddle in sports betting---
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China Declares the Direction of Their Domestic Game Industry and Resumes Game Approvals
On December 21, Feng Shixin, Deputy Director of the Publications Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department, delivered a speech on the d...
Thomas Mitchell: Federal sports betting bill usurps state powers
Now, precisely where in the U.S. Constitution is Congress given the power to “maintain a distinct Federal interest in the integrity and c...
Federal sports betting law will impact NJ, other states
A recently introduced federal bill legislating sports betting nationwide would not immediately affect New Jersey's growing market but it ...
Arkansas commission gives preliminary OK to 2 casino rules
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Racing Commission has given tentative approval to two new regulations dealing with casino gambling ...
Bills soon to be on table for sports gambling in Virginia
FALLS CHURCH, VA.
If he were laying odds, state Sen. Chap Petersen would like the chances that Virginia's General Assembly will legaliz...