Events

Gaming in Holland today confirmed that this year’s conference topics shall spotlight separate sessions dedicated to secondary iGaming legislation and lottery modernization. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Mr. Walter Bugno President and CEO of GTECH International; Mr. Mor Weizer, CEO of Playtech Plc; Mr. Mark Davies, Managing Director of Camberton PR, member of Betfair founding management team and several key Dutch government officials …

Tribal and regional gaming will play a central role at GiGse next month in San Francisco, California, with numerous tribes having already signed up for the event. GiGse is supported by the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) and organisers of GiGse will attend NIGA’s Indian Gaming Trade Show in San Diego later this month to cement the relationship and promote …

Forty of America’s largest institutional investors, with significant investment in the Gaming and Leisure sector, will attend a one-day iGaming Investor Conference (iGamingInvestorConference.com) at Morgan Stanley’s New York Office on March 24, 2015. The conference, now in its third year, introduces traditional bricks and mortar casino investors to Internet gaming. The funds and advisors attending will hear from listed and …

GiGse LaunchPad competition continues to highlight innovation in the industry and adds GamCrowd as its strategic partner Five start-ups will be given an opportunity to showcase their business ideas on stage at GiGse, taking place in San Francisco, CA on April 20-22. Selected in a submission process that finishes on March 15, these start-ups will be mentored to fine-tune their pitches and …

The  UK poker’s best and brightest will be honoured in a ceremony of their own as the Fifth Annual British Poker Awards comes to London’s West End. Organised by poker magazine Bluff Europe and sponsored by Unibet, the ceremony will take place tonight at the glamorous Hippodrome Casino. EPT champions Liv Boeree and Victoria Coren Mitchell, as well as London-based World Series of …

 Warwick Bartlett, CEO of Global Betting and Gaming Consultants, discusses how government’s approach taxation means that rates are more likely to go up than down. The most pleasing sight at ICE 2015 was to see some of the younger companies which two years ago took the smallest booths are now spending upward of £250,000 on impressive stands.  Such companies have …

New Jersey Senator Raymond Lesniak has been at the helm of efforts to legalize sports betting in the Garden State for years. He will be presenting the “Progress Report – The Legalization of Sports Betting” at the iGaming North America Conference on the 16th April at 3pm. Senator Raymond Lesniak will update attendees on where the effort stands, prospects for success and …

iGaming solutions provider EveryMatrix is set to participate in the Georgia Gaming Congress to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia, on February 20th, 2015. The professional international forum dedicated to gambling will be attended by leaders of the largest casinos in Georgia, CIS, and Europe, owners of hotel and tourism businesses, online casino operators, bookmakers, investors, and players. EveryMatrix Armenia Branch …

UK Gambling Commission CEO Jenny Williams believes that the transition to the UK point of consumption licensing has gone ‘pretty smoothly really’. In an interview with John Hagan of the Harris Hagan law firm at ICE, Williams revealed that the regulator now believes it has total coverage of the UK market. She said: “Nearly all the 150 plus overseas operators …