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Games & Casino News Crown Casino Dodges $32 Million ScamRead Full ArticleIn an incredible series of events, the Crown Casino found itself in a position of trying to drum up publicity. They decided that a way to do this would be to set a Guinness Book of Records entry for the purchase of the most expensive cocktail. This would come in the form of a AU$12,500 price-tag on the drink called "The Winston," a drink made with 1858-vintage cognac. It was named after Winston Churchill because the drink was a favorite of his. The Plot Thickens So far, so good.
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Poker News Takahiro Nakai From Osaka Wins WSOP Event 57Read Full ArticleA total field of 2,497 players were in attendance for the World Series of Poker event 57, a $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em event. This event used nine-handed tables, the norm for this style of poker, and it was won by Takahiro Nakai. Nakai is 36 years old, and he resides in Osaka, Japan. This was his first trip to Las Vegas, his first time playing in the World Series, his first final table and his first World Series bracelet.
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Slot Winners Six-Figure Royal Panda Winner Hits Within 24 HoursRead Full ArticleThey call them pokies in Australia and slots in most of the world, but whatever you call them, you can't deny that a player named Henry from Australia has performed a very impressive feat. This player nailed a jackpot worth $107,470 less than 24 hours after joining Royal Panda Casino. This is on top of a few thousand in other wins that came before the jackpot spin. How the Jackpot Was Won The game in question was Net Entertainment's Jack and the Beanstalk slot.
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Games & Casino News Mr Green Casino Gets United Kingdom LicenseRead Full ArticleWhen the United Kingdom changed up how they were handling online gambling licenses and taxing, it created a world of chaos for a period of time as many sites tried to leave the country without just abandoning their players and others tried to figure out how to afford to continue operating in the UK.
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Gambling News Operator Primedice Taken for Over a Million in BitcoinRead Full ArticleBitcoin of what we think about when it comes to how currency works and the opportunities that come up when we have anonymous payment methods. A number of online gambling sites like Primedice have found themselves offering deposits and withdrawals in bitcoin as a sort of marketing ploy that's gained some sites a fair amount of attention.
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Poker News More Bracelets Awarded at the WSOPRead Full ArticleThere are tons of events at the World Series of Poker, but it was event 45 that saw Upeshka De Silva, 27 from Texas, take down a $424,577 win. The game was no-limit hold'em, and the buy-in was for $1,500. These smaller buy-in events have been turning out some major prize funds, and a total of $2.23 million was up for grabs in this event.
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Poker News Ourgame International to Purchase World Poker TourRead Full ArticleIn the history of poker over the past two decades, few brands have been as important as the World Poker Tour. First founded in 2002, this brand was responsible for major tournaments that were televised with hole cameras for the first time outside of the WSOP, and it turned into a major show with a lot of followers that helped to drastically increase the popularity of no-limit hold'em poker.
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Games & Casino News New Slotmob Online Casino Opens Their DoorsRead Full ArticleNew online casinos are coming out all the time, and this is an industry where tons of companies try to get in on the action to get a piece of the market. While most of those new sites are suspect until they have time to build a reputation, there are some exceptions.
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Poker News Ivan Luca First Argentinian to Win WSOP BraceletRead Full ArticleIn the World Series of Poker, there are tons of different events at different buy-in levels for different types of poker. If you come out on top in one of these events, then you're given a gold bracelet as a winning token along with your prize money.
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Games & Casino News Playtech Raising Funds for Plus500 PurchaseRead Full ArticlePlaytech has made a lot of moves over the past few years when it comes to expanding into different parts of the market. They've recently been looking closely at CFD trading, and they've decided to try to purchase CFD trading company Plus500.
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Games & Casino News iGaming Tech Signs Deal to Offer BetSoft GamesRead Full ArticleThe online casino world has been seeing more and more levels of regulation over the past few years, and Italy is one of the countries that decided to go ahead and regulate the industry to make tax revenues from it.
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Poker News John Gale Beats Odds and Wins WSOP NLH Turbo EventRead Full ArticleIn another chapter of an amazing story, British John Gale picked up his second World Series of Poker bracelet. This second bracelet came in the $1,500 turbo no-limit hold'em event, a two-day event with a very fast blind structure.
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Poker News Viejas Attack PokerStars With Inaccurate Radio AdsRead Full ArticleOnline poker in California has been under debate for several years, and one of the main reasons it hasn't made it anywhere in that time is that certain native tribes have been seriously combating the initiative to keep out major competitors like top-tier online poker sites.
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Poker News Potential Cheating Scandal Happens in WSOP EventRead Full ArticleValeriu Coca was a player in the $10,000 heads-up no-limit hold'em championship event, and after his fifth-place finish for over $54,000, there is some suspicion that he could have been cheating. While there is no concrete evidence against him at this time, there's a ton of circumstantial evidence that's piling up quickly.
