On June 8, the ARJEL (Autorité des Jeux En Ligne) published the name of the 11 companies which have obtained the 19 first French licenses on online poker, sports bets and horse races.
You can find the list of these companies on a precedent blog titled A focus on the new panorama of French online gambling. More…

Romania has been strongly affected by the international economic crisis, and is now obliged to rapidly deal with its deficit and fill its coffers.
This is the main reason why the government has just liberalised the national online gaming market, even though it might affect the development of the industry, as the taxes are set very high. More…

Since 2011, Macau’s casino industry has recorded a decline in growth, as mentioned in this article and in this piece.
However, the gaming sector is now performing well, as demonstrated by the results of May 2013.
Casino revenues in the region surged by 13.5% when compared to the same month of the previous year, hitting $3.7 billion, which is the second best result of the year. More…