iGaming Business – The so-called ‘bad actor’ clause could be altered when a fresh internet poker bill is presented in the US state of California in the next legislative session. Internet poker bills from California Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer and Senator Joe Correa were introduced by their authors in February this year, but ultimately scrapped earlier this month. However, Jones-Sawyer has suggested that the controversial bad actor clause – which excluded any operator or market affiliate involved in online gaming in the US after December 31, 2006 from applying for a licence – might be reworded for the 2015-16 legislative session….

iGaming Business – The Williams Interactive gaming entertainment products and services subsidiary of Scientific Games has launched its first online slot game to be powered by the offline game engine Supercharged Reels. ‘Roman Chariots’, which will be added to the Williams Interactive Game Server library, features three miniature bonus reel sets atop the main slot game. One or more of these mini-reels will charge up with win multipliers each time a ‘wild’ symbol fills reels two, three or four of the main game. All activated mini-reels spin with the triggering symbol of reel five, with all mini-reel wins increasing by…

iGaming Business – Greek gambling monopoly OPAP has reported better-than-expected results in the second quarter despite having been hit by a retroactive tax bill of €21.6 million ($28.5 million) in the period. The bill dates back to the 2010 fiscal year in which the firm had amounted tax charges of €29.6 million, with the operator having only paid €9 million of the total bill so far. After agreeing a deal with the Greek government to delay payment of the remaining balance until the second quarter of this year, OPAP must now complete full payment by the end of the quarter….

Reno Gazette Journal – Some of the newest incarnations of fantasy football look a lot more like gambling than intricate, outsmart-your-opponent strategy games. Since 2011, the billion-dollar fantasy market has been infused with dozens of daily and weekly games. Those games allow players to win huge prizes quickly, sometimes in one week, sometimes in just one night. With players betting thousands or even tens of thousands a night, legal experts believe it’s time to review the section of the 2006 federal law that was written specifically to protect fantasy sports from being banned the way online poker was. “There’s importance…

Poker Fuse – A player at Seals With Clubs (SwC) has reported that Bitcoin exchange Coinbase cancelled his access to their services after he made a deposit onto the world’s leading Bitcoin-only online poker room. Coinbase stated that it is “a regulated Money Service Business under the FinCEN division of the U.S. Treasury Department” and erroneously claimed that gambling “is illegal under US law.” The message went on to caution that “even if you live outside of the US we cannot provide services to your account for the purpose of any type of gambling activity.” Coinbase is a leading Bitcoin…

iGaming Business – Finland’s national gaming operator Raha-Automaattiyhdistys (RAY) has launched the live casino solution from online gaming software giant Playtech. The new service will be broadcast from RAY’s own purpose-built studio within its headquarters in the city of Espoo. Customers will now be able to access unlimited blackjack, blackjack and roulette tables via the new live casino service. The launch will extend an existing long-term relationship between RAY and Playtech. “We are thrilled with the new product which is not only the best in class and the most advanced, but also the most flexible and comprehensive which allowed us…