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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.
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Slot Winners
Ireland Announces List of Initial Licensees
For the past few years, more and more European countries have been setting up regulatory frameworks for online gambling. Getting these frameworks pushed through a gauntlet of political maneuvering is hard enough, and it can lead to some major delays. This has been the case in Ireland for quite some time, but they were finally able to come to an agreement and get things going. -
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Gambling News
888 Holdings Officially Drops From Bwin.Party Bidding
Since July, 888 Holdings has been fighting a fierce and entertaining bidding war with GVC Holdings over the purchase of Bwin.Party. We've seen big offers countered by even bigger offers, and the advantage has switched back and forth a number of times during this whole ordeal.
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Internet Bingo
CyberBingo Celebrates 19th Birthday With Big Promos
In the online bingo world, it's hard to find a site that's been around longer than CyberBingo. They're currently celebrating their 19th birthday, and they're doing it with a bang. Players have lots of ways to get paid with special promotions for this event. It starts with special games that cost just $0.19 per card with prizes of $19 or $190. -
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Slot Winners
Nektan Launches Marketing Services Division
In the online casino world, it's really important for operators to be able to keep an ongoing conversation with their players. While it's true that this does allow them to keep players coming back, it also helps them to receive feedback from people who care enough to tell them exactly what they need to do to make their services better. -
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Poker News
US Plans Revealed for World Poker Fund
The laws for online poker in the United States are all over the place. Federal laws like the Wire Act and UIGEA overlap with state laws, which are different in virtually all of the 50 states, to create chaos and confusion among players. The World Poker Fund releases this, and they have announced that they're going to push for subscription-based poker sites in the United States. -
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Slot Winners
New BitStarz Winner Sets Casino Record
A common misconception in the online slots world is that every win that's really worth your time is going to come from a single jackpot. A recent winner from BitStarz Casino shows that this simply isn't true. One lucky woman, who goes by the name Rebecca, was able to take down a winning streak worth €51,238.47 over two days of play. -
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Gambling News
Net Entertainment Games Launch in New Jersey
Over the past few weeks, Net Entertainment has been waiting to hear from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement on their license. Since that review could take some time, the DGE has granted NetEnt a wavier to offer games in the state while their official application is still under review. -
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Slot Winners
BBEN Debuts Virtual Sports for Crypto Currency Players
Bitcoin has changed a lot of peoples opinions about how online gambling payments can be made anonymously, and many operators and software companies have jumped on the bandwagon by offering a whole slew of services relating to the most popular cryptocurrency. -
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Gambling News
Daily Fantasy Sports Confirmed Illegal in Washington
Daily fantasy sports is probably the single fastest-growing segment of the online gambling industry for the past 12-18 months. It has absolutely exploded with the top companies securing major deals with sports teams, ESPN and other sports-related entities. -
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Slot Winners
Colorado Player Nails Six-Figure Win at Bovada Casino
One of the common misconceptions about online slot play is that the biggest wins always come from jackpots. While jackpots are often used as great examples of winning life-changing sums of money in a single spin, they aren't the only way to win. In fact, a player by the name of Howard J. -
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Gambling News
Dutch Online Gambling Grows Despite No Regulation
Something that regulators are really starting to understand more and more each year is that online gambling is going to grow according to the demand for it, not how much politicians cross their fingers and hope that it will either grow or go away. -
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Gambling News
GVC and Bwin.Party Release New Takeover Statements
For weeks now, there has been a massive bidding war for the sale of Bwin.Party. The main contenders are GVC Holdings and 888 Holdings, and neither of them are letting up an inch without a fight. It's an extremely entertaining process because of all of the tension combined with in-fighting in Bwin.Party. In the middle of all of that, GVC and Bwin.Party have released new statements. Yet Another Proposed Deal In the most recent proposed deal, Bwin.Party has been valued at 124p per share. -
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Gambling News
Sportingbet Stays in Irish Market Too Long by Accident
Online gambling law is constantly changing, and the fact that different operators have to work with regulatory entities in different countries, states and provinces all over the world means that there are going to be some mix-ups from time to time. -
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Slot Winners
GVC Increases Its Bid for Bwin.Party Yet Again
We've seen bidding wars over company buy-outs in the online gambling world before, but we've never really seen anything like what's happening over the sell of Bwin.Party. 888 Holdings and GVC have been in a massive bidding war for months over the company, and GVC has increased its offer yet again.
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Gambling News
Playtech and GBG Make ID Verification Deal
In the online gambling world, it's extremely important for sites and software platforms to be able to verify the identities of their players. Preventing fraud is one of the keys to keeping profits high and avoiding negative press, not to mention keeping players safe and satisfied. -
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Gambling News
PayPal Purchases Modest Mobile Payment Business
The online gambling industry as a whole has been pushing very hard on the mobile front with games, platforms and software. However, one place where development has been lagging, comparatively speaking, is in payment processing.
