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The American Gaming Association (AGA), the casino industry’s most influential lobby group in the United States, announced in March the addition of six new members.
And while this may not seem like big news on the surface the association has 46 members in all some of the new members were surprising based on the recent history of the AGA.
The six newest members of the AGA are:
BMM Testlabs
Choctaw Casinos and Resorts
Golden Entertainment
GVC Holdings PLC (GVC)
Paddy Power Betfair (PPB)-- WOW!
The Stars Group (TSG)
Of those six, the latter three are of particular interest to those of us who follow and advocate for online poker, casinos, daily fantasy sports,
Sports Betting and other types of online gambling. All three companies currently operate licensed online casinos in New Jersey, and two of them offer online poker as well.
GVC, whose brands include partypoker and partycasino, has a long history in the United States and will almost certainly be involved in Pennsylvania.
Before being bought by GVC, Party Gaming and its founders spent hundreds of millions of dollars on legal settlements in order to protect their future place in regulated US online gaming markets.
The Stars Group’s flagship property, PokerStars, also has an interesting history with the United States. Like Party Gaming,
PokerStars began operating in the US years before the UIGEA became law, pushing many of the bigger sites out. Unlike Party, PokerStars
continued offering online poker to Americans all the way up until their domains were seized by the US government in 2011 – an event known by many in the industry as Black Friday.
PokerStars also paid hundreds of millions to the US to wipe the slate clean and set themselves up for future success in America.
Paddy Power Betfair has a very different product profile than the other two, with a heavy focus on sports exchanges and horse racing.
PPB operates the TVG Network, which broadcasts horse racing on TV and also takes wagers in 35 US states. Of the three newest AGA members,
PPB is the most likely to have at least some reasons unrelated to iGaming for joining the association.
The American Gaming Association (AGA), the casino industry’s most influential lobby group in the United States, announced in March the addition of six new members.
And while this may not seem like big news on the surface the association has 46 members in all some of the new members were surprising based on the recent history of the AGA.
The six newest members of the AGA are:
BMM Testlabs
Choctaw Casinos and Resorts
Golden Entertainment
GVC Holdings PLC (GVC)
Paddy Power Betfair (PPB)-- WOW!
The Stars Group (TSG)
Of those six, the latter three are of particular interest to those of us who follow and advocate for online poker, casinos, daily fantasy sports,
Sports Betting and other types of online gambling. All three companies currently operate licensed online casinos in New Jersey, and two of them offer online poker as well.
GVC, whose brands include partypoker and partycasino, has a long history in the United States and will almost certainly be involved in Pennsylvania.
Before being bought by GVC, Party Gaming and its founders spent hundreds of millions of dollars on legal settlements in order to protect their future place in regulated US online gaming markets.
The Stars Group’s flagship property, PokerStars, also has an interesting history with the United States. Like Party Gaming,
PokerStars began operating in the US years before the UIGEA became law, pushing many of the bigger sites out. Unlike Party, PokerStars
continued offering online poker to Americans all the way up until their domains were seized by the US government in 2011 – an event known by many in the industry as Black Friday.
PokerStars also paid hundreds of millions to the US to wipe the slate clean and set themselves up for future success in America.
Paddy Power Betfair has a very different product profile than the other two, with a heavy focus on sports exchanges and horse racing.
PPB operates the TVG Network, which broadcasts horse racing on TV and also takes wagers in 35 US states. Of the three newest AGA members,
PPB is the most likely to have at least some reasons unrelated to iGaming for joining the association.
