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According to US lottery statistics, young Americans aged between 24 and 34 are less likely to take part in lottery draws. Lottery is not a new invention; quite actually it has been around for a while, stretching back to the days of the Chinese Han Dynasty. People have always liked lottery and participated in it – so what's wrong? Could it be poor advertising? One of the main reasons ascribed to the dwindling of young Americans in US lotteries is the outdated way in which they are sold. Contrary to Europe, the act of buying a lottery ticket in the US is burdensome: Usually it requires a trip down to the shop, or using online subscription services that some state lotteries offer. Different Story in Europe In Europe, lottery is popular with young people, and the UK serves as a very good example to show that point: About 25 percent of UK lottery players are young people aged between 16 and 24. Most of them purchase their tickets not in the old traditional way but online via UK and European lotteries which let players buy online tickets straight away the likes of EuroMillions and UK Lotto, or using online lottery ticket agents. Millions around the world frequently take part in America's biggest lotteries like the Powerball and Mega Millions with the help of online lottery ticket agents like TheLotter and Ice Lotto – why should that be any different for Americans? US Lottery Should Switch Gears The popularity of buying online lottery tickets among young UK citizens leads to one very possible remedy for US lotteries: Switching gear and digitizing the process of purchasing lottery tickets. This does not mean closing lottery parlors, but only giving young people more options in which they can purchase their lottery tickets, that is - online.
After much speculation, Paypal will join the US regulated iGaming market, providing a huge boost to potential transaction volumes and overall trustability of online gaming in the US. The leading online payment processor is expected to begin processing payments for regulated poker and casino sites within the next few months, according to Online Poker Report sources. Paypal Branding The trustability and efficiency of Paypal would also streamline transactions for providers as well, who are currently struggling with alternative payment systems such as Visa and Mastercard that continue to carry decline rates of over 25%, or glitches that continue to manifest in electronic check systems. While alternative payment systems such as Neteller, Skrill, and site-specific debit cards have succeeded at a processing rate of nearly 100% acceptance abroad, these systems are not well-known to recreational players based in the United States or most potential US regulated markets. Paypal, however, is brand that is widely known and trusted in North America. Increasing Access With over 150 million active users worldwide, the addition of Paypal to the regulated gaming market in the United States is sure to appeal to more players, and attract increased traffic to regulated gaming sites. Paypal will certainly facilitate access and entry into gaming for all active Paypal users, who already commonly keep a positive Paypal balance on hand for quick purchasing transactions. Shouldering the Processing Load Paypal also handles credit card processing, eliminating the need for online providers to rely on the inefficient credit card processing systems that they currently are working with in other regulated markets. Further, Paypal has an e-check system that can be applied as a checking system to relieve the burden on online gaming providers of getting bogged down in check processing system glitches. Though a landmark development for the gaming industry in general, the inclusion of Paypal to the US regulated market comes as little surprise, due to the fact that Paypal has already been processing payments in European regulated online gambling markets for online poker rooms, sports books, and casinos.
The Perseid meteor shower is peaked last night with up to 40 meteors an hour, as projected by NASA. The Perseid meteor shower is thought to be one of the most convenient meter showers to observe and can be seen during the month of August. Space-Themed Video Slots Observers in the Northern Hemisphere will have the best views of the Perseid meteor shower according to NASA. In celebration of the Perseid meteor shower we've rounded up some popular video slots with spacey themes which you can play while waiting for these extraterrestrial visitors. Space Wars Net Entertainment's Space Slots is a 5-reel, 40-line video slot with a deep and wacky theme where five species of aliens fight for the control of a highly valued crystal. Once of the most popular features among players in Space Wars is the Cloning Pod where symbols on the reels get cloned in order to create more winning combinations. Space Wars also features stacked wilds and a re-spin feature, with a max jackpot of 400,000 coins. Space Wars can be played over at EuroSlots Casino. Battlestar Galactica Part of Microgaming's 243 Ways to Win series, Battlestar Galactica features the Emmy winning show's main characters and brings to life its deep lore. As players fight against the Cylon onslaught they rank up in their "slot" career, unlocking new content. The game can be played in three modes: Normal, Run and Fight – all with their different bonuses and winning opportunities. Battlestar Galactica can be played at EuroSlots Casino. Galacticons Microgaming's Galacticons is a cute space-themed video slot from the 243 Ways to Win series. Galacticons' symbols consist of all kinds of zany alien species, space ships, stars and traditional numbers and letters. Three sun symbols landed trigger the slot's big bang feature which awards players with free spins according to the number of symbols. Galacticons can be played at BETAT Casino.
