The United States has been struggling with the legalization of online gambling and now as Tribal communities voice their rights to the gambling market the issue become even more complicated. California looks like it’s shaping up to be the battle ground for the right to offer online gambling. Chief William Bills of the Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada has stepped up to the plate to voice his opinion on the situation in California. The Chief is asking all the Tribes of California to strengthen their Sovereignty and voice their objection to the online gambling bill as it is proposed by…

From iGaming Business Global gaming supplier SHFL Entertainment Incorporated has released its financial results for the three months to the end of April showing that its total revenues for the period grew by 17 percent year-on-year to reach a record $77.4 million. Las Vegas-based SHFL Entertainment stated that its utility, electronic gaming machine and proprietary table games businesses ‘all saw double-digit growth over the same period last year’ while recurring revenues grew by eight percent year-on-year to $31.2 million. SHFL Entertainment revealed that quarterly net income improved by 22 percent year-on-year to a record $11.8 million while its gross margin,…

From iGaming Business Eight leading social games companies including Plumbee Limited and Zynga Incorporated have joined forces to officially launch the International Social Games Coalition. The International Social Games Coalition was first informally premiered in April at a meeting in San Francisco and stated that it will now showcase the industry’s work and ‘educate people about free-to-play games on the Internet’. “The social games industry is at the heart of our emerging digital economy, so as it continues to grow it is essential that the sector has a collective voice,” said Luc Delaney, a former senior executive with Facebook and…

From iGaming Business After launching free-play roulette and blackjack mobile apps in September, three-dimensional online poker domain PKR.com has premiered a mobile poker real-money edition for Apple iPhone and iPad players in the UK. Offering Texas hold‘em sit-and-go tournaments and ring games alongside pot-limit Omaha and Omaha hi-lo, PKR.com declared that its new app offers the ‘best graphics in mobile poker’ and is ‘fully compatible’ with the iPhone 4 and above as well as the iPad. It also features a ‘full in-game chat system’, 40 three-dimensional avatars with mood, emote and chip trick animations alongside 20 distinct playing environments. “We…

The gambling industry in the USA contains many sectors and one which holds a big stake is the Tribal offering. Now the first iGaming conference dedicated to tribal gambling offerings will take place June 3-4 2013 at the Pechanga Resort and Casino close to San Diego. The purpose of this event is to help tribes realize and take advantage of the opportunities they have in the online gambling market. Sessions are built to deliver action items and anecdotes while the event itself provides a perfect opportunity to build partnerships and make new contacts. Hosting the inaugural Indian Country Online 2013…

Sometimes karma can bite you in the butt. World Series of Poker Executive Director Ty Stewart just experienced that pain. Recently, Stewart made light of early troubles that befell Ultimate Poker, the first legal pay-to-play online gambling website in the U.S., which launched April 30. First, Ultimate was caught using an unlicensed and much maligned service provider to identify new players. Then, a glitch in the website caused two 9 of spades to appear on the flop in a game of hold’em. “I think the market is ready for a first-class product,” Stewart told Case Keefer of the Las Vegas…