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Internet Bingo
AmigoBingo and CanadianDollarBingo Celebrate Relaunch
Both AmigoBingo and CanadianDollarBingo have decided to completely relaunch their sites. While this relaunch does include a completely new look that incorporates the players' favorite elements of the previous incarnation of the sites, it gives players a number of advantages as well. This includes a much easier approach to navigating the games and a much cleaner and intuitive interface that they've ever had before.
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Gambling News
Asset protection does not protect you from the Internal Revenue Service
Dear Reader, This Blog could be one sentence long: “Asset protection does not protect you from the Internal Revenue Service!” Since some will doubt me, and many have tried to beat the Collector (the most powerful arm of the U.S. government targeted at citizens rather than terrorists), here are 10 reasons why asset protection is useless against the government. First, the homestead exemption does not apply to the IRS. -
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Gambling News
Unibet Purchases iGaming Holding in Continued Expansion
In a move that expands in key areas, Unibet has purchased iGaming Holding plc. This deal was made for €59 million in cash, and another €20 million could be on the way based on future performance. This is a pretty typical deal for a purchase of this size, and it just goes to show that Unibet is continuing to expand. However, they aren't just expanding in any direction they can for the sake of it. -
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Poker News
Daughter of Poker Pro Wins WSOP National Championship
They say that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, and in the case of Joel and Loni Harwood, that seems to be the case. Joel is known for being a professional in the game, and his daughter Loni (also a professional poker player) picked up a win at the 2015 World Series of Poker National Championship. -
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Gambling News
Coingaming Launches Bitcoin Online Sportsbook Software
When bitcoin started becoming popular a couple of years ago, one of the things that people naturally gravitated to was the idea that it could be used to fund online gambling accounts. The anonymous aspect of the transactions made it really easy to see some advantages of this. Coingaming was a software company that jumped at this opportunity and started created software solutions for operating online gambling sites based around bitcoin. -
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Poker News
Guts.com Inks Online Poker Deal With Microgaming
Guts.com is known for having a solid online casino that uses a wide variety of software companies to give players an excellent selection of games. This selection is going to be boosted once again after a recent announcement that they are going to be adding online poker to their lineup. -
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Gambling News
Amaya Sells Chartwell and CryptoLogic to NYX Gaming
The Amaya Gaming Group has made an enormous amount of noise in the news over the past year, and they've done it again with a key deal that shows a lot about their investment strategies. They have sold Chartwell and CryptoLogic, two online casino software providers, to NYX Gaming. This deal was for $110 million in cash and $40 million in stock, and this comes after they've held both companies for less than four years. The Original Purchase Back in 2011, the Amaya Gaming Group bought Chartwell. -
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Gambling News
GVC Continues Push for Bwin.Party
The bidding war for Bwin.Party has been primarily held between two groups. On the one hand, you have 888 Holdings, and on the other hand, you've had a cooperative effort between GVC and the Amaya Gaming Group. The GVC-Amaya cooperation was thought to have lost the bidding battle to 888 Holdings after an earlier announcement, but it seems like GVC just won't quit. -
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Gambling News
Rival Gaming Leaves the UK Market
In the past couple of years, the United Kingdom has revamped how they handle the licensing and taxes for online gambling companies. This includes software companies that offer games to operators, and these new regulations have put a number of companies in a bind because of how difficult it is to stick to the guidelines that the UK requires for compliance. -
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Gambling News
Beteagle Owner Joseph Graziano Gets 18-Month Sentence
Beteagle is an online sportsbook that was owned by Joesph Graziano, and it offered its services to United States players. This earned him an 18-month prison sentence, a $1 million forfeiture, another $16,000 fine, and three years of supervised release. His associate Dominick J Barone had already pleaded guilty to related charges, and Joseph Lascala is set to be charged as well. -
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Games & Casino News
LeoVegas Pays Out €238,667 Mobile Progressive Win
A lucky player who goes by the name of Joakim was playing for €1.05 on the Mega Fortune Dreams mobile slot this week, and he unexpectedly picked up a sizable payout in the process. A win worth €238,667 was won on one of the progressives, and that's a pretty nice win. -
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Slot Winners
Netad Management and Other Casino Owners Nailed in Bust
Like something out of a crime movie, the US Securities and Exchange Commission's recent busts for money laundering, identity theft and fraud via penny stock scams has been tied into online casino activities. Known as "pump and dump" schemes, this particular type of scam involves running up the value of a penny stock through artificial means before selling all of the stock that you own in it. Those Arrested The people arrested include Gery Shalon and Ziv Orenstein. -
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Games & Casino News
New Champion of Champions Slot Released by Applejack
Martial arts movies have been extremely popular for a long time because of the emotion that comes from building up two characters who face off at the end and because of the visual appeal of watching a bunch of cool, though outlandish, moves on the big screen. -
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Poker News
More Proof California Needs Online Poker
California has been one of the major states to try to get online poker legislation passed consistently for the past few years to no avail. Every year politicians come out and say that this is the year for online poker, and every year comes and goes with no advancement of actual regulation or legislation. -
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Gambling News
Net Entertainment Offering Content for Gala Coral