Dortmund's Signal Iduna Park hosts today's German Super Cup match between home team and Bayern Munich (5pm UK time). The Super Cup is an idea borrowed from other leagues, where the top two clubs from the prior season meet for a season opener. Indeed, these two are the top clubs of German football. Dortmund Out for Revenge Dortmund and Bayern met in May for the final of the 2013/4 German Super Cup when Bayern won 2-0 with goals by Arjen Robben and Thomas Muller. Unlike Bayern, Dortmund is going to be under pressure to win this game also given the fact that it takes place at home. Coach Jurgen Klopp had to part with top striker Robert Lewandowski who moved to Bayern, but he was reinforced with Italy's Ciro Immobile, Mathias Ginter and Adrian Ramos. Dortmund's offense will be missing the injured Marco Reus. Dortmund was thrashed 4-0 by Liverpool earlier on Sunday in a pre-season friendly, so they have much to prove. No Pressure for Bayern Munich Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich is in top shape as displayed in the last season. The Bavarians are big favorites both for this season's Bundesliga competition and for the UEFA Champions League. One thing Bayern might be lacking today is players: Many of its players took part in the World Cup including a bulk of Germany's squad and Franck Ribery who is still out due to injury. It'll be interesting to see striker Robert Lewandowski who moved from the rival team to Bayern this year. Bet Live Winner Sports will be covering the game with pre-match and in-play bets. In full time result, Winner has 21/10 on Dortmund, 21/20 on Bayern Munich and 47/20 for a draw. Tune-in Winner today for this display of German football goodness and over 114 interesting betting markets.
Originally thought to be a beacon for national gaming legislation and regulation, the Denmark market has actually declined for the second year in a row. Second Quarter 2014 Figures Down Second quarter figures from 2014 released by Danish gambling authority Spillemyndigheden revealed a 20 percent decline from the same period in 2013. Online poker revenues dropped from Kr. 50 million ($8,982,789) registered in second quarter 2013 to AKr. 40 million ($7,186,231) for the 2014 second quarter. 2013 figures already represented a drop from revenues of Kr. 55 million ($9,881,067) in 2012. These projections have resulted in a further yearly revenue estimate from Spillemyndigheden of Kr. 180 million ($32,338,040) by year's end, a 7.7 percent decrease from 2013 and an 18.2 percent decrease from 2012. General Casino Games Still Strong Despite the online setbacks, general casino games remained fairly strong in Denmark. General casino gambling revenues rose 12.5 percent from Kr. 240 million ($43,117,387) in 2013 to Kr. 270 million ($48,507,060) in 2014. The World Cup also provided a nice boost to Denmark's betting market, with second quarter betting revenues seeing the highest volumes since the market was regulated. The FIFA event held every four years spurred the generation of Danish betting market revenues revenues of Kr. 445 million ($79,946,822), representing a robust 33 percent increase from the same quarter 2013's Kr. 335 million ($60,184,686). Regulatory Pioneer Part of the original appeal of the Danish market undoubtedly stems from the strong system in place for cracking down on illegal unregulated gambling sites, using domestic providers to block illegitimate sites. For example, Danish Internet service provider Three was recently instructed by Spillemyndigheden to block five suspected sites, identified as 7red.com, 7red.dk, quasargaming.com, wintrillions.com and trillonario.com. Not only were these sites operating without licenses from the Danish government, but they had ignored previous warnings to cease operations or be locked out of the market. Earlier similar moves by the Spillemyndigheden include the 2012 blocks imposed on 12 unlicensed gambling companies serving Danish customers including Betclic Everest subsidiary Bet-At-Home and group of Playtech-powered sites including Titan Poker. The Danish government was one of the first to impose systemised crackdowns on unregulated providers, but that has not sparked improved performance in the Danish regulated market as of yet, and at this juncture the Danish market does not seem immune to recent declines in online gaming across Europe's regulated markets.
NYX Gaming's expansion into global regulated markets took another step with the announcement that the group has been approved to provide remote gambling services as a result of being issued a B2B license from Gibraltar. NYX Expansion NYX already provides the widest distribution network in the world. The new license will enable NYX Gaming to additionally offer their award-winning NextGen Gaming slots online as well as third party gaming to other licensed operators in Gibraltar. Another Step Forward This development comes shortly after the news that NYX Gaming Group's Joint Venture with Sportech PLC has reached an agreement to provide a new online gaming platform to another recently regulated market: New Jersey. The Atlantic City-based Resorts Casino Hotel will be the first New Jersey casino to host online gaming from NYX. NYX Gaming Group Commercial Director and Gibraltar General Manager David Johnson expressed his company's excitement at the latest step forward, “We are delighted to have been awarded our remote gambling license in Gibraltar, which will continue to allow NYX Gaming Group to provide the best e-gaming content to our partners in their most relevant jurisdictions.” NYX Gaming Background NYX Gaming Group is a Las Vegas-based games developer which also has development offices in Stockholm and Sydney. As a provider of gaming platform solutions to the largest lotteries, casinos and gaming operators in this global industry, its Game development arm NextGen Gaming has emerged as a leading provider of the most adaptive online slots today. Next Gen's repeat play Slots have been recognized for their engagement to players and the profits this has translated to for the independent gaming Operators that NYX provides these slots to. NYX's technology division, NYX Interactive, is most known for developing gaming system solutions for a wide array of World Lottery Association members, media companies and private and publicly listed Gaming companies. NYX Interactive's trademark product is currently the Open Gaming System, which offers gaming providers an integrated platform of NYX games that each subscribing provider can offer via their own gaming content services.
