This Week in Gambling

We review the Zeus: Ancient Fortunes online slot from Microgaming, a 5 reel game with Cascading Reels and 10 paylines. The Zeus Ancient Fortunes slot game features a Bonus Round, Free Spins, Wild and Scatter Symbols, and can be played on mobile devices. Ascend the clouded realms of the mythical Mt. Olympus, home of the all-powerful Zeus and his gods. Here, fortune favors the daring with Rolling Reels and lines offering wins in either direction. In the base game, successive wins increase your multiplier up to 7x your win. The wild symbols thunder through with great rewards and access to…

The New Hampshire Lottery won a major victory in US District Court earlier this year against the US Department of Justice. The state organization prevailed when it was determined that the Wire Act only applied to sports betting. Now, the DOJ online gambling fight has renewed, and they have appealed the decision in an effort to target online gambling and poker. Experts agree that this case will most likely end up before the Supreme Court. Hello friends, and thank you for streaming another edition of This Week in Gambling. Our friends at the US Department of Justice are back in…

A Cambodian online gambling ban is coming, which is expected to propel a new wave of Chinese investment in the nations casinos. The government said its gaming industry has been used by foreign criminals to extort money. The southern coastal city of Sihanoukville has emerged as a particular center for gambling and many of the dozens of Chinese-run casinos that have sprung up there have online gambling operations. China is Cambodia’s close ally, its biggest donor and investor . It has also been trying to crack down on cross-border gambling, criticizing operations in the Philippines that are similar to those…

Pennsylvania online casinos is barely a month old, and the first revenues figures from their three Internet betting sites have come in. All told, over $812,306 in revenue was collected in just the last two weeks of July. According to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, that profit was generated from nearly $50 million in wagers… mostly from online slots. The total gross revenue for all online slots was $517,712, while table games accounted for $294,594. Online poker is not yet live in the state. August will produce the first full month of revenue numbers. The more established New Jersey online gambling…

With the recent spread of regulated sports betting, many have begun to wonder about online gambling in America. Whereas Nevada is a national gambling symbol, some of the states impose strict restrictions even on the online casinos. At the same time, recent tendencies in the U.S. online gambling market look quite promising. So what’s awaiting us in the nearest future? It is obvious that the US cannot impose a strict federal ban on online gambling. The only obstacles may exist on the state level, where the situation is quite paradoxical. Depending on the state, the national operators have to satisfy…

The US Justice Department has filed a notice of appeal over the recent Wire Act decision in New Hampshire. That District Court ruling was in favor of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission that the Act only applied to sports betting. The notice of appeal reads: “Please take notice that all Defendants (the United States of America; the United States Department of Justice; and William Barr, in his official capacity as Attorney General) hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from the Court’s June 20, 2019 Judgment, as well as the Court’s June 3, 2019,…