From Legal Poker Sites A bill that expands gambling in the United States requires the support of groups that will operate the proposed system.  The bill sponsored by Representative Peter King (R-NY) that would regulate online gambling in the United States will be missing this key element.  Tribal gaming interests are certain to oppose this bill across the board for a number of reasons. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) was enacted by the federal government in 1988.  It settled the long standing issue of reservation casinos.  It gave states the right to enter into gaming compacts with tribes.  Reservations…

International Game Technology (IGT – Analyst Report) will provide its online and mobile games to Betsson, a Maltese sports betting and gaming company. Betsson will have access to IGT’s wide array of free-to-play and casino style games through IGT’s remote gaming server (IGT rgs). GT will offer popular game titles like Cleopatra, Da Vinci Diamonds, MONOPOLY plus and 100 Pandas to Betsson. These mobile-based games are compatible with Apple’s (AAPL – Analyst Report) iOS devices as well as with Google’s (GOOG – Analyst Report) Android-based devices, enabling the game to reach out to a large number of gamers. Recently, IGT…

From iGaming Business c from the Winnemucca Indian Colony in Nevada has called on tribal groups in neighbouring California to oppose the passage of that western state’s proposed intra-state online gambling bill. The Winnemucca Indian Colony recently launched the ShonEcasino.com online gaming brand in partnership with tribal-owned specialist iGaming turnkey solutions provider GEObet Online Network and Bills announced that he wants the indigenous tribes of California to strengthen their sovereignty by resisting the measure from California State Senator Roderick Wright. “I believe Senator Wright is doing his best to bring forth the legalisation of online gaming to the state of…

In an interview with the Las Vegas Sun, Senator Harry Reid stopped short of officially declaring the effort to revive an online gambling bill dead, but said he couldn’t see any type of legislative effort succeeding. If the gaming market hadn’t already largely determined it, the Senate Majority Leader confirmed it Friday: The era of online poker in Congress is essentially over. “I felt for several months now that I don’t see any movement on this,” Reid said. “I don’t see anything happening.” Reid said that a bill filed in the House of Representatives yesterday by Rep. Peter King, D-N.Y.,…

The United States has been struggling with the legalization of online gambling and now as Tribal communities voice their rights to the gambling market the issue become even more complicated. California looks like it’s shaping up to be the battle ground for the right to offer online gambling. Chief William Bills of the Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada has stepped up to the plate to voice his opinion on the situation in California. The Chief is asking all the Tribes of California to strengthen their Sovereignty and voice their objection to the online gambling bill as it is proposed by…

From iGaming Business American lottery and gaming technology provider WMS Industries Incorporated has announced that its Williams Interactive LLC subsidiary has signed a deal that will see its portfolio of slots made available to online bingo sites utilising the Dragonfish platform from operator 888 Holdings. Waukegan-based WMS Industries revealed that more than 20 games from Williams Interactive’s growing library including Bruce Lee, Kronos, Super Jackpot Party, Zeus and The Wizard Of Oz will initially be made available to over 60 licensees of the Dragonfish platform. “This expanded relationship significantly grows the global audience for our great gaming content while also…