The World Cup brought two weeks of heavy betting, but failed to rescue the sagging fortunes of bookmaking giant Ladbrokes. The Online Adaptation Struggle The existence of Ladbrokes in its current form is tangibly in doubt, as the traditional bookmaking giant struggles with the transition to online business while closing physical shops across the UK. The main problem for Ladbrokes appears to be its inability to meet the competition in the increasingly prominent online gaming sector. To address the situation, Ladbrokes signed an agreement with Israeli company Playtech, which had already established a niche through successfully adapting William Hill's digital capabilities to the online environment. A year later, Ladbrokes is still in the process of completing the technological integration, and reaping the hoped for rewards that full implementation would yield. With the delay, Ladbrokes digital earnings have suffered significantly. Despite the World Cup boost, Ladbrokes reported digital earnings were down 72% from a low base. In the interim six months to June, Ladbrokes' online business yielded a disappointing £3m in operating profits. In the same period, William Hill's digital business earned £92m. Digital proceeds at William Hill account for 52% of operating profits, but only a meager 4.4% of Ladbrokes'. Ladbrokes Take Ladbrokes chief executive Richard Glynn acknowledged the delays, saying: "We said a few years ago that Ladbrokes needed to dramatically increase its presence in the digital and mobile world. I think I've been very upfront about the fact that it's taken us a while to do that. The road has been bumpy at times. The product didn't match the brand." However, Glynn does not proclaim failure, He claims that the company's World Cup deadline to resolve online issues was met, but the wait for translating World Cup profits into growth continues. In anticipation of the World Cup, Ladbrokes increased its football bookmaking focus, resulting in a 20% jump in betting over the 2010 tournament. This did not translate to cumulative profits overall, undoubtedly due to the delays Ladbrokes is experiencing in the online transition.
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New Jersey state is experiencing a rebound in revenue for its regulated gambling market, allaying mounting fears after three months of declines. Big Six Perform The six New Jersey casinos providing dual online and land-based casinos recorded a cumulative total of approximately $10.1 million in revenue, up a healthy $600k from the previous month’s totals. Of those totals, online casino games accounted for $7.9m (+5%) with poker contributing $2.2m (+10%). The highest performing month for total gambling revenues for the year was March's $11.9m peak, but $10.1 is certainly nothing to sneeze at in a low computer usage summer month that July represents. Further, in July online registration still rose 7.1% to 405k. The most successful individual gaming provider in New Jersey was the Borgata/Bwin.party combo, which brought in just short of $3.2m in revenue, (down 8.5%). $2.1m of that total (down 12.5%) came via casino and $1.1m (+3%) from poker. Another site in New Jersey, Caesars' Interactive, pulled $2.7m ( up 4%), with $1.7m ( up 3%) derived from casino and $1m (up 6%) derived from poker. Tropicana/Gamesys' casino-only site retained the third-place spot, earning a shade under $2m (+13%). The recently launched Golden Nugget’s casino-only built on its early momentum to earn almost $945k, a 25% jump. Trump Plaza/Betfair pairing rebounded from a June falloff to bring in $676k, a huge 35% jump, all but $1 of which was earned from land-based casinos. Finally, the Trump Taj Mahal/Ultimate Gaming duo pulled in $587k (+18%), all but $26k was earned via casino. New Healthy Competition in the Fall These individual market showings are consistent with the established competitive hierarchy, but there is a sense that a more substantial shakeup is possible in the fall. In fact, NJPokerOnline’s Jennifer Newell reported that online casino providers PokerStars and Full Tilt were due to launch New Jersey sites as early as October 1st, rendering realistic expectations as sometime in Q4. While the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has declined to officially confirm these rumors, the market entry is virtually assured by Amaya's acquisition of PokerStars and Full Tilt provider Rational Group, which formally ended any “bad actor” associations under previous legislation that had previously blocked these online casinos.
American Football is in the air and as week 2 of the 2014 preseason gets underway tonight from Chicago. Millions of people will be tuned in to catch a glimpse of tonight’s game and neither team wants to disappoint. It will be an action-packed four quarters of NFL action and interested punters can get in with some of the most attractive lines at bet365 online sportsbook. Tale of the tape As the only game of the day, Chicago and Jacksonville will be under the microscope. The Jaguars played well in their 16-10 victory over the Buccaneers last week, while the Bears beat the Eagles 34-28. Defensively, the Jags seemed un-stoppable on the line last week but they face an incredible Bears offensive line tonight and it could be an uphill battle. The Bears have a much better Quarterback in Clausen and if Lynch is having a good game at running back, it’ll be a long day for the Jacksonville Defense. Bet365 online sports betting markets The famed UK sportsbook has posted its lines for tonight’s game and the odds are in favor of the Bears by a small margin of 1.54 to 2.65. In addition to providing the odds for game totals, bet365 is offering punters the Point Spread and Over/Under markets that could prove profitable it chosen correctly. bet365 Sports will have markets for all NFL games this year but if you’re in need of a fix of the hardest hitting sports on grass, check out the NFL Preseason tonight.
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