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  • New UK Gambling Laws Finally Revealed, Industry Experts Are Disappointed

    New UK Gambling Laws Finally Revealed, Industry Experts Are Disappointed

    The beleaguered effort to update UK gambling laws inched further to a conclusion this week after the British government published its proposed reforms.

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    New UK gambling laws have finally been announced after a three-year debate. (Image: Pixabay)

    CardsChat has been keeping tabs on the situation since 2020 when then Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport, Oliver Dowden, called for the UK Gambling Act to be updated. The desire to make UK gambling laws “fit for the digital age” saw the government launch an initial consultation.

    The consultation pooled comments from government officials, lobbyists, industry insiders, and members of the public. Those comments have been the subject of debate behind closed doors for three years. On Thursday, we finally got an idea of how those discussions went and, in turn, what UK gambling laws will look like moving forward.

    Roadmap for UK gambling laws finally revealed

    Although there are still some steps to go before the laws come into effect, the roadmap has been published. Reactions to the new UK gambling laws are mixed, not least because it’s taken so long to get to where we are now.

    The big focus for government ministers since the process of updating UK online gambling laws started in 2020 is responsible gaming. Affordability checks have been the most talked about proposal and, based on the whitepaper, we know they’ll be backed by other verification requirements.

    Notable highlights from the UK’s gambling reforms are:

    • A statutory levy that will fund research and treatments for gambling addiction.
    • Betting limits for online slots will be reduced to between £2 and £15 per spin.
    • Measures will be introduced to enforce greater protections for 18–24-year-olds who show signs of being at more risk of developing a gambling problem.
    • Frictionless player protection checks.
    • Extra powers for the UK Gambling Commission that will allow it to tackle unlicensed operators.
    • Rules to prevent bonus offers causing harm to vulnerable people.
    • Closing loopholes to stop under-18s gambling online or elsewhere.
    • A new industry ombudsman to deal with disputes.
    • A review of the current horserace betting levy to ensure the sport continues to grow.

    There is a clear focus on restricting the amounts people can wager online, not only through stricter affordability checks but reducing betting limits. While there is certainly merit in taking steps to reduce the risk of problem gambling, some industry experts feel that the new rules miss their mark.

    Mixed reactions to UK gambling reforms

    Veteran poker pro and bookmaker Joe Beevers gave the rules a “grade F” and said those responsible for writing them don’t “understand” the UK gambling industry.

    Nick Goff also said that “so much has been missed” but he’s not surprised the gambling reforms are “disappointing.”

    Flutter Entertainment, the parent company of multiple high-profile online poker and gambling sites, including PokerStars, issued a statement. As per the press release, Flutter CEO Peter Jackson said the new rules are a “significant positive” for the UK gambling sector.

    Debates over the new UK gambling laws will rage on for many months. However, after more than three years of uncertainty, the industry’s direction is now set. Overall, UK online poker sites won’t have to make many, if any, adjustments to the way they operate. However, those who also enjoy online casino games will see some notable changes in the coming months.

  • Miami Poker Room, Casino Sue Florida Over Seminole Online Gambling Compact

    Miami Poker Room, Casino Sue Florida Over Seminole Online Gambling Compact

    Miami’s Bonita Springs Poker Room and Magic City Casino have filed suit against the state of Florida, seeking to block the implementation of a wide-reaching online gambling compact it reached with the Seminole Tribe and approved earlier this year.

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    Florida’s planned online gambling partnership with the Seminole Tribe will have to withstand a lawsuit claiming the compact violates the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) and other federal laws. (Image: brobible.com)

    The complaint, filed on Friday, asserts that the compact violates federal law by “deeming” that online gambling conducted under the compact’s terms is occurring on tribal lands, contradicting legal precedents already set across the United States.

    At issue is the legality of the compact itself under the terms of IGRA (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act), the federal law that has governed tribal gaming across the United States for three decades. In other court cases involving online gambling, federal courts have held that IGRA’s language forbids tribal nations to offer online (remote) gambling to off-reservation bettors.

    Those decisions, such as a long-running battle involving California’s Iipay Nation that ended in 2018, appeared to preclude the type of arrangement agreed to in the Florida-Seminole compact. Regulated online gambling throughout the US is generally deemed to occur at the location where a bettor places a bet or wager.

