iGaming Business – Online casino games provider Net Entertainment has launched its selection of online game titles across the mobile and desktop platform of online gaming operator Bet365. As reported by iGaming Business, the two companies first agreed the deal in December 2013 and have now completed the launch process. “We are very excited and proud to realise a successful launch of our games on Vegas at Bet365,” Net Entertainment managing director Björn Krantz said. “ I am positive that our innovative and exciting portfolio of best of breed games will be well received by bet365 and its players.” At…

Poker News – While the company risks becoming the first operator to ever be charged with criminal sanctions in Belgium, Betclic Everest has announced its decision to pull out from the country. Starting Monday, Betclic Everest’s four different brands including Betclic and Bet-at-Home will no longer be available to Belgium residents. The decision comes while Belgium’s Public Prosecution Office (PPO) carries an investigation on Betclic operations that could result into a €1.2m fine for the company. As reported by eGaming Review, a spokesperson from Betclic confirmed the group’s withdrawal from the Belgian market, but refused to issue any further statement…

This Week in Gambling – Our industry has been wondering what the future of online gambling would be in the United States since before the “Black Friday” incidents of 2011. Even before the passage of UIGEA in 2006, we all knew that eventually regulation would come to America. Now, with three states legalizing web betting, we may be closer than ever to the next phase of this business. Recently, we interview the Executive Vice President of MGM Resorts, Alan Feldman, about online gambling regulation in this country. Specifically, whether that regulation will come in the form of a Federal standard…

The Hill – With the recent introduction of the Restoration of America’s Wire Act in the U.S. House and Senate, the internet gambling issue has again returned to the forefront of policy discussion on Capitol Hill. The renewed focus has prompted well-funded legalization advocates to promote the demonstrably false idea that the many problems associated with internet gambling will disappear with a government stamp of approval. Now that internet gambling is legal in Nevada, Delaware, and New Jersey, we needn’t rely on speculation to see the moral hazards associated with legal internet gambling. Convincing evidence is found in the response…

Illegal gaming sites operating offshore have picked up their efforts to convert players from New Jersey lately. Even since the state passed legislation to regulate online betting, offshore operators have intensified efforts to entice gamblers in the state to their unauthorized sites. This according to an executive at one of the companies authorized to offer online gambling. The State Division of Gaming Enforcement confirmed it was aware of the activity of these illegal gaming sites, and that they are taking steps to coordinate an appropriate response to this illegal activity,” said Kerry Langan, a spokeswoman. Asked for details, Langan said…

Gaming Intelligence – Belgium’s Loterie Nationale has been granted a new sports betting licence by the Belgian Gambling Commission which allows the national lottery to offer its SCOOORE! product through its e-lotto.be online platform. The new licence follows the decision last month by Belgium’s Council of State to cancel a royal decree concerning the provision of sports betting services by the state-owned Loterie Nationale.  This was a result of a legal challenge by private licensed operators. FULL ARTICLE (SUBSCRIPTION)