After much delay and political fighting, New York online sports betting was finally signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo. Now, the real work begins. The goal is to have online and mobile sports bets fully regulated in time to let residents bet on the next Super Bowl. That means writing the rules, processing applications, and launching within nine months. Once applications for running a web based sports book are submitted, the Gambling Commission will have 150 days to process them and select just two providers. Requests to submit applications to the state will come no later than July 1st,…

The lockdown around the world does not look like it’s going to completely stop any time soon. If you had asked most people if it was possible for governments around the world to force all businesses to close along with making everyone stay home, most would have said no. Recent times have never been so depressing before and with no end in sight, it is vital to keep upbeat. During the lockdowns gambling activity has been on the rise, whether it’s online slots or poker or whatever. One of the main reasons for this is that one of the most…

Andrea Domingo, CEO of Philippine gaming regulatory body PAGCOR, will give the opening keynote at the upcoming Manila edition of the SiGMA virtual roadshow The SiGMA Roadshow is back. After a successful first show in Ukraine, followed by an event centered around Las Vegas, SiGMA Group is excited to announce the next stop on its global tour – Manila. A 2-hour virtual event kicks off on the 5th of May at 9:00 – 11.00 CET/15:00 – 17.00 TPE. The SiGMA Roadshow has now moved into the virtual world, with a journey entailing several virtual shows across five major regions; the…

I was there on one of the last nights the Stardust Casino was open in Las Vegas. I watched Don Rickles perform his signature routine and laughed a lot. John Stamos was in the audience a few rows behind me. I said “Hey, John.”. He said, “Hey. Who the hell are you?” Seriously, though. I was fortunate enough to visit the Stardust just before it closed. I did see Mr. Rickles and Stamos. And even though neither of them actually spoke to me, I did manage to get a $5 chip which is somewhere in a box in the back…

Las Vegas, Nevada and Southport, Merseyside. You might think America’s most glitzy city has little in common with the small coastal town that lies in the shadow of Liverpool on England’s rugged North West coast. But both have seen iconic casinos close their doors, only to reappear, at least in a virtual way, in cyberspace. For Southport, this is just the latest in a series of closures to be announced by Malaysia-based Genting Group across the UK, while in Vegas, it signals the return of an iconic name that disappeared from The Strip in 2006. A Sin City legend There…

The new budget for the 2022 fiscal year includes plans for New York mobile sports betting. The announcement came as the state legislature and Governor agreed on an arrangement that could allow four online sports books to be operating in the state as soon as September. The New York Lottery would issue licenses to two mobile betting operators, and they would subcontract licenses to a total of four operators. The state will become the most populous to legalize mobile sports betting, and estimates are it will creating a revenue stream of $500 million a year. The governor also promised that…