California’s Governmental Organisation Committee is to meet Tuesday for an informal hearing to discuss the implications of legalising intrastate online poker in California, however a report published Friday by the California Tribal Business Alliance warns that any such move could cost the state as much as $365 million annually in lost revenue-sharing payments from casino operating tribes.
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake has responded to last week’s decision by the government of Québec to authorise state lottery operator Loto-Québec to offer online gambling to the province’s residents, saying that the government has chosen to continue its “implicit demonisation of Kahnawake” instead of participating as partners with the Mohawk jurisdiction.
Finland’s Ministry of Home Affairs has confirmed amendments to the licences of Veikkaus Oy and Raha-automaattiyhdistyksen (RAY), authorising both state controlled gaming operators to offer online gaming from the beginning of next month.
Devilfish Gaming plc said Monday that its new dedicated consultancy unit, Devilfish Services, has signed its first B2B deal with Merkur Win, an Italian-facing gaming brand owned by German gaming machine and services provider Gauselmann Group.
Lottomatica Group subsidiary Spielo Manufacturing ULC has entered into a licensing agreement with Octavian International Limited, under which Octavian will develop games for Spielo's gaming platform in Italy's recently established video lottery terminals (VLTs) market.