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Games & Casino News
NYX Inks Deal With Royal Panda for OGS Platform
The games that an online casino offers used to be determined by exclusive contracts from major software companies. The way this worked is that a site would agree to be an operator for a single software brand, and they would only carry titles for that brand. This approach doesn't fly anymore, and casino operators want to be able to offer games from a lot of different providers. -
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Gambling News
HollywoodBets Sponsors South African Team
Gambling is an extremely complicated topic in South Africa. A part of that has to do with how dynamic some of the political changes have been from one party and administration to another and how wildly their viewpoints can vary. -
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Gambling News
Sweden Online Gambling Reform Coming
Regulation for online gambling is a particularly interesting subject on a global level because so many different countries handle things in so many different ways, and there's not really any unified concept of how it should be handled specifically. Sweden has been adopting a model for a while based on a government-backed monopoly through a company called Svenska Spel, but like most other attempts at this type of monopoly in this industry, the approach has not been working. -
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Poker News
PokerStars Opens Betting on WCOOP Event
The World Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars is considered to be the single-largest online tournament series ever, and it's broken records for the largest prize pools for tournament series and individual events online. This year, there's a Super High Roller event with a $51,000 entry fee that is expected to attract a crowd of well-known players that will see a ton of spectators.
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Games & Casino News
Launch of Kaboo Casino Announced
Online casinos have been looking for different ways to give players unique experiences for a long time. Many of the key features that we take for granted today like a live chat support option and an instant play/no download casino platform were originally put into place to try to gain a competitive advantage over everyone else. -
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Games & Casino News
The Final Rose Slot Added to Bodog Mobile
Bodog Casino is known for having a ton of different games from a variety of software providers. This wide range of titles on multiple platforms (desktop, mobile and instant play) has been one of the key factors in their huge popularity. They've recently added yet another title, this time to their mobile platform, and this new game is The Final Rose by Genesis Gaming. -
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Slot Winners
LeoVegas Makes Six-Figure Winner From Tiny Bet
The dream for every online slots fan is to hit a big win without having to break the bank in the process. That's exactly what happened to one lucky player who was able to run up a win worth more than £100,000 with a bet worth less than £1. -
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Internet Bingo
CyberBingo/BingoSky Bringing Two Major Promotions
On Saturday, September 26, bingo fans are going to really want to log into CyberBingo because of their incredible Lucky $13,000 Guaranteed Event. Starting at 8 pm Eastern, players will be able to enter the Bingo Tourney room with three different warm-up games that are worth $1,000 guaranteed apiece. -
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Online Tournament
Upcoming Crazy Vegas Immortal Romance Tournament
Crazy Vegas Casino knows as much as anyone that players like different types of events that test their luck and skill. With their Monthly Monster event, they have a different game that they choose each month for players to fight over €1,000 in prizes. -
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Gambling News
Unibet Finishes Acquiring iGame
Since the beginning of the year, and even as far back as the middle of 2014, we've been seeing a lot more mergers and purchases in the online gambling world than we've probably ever seen before. Lots of companies have been executing extremely strategic purchases recently, and it's creating a situation where a lot more connections have to be remembered than ever before. -
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Slot Winners
Six-Figure Bovada Casino Win for Alexander D
Winning streaks and big jackpots are what the online casino world is all about, and it's every player's goal to hit the right combination of luck and skill at the right moment that allows them to take home some major winnings. This is what happened to a player who goes by Alexander D when he was playing at Bovada Casino. -
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Games & Casino News
Betit Launches Kaboo Casino and Others in Beta
Something that you don't see all that often in the online gambling world is a true beta release. Usually all of the bugs are worked out before a game goes to market, but this is only true because it's relatively easy to catch all of the problems in a single game as a unit. -
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Gambling News
Daily Fantasy Sports Hearing Called For in Congress
It's no secret right now that daily fantasy sports represent one of the fastest-growing segments of the online gambling market. It's gained more steam in the United States over the past 18 months than most forms of online gambling ever had, and more states have started making decisions about the legality of the game. Now there could be an upcoming congressional hearing on the subject as well. The Need for the Meeting Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. -
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Gambling News
California Daily Fantasy Sports Regulations Proposed
There has been a pretty fierce battle going on in California over the online poker industry for the past few years, and a bill supporting it has failed once again because of political issues between racetrack operators, native tribes and other groups. -
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Poker News
First Legal Poker Tourney in Norway Ran by Amaya
The Amaya Gaming Group has made a number of big strides for poker since taking over PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker last year. One of their brands is Global Poker Tours Ltd, and they have announced that the 2016 Norweigian Championships for poker will actually be held in Norway this year for the first time ever. It's been held overseas for over 12 years in a variety of other countries including Ireland, Latvia and England. -
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Gambling News
Playtech's Teddy Sagi Strong on Israel Wealth List
In the online gambling world, Teddy Sagi is a big name when it comes to the business side of things. He has had strong ties with Playtech for a very long time, and he is currently their principle shareholder. Sagi is known for making a lot of major deals in different industries, and his deals so far this year have seen him almost double his net worth. -
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Poker News
PokerStars Accepting Mexican Deposits Through Oxxo
In recent news, PokerStars will now be accepting deposits through a partnership with a major convenience store chain in Mexico. The name of the chain is Oxxo, and it has over 13,000 different locations as one of the main chains in the country.
