Gambling is a fantastically, astonishingly lucrative market, yet online gambling is more or less illegal in the United States, despite the popularity of physical casinos in Vegas and Reno and Atlantic City. Richard Branson opened the high-profile online VirginCasino in 2014, but dealers hit a soft sixteen only for gamers physically in New Jersey. Few industries are this regulated: Donald Trump himself couldn’t get a gambling license in Las Vegas last year. It wasn’t always this way. PokerStars, the largest online gambling venue in the world, gained prominence during the 2000s with hundreds of thousands of players, valuations in the…

Superior Gaming Group announces the addition of a new casino brand to the company’s portfolio of managed properties. 24VIPcasino.com joins SuperiorCasino.com, which has been live since 2006. To help facilitate expected growth, the company has also announced the addition of Connie Burstin to the team – who will be focusing on further developing and growing the affiliate program. About 24VIP Casino – 24VIP Casino is a Rival Gaming based casino software offering a full suite of slot games, bonus rounds slots, and all the exciting casino tables. These games are recognized as being at the cutting edge of Igaming innovation…

Spinomenal is an online software creator that was established in late 2014 by Omer Henya and Lior Shvartz with an aim of developing cross-platform games. Thus, their games can be accessed both on online casinos and social media platforms. It estimated that at least 2.5 million punters have signed up on Spinomenal games around the globe. This implies that they entered the market when their services were at a high demand. Games Using fresh concepts and brilliant ideas, Spinomenal has managed to develop high-quality games especially in video slot category that can be opened in all web browsers, mobile operating…

The opportunity for Pennsylvania iGaming has passed. The Pennsylvania legislature has done nothing. After a week of positive news surrounding the backroom negotiations between leadership in the House and Senate, it appeared a light had finally appeared at the end of the state’s budget tunnel. After months of negotiations, Pennsylvania’s budget was coming into focus, with the passage of the long-awaited funding bill expected at any moment. And then on Wednesday, the wheels came off. On a day when a vote on a budget package was anticipated, the House floor descended into chaos, and the legislature adjourned until October 16….

The Perkins-based Iowa Tribe has obtained a license from the Isle of Man that will allow it to offer real-money internet gaming in many foreign countries and says it has a new deal to to partner with an “internationally known brand.” The tribe and its partner Universal Entertainment Group could get a boost from this yet-to be named brand to finally launch Pokertribe.com. The website has missed several previously announced launch dates. Universal Entertainment Group is also possibly under federal investigation, as I previously reported here. The tribe now says it will be able to launch the site sometime this…

The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) is the largest gathering of the year for United States casino operators. This year the expo takes place from October 3-5 at The Venetian and Sands Convention Center. Buyers go to the expo and will look for everything from new games to employee uniforms. Other casino employees will go to various seminars at G2E to hear about the state of the industry around the country. I’m in casinos almost every day and always have my eyes open for something new. Today, I’m at The Venetian checking out the first installation of Fortune Cup. This is…