    Despite warnings from legal observers, Florida greenlighted the pact, though it remains under review within the federal government’s Department of the Interior. The complaint tracks the same argument, stating, “The 2021 compact and implementing law contradict decades of federal legislation and established precedent defining where a bet or wager is placed.”

    Should the “Southwest Pari-mutuels” — the poker room and casino are both in southwest Miami and are owned by the same company — be successful in their action, the compact could be tossed out, even though it contains severability clauses that might give the Seminole Tribe certain exclusive new rights anyway.

    Those exclusive rights could include the tribal nation still being able to offer sports betting, but only on-reservation, at its several venues across the state. The competitive disadvantage thus placed upon Florida’s pari-mutuel facilities serves as the impetus for the action.

    Florida’s online gambling market access at stake

    The lawsuit was filed by the poker room’s and casino’s corporate parents, Bonita-Fort Myers Corporation and West Flagler Associates, Ltd. The complaint names Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as the lead defendant; DeSantis’s office negotiated the compact’s terms with the Seminole Tribe before it received fast-track approval from the state’s legislature in May.

    The compact grants the Seminole Tribe the exclusive rights to conduct several forms of online gambling in Florida, including sports betting and casino games, giving the state’s other gambling venues, such as pari-mutuel facilities and poker rooms, only limited means for providing other online gambling services.

    Online poker was originally part of the compact negotiations, though Florida’s legislature quickly jettisoned that language before approving most of the compact’s remaining terms. Nonetheless, Florida’s poker rooms and racetrack-casinos would like to expand their services online as well, with the possibility of offering legal sports betting a big want for these venues.

    The compact’s terms direct the Seminole Tribe to conduct good-faith negotiations in partnering with three or more pari-mutuel facilities in the state in what would amount to affiliate deals using the Seminole Tribe’s servers, a prospect the plaintiffs want no part of.

    IGRA biggest hurdle facing Florida-Seminole Tribe compact

    The lawsuit claims that Florida acted beyond its authority and has violated three federal laws, thus creating the grounds for nullifying the May 2021 compact. Besides the IGRA, the complaint alleges the deal also violates the Wire Act — which in 2019 was deemed to apply only to sports betting — and the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).

    “In an effort to circumvent this clear prohibition in the State constitution,” the complaint asserts, “the 2021 Compact and Implementing Law provide that a person sitting on her poolside lounge chair or his couch at home placing a sports bet through the Tribe is ‘deemed’ not to be placing a bet that is otherwise illegal in the state. The 2021 Compact unlawfully deems the bet to be placed on the Tribe’s reservation, where the servers will be located. However, this is nothing more than a legal fiction belied by the fact that sports betting is still taking place outside the Tribe’s reservations in a state where sports betting remains illegal.”

    Florida gaming attorney Daniel Wallach termed the lawsuit a “slam dunk,” while stating the plaintiffs should focus on the IGRA aspect “all day long.”

    Compact’s severability provisions cause opponents added concern

    The complaint notes that the addition of two severability clauses within the compact could give the Seminole Tribe a statewide exclusive on sports betting, should a federal court strike down the online gambling portions of the bill.

    In May, Wallach opined that the compact may have been a “Trojan horse designed to fail, since such a partial failure would give the Seminole Tribe a statewide sports-betting exclusive anyway. Instead, opponents will seek to have the compact jettisoned in its entirety.

    The complaint seeks injunctive relief, among other remedies, and Wallach noted that the Southwest Pari-Mutuels are expected to file for a temporary restraining order against the state.

  • Germany’s Bundestag Approves Controversial 5.3% Online Poker Rollover Tax

    Germany’s Bundestag Approves Controversial 5.3% Online Poker Rollover Tax

    Germany’s national parliament, the Bundestag, has approved a controversial 5.3% rollover tax on online gambling that opponents decry as excessive, arguing that it will drive the country’s gamblers, including online poker players, to unregulated “grey market” sites. The new rate, which applies specifically to online slots and online poker, takes effect July 1 after receiving approval from representatives of all 16 German states earlier this week.

