Online Gambling News in the United States - June 2026

Japan found to be Home of Legal Gaming Machines

Japan found to be Home of Legal Gaming Machines

Rab March 25, 2014 13:53:36

The Gaming Technologies Association have placed Japan well ahead of any other country in the world in terms of the number of legal gaming machines installed throughout the nation. The association’s ‘The World Count of Gaming Machines 2013’ international report found that there are 4,592,036 legal gambling machines, currently installed throughout Japan. Although placed second, […]

Paddy Power to Launch Embedded iPad Games in Realistic Games Partnership

Paddy Power to Launch Embedded iPad Games in Realistic Games Partnership

Rab March 25, 2014 13:38:06

Paddy Powers’ new sportsbook iPad application will feature embedded blackjack and roulette games as part of a new collaboration with gaming content supplier Realistic Games. In what the companies claim is a first for the industry, the product will allow application users to readily switch between their betting slip and table games, without the trouble […]

Sportsbet Launch Legal Action against Former Executives New Company Beteasy

Sportsbet Launch Legal Action against Former Executives New Company Beteasy

Rab March 24, 2014 16:43:45

Australian online bookmakers Sportsbet have launched legal action to prevent its employees joining former chief executive Matthew Tripp, at his new betting company Beteasy. Sports bet, who were fully acquired by Irish bookmakers Paddy Power in 2011, want to ensure that their workforce do not leave and join with their former executive in his new […]

Top 7 Most Insulting Sports Ad Campaigns

Top 7 Most Insulting Sports Ad Campaigns

Monica E. March 24, 2014 15:50:33

Sportsmen and famous people are used in some of the most controversial and offensive ad campaigns. Sports fans know that games and insults go hand in hand. Cursing at players who mess up, screaming at rivals, making obscene gestures at referees – they’re all part of the game. Advertisers and betting companies know better than […]

Young Chennai Gambler Meets Grisly End

Young Chennai Gambler Meets Grisly End

March 23, 2014 08:54:45

25-year old runs afoul of local criminal gang due to gambling row, wife finds him lifeless in a pool of blood. Reporters in Chennai, India have broken a story that a 25-year old painter, husband and father was hacked to death last Sunday night by a local gang over a gambling dispute. The man known […]

UK Gambling Commission Cracks Down On Illegal Poker Clubs

UK Gambling Commission Cracks Down On Illegal Poker Clubs

Staff March 22, 2014 10:50:44

The UK Gambling Commission has taken serious measures to put an end to illegal gambling activity After police investigations into 3 members clubs close to London have been shut down by the Commission, with more likely to follow. The Fifth Street card Club in Borehamwood has lost its gaming license, due to insufficient evidence that […]

The Great Dilemma: To Support or Not to Support… Online Gambling?

The Great Dilemma: To Support or Not to Support… Online Gambling?

Monica E. March 21, 2014 18:48:20

As the internet gambling industry is booming worldwide, the time has come for the USA to join the game. It is estimated that, if state officials were to legalize online gambling sites in the US, the country’s internet casino industry could be worth as much as $8 billion. Meanwhile, land-based casino profits are dropping, not […]