Gaming Industry News Weekly Recap – Stories You Might Have Missed

march-14-new-weekly-recapTHE AMERICAS
Lotteries pushed for an exemption from the Restoration of America’s Wire Act but Rep. Jason Chaffetz told lotteries to get stuffed; a California tribal coalition warned legislators about PokerStars’ treachery; New Jersey’s online poker market continued to slide; Atlantic City casino revenue caught a cold; GameAccount inked a free-play online deal with Maryland Live; Louisiana proposed using unclaimed casino cash to fund medical exams for rape victims; WPT player of the year Mukul Pahuja went on an epic Twitter rant; Sheldon Adelson topped the Forbes’ list of gaming billionaires; a judge told Caesars Entertainment to bend over and spread ‘em wide; Scientific Games revenue spiked following its Bally acquisition; High 5 Games sued International Game Technology for contract violations; Gaming and Leisure Properties made a $4.1b offer for Pinnacle Entertainment’s real estate and Sue Schneider explained what distinguishes iGaming North America from all other conferences.

EUROPE
Bwin.party’s earnings fell for the third straight year; Italian financial cops accused PokerStars of a €300m tax fraud; Novomatic subsidiary Greentube acquired social and mobile gamers AbZorba Games; Denmark’s online gambling market grew 20% last year; Russian online bookmaker traffic fell 11%; Intertain’s revenue rose almost as much as its debt; the European Commission approved Poland’s gambling amendments; Paddy Power hired new mischief makers; GamCrowd and Innvotec brought crowd-funding to the online gaming industry; Rob Painter talked up SkyBet’s new Football League sponsorship and Casino Saga’s Georg Westin discussed his company’s trademark beef with King.com.

ASIA
China’s online lottery clampdown was sparked by some operators not disclosing all their sales; Macau junket operator SunCity Group asked for a casino in Vietnam; Beijing’s top man in Macau warned high rollers that they’re being watched; Japanese legislators tried new tricks to try to pass their casino bill; Universal Entertainment begged PAGCOR for an extension on completing its Manila casino; Singapore’s casino ‘cruises to nowhere’ staged a comeback; PokerStars announced their return to China via the Nanjing Millions; Marina Bay Sands unveiled their new David Beckham ad campaign; Entertainment Gaming Asia’s gaming products outperformed slots operations and Inspired Gaming Group’s Harmen Brenninkmeijer discussed the state of iGaming regulation in Asia.