Rafi Ashkenazi, interim chief executive of Amaya, has said that the company was able to record year-on-year growth across a host of key finances during the three months through to March 31, despite having had to contend with a number of “unexpected challenges” in the period. Revenue in the first quarter amounted to $288.7 million (€254.8 million), which represents an increase of 6% on the $272.3 million posted in the same period last year. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, deprecation and amortisation (EBITDA) was up 8.7% year-on-year to $123.4 million, with net earnings from continuing operations rocketing 138.5% to $55.5…

The Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) is back, courtesy of United States Senator and failed presidential candidate Lindsey Graham. Since quitting the campaign, backing other failed candidates, and refusing to back the Republican’s presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, Graham is ready to return to the work of the people. Well, at least to the work of big-money political donor Sheldon Adelson. Numerous attempts to ban online gambling by way of a federal law have failed, but Adelson – errr, Graham – is not giving up yet. He has added some of the RAWA language to the most recent Senate Appropriations…

Australian tech entrepreneur Craig Wright identified himself as the creator of controversial digital currency bitcoin on Monday but experts were divided over whether he really was the elusive person who has gone by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto until now. Uncovering Nakamoto’s real identity would solve a riddle dating back to the publication of the open source software behind the cryptocurrency in 2008, before its launch a year later. Bitcoin has since become the world’s most commonly used virtual currency, attracting the interest of banks, speculators, criminals and regulators. Worth a total of $7 billion at current levels, it fell…

Slots are the most popular game in the casino and also at online casinos.  Playing slots online can give you a better experience through more slot machines and more variety. One of the most simple and popular games to play in the casino is a slots.  Slot machines fill the casino floor and are full of eager players enjoying themselves.  Online slots are no different.  By far the most popular game played online is slots and for many reasons they’re better online. Playing slot machines is simple, fun and can potentially win you a lot of money, especially with jackpots. …

Everyone likes to have a punt occasionally and try their hand at sports betting, however, few people actually ever win anything significant from it. Many people whether they’re gamblers of other types of betting or just sports enthusiasts will never win big from sports betting because they don’t understand what they’re doing and put the time into mastering it. You’ll always get casual sports betters who have a punt perhaps every weekend on their favourite sports team and use that as their only criteria for picking a winner. Or they may look at something like a home ground advantage but…

Evolution Gaming is one of the leading names in the gambling industry when it comes to the offering of live dealer casino games. In November of 2015, the company presented a live version of Dual Play Roulette, which was unveiled at a casino in Malta, Dragonara Casino. This exciting game offers the thrills of land based gaming with the convenience of online play. Evolution has successfully merged the online and land gambling aspects to present a Roulette table that is presented in a land casino and allows online players to enjoy the game along with those in the lad casino….

The league owners voted to pass two rule changes Wednesday that will be seen as one-year experiments. The first rule is something that has been covered extensively and was expected to pass — automatic ejection of a player who receives two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties in a game. Coaches were opposed to the automatic ejection penalty, but owners seem to like the idea. The second rule that passed will essentially eliminate the need for teams to return kickoffs. The league has moved the touchback from the 20-yard line to the 25-yard line. Making kickoff returns safer is something the league has been…

NetEnt has cited a continued growing demand for digital casino entertainment and its products as amongst the main reasons behind widespread year-on-year financial growth across the business during the 12 months through to December 31, 2015. Full-year revenue amounted to SEK1.1 billion (€119.5 million/$134.9 million), which represents an increase of 33% on the SEK851.7 million achieved in the previous year. Operating profit hiked 53.5% year-on-year to SEK401.6 million, while operating margin increased from 30.7% to 35.5%. Elsewhere, profit after tax increased by 53.8% to SEK374 million, with earnings per share also jumping from SEK6.09 to SEK9.34 after dilution. Other key…