Twenty months ago, PokerStars, the biggest online poker company in the world, essentially got kicked out of America. The U.S. government sued the company for operating an illegal gambling business, shut down its U.S.-facing web site, and indicted PokerStars' founder.
Read More . . .A federal grand jury is investigating the awarding of the $38 million contract to run the District of Columbia lottery, a process that raises further questions about corruption in a city government already beleaguered by criminal prosecutions.
Read More . . .Zynga, which has struggled recently with its social and mobile games, is taking early steps towards offering real money gaming in Nevada.
Read More . . .Jim Ryan, co-CEO of bwin.party digital entertainment has announced his retirement. Ryan will step down from his post on 15 January 2013 with Norbert Teufelberger, currently Ryan's co-CEO, assuming the new role of Group CEO.
Read More . . .Finally, something that the New Jersey Attorney General's office and the leagues suing to stop sports betting in the Garden State can agree on: a two-day extension of time for the leagues to file their briefs to a federal judge.
Read More . . .Slot-machine maker Bally Technologies is exploring a bid for online poker game developer 3G Studios, in what would be the latest deal to combine online gambling and casino gaming on social media, said two sources with knowledge of the talks.
Read More . . .Casinos in Northern Nevada are planning for new regulations that will allow them to offer online poker by late 2013.
Read More . . .Illinois residents dreaming of being the next big Powerball winner have a new way to buy their lottery tickets — without leaving home.
Read More . . .Facebook and Zynga have always been deeply intertwined, but the companies signed paperwork this week to make their relationship a bit more distant.
Read More . . .The Seton Hall Sports Poll, which bills itself as the nation’s only academically based sports polling service, announced polling results on Thursday showing 47 percent of New Jersey residents opposed to legalized sports gambling, 44 percent in favor, and almost 10 percent undecided.
Read More . . .As you listen day after day about the pending fiscal cliff, consider that there's one easy revenue source that the federal government could add to any bill. Republicans don't want to raise taxes, but right now online gaming isn't taxed because it's only sort of legal, so a revenue opportunity is slipping away from the government.
Read More . . .Maria Verardi threw her hands onto her forehead and let out a cry of joy that caught the attention of a few gamblers playing nearby on the Wheel of Fortune slot machine game at the Showboat Casino Hotel.
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