iGaming Business – Spanish regulator Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) has cited the popularity of sports betting in the country as the main reason behind a year-on-year jump in online gaming revenue during the first quarter of 2014. The regulatory body reported gross gaming revenue of €67.9 million ($92.4 million) during the quarter, an increase of 9.2% on the amount generated during the corresponding period last year. Spanish punters wagered a total of €1.6 billion during the period, which is a year-on-year increase of 16.1%. The DGOJ also reported that January proved to be a record month in…

Penn Live – Tuesday’s hearing on the prospect of legalizing Internet-based poker and other games through Pennsylvania brought out the full spectrum of the casino industry’s feelings about the newest wave of gambling expansion. To be sure, most of Pennsylvania’s current casino operators said they see long-term opportunity in an expansion styled after that implemented in New Jersey last year. But if past precedent is any example for the present, the range of opinions from the casino operators themselves will likely make any effort to include an Internet gaming expansion into this year’s budget package a tough climb. Executives and…

Forbes – When Sheldon Adelson’s campaign against online gambling in America emerged last fall, some Internet gambling supporters dismissed his effort as misguided and confused. They pointed to the fact that the entire gambling industry except for Adelson was united in its support of extending gambling to the Internet. Some felt that few would take objections to online gambling on moral grounds seriously from a man who had made a huge fortune off of land-based casinos. Even Adelson’s comment that he was ‘willing to spend whatever it takes,” to stop online gambling was seen by some as a hollow threat…

Marketing Magazine – 67% of UK consumers are concerned over the volume of online gambling advertising, while only a fifth of the populace believed that online gaming brands target the right audience, according to research from IgnitionOne. The ‘Betting on Digital’ report was commissioned by digital marketing technology specialist IgnitionOne, which worked closely with ComRes and surveyed 2,000 UK consumers. To gain a perspective from the gaming firms themselves, IgnitionOne also conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with 11 senior marketers from the online gaming sector. A quarter (23%) of British adults said they gamble online, including 28% of men and 18%…

Online Poker Report – A new online gambling bill that includes a carveout for online poker is said to be in play at the federal level. That’s per Nevada journalist John Ralston, who posted a copy of the bill draft on his site here. Ralston did not offer much additional context for the bill, saying only that it is “floating around DC,” and adding “I smell a Nevada company.” The bill draft is titled the “Internet Gambling Prohibition and Control Act of 2014” – a variation on the original title of the Sheldon Adelson-backed “Restoration of America’s Wire Act” (RAWA)…

NJ.com – Online gambling’s slow start in New Jersey, the most-populous U.S. state to legalize Internet bets, has casinos reassessing their marketing to would-be players. Boyd Gaming Corp., the leader through its Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa-related websites, is reducing advertising after reporting a $3.2 million loss from the business in the first quarter. 888 Holdings Plc, which operates the US.888.com site, is shifting its advertising focus to slot machines from poker. “We are absolutely shocked by the slowness of the market,” Brian Mattingley, chief executive officer of London- based 888, said in a telephone interview. Revenue is coming in…