This Week in Gambling

New Jersey recorded further online gambling revenue growth during November, despite greater losses in its land-based casino market. Revenue from online gambling in the US state amounted to $17.2 million (€16.5 million) in the month, 29.9% more than the $13.2 million posted in November of last year and higher than the $16.2 million generated in October this year. Casino win in the state came in at $180.1 million, down 5.8% on $191.1 million collected in the corresponding month last year, and also a drop on the $184.6 million posted in October. As a result, total gaming win for the state…

Australian betting operator Tabcorp has found itself in hot water over a 2015 promotion that offer rewards to new accounts. Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court found the gambling operator guilty of three counts of illegally luring punters to open accounts, skynews.com.au reported on Friday. The promotion in question was published in a newspaper and online in August 2015 and offered bonus bets as well as other rewards as inducements, according to the news outlet. Government outlaws bookmakers to publish ads tempting residents in New South Wales with enticements to gamble or open betting accounts.Tabcorp, which has denied the offences, will…

New Jersey’s efforts to bring legal sports betting to its horse tracks and Atlantic City casinos suffered another significant — and potentially fatal — setback on Tuesday when a federal appeals court upheld a previous ruling invalidating a challenge to a federal law that limits such gambling to four states. Following a rare hearing in February before a 12-judge panel from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the judges ruled 10-2 in favor of five sports organizations, including the NFL and the NCAA. The leagues had argued that a 2014 state law ran afoul of the 1992 federal law,…

A dozen politically powerful American Indian tribes are not likely to reach the consensus needed to move an online poker bill in the 2017 California legislative session, tribal officials said this week. A tribal/card room coalition with Amaya/PokerStars plans to again introduce legislation to legalize California online poker, Robert Martin, chairman of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, told Online Poker Report Wednesday. But Martin, whose tribe is business partners with PokerStars, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and three Los Angeles area card rooms, is not optimistic other tribal governments will agree on bill language that will grant…

We say goodbye to 2016 this week, and look back at Sheldon Adelson’s latest attempt to push his RAWA agenda. He has spend a lot of time and money trying to ban online gambling in the United States. It must suck to fail so miserably… especially at Christmas! This weeks special offer comes from Leo Vegas.

We get a first look at the Seinfeld Slot Machine from Scientific Games, set to hit casino floors in early 2017. Their partnership with Warner Bros. is based on the 10-time Emmy Award-winning American sitcom, Seinfeld. The slot game focuses on Jerry’s apartment and his close group of friends, including Elaine Benes, George Costanza and Cosmo Kramer. The Seinfeld Slot Machine is delivered on Scientific Games amazing GAMESCAPE platform with feature-rich gameplay. One of these features is their motion gesture technology, which Scientific Games says “…enables players to use their hand to become a part of the game.” during the…