MGM Resorts has launched what it describes as the first real-money mobile gambling platform to be offered by a casino in the US. The easyPlay Mobile Tournaments platform, developed by mobile gaming technology company oneLIVE inc, allows guests at nine Las Vegas resorts to compete with other players in a variety of tournament games using their mobile devices or InteractivePro Tables located at MGM’s properties. MGM said scheduled tournaments will include slots, bingo and video poker as well as social, casual and console games. “The introduction of easyPLAY Mobile Tournaments at our MGM Resorts properties gives our guests an exciting,…

Online casino advocate Bryan Bailey, known far and wide as Casinomeister, has issues a “Rouge Warning” for the Pamper Casino. It appears they are using stolen software from Net Entertainment, Bailey reported, and that the site is notorious for poor customer service, or slow pay, or other bad behaviors. The report goes on to say that Bailey “…was surprised that this no pay rogue casino was still active…. I thought that nobody would be stupid enough to play they. But I was wrong… If they are using stolen games, what do you thing they are using for a game server?…

Legislation that would allow online gambling in Pennsylvania will not be passed until at least the autumn after it was left out of the state’s spending bill. The $31 billion ($28 billion) budget was signed by Governor Tom Wolf on Monday, however a fiscal plan to pay for its provisions has not yet been agreed. The Pennsylvania House passed the online gambling proposal late last month, which would introduce a 16% tax on revenue, but it has stalled so far in the Senate amid the budget negotiations. According to a report by the Associated Press news agency, lawmakers are looking…

Delaware’s attorney general has sent cease-and-desist letters to online fantasy sports betting operators, telling them that Delaware law does not allow them to charge players to play, or players to win monetary prizes. The Department of Justice formally notified DraftKings Inc., FanDuel Inc., and Yahoo! Inc. on Thursday that their respective fantasy sports activities are not allowed in Delaware without passage of authorizing legislation. DOJ had initially notified state regulators in March that such games were not permitted under Delaware law, and that state agencies shared the information with certain companies. More at Washington Post

New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement Director David Rebuck emphasized to GGB that the agreement was only a first step in what could be a long and complicated process. “We’d still have to figure out lots of issues: specific regulations, how the tax rate from each jurisdiction would be applied, player ID and geolocation issues, and other things we probably haven’t even considered yet,” Rebuck told GGB. “But you have to start somewhere.” Several sources involved in the New Jersey online gambling market were quick to note to OPR that conversations around liquidity sharing were preliminary at best. The next…

The fate of a bill that would authorize online gambling in Pennsylvania seemingly changes by the day in recent weeks. Last week, the possibility of Pennsylvania online poker and casino games took an unprecedented step when an omnibus gaming bill passed the House of Representatives. Gambling is a major part of the revenue package being put forward by House Republicans to fund their spending plan for the state budget. But in the days since, it’s become apparent that it’s going to be anything but smooth sailing for the gambling expansion legislation. Things were looking promising for the bill that would…