Info-Tech Research Group has published a new industry trends report about crypto, NFT’s, and online gambling, and how they effect the future of casinos and their need for digital transformation. The report is timely, as the effects of the pandemic are still apparent to casino operators, most notably with a shortage of labor and skilled labor, health and safety concerns, and the prominence of online gaming and its effects on brick-and-mortar casino floors. Info-Tech’s findings reveal that the casino industry is at the precipice of significant change. Operators need to consider what is happening in the external environment that directly…

If you were hoping for New York online gambling or poker this year, we have some bad news for you. State legislators could not get a deal done in regard to a measure being pushed by State Senator Joseph Addabbo, who also pushed sports betting reforms there. Since regulating mobile and online sports bets, the state has set revenue records in America. Despite this, the current legislative session will end on June 2nd with nothing accomplished for web based casino games. Addabbo’s bill didn’t see much support after clearing committee. Of course, those who remember the struggles of sports betting…

Online gambling wasn’t even a topic of discussion when Congress made sports gambling illegal.Back in 1992 they passed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) and no one really blinked. If someone wanted to place a bet on the Super Bowl or a basketball game, their options were minimal at best: jump on a plane to Las Vegas or phone their local bookie. Fast forward 25 years and the internet is ubiquitous and laws such as PASPA arcane, making May 14, 2018, a day of gambling liberation, as the Supreme Court overturned the law on the grounds it was…

There is a new horizon in the United States for gambling, as new laws allow certain states to decide their own legislation for online gambling. Although in most states, legislation has only recently come to fruition, it comes as no surprise that online gambling would make its way back into US culture, simply because there is a deep history and gambling culture ingrained in the US. Below we will have a look into US gambling history and its culture leading up to today’s online gambling scene. If you like to skip straight to an online casino overview rather than read…

Just two months after the record breaking launch of mobile sports betting, the expansion of New York online gambling into casino games is being proposed in new legislation. Well, that didn’t take long did it?! The political force behind the bill which regulated mobile sports bets, State Senator Joseph Addabbo, is now pushing a new bill seeking to do the same for online casinos.However, unlike the somewhat absurd tax rate of 51% imposed on mobile sports books, web based casinos would only be taxed at 25%. Addabbo’s Senate Bill 8412 specifically seeks to “authorize online interactive gaming” and collect a…

The online gambling industry is constantly evolving and catching up with technological trends, aiming to ensure the ultimate gambling experience for all players. Ever since the global pandemic began, the majority of the players were forced to switch from traditional brick-and-mortar casinos to their online counterparts. Even today when many casinos are re-opened, countless players have chosen to remain to play online, and this is one of the main reasons why it’s estimated that by the year 2022, the whole industry of online gambling is going to reach an astonishing $565 billion according to a recent article by Auralcrave. The article…