Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe Prevail Over Texas in Supreme Court Showdown
The Supreme Court ruled on June 15, 2022, in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas case. This was the only case on the Court’s docket this term directly touching on tribal gaming. Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the majority opinion, joined by Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Barrett. That lineup has become something of a trend […]
Playtech Days Away From ‘Pure-Play’ iGaming Status, Possible Takeover Bid
Playtech may have a whole new outlook on the world shortly. That’s because Friday is the deadline the company gave an unnamed investor group to submit a bid for its acquisition. The Isle of Man-based online gambling software supplier also announced a separate plan to streamline its business today. On June 30, the sale of […]
Meet Your New Bonus.com Contributors, Moving From Online Poker Report
Since 2020, Bonus.com has been the place for honest online casino and sportsbook reviews and transparent information about bonus offers. Starting today, we’re also aiming to be your go-to source for insight into the regulated US online casino industry. We’ve expanded our team to make this happen. What that means is that all of the […]
Florida: A Case Study In How Regulatory Half-Measures Create Chaos
Florida Politics reported this week that a gaming lobbyist for the Seminole Tribe is pressuring the newly-formed Florida Gaming Control Commission (GCC) to intervene on the subject of so-called gray machines. The GCC had its first full, five-member meeting on Wednesday. Florida Politics quoted Marc Dunbar as having urged the commission to “communicate its existence” […]
January 6 Hearings Fail To Change PredictIt Markets
The first January 6 hearings were held on Thursday, June 9 and Monday, June 13. These hearings into the origins of the January 6 Capitol riot gave the public new information, including: Proud Boys’ and Oath Keepers’ instigation of the day’s violence Police body camera footage of rioters attacking police officers Testimony from one […]
BetMGM Poker Championship Final Table To Take Place In PokerGO Studio
Major tournaments with huge guaranteed prize pools remain one of poker’s biggest draws for recreational poker players. Cash games may present the most consistent revenue stream for pros and poker rooms alike, but they don’t offer the possibility to win life-changing money off of an affordable buy-in. Of course, the marketing value of big tournaments […]
Canada’s Homegrown NorthStar Bets Plans To Try Its Hand At Online Poker
The Ontario online gambling market is a battleground. For now, it remains an open question who will have the upper hand: Major US brands, former offshore gray market operators, or homegrown companies. In that latter camp, you’ll find NorthStar Bets. This new brand is an offshoot of Torstar, a media company whose holdings include the Toronto […]
1-800-GAMBLER Problem Gambling Hotline Gains National Nonprofit Support
In a personal crisis, probably the last thing someone dialing 1-800-GAMBLER is considering is the hotline’s issues. Yesterday, the people behind the crisis hotline took a significant step to ensure problem gamblers continue to have access to resources. They say they must, because legal online casino gambling is scaling up in the US. To that […]
PokerStars Receives AGCO Approval, Prepares To Enter The Ontario White Market
PokerStars gained approval from Ontario‘s iGaming regulator yesterday. Thus begins the online poker operator’s journey from the gray market to legal online gambling in Canada. Yesterday’s acceptance by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is just the beginning of the process for PokerStars, though. The brand operated by Dublin-based Flutter Entertainment still needs […]
Bonus.com Q&A: EvenBet Gaming’s Julia Panina On Online Casino Marketing Costs
In fiction, a third-person narrator can usually be trusted to provide objective thoughts on the characters. That’s because they’re simply observing the action, not part of the story. At the moment, Malta-based online poker software developer EvenBet Gaming has a similar role when it comes to the US. It’s watching the growth of US online […]