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Games & Casino News
William Hill Rolls Out Priority Access Card
Payments are a big part of what makes an online casino or other type of online gambling site reliable, and William Hill has taken a step to make their cash outs even easier with their new priority access card. The way this pre-paid Mastercard works is that it links directly to a player's account to provide immediate access to funds through the card. -
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Gambling News
Mt. Gox CEO Charged by Japanese Authorities
At one point in time, about four-fifths of all bitcoin exchanges were handled by Mt. Gox, then the top exchange by far for bitcoin transactions. Having what seemed to be such a solid operation taking over such a large portion of the market helped the cryptocurrency to gain a lot of attention with huge fluctuations in its value. -
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Games & Casino News
Bodog Adds New Event Horizon Slot From BetSoft
The clash between video slots and classic slots is something that fans have seen going on for over a decade, and BetSoft is well aware of this dichotomy. Their Event Horizon game takes advantage of the tension between these two types of games by offering a bit of a crossover. It has elements of both three-reel and five-reel games, and Bodog Casino is happy to be adding it to their lineup. Format and Layout The format of Event Horizon is five reels with three rows. -
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Gambling News
Caesars Entertainment Fined $9.5 Million in Penalties
Money laundering is something that's often tied to gambling because of how relatively easy it can be to launder money through gambling establishments. This is largely due to the cash nature of the business and how casino chips are mixed up and traded back and forth during games. -
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Gambling News
GameAccount Network Rebrands to GAN
A company's identity, no matter what industry they are in, is largely tied up in their branding. We saw this a few years ago when MoneyBookers switched its branding and identity to Skrill and pushed on to be one of the top online gambling payment processing options before being purchased by the parent company of Neteller. -
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Gambling News
Isle of Man Sees Major Online Gambling Growth
The Isle of Man is known for being one of the most reputable jurisdictions for online gambling in the world. It's where some of the biggest names have been based in the entire industry, and it's well-respected by everyone involved in the industry in any way. -
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Gambling News
Optimal Payments Proposing Change of Name
In the online gambling world, a name can mean everything. This is even more true for payment processors, who are often considered the front lines for trust because that's where a player puts their money first. After Optimal Payments brought on Skrill in their reverse takeover worth about €1.1 billion, it seems they're looking for a new identity. -
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Slot Winners
Bohemia Casino Winner Nails 1.2 Million CZK Jackpot
Players from all over the world love to play online slots, and a lucky player from the Czech Republic proved that in a major way with a big win on the Gunslinger online slot at Bohemia Casino. This casino site was created to primarily serve players from this country, and all play is in the Czech Republic Koruna (CZK). -
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Poker News
PayPal Enters Nevada Online Poker Market
In many parts of the world, PayPal is a viable and common method for making reliable deposits and withdrawals for various forms of online gambling. In the United States, however, they pulled out of that market over a decade ago. For the first time, however, they are offering payments for online poker in Nevada through Caesars Interactive Entertainment. -
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Gambling News
New Bitcoin-Based Gambling Site Chopcoin Opens
When bitcoin exploded in popularity over the past 18 months, it created a situation where a lot of people thought it would be perfect for online gambling transactions. The crypto-currency is particularly anonymous, though sometimes to the point of fault for some users, and it seemed perfect for many people who wanted security and safety with their online gambling transactions. -
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Poker News
Online Poker to Be Discussed for New York
A four-hour session for the Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee is due in New York to discuss the future of Internet poker in the state. In a session being called "Discussing the Future of Online Poker in New York State," lots of expert witnesses are going to be called to testify and give the state senate something to think about. -
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Gambling News
Bwin.Party Shows Huge Support for GVC Proposal
One of the biggest topics going in the online gambling industry over the past couple of months has been the big bidding war between GVC and 888 Holdings for the purchase of Bwin.Party. -
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Poker News
Amaya Gaming Group Running Simultaneous Poker Events
Last year when the Amaya Gaming Group purchased the Rational Group, it brought the center of the online poker world to Canada. With both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, the two top brands in the online poker space, under the same umbrella, Amaya has shown that they are very serious about getting this sector of the industry back to the popularity it once had.
