Fantasy eSports firm, Vulcun, have announced that they are withdrawing their services from the state of Nevada, and have moved to bar all state residents from playing in its paid fantasy leagues and tournaments. This news follows the decision of Nevada Gambling Commission to classify the act of playing daily fantasy sports as gambling, meaning that it is now regarded in …
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Nevada lawmakers ruled on Thursday that daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators would require a gaming license to operate their services in accordance with state regulations. The decision was approved by AG Burnett Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, who ordered all DFS operators to stop activity within the states borders and begin to apply for gaming licenses. Detailing the …
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Neale Deeley, Managing Director at Betradar, discusses the development of the company’s latest virtual offering – Basketball. SBC: You’ve just launched your virtual basketball product. How long have you been developing it? What was the start point? Neale Deeley: The inception of the project was over a year ago when we sketched out the punter types we wanted to appeal …
Read More »Nevada gambling enterprises have welcomed the hearing of Senate Bill 443 which aims to extend sports betting services beyond state borders, by allowing licensed gambling enterprises to network their services through partner entities. Bill 443 was heard last Tuesday by a Senate Committee, its framework would authorise the formation of outer state business entities where customers would be allowed to …
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Oisin Lunny SBC’s Mobile Gaming Columnist and Senior Market Development Manager for mobile enterprise development firm OpenMarket, discusses how the ubiquitous smartphone is taking over the world. “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!” In one famous Shakespearean scenario a horse was considered to be worth an entire kingdom, being the only thing that stood between King Richard III …
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US gambling technology provider International Game Technology (IGT), reported its Q1 2015 earnings report (3 months ending 31 December), as the operator recorded a 17% revenue decline to $450.6 million (2013 – 541.2 million ) IGT senior management stated that the decline in revenues was attributed to decreasing sales of products and content for its land based casino division. The …
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The US Treasury Department has warned licensed casino operators that they must actively combat illegal sports betting. The Treasury submitted a letter to multiple gambling operator’s just weeks before the NFL Super Bowl, US sports most wagered event. “Increases in sports betting conducted on behalf of third parties are facilitating criminal activity and posing a money laundering risk to the …
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Organisers of next year’s GiGse show, being held on 21-23 April in San Francisco, are promising a ‘transformational experience’ following the unique output generated by the first GiGse Advisory Board meeting, which was held using the innovative ‘Open Space’ format favoured by many of the world’s most progressive organisations. Convened in Las Vegas across 28th and 29th September, the 40 …
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Online payments firm Secure Trading believes it has the solution for online operators who have been struggling transacting payments in the US since the New Jersey and Nevada markets came online. ST-1 is described as the first end-to-end compliant transaction platform for US online gambling operators. ST-1 manages every step of the transaction process, from player registration and player deposits, …
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Willie Brown, former Mayor of San Francisco, will appear alongside former Governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell and former Governor of Nevada, Bob Miller at GiGse in San Francisco, CA on July 14 to discuss proposed ban on internet gambling and rights of individual states to decide their gaming policy. Named during his time in the California legislature as one of …
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