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    Germany’s licensed online poker operators are faced with an allegedly excessive 5.3% rollover tax that goes into effect July 1. Whether any follow Unibet Poker’s lead in withdrawing some services from the country remains uncertain. (Image: politico.eu)

    The looming rollover tax has already prompted one licensed operator in Germany, Unibet Poker, to remove its cash games and single-table tournaments as of July 1. Unibet’s announcement in late May declared the partial withdrawal from Germany as “subject to change,” but with the rollover tax now finalized, Unibet Poker’s departure is assured. To date, no other Germany-facing operators have announced a similar withdrawal.

    Online gambling operators allege that the new law is designed to favor Germany’s land-based casinos and other gambling concerns, and that the new tax rate is so excessive that in some cases, it could exceed the actual revenue being derived from the offered games.

    Latest controversy for Germany’s State Treaty on Gambling

    The clamor over the rollover tax is the latest controversy for Germany and its revised online gambling regime, which has featured repeated challenges and one regulatory restart over the last decade. The latest issue involving the new rollover tax largely involves how revenue and profits are defined. Most gambling jurisdictions, in Europe and around the globe, base revenue and profit for taxation purposes on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR), which is calculated over the entirety of a gambler’s session as the difference between the amount of money players wager minus the amount that they win.

    Rollover tax, by comparison, treats every pull of a virtual slot machine or dealing of an online hand as a distinct event for taxation purposes. Such calculations can inflate actual profits and losses by magnitudes while ignoring the way the actual gameplay works. A rollover tax, in essence, employs a calculation system similar to how the Commonwealth of Kentucky declared that PokerStars owed it hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes for alleged illegal online poker offerings; in reality, PokerStars made less than $20 million from Kentucky players over the years covered by that action.

    The situation in Germany is different, however, in that the rollover is tax arguably excessive, and is being applied only to online operators. In June, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) filed a complaint with the European Union, asserting that “online poker and slots stakes (would be) taxed at rates 4-5 times higher than their equivalent in land-based casinos, and rates 15 times higher than slots offered in land-based amusement arcades.”

    Some legal challenges remain to implementation

    The EGBA, which represents a half-dozen European gaming operators, isn’t the only entity challenging Germany’s new rollover tax. The Deutsche Sportwettenverband (DSWV) has also publicly opposed the new rollover tax, stating that the tax’s adoption is “jeopardizing the success of the new gambling regulation in Germany.”

    The DSWV, like the EGBA, has also filed its own complaint with the European Commission. DSWV president Mathias Dahms said, “When it comes to online gambling, Germany is turning the wrong way in tax policy in Europe. For years, the countries had struggled to find a compromise on the State Treaty on Gambling and to open up the online gambling markets in order to finally get this area under regulatory control.”

    Dahms further argues that the “countries are destroying their own work” with the adoption of the new tax structure for online gaming and poker.

    The European Commission has taken only limited actions in response to complaints about the various rules and taxes created over the past two decades by its member states. The EC did announce a probe into the German rollover tax at the start of June, but that didn’t prevent Germany from following through with its final approval vote.

  • Bovada to Leave New York Online Gambling Market

    Bovada to Leave New York Online Gambling Market

    New York State’s approval of online sports betting in April has prompted one of the largest grey-market sites serving the state to announce its exit from the jurisdiction later this month. As of June 21, 2021, according to an email to its New York players, Bovada will end all of its New York-facing services, including online sports betting, online poker, and online casino gambling.

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    Bovada Poker’s familiar stylized “B” will soon disappear from the computer screens of its New York-based players. (Image: bovadapoker.eu)

    The voluntary withdrawal continues Bovada’s recent tradition of exiting most US states where online gambling of the type it offers has been legalized and formally regulated. With the pending withdrawal from New York, Bovada will have ceased offering its services to at least five US states, also including Maryland, Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey.

    Regulated New York online gambling sites likely to debut in 2022

    Bovada cited the “future climate for online gambling in the state of New York” and the state’s “newly introduced regulation” as the reasons for its decision to leave.

    The text (on right) is a reference to the state budget signed by NY Governor Andrew Cuomo on April 19, which authorizes two online sports betting providers to service the state’s bettors. An ongoing bidding process to determine the providers has begun and, once the state selects the winners, several more months of testing are expected.

    New York online gambling’s supporting legislators, including State Senator Joe Abbaddo, believe New York will accept its first legal sports wagers sometime in early 2022, perhaps before February’s Super Bowl. “You don’t want to miss out on another Super Bowl,” Addabbo told Elite Sports New York. “I think this would be a good benchmark for New York to see how we’re doing.”

