Independent.ie – GameAccount Network, the UK-based gambling software provider headed by Dermot Smurfit Jnr, has inked a deal to provide a simulated gaming website to the famous Yonkers racetrack and casino in New York.  GAN also announced that pre-tax profits hit £1.6m (€1.9m) last year compared to a loss of £1m (€1.2m) the year before, as net revenue rose 123pc to £12.3m (€15m). Expansion in the US remains a “strategic priority” for the group, said Mr Smurfit. Shares in the company, which floated on London’s Alternative Investment Market and Dublin’s Enterprise Securities Market last year, jumped 12pc in London yesterday…

Times Union – Whither harness racing in Saratoga Springs? A day after the Saratoga racino announced it had deserted plans to pursue casino gambling in Saratoga Springs in favor of East Greenbush, hundreds of patrons placed bets on the racino’s video lottery terminals while trotters and pacers at the harness track enjoyed a day off. Simmering beneath the calm at Saratoga Casino and Raceway, however, was uncertainty and nervousness. Horsemen were worried the state’s casino sweepstakes were leaving them behind. They said the future of the sport looked cloudy. “There could be a serious situation down the road, serious effects…

Forbes – In America there is a war going on for the hearts and minds of thousands of online poker players, many of whom have been frozen out of the game they love.  In one corner stand the lobbyists pushing for a federal ban on online poker.  In the other, individual state lawmakers who are forging ahead with plans of regulated online poker for their residents. Three states – Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware – have thus far pushed on with legalized online poker, and New York could be up next. However, with disappointing returns reported to date and tax…

Card Player – The state of New York is again taking a hard look at online poker within its borders. A proposed law was introduced into the Senate on Friday, which calls for the authorization of online poker, a game referenced as one in which requires skill, and for the awarding of 10 licenses. Each license would be good for a decade, costing $10 million apiece. Revenues would also be subjected to taxes, which, if the bill passed right now, would be 15 percent. The proposal comes after New York voters last year said OK to a handful of commercial…

iGaming Business – The New York state Senate has backed a proposal to introduce video lottery terminals to various airports in the US state, according to the Associated Press news agency. Under the proposal, slot machines would be positioned inside the departure terminals at certain New York airports. The Senate said the terminals would only be placed in international airports located within a city of one million or more. Operating under these guidelines would mean that slot machines would be located in John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport. The likes of Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Albany International Airport…

iGaming Business – The iGaming Investor Conference, which will take place in New York on March 25, will feature investors, operators and suppliers discussing the state of the iGaming industry. The event will welcome 40 gaming and leisure international investors as well as 40 iGaming operators and suppliers. Delegates will hear from decision-makers while the conference will allow iGaming professionals to present their businesses to investors in attendance. Show features include a keynote from New Jersey Senator Raymond Lesniak, who will discuss the politics of iGaming, the opening of the New Jersey market and what it means for casinos in…