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They’re not gonna take it: Mobile gambling’s advantage in the post-pandemic world
The reopening of casino establishments post-pandemic won't be the same experience with stringent health safety measure put in place. Here's where mobile gaming of all kinds really shines. → Read More
Tools for skinning the elephant
The disruption cause by coronavirus pandemic on the gambling industry put heavy strain even on the most established and profitable gaming operations. → Read More
Losing face
The efforts to protect our privacy online have put our privacy at risk like never before. → Read More
The Mouthpiece: A sea change for seabiscuit?
As state licensed sports betting begins to take hold in the U.S., the venerable institution of pari-mutuel wagering may soon be eclipsed or even disappear. → Read More
The Mouthpiece: A sea change for seabiscuit?
Betting on the ponies became accepted, even fashionable as movie stars like Clark Gable and Bing Crosby owned racehorses and frequented the tracks. → Read More
The Mouthpiece: Calling DOJ’s bluff on Internet gambling
The DOJ is at it again, but this time it's not even déjà vu. The weight of the law is more heavily against the everything-is-illegal approach than before. → Read More
The Mouthpiece: Cross-border iGaming—why not?
If the law protects online gamblers against operators' wiles, why do online horse bets and poker get a pass, while online blackjack is an offense? → Read More
The Mouthpiece: DOJ mind games vs the future of iGaming
There will be extensive commentary on New Hampshire's lawsuit against DOJ's Wire Act opinion, but the most important aspect is scarcely discussed: why? → Read More
The Mouthpiece: G, what's coming next?
5G is coming, and since the gaming industry worldwide is increasingly moving to wireless mobile networks, what effect can gaming expect from all this? → Read More
The Mouthpiece: iGaming, Russian collusion and the power of games
Now we see the damning accusation of all: online gaming was part and parcel of the Russian collusion, the attempt to throw the 2016 Presidential election. → Read More
The Mouthpiece: US states take sports betting out of the box
U.S. state governments are unwrapping and beginning to assemble one of the biggest presents they ever got. Namely, legalized sports betting. → Read More
The Mouthpiece: A sporting proposition?
Where will eSports fit in U.S. legalized gambling? → Read More
The Mouthpiece: Gambling law, new formats and 'loot boxes'
There have been complaints against the sites that allow skins as a form of currency—but not against loot boxes. Why is a total ban needed all of a sudden? → Read More
The Mouthpiece: A rat jacket?
For the future of gambling, including sports betting, is clearly going to involve use of the Internet and Internet-based applications such as social media. → Read More
The Mouthpiece: Everybody wants to regulate sports betting
The measures proposed in the U.S. Senate regarding federal licensing of sports betting range from the totally unnecessary to the outright un-Constitutional. → Read More
The Mouthpiece: Traditional notions of gambling meet US gambling expansion
A wide array of new opportunities has been opened to U.S. state governments as the old prohibition against legalizing sports betting finally falls. → Read More
The Mouthpiece: Betting on murder?
Proposition betting tends to make the authorities nervous as it straddles the line that divides commerce from vice. → Read More
The Mouthpiece: Could the US become a tax haven for internet gambling?
All of a sudden, it begins to look like U.S. states may be some of the lowest tax jurisdictions regarding gambling. → Read More
The Mouthpiece: Will expanded sports betting force a decision on jurisdiction?
The existing interstate/international system for horse racing might soon affect markets for other sorts of gambling, sports betting particularly. → Read More
The Mouthpiece: Booby trap for U.S. sports betting?
An obscure judgment may have already overturned the assumption that unlicensed parties should not be allowed to participate in U.S. sports betting. → Read More