    Ignition Casino still offering online poker

    Despite Bovada’s upcoming departure, Empire State online poker players aren’t necessarily locked out of Bodog-family games. Bovada, in terms of its online poker services, is only one of several skins on the PaiWangLuo Network, which itself was a 2017 rebranding of the original Bodog Poker Network.

    Bodog Poker and the US-facing Ignition Casino are sister PaiWangLuo skins to Bovada Poker, and Ignition Casino hasn’t, to date, issued any statement about a parallel departure from New York State. Bovada Poker and its original player base were migrated to Ignition Casino back in 2016.

    Bovada Poker reopened to US players in August of 2017, though all of the players who were moved to Ignition Casino in 2016 remained with that skin. The sites have existed side-by-side ever since in terms of allowing play from the US. Which site is larger isn’t publicly known, though given Bodog’s and Bovada’s long history, it’s possible that Ignition remains the larger of the two sites in terms of poker-player volume.

    Ignition Casino doesn’t offer online sports betting, except for fantasy sports-style contests, in addition to its online poker and online casino services. This makes a migration of all of Bovada’s current services and players to Ignition Casino unworkable. Bovada could issue a follow-up advisory urging its New York players to consider moving to Ignition, though the overall loss of traffic to the network should be minor.

    The PaiWangLuo Network ranks about fifth in global online poker cash-game traffic, according to data-accumulator site PokerScout, putting it in a rough tie with PokerStars Europe.

  • Connecticut Online Poker Legalized as Governor Signs Gambling Expansion Bill

    Connecticut Online Poker Legalized as Governor Signs Gambling Expansion Bill

    Connecticut has become the seventh US state to legalize online poker after Governor Ned Lamont signed a broad gambling expansion bill on Thursday. Lamont approved House Bill 6451 just one day after it passed the state’s Senate on a lopsided 28-6 vote.

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    Connecticut became the sixth US state to approve regulated online poker when Governor Ned Lamont signed a gambling expansion bill into law on Thursday. (Image: Wiltondems.org)

    In addition to online poker, the bill legalizes a long list of gambling as found in the state’s two major tribal casinos, the Mashantucket Pequot’s Foxwoods and the Mohegan’s Mohegan Sun. The signed measure also legalizes sports betting, to be offered jointly by the two casinos and the Connecticut Lottery at various locations across the state.

    Though the bill technically allows online gambling to occur as soon as July 1, it will likely be several months before real-money online poker is available for the state’s residents. The signed measure must also be approved by the US Department of the Interior, which through multiple sub-agencies, administers all issues connected to tribal gaming within the US.

    Stakeholders celebrate bill’s rapid passage

    Lamont was a prominent advocate of the gambling expansion bill, which also involved a renegotiation of the state’s gambling compact with the two federally recognized tribes. He had promised to sign the bill into law, and quickly announced doing so on Twitter.

    Lamont’s office also released a longer statement on the bill’s quick approval. “By signing this bill into law, Connecticut is now on the cusp of providing a modern, technologically advanced gaming experience that will be competitive with our neighboring states and positions us for success into the future,” Lamont said.

    Most of Connecticut’s close neighbor states have approved or are considering sports betting, online gambling, or both, and three of the five US states already offering regulated online poker — New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania — are within a couple hours’ drive of the Connecticut border.

    “The Mohegan Tribe is thankful to Governor Ned Lamont and our partners in the General Assembly for their cooperative efforts to legalize online gaming and sports wagering, efforts that will keep Connecticut competitive with surrounding states when it comes to gaming entertainment,” Mohegan Tribal Council Chairman James Gessner Jr. said. Gessner also noted the bipartisan support for the bill, which passed the Connecticut House by an overwhelming 122-21 margin.

    Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Chairman Rodney Butler added, “The agreement not only ushers in a new modern era of gaming, but it solidifies our tribal/state partnership for years to come.”

    Department of Interior has final approval

    Lamont’s presser noted that the bill must still be ratified by the federal Department of the Interior. “Now that the bill has been signed into law,” his statement declared, “the Lamont administration and the tribes will seek approval from the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of Interior to amend the state’s compact with the tribes. The federal agency must approve the changes to the compact before online gaming and sports wagering can begin in the state.”

