Sure, you can bet on sports in the Empire State… but only in person at a brick & mortar casinos. Now New York mobile sports betting has the support of the Governor’s office… if only that were enough. Casino gambling was passed many years ago after it was determined that the activity is allowed under the New York Constitution. Some would argue that since sports betting takes place at state casinos, it would be a simple matter to allow online or mobile betting. But it’s not that simple. You see, the gambling is permissible under the constitution at “…no more…

SiGMA Introduces Japanese to be the 10th key language offered across the SiGMA website SiGMA has announced the launch of Japanese, making it the 10th language to be offered across the SiGMA.world website. The Japanese language will now be an official language on the website, and follows the release of Korean and Hindi over the last few weeks. The roll out of content in key languages is part of a 2021 strategy to offer content to SiGMA’s global audience in key languages across established and up-and-coming sectors of the gaming and tech industry. Users can now find all content, including…

This week’s gambling news finds that the loosening of restrictions on Las Vegas casinos has several (MGM properties) making the decision to return to 24 hour, 7 day a week service. Meanwhile, the Virgin Las Vegas Hotel and Casino has set a new opening date, and even some Las Vegas shows are reopening with the expanding capacity limits. We also say goodbye to Full Tilt Poker, as PokerStars is closing the brand.   Hello, friends! Thanks so much for joining me on another edition of This Week in Gambling! And hey, couldn’t we all use some good news right about…

We take a moment to review the Hyper Strike online slot, a 5 reel game with 20 paylines from Microgaming. It features a Bonus Round and Bonus Spins, as well as Wild and Scatter symbols. Additionally, the Hyper Strike slot can be played on mobile devices. The Hyper Strike slot game was developed by Gameburger Studios for Microgaming. They are relying on a couple of modern features, even multipliers, but they’re adding a classic theme here that not everyone will be a fan of. Otherwise, not a bad game, based on the numbers and features we’re seeing used. If we’re…

There was a time when Full Tilt Poker was one of the most popular sites in the world. Players loved to play there.  Then Black Friday hit, and the “house of cards” came tumbling down. Eventually, the software was purchased by PokerStars and all the players received refunds (thanks, fellas). Now here we are in early 2021, and the decision has been made to pull the plug on the Full Tilt brand permanently. February 25th will be the official last day for the brand, with players being moved to the PokerStars platform. A representative from PokerStars said that the company…

Last week the Governor of Nevada relaxed the COVID-19 rules, allowing some Las Vegas shows to open up again with the increased capacity limits. One of the benefits of the eased restrictions was the ability of live shows to go from 50 people in the audience to 100. Fantasy and Carrot Top, both at the Luxor, were among the first big name shows to reopen. Murray Sawchuck is a magician who opens for the Fantasy show. He said that he has “…many friends that are waiting to get back on stage, some are on stage again and some are waiting”….