THE AMERICAS
Delaware commenced its ‘soft launch’ of America’s first full range of real-money online gambling options; the US Virgin Islands declared itself open for online gambling business, especially the interstate kind; Lock Poker cut ties with the Revolution Gaming Network; Optimal Payments got a New Jersey license; Boyd Gaming said online gambling gains would offset brick-and-mortar cannibalization; New Jersey filed for a rehearing of its sports betting suit before the full Third Circuit Court of Appeals; Churchill Downs Inc. produced record profits thanks to online wagering; Nevada casinos had a good September; Evolution Gaming launched live roulette on Codere gaming machines in Latin America; social casino developers called gambling operators lazy and stupid; a federal judge called US Attorney Preet Bharara a drama queen; MGM Resorts narrowed its losses in Q3 while Caesars Entertainment lost three-quarters of a billion dollars; Mike O’Donnell wondered where US igaming traffic would come from and Tatjana Pasalic began her series of video interviews with the World Series of Poker 2013 November Nine.
EUROPE
The founders of PartyPoker said they’d sell their Bwin.party shares rather than submit to New Jersey’s regulatory grilling; Playtech revenues rose but iPoker’s woes continued; Alderney regulators upheld the license suspension of Bubble Group/Sheriff Gaming; Slovenia promised new online gambling legislation while Albania vowed to ban international sites; cocaine smugglers laundered drug money through Greek betting monopoly OPAP; Optimal Payments’ Lee-Ann Johnstone reminded affiliates of the importance of maximizing lateral opportunities; Velo Partners’ Evan Hoff revealed the truth about social gaming and real-money gambling; Christina Lindley offered her female perspective on poker; Jason Kirk revealed why Tom Dwan still matters; Tatjana Pasalic examined live poker fashion choices and Lee Davy prowled the WPT Grand Prix de Paris, talking to Jason Koon, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Paul Berende, Byron Kaverman, Sorel Mizzi, John Juanda and Tony G.
ASIA
Macau casinos posted a new record monthly revenue haul in October despite seeing their satisfaction ratings drop; Macau regulators denied they would relax the gaming table cap; Universal Entertainment resolved its land ownership obligations in the Philippines but a Nevada judge tossed Kazuo Okada’s extortion suit against Steve Wynn; AGT boosted sports betting options in China; Tabcorp demanded federal standards for online gambling in Australia; Vietnamese officials said 188bet was the country’s favorite online gambling operator and Crown’s James Packer got tongue tied trying to describe the enormity of the Chinese middle class.
