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Legal
April 5, 2020
AGA Turns to SBA to Amend PPP’s Interim Guidelines to Allow Small Gaming Companies Access
The American Gaming Association /AGA/, the US gaming industry representative body, has expressed its concerns regarding some of the eligibility rules related to one section of the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security /CARES/ Act, the Paycheck Protection Program /PPP/, valued at $349 billion. Under PPP, small businesses that have up to 500 […]
Legal
April 3, 2020
Legalization of Sports Betting In Germany Court-Challenged and Blocked
The legalization of sports betting in Germany has hit another snag, as the Darmstadt Administrative Court halted the process, casting serious doubts whether operators would ever take any bets under the third amendment of the State Treaty on Gambling, the Glücksspielneuregulierungstaatsvertrag /GlüNeuRStV/. Discriminatory Process, Lack of Transparency Much to the dismay of the Deutscher Sportwettenverband […]
Casino
April 2, 2020
Nevada Casino Industry Closure Continues In Line With Federal Guidance
Casinos in Nevada will have to stay closed longer than the initial 30 days period, as Governor Steve Sisolak issued Wednesday a Stay at Home order and essentially extended throughout April all of the state’s emergency actions to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus /Covid-19/, including activating the National Guard. Virus Situation Requires Measures Extension […]
Blockchain
April 2, 2020
FunFair Completes Localization of Japanese Gaming Platform
The owner of the iconic CasinoFair brand, FunFair Technologies, has introduced its first localization effort in Japanese to help improve player and retention rate in one of the key markets for the company. Guaranteed Fair™ by FunFair Technologies Gets Japanese Localization FunFair Technologies has expanded its onboarding efforts by improving its decentralized gaming platform, Guaranteed […]
Legal
April 1, 2020
GamStop CEO Cautions People to Self-Exclude During Lockdown
With the United Kingdom on lockdown to address the spread of the novel coronavirus, GamStop CEO, Fiona Palmer, has appealed to at risk and susceptible to gambling people to self-exclude to prevent falling victim to their urges. GamStop Urges People to Self-Exclude During Self-Isolation GamStop, the United Kingdom’s self-exclusion gambling scheme, has urged players […]
Casino
March 30, 2020
Casinos In Detroit Extend Closure Putting Workers On Furlough
The three main casinos in Detroit have extended the temporary closure by two more weeks, at least until April 13, as the coronavirus /Covid-19/ outbreak in the state worsens, leaving thousands of its employees with no paychecks. Health Situation Requires Extension The initial period for the temporary shutdown of operations expires Tuesday, March 31, and […]
Sports
March 29, 2020
DraftKings Closes The Gap With Unpopular Sports And Free Pools
DraftKings reports an unusual amount of interest for their other betting products, such as table tennis and free-to-enter pools around other types of entertainment, with nearly 60% of all wagers over the past week coming from bets on ping-pong games from Russia and Ukraine. “Ping-Pong is fun to watch. A silver lining here is that […]
Sports
March 28, 2020
NFL 2020 Regular Season May Be Scrapped Due To Coronavirus Pandemic
More than two weeks have passed since all major sports leagues in the US have suspended or postponed games as a result of the measures undertaken across the country to combat the relentless spread of the coronavirus /Covid-19/ pandemic. All of the leagues remain hopeful to be able to restart as soon as the virus […]
Casino
March 27, 2020
Eldorado Faces $2.3M Per Day Ticking Fees For Missing The Deadline
Recently, the American Gaming Association announced all commercial casinos in the US have temporarily closed, in response to the coordinated effort to stop the coronavirus /Covid-19/ infection from spreading further by cutting its transmission from one person to another. Tribal casinos were following suit, leaving the whole casino industry in a standstill, and raising some […]
Legal
March 26, 2020
Isai Scheinberg Pleads Guilty Facing Up To 5 Years Jail Time
The founder and former executive of PokerStars, Isai Scheinberg, has pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave to running a multimillion-dollar unlawful internet gambling business and is now facing a maximum sentence of up to 5 years in prison. The Poker Companies Crackdown The charges relate to the crackdown against online gambling websites […]