In the United States several Native American tribes have large gaming operations. The gaming operations have improved life on many reservations and have lifted several tribes out of a poverty stricken existence. The first tribe to offer gaming on their reservation was Florida’s Seminole tribe that built a huge bingo hall in the 1980’s. After [...]
Soon the figures will be out for the gambling industry’s take for the previous year. Until the economic slide of 2007 the gambling industry in the United States enjoyed brisk growth. Up until 2010 the industry had not recovered but state lotteries were doing fairly well and were seen as recession resistant. In 2011 Datamonitor, [...]
Asian countries have a centuries old gambling culture. In most Asian countries gambling is socially acceptable pastime and the popularity of gambling in Asia includes most age groups. Recently poker mogul and gambling expert Calvin Ayre said that Asia is a young and upcoming market for internet gambling. He also said that the Asian gambling [...]
Every American internet video poker player is painfully aware of the seizures of four poker websites back in April 2011. Many players were left in limbo without a way to recover funds in their online poker accounts. Preet Bharara, a district attorney in New York is the prosecutor behind the seizures. The events that led [...]
A report by Gartner Inc. released earlier in the year shows that what they call the gaming ‘ecosystem’ is undergoing changes in technology and business models. Gartner predicts the changes will be ongoing until 2015. The report estimates that globally players will spend about $74 billion dollars by the end of 2011. The 2011 figures [...]
Earlier in the year UK bookmaker Paddy Power and betting exchange Betfair released figures that showed that gambling via the new generation of smart phones and portable devices is rapidly increasing. Paddy Power’s COO Breon Corcoran said that 34% of the company’s active users are accessing the service using their mobile devices. In January 2010 [...]
Former FBI Director Louis Freeh and former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge have announced that they have joined the board of FairPlayUSA an organization composed of law enforcement officials, consumer protection advocates and others concerned about the failure of current anti online gambling laws to put illegal online gambling operators out of business. Since the passage [...]
International Gaming Technology (IGT) is one of the oldest manufacturers of slot games and specializes in the design and development of gaming system products and more recently the manufacture of online and mobile gaming technologies. IGT started in the early 50’s as a private company and went public in 1981. A major factor that influenced [...]
The premature and tragic death of uber talented singer Amy Winehouse has sent shock waves through the music and entertainment industries and also through the world of online gaming. It was a well known fact that Ms. Winehouse enjoyed lively games of blackjack and many players remember Amy as a skilled and talented player. Ms. [...]
Pachinko is an old Japanese game that was originally a children’s game. Pachinko was introduced in the early 20th century and became a popular adult game around 1930. The game was banned during World War Two but was resumed shortly after the war and its popularity has increased over the years. In 1980n the first [...]
