New Jersey, Europe may connect on Web gambling
Press of Atlantic City – David Rebuck, director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, said in an interview that the original total of players for Internet gambling programs was more than 50,000. As of this past Monday, that number has increased by 3,000 daily, for a total of 71,000. The majority of them are from near the borders of New York state and Pennsylvania, Rebuck said in the interview, which will be broadcast at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, on WMGM-TV 40. He also noted that there were thousands more who attempted to play but couldn’t because they…
No PokerStars in New Jersey for two years
iGaming Business – PokerStars has had its application for online gambling in New Jersey suspended for two years by the US state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement due to ongoing concerns about the company’s founder, Isai Scheinberg. Scheinberg is still under indictment from the Department of Justice for PokerStars’ activities in the US after the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. The DGE confirmed in a notice to the operator that the decision was based on Scheinberg’s activities and the involvement of other unnamed PokerStars executives with online gambling operations in the US. Lisa Spengler, DGE’s spokeswoman, said the application for a…
When is ‘match-fixing’ not match-fixing?
BBC – Football is never far away from its next scandal and allegations of match-fixing certainly dent the reputation of the beautiful game. But is it right to call the recent claims of wrongdoing “match-fixing”? Sam Sodje, a former Portsmouth player, was filmed by an undercover reporter claiming he could arrange for footballers to be booked for a £30,000 fee and a sending-off for £50,000 to £70,000 in order to facilitate betting fraudsters. Six people have been arrested, including DJ Campbell, the Blackburn Rovers striker. Emotive terms like “plague” and “cancer” have been used in the media and there have…
Two footballers bailed in UK match-fixing investigation
iGaming Business – Two non-league footballers that were arrested as part of a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into an alleged international betting syndicate and match-fixing in English football have been bailed until Friday. According to the BBC, Whitehawk FC players Michael Boateng and Hakeem Adelakun are accused of conspiring to defraud bookmakers by influencing the course of football matches and placing bets. The pair were not required to enter a plea during and spoke only to confirm their names and addresses during a short hearing at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court. Boateng and Adelakun were charged on November 5 and have…
Tribes eye multibillion-dollar online gambling
USA Today – American Indian tribes have 460 gaming facilities in 28 states, but none offers online gambling—at least not yet. Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware are the only states that have legal Internet gambling, but it is spreading internationally. Worldwide, online betting generates almost $30 billion of revenue a year, with Americans spending $4 billion, according to estimates from the American Gaming Association. Some of the 240 Indian tribes in the U.S. are eager for a piece of that market. It’s unclear how much revenue online gambling will bring to U.S. tribes or states. In New Jersey, for example,…
World Poker Tour to Return to Canada in 2014
Poker News – On Tuesday, the World Poker Tour expanded the Season XII schedule once gain, announcing the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic in Feb. 2014. After two successful in Montreal, the WPT is excited to return to Canada for a CAD $5,000 main event at the Fallsview Casino Resort, an hour outside of Toronto. This single-entry, three-day tournament will run from Feb. 22-24, at the end of the week-long, three-event Fallsview Poker Classic tournament series. “Poker is more popular than ever in Canada, and our players have been asking us to add another WPT stop north of the border,” WPT…
