Massachusetts House and Senate miles apart on sports betting

By Steven Ruddock  |  April 25, 2022

As was first reported by Colin A. Young of Statehouse News Service, the Massachusetts Senate Ways and Means Committee advanced a heavily amended version of the sports betting bill (H 3993) passed by the House in July 2021. That’s the good news. The bad news is the Senate version of the bill differs in several […]

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Self-inflicted wounds continue to damage online poker efforts

By Steven Ruddock  |  April 25, 2022

When it rains, it pours, and for Poker Twitter, last week was monsoon season. First were allegations leveled by two-time Global Poker Index Player of the Year Alex Foxen against current GPI POY Ali Imsirovic. According to Foxen, Imsirovic is banned from GG Poker for multi-accounting and using real-time assistance. Poker black-list can't come soon […]

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US online casinos set revenue record as MI closes in on NJ

By Steven Ruddock  |  April 22, 2022

In March, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan set new online casino revenue records, propelling the legal US market to an all-time revenue high. The six legal online casino states pushed past the $400 million mark for the first time and did so with ease, with a final tally of more than $424 million. However, on […]

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Kambi increases revenue and profits, why aren’t investors noticing?

By Steven Ruddock  |  April 14, 2022

In its recently released annual report, Kambi reported revenue of €162.4 million in 2021, a 38% year-over-year increase, while its operating profit grew by more than twice that amount, 77%. These numbers stand in stark contrast to Kambi’s stock performance, which took a beating following the company’s loss of two sports betting partners – Mohegan Sun […]

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Analysis: How online gambling has changed Atlantic City

By Steven Ruddock  |  April 13, 2022

When New Jersey legalized online gambling in 2013, the modern-day version of the Millerites came out of the woodwork. The anti-online gambling crowd spent years with fingers in their ears shouting, “online gambling will destroy the Atlantic City casino industry and lead to a problem gambling epidemic,” to any outlet willing to listen. These doomsday warnings never […]

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