    The DOI’s Bureau of Indian Affairs and National Indian Gaming Commission don’t have a fixed timetable for approving changes to tribal compacts, but the process is expected to take several weeks, at a minimum. Officials at the two Connecticut tribal casinos have expressed their hopes that the approval will come before the start of this year’s NFL season in about three months.

  • King’s Resort Sues Facebook for $23M Over Fraudulent Online Casino Ads

    King’s Resort Sues Facebook for $23M Over Fraudulent Online Casino Ads

    Leon Tsoukernik’s King’s Resort, home of the World Series of Poker Europe, has announced that it’s suing Facebook for more than $23 million over the social media giant’s acceptance and promotion of a fraudulent online casino making use of King’s name and images.

    The lawsuit alleges that Facebook has knowingly profited from the fraudulent ads, and has even promoted the fake “King’s Casino” online site — with the ads making full use of images of the real King’s Resort — via sponsored ads within Facebook’s own app for smartphones.

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    KIng’s Resort, the home of WSOP Europe, claims it’s being victimized by an online gambling site that’s stolen its name and likeness. (Image: Facebook/Pokerroomkings)

    King’s Resort warned its own Facebook readers of the fake site four weeks ago, via both its Facebook account and its own online home. “You may have come across a sponsored link with a photo of the Rozvadov King’s entrance, enticing you to play an online casino game,” warned the Rozvadov, Czech Republic casino. “Please note that this is a scam, we have nothing to do with this advertisement!”

    Tsoukernik’s casino files action in Czech court

    King’s Resort filed the action in the Czech Republic’s Pilsen Regional Court in the first week of April. The lawsuit names Facebook as the lead defendant, due to the fraudulent gambling site’s identity being hidden from outsiders, though its ownership must be known to Facebook in order for them to have accepted paid advertising. The lawsuit seeks half a billion Czech crowns, worth more than US$23 million.

    According to Tsoukernik, Facebook’s profiteering from the fraudulent ads makes them responsible for King’s damages. “Someone who can’t be traced and therefore doesn’t even have a [casino] license has decided to use our name, our casino, and advertise on Facebook. As a result, a powerful medium here helps fraudsters and takes money for it. That’s why we’re suing Facebook for harm,” he told Czech outlet Hospodářské Noviny. “We’ve asked Facebook several times to [remove] it.”

    Tsoukernik’s mention of his casino’s Czech casino license also infers a secondary reason for the lawsuit; proving to Czech regulators that his King’s Resort is indeed the victim and is not actually running the site in question. The brick-and-mortar casino remains closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and this year’s edition of WSOP Europe, which was first hosted by King’s in 2017, has yet to be officially scheduled.

    Facebook allegedly non-responsive to complaints

    While Tsoukernik declared that Facebook had ignored its complaints, Hospodářské Noviny reported similar results, having reached out to Facebook on multiple occasions but receiving only a boilerplate response that Facebook “takes the issue of misleading ads very seriously.” Facebook refused to comment on the specific issue involving the King’s Resort fraud.

    For years, Facebook has been accused of taking ads from virtually all comers with few or no questions asked. The company has been in the news continuously over accusations of repeatedly running fraudulent, misleading, or outright scam ads. Investigative reports digging into the proliferation of these sponsored ads, including interviews with company insiders, have concluded it’s a systemic Facebook issue. As a recent Buzzfeed report put it, “Facebook’s ad workers have at times been told to ignore suspicious behavior unless it ‘would result in financial losses for Facebook.’”

  • Missouri Lawmaker Files Online Poker, Casino Bill

    Missouri Lawmaker Files Online Poker, Casino Bill

    A Missouri lawmaker introduced a bill this week that would legalize online casino and poker games in the state.

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    The Ameristar Casino in St. Charles is among 13 casinos in Missouri that could create up to three online skins each, if a gaming bill passes in the state. (Image: St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

    HB 1364, sponsored by Republican Rep. Dan Houx would also allow mobile sports bets. His legislation follows three bills now in the state Senate that specifically deal with sports betting.

    Missouri online gaming bill would allow up to 39 skins

    Current gambling laws in Missouri primarily limit facilities to the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, with some exceptions, like the land-based Lumiere Place Casino in downtown St. Louis. Houx’s bill would allow each of the state’s 13 casinos to create up to three online skins. While it’s unlikely that players would see 39 different online gambling sites in Missouri, that provision would allow for plenty of options.

