FanDuel Gets the Tiniest of Toeholds in Nevada
Ironically, the US state best known for gambling is also a tough nut to crack for modern online gambling companies. Nevada’s economy depends heavily on the long-standing retail casino business in Las Vegas and, to a lesser extent, Reno. There’s a lot of resistance to anything that would disrupt that. And for all its virtues, […]
PlayUp Legal Fiasco, Pt. 1: How It Started and How It’s Going
Late last week, the technology supplier PlayUp Ltd. filed another motion against their former U.S. CEO Dr. Laila Mintas. It’s the latest filing in a legal battle that PlayUp initiated last November. That’s when the Australia-based global online sports betting operator asked for a temporary restraining order against Mintas. PlayUp claims that Mintas intentionally derailed […]
Aristocrat Seeks Head of Product to Lead Foray Into Real Money Online Gaming Space
Aristocrat Leisure’s efforts to establish itself in the real money online gaming space are gathering steam. The company first announced that it would branch out this way in February. Bonus has noted that a job listing has appeared in recent weeks for a Head of Product for the new division. That suggests that the company […]
MGM Still Plans to Buy iGaming Competitor LeoVegas, Despite Its Legal Issues
MGM Resorts International says it still plans to buy online casino and sports betting company LeoVegas Group, despite the latter’s legal troubles. Las Vegas-based MGM has been seeking to acquire LeoVegas for $607 million in order to establish an international online gambling presence. The land-based gambling giant’s leaders said so repeatedly during the gambling organization’s […]
Canada’s Long and Winding Path to Privatized Online Gambling
As part of a recent academic article, I dug into the path that sports betting took to legalization across Canada. Online casino gaming has emerged on a track that’s largely parallel to online sports betting. For much of Canada’s history, gambling policy emerged rather uniformly, and gambling remotely with computers was the stuff of science […]
Unifor Casino Strike Ends in Ontario, Details Emerge About Worker Injured on Picket Line
Pickering Casino Resort and Casino Ajax workers have ended their strike after ratifying a new agreement on Friday with their employer, Great Canadian Entertainment (GCE). GCE is the same company referred to as Great Canadian Gaming Corporation in previous articles. It has recently rebranded itself. The two parties reached a tentative agreement on Aug 4. […]
Standalone Online Gold Bracelet Series Coming to All WSOP Sites in September
Around the world, many of the special measures taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 are now getting rolled back. However, it looks like WSOP has decided to hang on to most of its pandemic-era innovations. That first became apparent in February, as the WSOP Online Circuit Series continued for a third year, despite the […]
PlayFallsview Is the First Foray of an Ontario Land-Based Casino Into the Online Space
PlayFallsview is the first iGaming site in Ontario to grow out of one of the province’s brick-and-mortar gambling establishments, the Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls. The app enters the Ontario iGaming market with online casino gambling that includes live dealer products. PlayFallsview also consists of an online sportsbook. iGaming Ontario (iGO) lauded PlayFallsview in […]
Massachusetts: The Next Frontier for Legal Online Casinos?
Massachusetts sports betting is in legal territory, with a bill to allow both retail and online sportsbooks expected to be signed into law in the coming days. Casinos, racing simulcast facilities, and independent sportsbooks are all expected to benefit when sports betting launches in the Bay State. That launch may happen as early as this […]
Betway Ends Its Gray Market Status in Canada
Betway Canada‘s Twitter bio says it all: “Ontario only, 19+.” That’s notable because, until Tuesday, Betway was one of the country’s most prominent gray market online gambling operators. On Tuesday, iGaming Ontario (iGO) congratulated Malta-based Betway for completing its nearly four-month-long regulatory journey. Now, Betway offers legal online casino, live casino, esports, and sports betting in […]