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Gambling News NetEnt Granted Spanish Online Gambling LicenseRead Full ArticleThe Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling has awarded a license to operate in Spain for Net Entertainment, and this comes just as they have allowed online casinos to offer slots. The timing doesn't seem to be coincidental, and it's a big step forward for the market as a whole.
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Poker News Tuan Le Repeats in WSOP 2-7 Triple Draw ChampionshipRead Full ArticleAt the World Series of Poker each year, there is a series of championship events for all of the common games. These events have a standard $10,000 buy-in, and for all of the non-hold'em games, they are typically seen as the world championship each year for that particular event.
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Gambling News Italian Regulator Blocks 5,000+ Illegal Gambling SitesRead Full ArticleThe regulator for online gambling in Italy is the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli, and they send out regular reports about their activities each year. This includes financial reports, but it also includes other information like the ways they have been enforcing rules about unlicensed sites operating in the country.
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Gambling News 666Bet Announced They Have No Money to Repay PlayersRead Full ArticleOne of the most important things that online gambling sites are supposed to do with money in player accounts is keep them in segregated bank accounts so that the funds don't mix with each other and so they do not mix with operating funds for the site itself. The point is that the money still belongs to the player at that point, even though it's in an account with the casino.
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Gambling News The Fight for Online Gambling Continues in South AfricaRead Full ArticleIn South Africa, there's a long and really interesting history when it comes to online gambling because it's been legalized and made illegal in various forms over and over again. Right now certain types of online gambling are legal like sports betting, but most forms are not.
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Internet Bingo Stride Gaming Continues to Show Sizable GrowthRead Full ArticleFinancial reports for online gambling companies are important on both the micro and macro levels. On the micro level, you get to see how an individual company is doing. However, on the macro level, you can look at the financials for several companies to see how one particular sector of the industry is doing as a whole.
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Slot Winners Royal Panda Creates Nice Winner on The Wish MasterRead Full ArticleRoyal Panda Casino has recently announced a big winner. A player who goes by Joakim from Sweden picked up a payout worth $31,118, and this win came mostly on the Wish Master slot. It's worth noting that this didn't come from a single jackpot win, but instead, it came from a number of payouts over a session.
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Online Tournament The Monthly Monster Tournament Offers $25,000Read Full ArticleIn the online slot world, casino tournaments are a big way for players to scratch a competitive itch while enjoying some of the most popular games available. To end the month of May on a strong note, the Immortal Romance game was used for this event.
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Gambling News Police Union Finance Officer Stole One Million for GamblingRead Full ArticleIt's not looking like a good time for the financial officer of the Queensland Police Union Kelly Harris. Harris is accused of stealing about a million dollars from union accounts over around six months. These allegations state that funds were moved to accounts that did not belong to the union where the funds were then used to bet online on horse races.
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Games & Casino News Five New Microgaming Titles Coming June 3, 2015Read Full ArticleSeveral new games are being released by Microgaming in the month of June. They've done this thing for a few months now where they're releasing a lot of new titles at once in the beginning of the month, and they're doing it again on June 3. Five new games and four mobile titles are being released as a part of this mass release party of sorts. New Games First up is Hound Hotel, a game with 25 paylines and Dashing Wilds.
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Casino Bonus Promotions Guts.com Giving Away €35,000 for Birthday PromotionRead Full ArticleWhen an online casino has a birthday, it's a big deal because it shows that they are sticking around to provide players with a service they can depend on. This is definitely the case with Guts.com, and they're celebrating their second birthday this month.
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Gambling News California Continues Looking at Online PokerRead Full ArticleIn hearings this week in the joint Senate-Assembly for the state of California, Governmental Organization committees heard expert testimony from several interesting parties that had a lot to say about the feasibility of vetting and licensing operators.
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Games & Casino News New Prison Break Game Released by Soft Magic DiceRead Full ArticleVarious forms of media have been used as the themes for online slots for more than a decade. Television shows, movies, comic books, video games, books and tons of other forms of media have been used to build on brand recognition and to provide players with fun experiences.
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Games & Casino News Quickspin Launches New Hidden Valley SlotRead Full ArticleNew online slots are coming out all the time, but it's somewhat rare that new games come out that break the traditional mold of what you expect video slots to be like. Quickspin's new Hidden Valley slot is a good example of a game that doesn't look like the rest, even starting with its initial layout. You'll have five reels of symbols, but three symbols show on the first and last reels. On the middle three reels, you'll get four symbols apiece.
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Gambling News Online Gambling in the UK Has Grown at 8.3 Percent AnnuallyRead Full ArticleAnyone who is involved in the online gambling industry in any capacity can tell you that it's growing, but we don't always get straight-forward numbers on just how much it is.
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Gambling News Dutch Regulators Working With Isle of Man in New AgreementRead Full ArticleOne of the main problems facing the online gambling world is that there are no unified rules about what should and shouldn't be allowed. There are no standards of behavior or for licensing, and because different countries have different rules on taxation, it wouldn't necessarily be helpful if they did. It's been a long time coming for countries to start working together more on this issue because independent licensing and accrediting groups can only do so much.