Pennsylvanian Casinos Can Now Petition for Gambling Licenses
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board as finally announced that the 90-day window for online gambling license petitions is now open for the Keystone state’s casinos. According to Doug Harbach, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Boards’ director of communications, current license holders are now able to petition the board for the state’s interactive gaming certificates. Initially, the opening date for the petition period was anticipated to...
Pennsylvania Could Double Player Pool in Interstate Poker
World Series of Poker (WSOP) recently made official announcements regarding the poker operator’s plan to merge its Delaware, New Jersey, and Nevada players as from May 1. The latter two have been operating their own online poker networks independently for about five years now but thanks to Multi-State Internet Gaming Association’s (MSIGA) framework, they will finally be able to indulge in cross-border online poker liquidity sharing....
Stars Groups Inks Deal to Acquire Sky Bet for $4.7 Billion
Global poker giant and PokerStars’ parent company, the Stars Group Inc. on Saturday announced that it would be acquiring UK-focused Sky Betting and Gaming for $4.7 billion. The acquisition will be in form of a cash and stock transaction that will transfer the ownership of the betting operator from the private equity firm CVS Capital Partners and British media company Sky to the Stars Group. The Starts Group has also said that the...
Pennsylvania Might Tip the Scales for Online Poker in the US
It has been five years since New Jersey launched its legal online poker industry but this has had little impact on the country’s poker scene as a whole. However, many more states have been working towards legalizing online poker and Pennsylvania happens to be one of them. The state’s poker industry is expected to act as game-changer that will give a meaningful boost to the United States poker market. Hopefully, by the end of the year,...
PokerStars Stops Offering Free Online Poker in Washington
Citing the need for the implementation of precautionary measures, PokerStars will no longer offer free online poker to Washington state residents. This was officially confirmed last Wednesday when the Washington State Gambling Commission announced that a number of social gaming websites, PokerStars included, “have proactively made the business decision to deny Washington residents access to their sites.” This particular move follows...
Anti-Online Poker Group Exploits Facebook’s Data Scandal
An anti-online poker group that is backed by Las Vegas casino mogul, Sheldon Adelson, has been exploiting ongoing concerns pertaining to data privacy following the recent Facebook data scandal. The group’s ultimate goal is to ensure that regulated online casinos are completely done away within the United States. According to a report made by Business Insider earlier this week, the group which identifies as the ‘Coalition to Stop...
