Posts Tagged ‘USA’
PartyGaming Signs Non-Prosecution Agreement
Leading listed online gaming operator PartyGaming has announced the finalisation of a deal with American authorities that will see it escape prosecution for its past activities in the US in exchange for paying a fine of $105 million.Gibraltar-based PartyGaming is the firm behind popular online poker domain PartyPoker.com and saw its shares jump 14 [...]
Gambling Links Studied By Commission
In the UK, the Gambling Commission has released a report into the relationship between the prevalence of gambling and socio-economic factors using data from 2007’s British Gambling Prevalence Survey.The regulatory body stated that it commissioned the study with analysis carried out by Professor Jim Orford from the University of Birmingham and [...]
Gambling Prohibition Costing America Billions
In America, the Safe And Secure Internet Gambling Initiative (SSIGI) has revealed that the Federal Government could receive over $50 billion in revenues over the next decade by legalizing and regulating online gambling.Jeffrey Sandman, Spokesperson for the Washington, DC-based pro-gambling lobby group, stated that a recently updated [...]
California Considering Legalising Online Poker
Legislators in the American state of California are so intent on legalising online poker that they are reportedly looking to attend an upcoming iGaming conference in order to meet with prospective operators. According to a report from online news portal Gambling911.com, the western state is looking towards online poker as a way to help solve [...]
GTech Appoints Gunn
Leading American gaming technology and services firm GTech Corporation has announced the appointment of Scott Gunn to the post of Senior Vice-President of Global Government Relations and US Business Development.GTech is a subsidiary of leading commercial lottery operator Lottomatica and revealed that Gunn would be responsible for global government [...]
