Online features in new year predictions

News on 5 Jan 2016

The respected US Spectrum Gaming Group has issued its predictions for 2016 for the gambling industry, including several items relevant to the online environment, among them:

* The legal and regulatory issues involving daily fantasy sports will continue to be prominent in statehouses across the country while the DFS industry moves to implement a self-regulation model in response to challenges to its legality.

* State lotteries, seeking grow revenues in the crowded gambling space, will push to sell their games online – and develop games specifically suited for online sales and play.

* More states, seeking to recover or enhance gambling receipts, will follow the lead of Illinois by considering retail gaming, which is the installation of a limited number of electronic gaming devices in authorized establishments.

* Gaming operators will begin to focus their attention on how to attract millennials as an emerging generation of consumers.

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