All Articles by David Cook

A bill to legalise online poker in California has been approved by the Assembly Appropriations Committee. AB 431, which was introduced by Assemblyman Adam Gray in February, received 14 yes…

Provider NYX Gaming Group has recorded a 98% year-on-year revenue increase to CAD$9.9m for the first quarter of 2015. NYX has in part described the revenue increase as a result…

Provider Aristocrat Leisure has reported a 74% year-on-year revenue increase to A$685m for the six-month period ending 31 March. EBITDA went up 121% to A$243.4m, and operating cash flow ascended…

PokerStars has reached an agreement with Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who will become a team ambassador and will promote the operator in global marketing campaigns. Ronaldo, who plays for ten-time…

Provider Yggdrasil Gaming is to launch its Super Free Spins concept, allowing operators to hand out an infinite number of free spins to different player segments. Yggdrasil CEO Fredrik Elmqvist…

Operator Gala Coral has reported a 5% net revenue increase year-on-year to £684.8m for the 28 weeks ended 11 April. The net revenue jump was supported by a 38% increase…

Operator BwinParty has posted a year-on-year total revenue decrease of 6% to €155.3m for the first quarter of 2015. The decrease has been reported despite a 6% total revenue increase…

Provider Intralot has made a proposal to Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s finance minister, for the creation of a national lottery in the country. Operator OPAP holds a monopoly on the Greek…

Online gaming group GVC Holdings has confirmed its proposal to acquire operator BwinParty would be jointly financed by provider Amaya Gaming. GVC initially announced on Friday that it had made…

A bill seeking to legalise online poker in New York has been tabled for the second consecutive year by State Senator John Bonacic. S 5302 differs from last year’s bill…