Chris Krafcik of GamblingCompliance recently testified in front of the California Assembly Governmental Organization Committee on the current and future state of legal online gaming in the United States. The presentation by Krafcik, GC’s research director, included several predictions about legalized online gaming in the U.S. Krafcik called the current efforts in Pennsylvania, California and New York “Wave 2″ of online gaming expansion in the U.S., which he characterizes as the time period from now until 2017. Krafcik went on to name four potential contenders (Rhode Island, Connecticut, Illinois, and Ohio) for what he is calling Wave 3, the period between 2018 and…

The revenue of the global mobile and internet gambling market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 43.08% in terms of total annual wagers over the period 2014-2019 and by GGY, the global mobile gambling market is likely to grow at a CAGR of 18.36% during the forecast period, said the “Global Mobile Gambling Market 2015-2019″ report. Mobile and internet gambling includes betting, gaming, and lottery through mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets. The revenue from betting on outdoor sports such as football, tennis, cricket, basketball, and horse racing, besides the money spent on casino games and slot…

With legal gambling surging nearly 5 percent in the last year, Alberta online betting experts says the new government needs to reconsider the former Tory regime’s plan to add an online casino to the province’s betting mix. New numbers from the province’s gaming and liquor commission show bettors stuffed nearly $25 billion into video slot and lottery machines during the last 12 months and contributed over $1.2 billion after expenses to government coffers after expenses. While the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission is now looking at proposals to create an Internet betting site that could add an estimated $150 million…

The July 4th holiday weekend is usually filled with hotdogs, fireworks, and some apple pie. But a DDoS attack? What asshat does that? Well, an Internet hacker is who. And one decided to attack four New Jersey online casinos to celebrate. The attack occurred for only 30 minutes but shut down the four sites and demanded a ransom to be paid in Bitcoin or an even worse attack would take place. The Director of the Gaming Enforcement Division in New Jersey, David Rebuck, has released information on the recent attack earlier this week. The attack took place on Thursday and…

NYX Gaming Group has agreed a deal to provide its interactive gaming platform to the Golden Nugget Atlantic City in New Jersey. The Golden Nugget provides traditional land-based and online casino services in the US state, with the latter of these offerings to be expanded through the new partnership with NYX Gaming. Under the deal, NYX Gaming will provide the operator with its online gaming platform, a new website and enhanced mobile applications by December of this year. The partnership will begin with the Golden Nugget this summer launching games developed by NextGen Gaming, the content division of NYX Gaming,…

Pennsylvania could become a leader in online gambling, but a high tax rate could kill the idea before players can place a bet, say two advocates of Internet gambling. “People won’t invest proper marketing dollars to drive revenue if the tax rate’s too high,” says David Licht, executive chairman and CEO of All American Poker Network, which operates an online network in New Jersey and has an agreement with Mt. Airy Casino, Monroe County, to set up online gaming if Pennsylvania legalizes it. “If the tax rate is exceedingly high, the operator is going to take that out on the…