The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has revealed that the US state’s regulated online gaming market experienced further year-on-year growth during the month of April. Online gaming revenue from operators in the state amounted to $12.6 million (€11 million), up 11% on the same month last year but slightly down on the $13.2 million achieved in March of this year. The Borgata interactive gaming licence, which includes the Borgata, PartyPoker and Pala Interactive online gaming operations in New Jersey, continues to lead the market with approximately $4 million in revenue. The DGE noted that total online gaming revenue…

Danish authorities have received approval from the European Commission to introduce a number of modifications to current online gaming legislation in the country, including full legalisation of daily fantasy sports. According to the Pokernews.com website, Denmark has been keen to expand its gambling market after recording significant expansion over the past two years. Amended legislation will enhance current measures against money laundering, modify the taxation applied to licensed operators and create a new licence that will specifically target daily fantasy sports operators. Operators that generate revenue of more than KR100 million (€13.4 million/$15 million) will have to pay an increased…

If you have ever had a stressful day at work or just want to come home without having to worry about any important tasks ahead, there is nothing that can help you relieve stress quite like some time with an online video game. Online video games, whether they are at an online casino canada or any other type of multiplayer game, can provide you with numerous stress relief benefits. While there are many people who may want to drive an attack campaign against video games, the fact of the matter is that video games can provide a variety of long…

Global Gaming Business Magazine – A new study from the Harvard Medical School’s Division of Addiction found that online gaming does not promote gambling addiction, and that the vast majority of those gambling on the internet are casual gamblers who effectively set limits for themselves. Harvard researchers worked with online casino operator bwin.party to study gambling habits of millions of online players over a two-year period, and supplemented the research with a six-month study done by the University of Hamburg. The Hamburg research studied only internet poker; Harvard looked at all online casino games. According to the Harvard report, 95…

Boston Herald – Online gaming proponents are vowing to push ahead despite a leading casino industry lobbying group’s withdrawal of support for expanded Internet gambling, which has proved to be a divisive issue among Las Vegas gaming titans. State Treasurer and gubernatorial candidate Steven Grossman said the reversal by the American Gaming Association does not chill his interest in exploring online gaming to boost the state Lottery. “They can have their squabbles out there all they want,” Grossman said. “We’ll continue to move forward … to study this issue and how it can potentially affect us, one way or another….

iGaming Business – Online poker would generate $800 million (€587 million) and create more than 2,000 jobs for the Californian economy by the end of the decade, according to a new report released by Capitol Matrix Consulting. The study found legalising Internet poker in California would result in $1.91 billion in economic output, $845 million in additional state revenue, and 2,657 jobs over the first five years. As reported by iGaming Business, two new bills seeking to regulate online poker in the US state have recently been introduced in an effort to make California only the third state in the…