The Interactive Gaming Council (IGC) announced the selection of Keith Furlong as the trade association’s new Chief Executive Officer. Furlong will replace outgoing CEO John Kennedy FitzGerald. “John FitzGerald led our organization through the challenges immediately following passage of UIGEA in the U.S. His sound counsel has been particularly instrumental in advancing lobbying efforts throughout Canada,” ...
The offshore gaming industry, exemplified by big name operators who are licensed and regulated in European jurisdictions such as the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, and Denmark, are successful companies because of ongoing investments made in product development, technology, fraud detection, and player protection. They have loyal customers that number in the tens of thousands (if not millions), massive liquidity, and...
The year saw the enactment of online gaming in New Jersey and online poker in Nevada and Delaware, but also saw a district court judge and then a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit block New Jersey from proceeding with sports betting. During 2013, a number of the individual defendants charged in the Black Friday case in the Southern District of New York settled their...
Monopoly operator Svenska Spel maintained the largest share of the country's gambling market, generating total revenues of SEK5.77bn in Q1 – though this represents a year-on-year increase of less than 1%. 'Number games' products including bingo, lotto and keno proved to be the best-performing vertical, with revenues up 9.2% in 2012, marking the vertical's strongest performance since the mid-1980s...
The expansion of the US market for regulated online gambling continues...
Following the opening up of three US states for online poker over the past year, attention has fallen not only on the details of each state's regulations, but on how attractive each state's online poker offerings will be to players. In particular for online poker is the issue of liquidity: having enough players online to create an experience that retains customers and profitability. Jeff Ifrah, Editorial Board ...
New Jersey becomes only the second state to legalize both online poker and casino games, along with Delaware, as Nevada’s legislation only allows for poker. The state Assembly and Senate had approved Christie’s recommended changes to Lesniak’s bill by votes of 68-5 and 35-1 respectively, shortly before the Governor’s budget address. Christie acted immediately by signing the bill into law before stepping up to ...
The Department of Justice and Police (Département fédéral de justice et police, DFJP), together with representatives of the Swiss Cantons, the gaming sector and addiction experts are working together to create the framework, which aims to regulate all forms of gambling under a single law.
n Canada, we expect to welcome another provincial lottery corporation, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, online in 2014. There is an absolute need to have governments involved with iGaming sites as they play an important regulatory role in setting standards and offering a safe and secure environment for players who wish to try online gaming. But what about the thousands of Canadians who have offshore...
