In a case that has enormous implications for online gambling in America, the US Department of Justice lost their Wire Act appeal against the New Hampshire Lottery Commission. The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of New Hampshire, upholding the decision of a lower court and driving a nail in the Justice Department newest interpretation of the law. That interpretation could have criminalized interstate online poker and threatened the new, US online gambling industry altogether. Whereas many have insisted that the 1961 Federal Wire Act was always intended to apply to sports betting, the DOJ chose to broaden…

Don’t look now, but the Philippines online gambling industry is looking to add horse racing and cock fighting to their offerings. This after a recent decision allows land based casinos their take both online and mobile bets from locals. That decisions comes as the Philippines seek to expand their online betting industry by both allowing residents to bet, and by targeting more overseas markets. It comes amid falling gaming revenues as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. The dog and horse racing offers would target players in America and Britain, while cockfighting would target players in South America. You can…

In the face of the Coronavirus, Pennsylvania online gambling and betting on sports set new records! Despite that bit of good news, however, overall income from gaming was down for the state year-on-year due to the pandemic. Total gambling revenue in November amounted to $283.3 million, a drop of nearly 3% from the same time last year. The numbers were also 11.5% lower than the figures posted in October, this according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. Sports bets placed online made up over $31 million of the state’s total, compared with just $6.2 million from land based betting. You…

Coronavirus may have slowed them down a bit, but New Jersey online gambling revenue has rebounded nicely for October! Internet betting sites in the state were able to bring in well over $90 million which set a new record. Bets on sporting events was also up nearly 30%. Poker was not as lucky. Revenue has been seeing a downward trend for months, but drop did slow. But online casinos did well, with the Golden Nugget increasing revenue 8.2%. Their closest competitors are Resorts and Borgata which continued the chase. Tropicana had the best month of any license holder, up 20.8%….

Betting on live sport has become one of the fastest growing sectors within the gambling industry with many of course punters loving the amount of choice that we have to choose from whether it be which sport, which market and even more specific details when it comes to live sports betting. However, there are some sports that are better and more profitable when it comes to sports betting, and today we show you our favorites. Of course, Horse Racing has always been at the forefront of the betting market as it’s one of the few sports that wouldn’t probably exist…

If  gambling issues in America are an important issue for you then let’s talk about the election and online gambling in the upcoming Presidential candidates! Joe Biden has made comments on the issue, while Donald Trump is a former casino owner! Also, we have online gambling news from Pennsylvania and new Halloween game reviews to share! Hello my friends, and thanks so much for streaming another edition of This Week in Gambling! I’m J. Todd, and this week we have gambling news from the state of Pennsylvania, plus brand new game reviews to share for Halloween games just in time…