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Indepth features and anaylsis on issues that affect our industry - These features can be directly related to iGaming but also to other online sectors which we can learn from.

  • Menendez’s Internet Poker Bill

    In September 2008, Senator Robert Menendez (D.-NJ) introduced his first proposal to legalize Internet poker, S.3616. It didn’t go anywhere, not even getting a single co-sponsor. Still, this was probably the fi rst time a bill had ever been introduced in the US Senate for the purpose of legalizing, rather than prohibiting, online games like poker. The fact that the Senator was from a state like New Jersey, with a politically powerful land-
    based casino industry, made the action politically significant.

    Sep / Oct 2009

  • Internet Gaming; Coming back to the US?

    There is movement on both the federal and state levels to legalize, regulate, and, of course, tax Internet gaming in the United States. But things are not always what they seem…

    Jul / Aug 2009

  • PartyGaming

    PartyGaming and the US Settlement

    PartyGaming has made the first move to appease the US authorities by agreeing a non-prosecution settlement with the US DoJ for $105m. Naturally, this move has sparked debate within the industry as to its ramifications, and here, iGaming Business plays host to just some of the informed commentary that this news has evoked.

    May / Jun 2009

  • Winning with T&Cs

    Winning with T&Cs

    Professor I Nelson Rose examines the importance of Terms and Conditions, as highlighted recently by PartyGaming’s $600 million class action in the US.

    Mar / Apr 2009

  • Looking Back, and Forward

    UIGEA is a Bush Administration legacy that still haunts the online gaming industry today, but have efforts in 2009 gone any way to making clear our understanding of the market’s future? Leading gaming expert Professor I Nelson Rose, surveys a year that the US market had entered in the highest of optimism against its common enemy, and has exited with a plausible common champion.

    Nov / Dec 2009