Australia’s Gambling Debate The Australian Labor government will implement an immediate ban on online gambling advertising and a partial television ban within two years, according to a Sky News report. a parliamentary committee recommended a blanket ban on advertising last year Australia has been in the throes of a national debate for several months over…
Billionaires Jockey for Slice of Thailand IR Casino Market With Projects in Bangkok, Phuket
Billionaires lining up The removal of Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in mid-August because of a bribery scandal has done little to affect the optimism of major investors hoping to cash in on the national plan to establish IR casino resorts in the country by 2027. emboldened the interest of would-be IR casino suitors Instead,…
Belgium Increases Legal Gambling Age to 21
Belgium has introduced new laws that equalize the minimum age for almost all forms of gambling to 21 years old. Previously, the country had a discrepancy where players were required to be 21 to gamble in land-based casinos, but not for sports betting, arcades, or bingo. Belgium has introduced several restrictions on online gambling companies…
Martin Franke von Zweigbergk, Father of The Festival
Franke The first time I met Martin Franke von Zweigbergk was at a Unibet Open in Bucharest. Franke, as he is generally known, was the loudest and most inebriated man in the room, as he often is. He was on his umpteenth bullet in the side event we were playing, as he often is. After…
Australian Securities Exchange Suspends Star Entertainment Shares Trading
Star Entertainment Group is in the news for the wrong reasons once again, this time for a suspension on investors trading the company’s shares after the Brisbane-based company failed to report its most recent financial year results on time. Australia’s largest listed casino company was initially planning to release these figures on Friday before the…
Study Reveals How Regret Informs Our Gambling Decisions
Study analyzes regret and gambling decisions Good decisions determine the long-term gambling career of each person, and a new study shows that the results may have more to do with our state of mind than previously thought. The new study comes from Temple University faculty member Crystal Reeck, whose paper was recently accepted for publication…
Can New Crypto Poker Sites Challenge Industry Leaders?
Crypto poker expanding Decentralized poker games have often been speculated as one potential use case for blockchain technology, although both players and sites have been slow to adopt it. Soon, however, players will have two serious platforms from which to choose: CoinPoker and the soon-to-be-launched Phenom Poker. CoinPoker, which is backed by Antanas “Tony G”…
“Hawk Tuah Girl,” Dwight Howard to Join Celebrity Poker Stream
The Celebrity Poker Tour will host a $50,000 tournament this Saturday, August 31, as a new range of stars line up for the fourth iteration of the show. The tournament will be shown on the PokerGO subscription service, and also streamed live on the official Celebrity Poker Tour YouTube channel. Basketball stars Dwight Howard, JaVale…
Poker Pro Pleads Guilty to Illegal Betting, Money Laundering
LeForbes pleads guilty Professional poker player Damien LeForbes has pled guilty in federal court to running an illegal sports betting operation in California and Nevada. LeForbes, who appeared on the eighth season of High Stakes Poker in 2021, also entered a guilty plea of money laundering in both California and at a Las Vegas casino….
Seth Davies Wins Super High Roller Bowl IX for $3.2m
With nearly $30m in live poker tournament winnings in his career, Seth Davies has earned his share of gigantic paydays. None, though, were as big as the prize he claimed on Sunday, when he won the Super High Roller Bowl IX for $3.2m. The tournament field was only 24 entries, but that is understandable with…