Month: December 2018

Is 2019 The Year for Ireland’s Long-Awaited Gambling Reform?

Is 2019 The Year for Ireland’s Long-Awaited Gambling Reform?

Posted by | Dec 30, 2018 | |

2019 is expected to be the year of significant changes for Ireland’s online gambling industry as the country’s government prepares to update the industry’s regulatory framework which has often been criticized for being terribly outdated. The country’s government is expected to publish new draft legislation in the next few months but could the long-awaited reforms finally be seen through in 2019. The newly minted framework that is expected to be published soon will regulate the country’s multi-billion gambling and betting industries which are dominated by some of the largest gaming companies on the planet. Naturally, as much as the...

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Tabcorp Holdings Tackling Problem Gambling with AI

Tabcorp Holdings Tackling Problem Gambling with AI

Posted by | Dec 20, 2018 | |

Artificial Intelligence, otherwise referred to as AI, has been all the buzz for quite a long time and as time goes to by, it is beginning to find more and more applications across a number of fields. One of the latest ways that this new and potentially revolutionary technology is in tackling gambling addiction. Tabcorp Holdings, one of the companies pursuing the utilization of AI in helping problem gamblers is using the technology as one of the ways to adopt a more socially responsible policy in 2018. In its Corporate Responsibility Review that was published on December 20, the...

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Pennsylvania Gambling Machines Coming Soon to York County

Pennsylvania Gambling Machines Coming Soon to York County

Posted by | Dec 10, 2018 | |

The gambling industry in Pennsylvania is expanding at a jaw-dropping rate. To fuel the craze even more, last year, the House passed a bill legalizing online gambling. Currently, Pennsylvania is in second place in commercial casino revenues. The new law passed mostly uncontested for reasons of finding a new source of tax revenue. Though money from licensing isn’t the biggest source of income yet, gambling revenue so far has exceeded all expectations surpassing $385 million in the following year after the law was approved. The biggest contributor to the whopping number was Cordish Companies, which plans to open a...

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More Responsible Gambling Initiatives in Australia

More Responsible Gambling Initiatives in Australia

Posted by | Dec 3, 2018 | |

Responsible gambling initiatives in Australia are stepping up their game. This time, they will use the full backing of the government, which has finally fully-approved the Australian National Consumer Protection Framework for sports betting. Australia Means Business with Responsible Gambling Following prolonged negotiations and pushback from Queensland, all six Australian governments have been brought on board, agreeing to give the go-ahead of a federal bill that is intended to bolster social responsibility and enforce standardized advertisement standards in the betting & gambling industries. Although there was a small opposition coming from Queensland for a while, with the local government...

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