This Week in Gambling

We speak with Gary Shoefield about the PORTL Hologram booth, which was unveiled to the gambling industry at the 2021 Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas. This amazing bit of technology has the potential to radically change how land based casinos and betting companies interact with their customers. PORTL can put a casino employee or concierge “face-to-face” with customers in a live, interactive experience to answer questions, find games, or give directions to dining and entertainment! Some may call it ‘telepresence’ and some may call it ‘holoportation’, but however it’s referred to it is real and available right now! So…

Crypto online gambling markets are breaking more and more records. Combined with smart crypto solutions, the industry opens up new opportunities for operators and players. The changing market requires iGaming providers to be innovative and flexible. The growth of crypto gambling lead to new trailblazing mechanics. One of the examples is “crush”. With the multiplayer mode, this kind of game gained popularity quickly and remains in demand among operators and especially crypto players. Space XY, by BGaming, is a crash multiplayer game that recently appeared in casinos worldwide. The game has become a part of a game package for crypto…

Data from Juniper Research has found that the value of online gambling bets soared from just over $550 billion to nearly $950+ billion in 2021. Wager levels were expected to exceed $1 trillion total spend on all digital goods and services for the first time in 2021. Juniper’s latest research, Mobile Gaming & Online Gambling: Casinos, Lotteries, Betting & VR 2016-2021, found that gambling activities were increasingly migrating to the online environment, with the majority of net growth attributable to users of mobile channels. It also argued that new technologies such as VR would provide a further stimulus to the…

Several users have come forward with accusations that PayPal is freezing gambling accounts and keeping the funds without offering any explanation as to why. And now, they are coming together to take legal action against the payment provider in a federal lawsuit. They’re also looking for more people who have faced similar situations and thinking of a class-action lawsuit. One of the plaintiffs, Lena Evans, has used PayPal for over 20 years to send cash back and forth for a poker league that she owns. PayPal seized nearly $27,000 in her account without giving her a reason why. She also…

This week’s gambling news finds Florida gambling in the headlines again, and now the battle for expanded casino gambling and sports betting is getting downright ugly! The fight between the Sands Corporation and the Seminole Tribe is wrapped up in lawsuits, legal actions, and accusations of conspiracy, sabotage, and corruption! Welcome to This Week in Gambling, where some news weeks are slow… some news weeks are busy… and some news weeks are batshit crazy! Which leads us to Florida and this week’s big story! As you may know, Florida is America’s third largest state by population. Therefore, whatever happens with…

Today is the day another operator is launching their online sports book in New York! The BetMGM app is now live for players in the Empire State, and they can access the benefits of betting with BetMGM, an Official Sports Betting Partner of the Knicks, Rangers and Madison Square Garden Arena. “With today’s monumental news, we’ll now be able to fully activate our relationships with MGM Resorts’ Empire City Casino and Madison Square Garden. We look forward to offering customers in New York unique experiences that they can’t access on any other platform,” said BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt. “A huge…