Not everyone is calling it \”Black Friday\”. For Euros who opted out of the US in \’06 and mighta started believing that coulda been a wrong decision, it was \”White Friday\”.
The DOJ\’s virtual handcuffing of Full Tilt and PokerStars two weeks ago not only neutered two industry giants (who made billions in North America while others sat on the sidelines), but also supposedly leveled the playing field worldwide for US-abstainers who supposedly found it harder to compete in Europe or anywhere against companies benefitting from the vast liquidity American players provided.
Thus the inaugural iGaming North America conference in Las Vegas next week is kicking off their new-era industry confab with a special session called Assessing ‘Grey Friday’ and the Expected Fallout … get it? Black + White = Gray Grey.
Should be interesting to hear from gaming industry insiders who\’ve never appeared on Poker After Dark or in Day 1 chip counts speaking about \”the road to regulation\”, as per the theme of @iGamNA\’s shindig.
Check out the lineup here. You\’ll see both Stu and I are serving on panels. @GamingCounsel\’s gonna be schoolin\’ about Canada …
… while I\’m a panelist for the closing session:
There\’s no live-stream as far as I know, but I\’ll be sure to report back as influential industry experts (and a token blogger) assess the important questions moving forward … for me probably starting with, do I need to get a tie?