The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) have finally announced the official launch date of the state’s online gaming industry. In a letter that was addressed to the Keystone State’s 13 licensed casino operators, Kevin O’Toole, the gaming control board’s executive director, revealed that the operators who interactive gaming licenses have been approved will be able to begin operating on July 15. “We know many of you have been diligently working toward the launch of interactive gaming. Consistent with our pledge near the beginning of this process … the Board intends to launch a coordinated timeframe for the commencement of I-Gaming… Read More
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West Virginia Becomes Fifth State to Legalize Online Gaming
Last Wednesday marked a huge day for West Virginia’s gaming industry with the state’s Lottery Interactive Wagering Act being passed into law thanks to a decision by Jim Justice, the state’s governor, not to act on the bill that was forwarded to his desks two weeks before (15 days excluding Sundays). While there were already some indications, including a similar move pulled by the governor in 2018, that the governor was not going to sign the bill, a number of gambling enthusiasts and supporters of online gambling were holding their breath unsure of what the governor would have done. As… Read More
UKGC Awards License to BetConstruct’s Live Casino
BetConstruct has recently received a license for its in-house Live Casino games from the United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC). The gaming operator which has its headquarters in the territory has been exploring that particular market for quite some time now and therefore the decision to unveil a live casino offering was primarily motivated by extensive research. The company has invested heavily on the offering and this, coupled with the non-stop work put in by the software developers culminated into a nearly perfect live casino product – not only does it resonate with the market’s demands in the online gaming sector… Read More
PokerStars’ Inaugural Lex Live Spring Festival Set for March
Team PokerStars Online Pro Lex Veldhuis is finally bringing his very popular Twitch Poker community off the internet and into the real world with the inaugural Lex Live Spring Festival, a live poker tournament set to go down between March 27 and March 31 at the Grand Casino de Namur in Belgium. As its name suggests the poker tournament will be hosted by Lex and sponsored by PokerStars with the target audience being the ever-growing online poker community especially those that the star poker player has been able to amass through his Twitch channels. The tournament will feature a series… Read More