Net Entertainment has been expanding in a major way over the past few years, and they've made another big deal that's going to get their games in front of even more players. A new deal with the Gala Coral Group will see NetEnt games in Galabingo, Galacasinio and Coral. -
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Poker News
World Poker Fund Hires Expert Lawyer
The World Poker Fund has recently hired an important lawyer in their development of online poker in the United States. For their Online and Interactive Gaming Committee, Martin D. Owens Jr. has been hired as a chief advisor. This is a key position that will help to drive the direction of their efforts and maximize the efficiency levels for how they use their resources. The History of Owens Martin D. Owens Jr. -
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Internet Bingo
CyberBingo Offering Three Sizable Promotions
A handful of different events are coming up soon with CyberBingo. It starts with the most recent of their guaranteed events with the Party Night $15,000 Guaranteed event. You'll have cash prizes available starting at 8 pm Eastern, and you'll want to look in the CyberBingo Bingo Tourney room for this particular game. -
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Gambling News
South Africa Plans Stronger Online Gambling Enforcement
For more than 10 years, the topic of regulating online gambling has been debated back and forth. As it stands right now, most forms of online gambling are essentially illegal in the country. Though many politicians are able to point out why it makes sense to regulate the industry, there's still a lot of opposition. -
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Slot Winners
InterCasino Awards $1.3 Million Win on Native Treasure
When you hear about a player nailing a seven-figure jackpot in the online slot world, you usually think that this has to be due to a progressive jackpot win. However, a player who goes by the name of Amber was the exception to this on one of the most incredible free spins streak that we have ever seen or heard of. -
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Gambling News
Information on the Bwin.Party Buyout Released
There has been a massive bidding war going on for a while now when it comes to the sale of Bwin.Party. 888 Holdings has been competing primarily against a join cooperation between GVC and the Amaya Gaming Group, and they've recently suggested a big deal that includes almost a two percent premium on the recent closing prize for Bwin.Party. -
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Slot Winners
Bovada Casino Gives Two Big Payouts to the Same Player
One of the things that all online slot players wish for is a big payout or jackpot. Bovada Casino is known for being home to a lot of winners, but they were able to produce a very special winner recently who took down two different six-figure wins. What's so interesting is that this happened on two different games as well, though they have some similar features. -
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Games & Casino News
Casino Saga to Become Casino Heroes After Name Request
In the online gaming world, a name can mean everything. We've seen tons of situations in the past of lawsuits over one company using a name that's too similar to that of a competitor, and we've recently seen another potential lawsuit be sidestepped by Casino Saga. King is the owner of Candy Crush Saga, and they requested that Casino Saga change their name to avoid a lawsuit over the branding. -
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Gambling News
Betway to Innovate with Pub Ads on Screach Platform
Being able to target key demographics is a major part of what can make an online gambling brand successful. Advertising is great, but if you're not advertising to the people who want to use your product, then it's not very useful. -
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Gambling News
888 Holdings Wins Bwin.Party Bidding War vs. GVC-Amaya
For anyone who has been around the online gambling world for any amount of time can tell you, companies are constantly being bought and sold. Whether it's a large software company purchasing a smaller one to boost their portfolio and prevent future competition, or whether it's a large investment group buying up companies they believe are undervalued, there's always some kind of business news attached to the online gambling industry. -
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Gambling News
USA Anti-Online Gambling Lobby Grows Larger
The lobbying effort against the expansion of US online gambling has continued to grow. Sheldon Adelson's Restoration of America's Wire Act is the main focus, and Squire Patton Boggs of Washington has joined the cause. This has been done through Adelson's Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling. -
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Poker News
PokerStars Could Enter US Daily Fantasy Sports Market
Something you have to remember about PokerStars is that they still have the information of thousands of players who were super into online poker before they were forced out of the market by Black Friday on April 15, 2011.
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Games & Casino News
32Red Pays £8.4 Million For Roxy Palace
In the United Kingdom online gambling scene, it's hard to find a group more reputable with a longer history than 32Red. Their 32Red Casino is known for being one of the most trustworthy online casinos of the past decade, so when they make a major business move, people really sit back and take notice. -
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Poker News
$4.9 Million Raised for Global Poker Index
Global Poker Index (GPI) is a company based around the idea of bringing together poker under one central league and ranking system. Mediarex Sports & Entertainment is the parent company of GPI, and they've recently raised $4.9 million in funding to back GPI in its quest to bring all poker players together under one set of rankings.
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Gambling News
Unibet Buys Bookmaker Stan James Online Operations
In the United Kingdom, the online gambling market has seen a bit of a chokehold put on it after regulations and licensing changed over the past couple of years. One of the major effects on the industry was that there aren't very many large online sports betting operations going, and that means that when a company like Unibet is looking to expand their market reach in the UK, they don't have many options for acquisitions. -
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Poker News
American Gaming Association Changes Online Poker Focus
The American Gaming Association is a very important entity for gambling companies in the United States. They act as a sort of trade and lobbying body, and they are the largest such organization in the US. They showed support for quite a while for federally-regulated online poker, but they have changed that support to now being against it.
