Poker News – On Monday, Jan. 13, John Brennan reported on NorthJersey.com that online poker site 888.com, one of the online gaming operators licencesed in New Jersey, offered New York Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks $88,800 to legally change his name to 888.com. The offer comes less than a week after the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and NHL’s New Jersey Devils announced a groundbreaking partnership with partypoker.com. “We’re excited that 888.com is up and running in New Jersey,” said 888 Holdings CEO Brian Mattingley. “As we consider 888 to be the premier gaming site in the Garden State, we thought it…

iGaming Business – Mobile gambling company Probability has announced the results of a survey that suggest 87% of players would recommend playing mobile entertainment gambling games to friends, family and colleagues. The survey also suggested that 26.9% of participants play and bet on their mobile device more than three times a week. “Real money gambling on mobile is now a mainstream and social activity in the UK where 70% of adults are already known to participate in gaming and betting activities regularly,” Probability’s chief commercial officer, Michael Byrne, said. “With that level of ubiquity amongst consumers, it’s no surprise that…

Online -Casinos.com – The issue that seems to stand out the most in talks about internet gambling in North America is the legal battle that carries on over sports betting. In the USA the leagues and organizations are adamant about not allowing punting on sports except in Nevada and a few other jurisdictions. The fight is on in New Jersey where the state intends to have their way and allow punters to bet on major sporting events. While the sports leagues are constantly using their considerable financial powers to deter any changes in the law regarding gambling on sports there…

The Bolton News – Bingo players are being urged to unite behind a campaign calling for tax rates on the games to be cut. Mecca Bingo clubs in Breightmet Fold Lane and in Moor Lane will be offering free games on Friday and at the weekend as part of its nationwide Boost Bingo campaign. The campaign, which is being led by The Bingo Association, is calling on the Government to bring the tax rate on bingo in line with other gambling activities. Currently, the industry is subject to a bingo duty of 20 per cent, while many other gambling pursuits…

Poker News – It’s no secret that Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson is an opponent of online poker. He’s been vocal regarding his concerns on “moral grounds,” and has indicated that he will fight against iGaming no matter the cost. Now, along with his Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, he has drafted the Internet Gambling Control Act, an anti-online poker bill that was recently leaked and made public by Marco Valerio on AgentMarco.com. The bill aims to amend the Wire Act so that it applies to iGaming, which would reverse the Department of Justice’s landmark 2011 clarification on 18…

Press of Atlantic City – For 35 years, analysts, reporters and curious gamblers scouring monthly casino revenue reports have been able to scrutinize the performance of more than two dozen table games and 10 denominations of slot machines at each property. That decades-long standard ended unexpectedly Tuesday as the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement moved toward providing a heavily redacted report — by New Jersey’s standards — calling the results of individual slot types and table games “confidential.” Lawmakers, including state Sens. Jim Whelan and Ray Lesniak, said they were caught by surprise, unaware that the state that has…