New Nevada law for gaming industry

With a goal of generating more investment in the state’s gaming industry, Nevada is shortening the process of determining gaming license suitability.
Under a new state law, companies and individuals are no longer required to run a gaming company or have an agreement to acquire a casino in Nevada before they can file for a [...]

Poker players see reason to unite

If anything positive has arisen in the three months since federal prosecutors imploded the Internet poker world, it’s that the subject is no longer taboo.
A few members of Congress — Democrats and Republicans — support legalizing and regulating Internet poker. The Poker Players Alliance, a nonprofit Washington, D.C., advocacy organization, has seen its membership boom. [...]

Boss Media powers some of the most reputable online casino and poker rooms in the business

One of the Internet gambling industry’s most respected pioneer software companies, Boss Media, was this week awarded the eCOGRA software certification following a rigorous on-site review.
The firm, which is now part of the GTechG2 group along with sister companies Finsoft, Dynamite Idea and St Minver, was started in 1996 by entrepreneur Joel Wikell in Växjö, [...]

PokerStars Premieres UKIPT

Leading online casino and poker room PokerStars has unveiled details of its inaugural UK And Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT), which is set to begin next month in Galway.
The Tour is scheduled to make stops in Ireland, Scotland and England between now and October with the final due to take place around season seven of the [...]

Ron’s winning roulette revenge system online

RON Parsons wants you to help him break the casino.
It’s not an Ocean’s Eleven-style invitation. Mr Parsons, a professional gambler ranked in the top 200 by Crown in Melbourne, wants to distribute his system for winning at the roulette wheel at Sydney’s Star City Casino in response to what he said were unfair practices on [...]

Colorado casinos’ new rules pay off

Colorado casinos hit the jackpot in July, posting a 16 percent increase in revenue during the first month of higher limits, new games and round-the- clock gambling.
It was the industry’s first substantial boost in monthly revenue since December 2007.
Casinos in Black Hawk, Colorado’s premier gambling destination and home to the largest operators, were the biggest [...]

Foes say casino plan will hurt church festivals

COLUMBUS — Craps, Texas hold ‘em poker and other casino games run by churches and nonprofit groups during festivals and Las Vegas nights would be illegal if Ohio voters approve a Nov. 3 ballot issue legalizing up to 20,000 slot machines at four casinos in Cincinnati, Columbus, Toledo and Cleveland. 
That’s according to opponents [...]