Poker Fuse –  The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill has now received Royal Assent, the final stage in the UK’s legislative process that indicates that the Queen has no objections to the new law. In immediate response the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has updated its FAQ on all issues that players and operators may want to ask about the new laws. The update includes changes related to the issue of the final consolidated License Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP). There are no new answers in the FAQ that have not already been addressed in the LCCP. Barring provisions for…

iGaming Business – The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill is to enter into UK law after it was granted Royal Assent by the British monarchy. The new legislation amends the 2005 Gambling Act and will enable the Gambling Commission licensing system to cover all UK remote gambling operators. Under the previous Act, remote gambling operators that located their remote gambling equipment overseas did not need a remote operating licence from the Gambling Commission regulatory body, where as UK-based companies were required to have one. The new legislation will require all remote gambling operators in the UK market to obtain a…

The screens are small but the online jackpot wins are full sized at mobile casinos. That’s what Rosemary S of New Zealand learned when she hit a Major Jackpot of 43,912 Australian dollars playing Mega Moolah slots on her mobile device at the All Slots Casino. “Everyone at All Slots is really proud of Rosemary and her big win,” said David Brickman, the casino’s Vice President for Player Affairs. “Mega Moolah is the top paying jackpot game in the casino and, as Rosemary demonstrated, All Slots gives players the ability to play and win Mega Moolah any time and any…

iGaming Business – Social gaming company Zynga has announced that its ‘Hit It Rich!’ free social slots game is now available worldwide on Google Play. The game, which is already available for free download from Apple’s App Store as well as on the web, is part of Zynga’s Casino franchise that provides consumers with a free-to-play casino experience. Hit It Rich! features a number of branded slots games that were previously exclusive to the casino floor, such as ‘Farmville 2’, ‘The Wizard of Oz’, ‘Ted’ and ‘Sex and the City’. Joe Kaminkow, chief game designer for Hit It Rich! at…

Gambling 911 – New Jersey’s fledgling Internet gambling industry saw its first monthly decline, falling slightly to $11.4 million in April. In March, which had one more day of gambling than April had, Internet gambling brought in $11.9 million. Figures released Wednesday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement show the average online take per day was $380,958 in April, down from $383,173 in March. Online gambling had shown monthly increases of 28 percent in January, 9 percent in February, and 15 percent in March. It began in late November as a way of helping the struggling casinos bring in new revenue…

iGaming Business – Server-based gaming specialist Inspired Gaming has announced that Circus Group has become the first operator in Belgium to launch its virtual sports product. Through its Circus.be domain on online and mobile platforms, the licensed operator will initially offer Inspired’s football, horseracing, greyhound racing and tennis virtual sports products. Using Inspired’s Virtuals Dashboard, Circus Group can schedule the four different event channels to each broadcast a new event every three minutes, with a total of almost 2,000 betting opportunities available each day. Players will be able to choose from a range of betting markets, place accumulator bets across…