Larry Gregory, the outgoing executive director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, recently said that the industry must evolve if it is going to remain competitive. Gregory is expected to leave his office within a few months and he told those who would take over for him that the local market faces new competition from online gambling and other local jurisdictions. Casino gambling was brought to Mississippi to bring more revenue and an invigorated economy to one of the poorest states in America. At the time, it worked. People came to Mississippi to gamble, visiting one of their 30 coastal and [ Read More ]
Archive for July, 2011
The Minsk-based online gambling software provider Viaden Games has announced the launch of 7 more games to its licensee inventory. 5 feature-rich online slots: Cherry-Go-Round, Dragon’s Tale, Empire’s Glory, Land of Unicorn and Lucky Pirate; a lottery game of Keno and an entertaining Golden Flush video poker join a gaming suite from the company that already includes a variety of poker games, online roulette, fruit machines, card games, and video pokers. A company spokesman revealed this week that the new releases all feature beneficial Scatter, Wild, Expandable Wild and Wild Around symbols, enabling players to increase their win up to [ Read More ]
The situation at the UK online and land gambling group Rank plc appeared to be going from bad to worse this week, with conflicting signals on an Asian takeover bid leaving investors confused and in many cases angry. Compounding an already serious situation, today (Tuesday) saw the resignations of chief executive officer Ian Burke and CFO Paddy Gallagher, apparently after holding conflicting views with the other directors. The company issued a terse press release announcing the departures of Burke, who has been with the company since 2006, and Gallagher, who joined in 2008. “Both Ian and Paddy have also given [ Read More ]
Rival Gaming released its latest offering this week, a five-reel, fifteen payline video i-Slot titled “The Back Nine”. The new slot, due for release across Rival powered brands, is a continuation of the company’s flagship title “Hole in Won”. The aim of this game is for players to successfully putt their way through each of the back nine holes, with precision being the key to scoring big. Hitting three or more golfer icons will push players into the skill-based bonus round, where their putting skills will be put to the test on the green. The golfer’s progress is saved as [ Read More ]
When Washington, D.C. passed a law allowing intra-district online gambling, it was heralded as a success by the gambling community. After all, D.C. became the first jurisdiction in the United States to regulate online gambling. Though the market is not yet up and running, it is already becoming more controversial. Michael A. Brown was the District Councilmember most responsible for passage of the gambling legislation. He pushed hard for it last year and eventually had the council include the gambling amendment in a supplemental budget bill. The bill passed last December and the time period for the federal government to [ Read More ]
Lucky Players Cash in Big at Slots in May The month of May paid off big for some lucky online slots players at various casinos, with a PartyCasino slot fan headlining the action with a huge $4,445,947 win for hitting The Big One Colossal Cash progressive jackpot. PartyCasino was the home for plenty of other big jackpot wins in May, with another player claiming just over $600,000 for hitting the Gold Mega Jackpot. Other big winners in May included Peter Brown, a newsagent who turned 1 into a jackpot win worth 345,253 playing Leprechaun’s Luck at William Hill, while a Canadian player took down $96,935 at [ Read More ]
According to Reports, the Washington, DC, district councilman who pushed to allow the city to become the first US jurisdiction to have legal online gaming has been working for a law firm that represented an online casino software developer. Michael Brown, the sponsor of the bill that added an amendment to the DC Lottery Charter, had earned over US$240,000 last year from the law firm of Edwards, Angell, Palmer and Dodge. The law firm hired Brown as a public policy consultant last year. The firm also represents several companies in the gaming industry, both live and online. One of [ Read More ]
Another Try at Legal Online Poker in the US It’s been a rough year for online poker fans in the US with both PokerStars and Full Tilt removed as options due to a crackdown by the US government, but there may be a glimmer of hope with the introduction of a new poker bill last Friday by Rep. Joe Barton. Barton’s bill is similar to past efforts to legalize, regulate, and tax online poker in the US but one major difference is that he has the support of both Democratic and Republican politicians, which makes passing the bill into law [ Read More ]
On Tuesday, the Obama administration made a move that could allow for more casino expansion in the United States. The Interior Department rescinded a rule passed by the Bush Administration in 2008 that limited the ability of Native American tribes to open casinos. The 2008 rule required tribal casinos to be within commuting distance from the reservations. That limitation led to the rejection of many casino applications because the proposed site was too far away. In New York alone, 22 applications were rejected due to the rule. Chuck Schumer, a New York Senator, lobbied to have the rule overturned and [ Read More ]