    Houx’s bill would also allow interstate compacts, potentially giving Missouri the chance to help build critical mass for its poker games. The state has a population of about 6 million residents, about half the number of states like Michigan and Pennsylvania that recently started up online poker and casino games, but much higher than states like Nevada and Delaware that have teamed up for interstate compacts.

    Bill features fair licensing, tax structure

    Operators would pay a $50,000 annual licensing fee and 12% of revenue in taxes. Notably, this would be the lowest tax rate in the country if the bill passes. New Jersey and West Virginia levy 15% taxes on their online games.

    The majority of that money (about 83%) would go into a state education fund.

    Ulrik Boesen, a senior policy analyst at the Tax Foundation, told Cards Chat that excise taxes, such as gambling taxes, shouldn’t be considered stable sources of general fund revenue, so it’s logical to avoid high rates.

    “This bill proposes competitive rates on both gambling and sports betting, which is likely to encourage investment in the state,” he said. “While excise tax rates are not the only factor, they do play an important part in shaping the competitive environment in a state, and a competitive and successful industry is more likely to create jobs, investments, and general tax revenue.”

    Poker is a not a heavy focus of the bill, but is mentioned as a game of skill in language in the bill. Oddly, so are craps, Caribbean stud ,and Pai Gai poker, popular casino games with a built-in – and unbeatable – house edge. The language singles out Texas Hold’em as a game of skill, but doesn’t mention Omaha and other poker games.

    HB 1364 is in the infant stages toward passage. It was introduced and read a second time. It still awaits assignment to a committee, where it would be debated and possibly amended before potentially receiving yea or nay votes in the House.

  • Analysts Predict Online Gambling Will be Worth $87 Billion by 2024 Thanks to Women

    Analysts Predict Online Gambling Will be Worth $87 Billion by 2024 Thanks to Women

    A report by research agency Mordor Intelligence LLP predicts the online gambling will grow 8.77% over the next four years thanks, in part, to women.

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    Women are helping to drive the growth of online gambling, according to a new industry report. (Image: Getty/Radar Online)

    According to the 151-page document, online gambling will be worth $87.75 billion by 2024. Headlining the list of drivers for growth are technology and innovation.

    One of the more interesting takeaways from the report, however, is the impact female players are having on the industry.

    Women Giving Online Gambling a Boost

    Analysts at Mordor Intelligence have noted a “rise” in the “female casino population.” This point tallies with recent trends in poker.

    Over the last two years, female participation in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event has increased from 3.8% to 4.1%. A recent survey of 2,000 women also supports the idea that participation is on the rise.

    As per 888’s report, 44% of women surveyed said they’d played poker at least once. Of those that have played, 81% said they enjoyed it.

    Outside of the gambling market, social gaming continues to see an increase in female participation. Data supplied by Global Industry Analysts shows that the number of women playing social games is increasing at a rate of 15.5%.

    With platforms such as Zynga poker creating links between gambling and social gaming, growth in one sector has the potential to inspire growth in the other. Thus, there appears to be a correlation between the industries.

    Although recent reports suggest more women are getting into poker and betting, not all of their experiences are positive. 888’s survey found that 47% of women feel that casinos are “intimidating.” Adding to that, 32% said they’re less inclined to play poker because of their gender.

    The challenge for operators is to nurture women’s growing interest in gaming while dispelling certain stereotypes about the industry. In practice, the evolution of online technology will help.

    Technology to Address Changing Demographics

    According to the report from Mordor Intelligence, artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise in the online gambling sector. Highlighting it as another driver of growth, the firm suggests AI and machine learning will improve gaming standards across the board.

    This, combined with improved support via chatbots and cashless payment options, will increase online activity. The upshot of improved technology will be a better overall service and, in turn, a better environment for both women and men.

    Like all forecasts, the data supplied is only a projection of what might happen. However, a 2019 report by Market Research Future predicted similar levels of growth. Assessing the period between 2019 and 2025, analysts stated that industry CAGR will hit 13.2%.

    What’s clear from the reading of both reports is that interest in online gambling is increasing, and that women are playing a significant part its growth.