With the help of  the mobile betting launch, Iowa online sports betting is officially underway at the Grand Falls Casino.  Elite Sportsbook is the first online sports betting service to the opening of an in-house sportsbook at the casino floor this weekend. Bettors can make a variety of different wagers on professional and college sports from their phone or computer, as long as they have an internet connection, a device and are currently in Iowa. Casino officials and site operators have set up geolocation services to ensure users are within state borders before they wager. The opening of sports betting…

Rumors of PokerStars in Pennsylvania launching sometime this week have been greatly exaggerated. According to the Gaming Control Board, there is not any testing scheduled for this week.  Mount Airy and PokerStars are working toward launching sports wager and online products (online slots, table games, poker).  However, at this point,  I do not know if they will be testing all of their different products at the same time or a different times. All things considered, PokerStars is widely expected to be the first operator to launch online poker in the Keystone State. PokerStars partnered with Mount Airy Casino to gain…

Bet365 New Jersey operation is the second of three skins to begin operating in the state under the Hard Rock license. The timing of the Bet365 launch should not come as a surprise. Back in June, New Jersey Gambling Sites caught up with Hard Rock Atlantic City president Joe Lupo, who said, “… And we hope to see Bet365 before football season.” The US-facing website for Bet365 takes you to a mobile-optimized version on your phone. The site mentions an app, but a direct download for Android was not immediately visible. There is no Bet365 app visible in the Apple…

The West Virginia Lottery Commission has announced that they are very close to welcoming two sports betting apps from both FanDuel & DraftKings. It is believed that DraftKings will debut at Hollywood Casino in Charles Town, and that FanDuel will go live at the Greenbrier Resort casino. The first sports betting retail sites opened in casinos in West Virginia a year ago. It was not surprising it had taken another year to get the apps developed. “We’ve wanted to see if up and running as much as anybody. I know there’s some concern that it’s taken a while but when…

It’s official: FanDuel partners with Major League Baseball! The multi-year agreement will grant FanDuel will gain access to the leagues official data, as well as branding and logos of teams it can use across its online sports betting sites and retail locations. The deal marks the sports betting and daily fantasy sports operator’s first official partnership with either the MLB or its franchises. Kenny Gersh, executive vice president, gaming and new business ventures at MLB, added: “Baseball is one of the most popular sports to bet on and partnering with MLB allows us to make the betting experience even better…

Mobile gaming has seemingly come from nowhere! Maybe it has something to do with the advancements made in technology, or perhaps people just realized that they could play wherever, regardless, this is an industry that has taken off! One thing about mobile gaming that’s interesting to us is the fact that the market is continuously growing — who knows where it’s going to be in the next couple of years if it stays on this path! Online slot developers such as NetEnt and Microgaming both understand the importance of mobile gaming since all their recent/popular titles have mobile versions. Some…