Frank Fahrenkopf will be the keynote speaker for the iGaming Super Show in Amsterdam this summer. Fahrenkopf is the President and CEO of the American Gaming Association and will be speaking at the iGaming Executive Conference and iGaming 4 Business Conference, which are taking place during the Show being held in Amsterdam on the 11th – 14th of June this year. Mr. Fahrenkopf is highly regarded as an expert and advocate of US gambling regulation and law. Well experienced in political affairs, he gained national prominence during the 1980s when he served as chairman of the Republican Party for six…

To the experienced online poker player, Station Casinos’ Ultimate Poker website can feel like a trip back to the Stone Age. Players have complained about the software, interface and speed. Station officials say they are aware of the criticism and are working to improve the site. But despite the glitches, they met their goal: being the first legal, real-money poker site in the country. In fact, Station executives say some of the shortcomings may help them grow their audience. It has been a little more than a week since Ultimate Poker launched in Nevada. Within three days, 100,000 hands had…

From The Telegraph Online gambling firms will be required to hold a licence in Britain in order to advertise and sell their games to British customers under new laws. The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill aims to give customers more protection when using online poker and other websites operated by companies based offshore. Gambling operators based in Britain are already required to hold a Gambling Commission licence but overseas firms are currently regulated in the jurisdiction in which they are based. Under the Bill, announced in the Queen’s Speech, all operators selling or advertising to the British market – whether…

From Forbes For anyone who’s been waiting years to make a dollar from the hundreds of hours spent honing their skills on phone games, the moment has arrived. A new San Francisco startup called Skillz just launched the US’s first platform for real-money gambling on mobile games, and it could be the start of an industry worth tens of billions, if not more. The key to Skillz is that while casino style-games have been waiting for legislation that legalizes online betting for games of chance, gambling on games of skill is already legal in 36 states.  My fellow Louisianans and…

From iGaming Business   After launching a new mobile casino solution four months ago in partnership with Playtech Limited, land-based and online operator Betfred has announced that the platform has gone live with an in-house sportsbook. Betfred revealed that the launch of its new mobile sportsbook follows 18 months of work from its 25-member development team located at Manchester’s Sharp Project. “It’s an exciting time for all of us but, most important, our customers will see a real difference,” said Andrew Daniels from Betfred. “Having our own platform will enable us to develop new products in-house and have the best…

Ultimate Poker has registered thousands of online poker users from every U.S. state and 20 countries. That’s in just 72 hours. By Thursday evening, the website dealt its 100,000th hand of poker. Around 10 p.m., Ultimate Poker had 50 poker tables with action. “I would say we were the largest poker room in the state at that hour,” Ultimate Gaming CEO Tobin Prior said Friday. Company officials said the launch of Ultimate Poker, the nation’s first legally regulated pay-to-play online gaming website, has exceeded expectations. Ultimate Poker Chairman Tom Breitling didn’t want to reveal official numbers for the website’s first…