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What an Upcoming Bitcoin Fork Means for Players
A few years ago, when bitcoin exploded in popularity, people saw it as a viable option for deposits and withdrawals for online gambling. These days, there are several popular bitcoin casinos that offer a wide range of games to players from all over the world. A potential hard fork in the bitcoin blockchain could be coming up, and that has a lot of players wondering just what they should do. -
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NetEnt Announces Diversity Goals for 2020
Diversity is a hot topic right now, and March is Women's History Month with March 8 being International Women's Day. Net Entertainment took this opportunity to announce certain diversity goals for themselves for the future. -
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LCB Network Acquires World Casino Directory
There are big business deals that happen in the online gambling world all the time, and a recent acquisition is another example of that. The World Casino Directory, a very popular website that focuses largely on land-based gambling, has been acquired by the LCB Network. -
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New Slots Devil Casino Debuts Launch
UK’s premiere Slots Devil Casino is destined to be a red-hot treasure with a dynamic platform of games on their roster. Rumor has it; titles are so scorching hot, it’s almost too hot to handle. Ha, but we know that’s impossible with this slot loving community who will say “bring it on”! It is a collaboration of software featuring IGT, Nektan, Barcrest, WMS and NetEnt housed under a single platform. -
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Online Gambling Chat Bots Coming in the Near Future
There are tons of different mobile messaging apps right now from Facebook Messenger to Skype, iMessages, Google Hangouts, WhatsApp and plenty of others. One of the features that these apps have started building in are chat bots. These are programs with algorithms that can talk to you and entertain you or provide you with information. -
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Felix Gaming Exclusive Titles at SlotsMillion
Game selection is about both quality and quantity. SlotsMillion is one of the few online casinos that have managed to do both. They have more than 1,400 online slots available from some of the top providers in the entire industry, and they've added to that once again. -
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New BoVegas Casino Launch Gets Players Talking
New online casino launches seem to happen all the time, and there are easily multiple each month, if not each week, during certain stretches. -
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Spin16 Games Launch at Four More Casinos
It's been a long time since we have seen a widespread adoption of an atypical format for online slots. The fact of the matter is that the five-reel, three-row video slot with vertical reel gameplay is the most popular type of game out there today, and it's unlikely that anything will change that anytime soon. -
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Intertops Casino Gets New Look and Instant Play Platform
One of the things that players have to understand about the online casino industry is that it's still a fairly recent invention. If you go back 25 years ago, there was no online casino industry, and even just 20 years ago, you would be able to count the number of sites on one hand. -
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Malta Gaming Authority Disavows Numerous Links
A variety of websites for different types of online gambling have links back to the Malta Gaming Authority's website as a part of their description of their licensing there. Unfortunately, there are a lot of sites who would think nothing of faking a license, including this type of linking. -
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Video Poker and Video Keno Surveys by The Wizard of Odds
The Wizard of Odds himself, Michael Shackleford, surveyed the scene at Las Vegas casinos in search of the best returns on video poker and video keno. Not only did he have to play a whole of games to get the job done but he compiled the results in a comprehensive list on WizardofVegas.com with each location ranked and graded by the average return to player (RTP) percentage. -
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Playtech Launching Innovative Tiki Paradise Slot
Playtech has caught a lot of flack over the past few years for seeming like they have slacked a bit on their online slot development. -
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Mexico Welcomes Net Entertainment Through Codere Deal
Codere is a company that operates online casinos in a few different regulated markets. These markets include Italy, Mexico and Spain. They have partnered with Net Entertainment in the past to provide content for their casino sites, and a new deal between these two companies has led to NetEnt's official launch into Mexican territory. Entering Mexico Online gambling is regulated in Mexico, and this is a big part of the reason why Net Entertainment has decided to enter. -
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New Bookee App Improves Mobile Sports Betting
If you're a fan of sports betting, then chances are that you have at least looked into placing your bets through a mobile device. One of the problems you have probably ran into along those lines is that the user interfaces for mobile sports betting apps tend to be less than optimal. -
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Play 'N Go Nominated for Two IGA Awards
Play 'N Go has had a few big years back to back with their releases, and this has caused them to gain quite a bit of momentum. This momentum continues in 2017 with two IGA nominations. The International Gaming Awards are considered to be some of the most important awards of the year, and this just goes to show how well Play 'N Go is doing. The Two Categories The two categories for these nominations are Slot Provider Product of the Year and Mobile Product of the Year.
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Yggdrasil Inks New William Hill Deal
Getting content distribution deals is a very important part of any online casino software company's overall strategy. Getting deals like this with some of the biggest names in the history of the industry, however, is something else entirely. -
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Fraugster Startup Raises Another $5 Million
One of the biggest bottlenecks for people who like to gamble online is payment processing. You have situations where fees and blocked payments can keep players from having an optimal experience, and Fraugster is a startup that looks to solve a lot of those issues. While they aren't centered around online gambling, they do have a lot to offer this industry because of how they are shaking things up. -
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Play 'N Go and Dafabet Headline 2017 Fire & ICE Party
The Lyceum Fire & ICE Party extravaganza is one of the most important gatherings in the entire online gambling industry, and this year, it will be headlined by Dafabet and Play 'N Go. Each of these companies is big for different reasons, but it's sure to be a great event regardless as everyone gears up for the massive ICE event. Companies Sponsoring Fire & ICE Aside from the headlining Play 'N Go and Dafabet, there are a number of companies that will also be sponsoring the event.
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US Attorney General Pick Sessions May "Revisit" Online Gambling
One of the most important pieces of legalese that has come down in the United States for online gambling in the United States was a 2011 opinion about the Wire Act of 1961. The Wire Act was previously used as evidence that online gambling is illegal in the United States (and is the other major US law affecting online gambling from the UIGEA). -
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FreakyVegas Launches Max Bet Shield Feature
One of the things that is a problem for a lot of players is trying not to break the terms and conditions for bonuses. There is a ton of white print that comes along with any bonus promotion, and that's because the sites have to protect themselves from people who would abuse the deals without actually intending on playing the games. It's unfortunate that this is the case, but now FreakyVegas has come out with a feature to help players stay on the right side of these terms. -
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Seven-Figure Win on Let Em Ride at Cafe Casino
Table games are not the first thing that come to mind for people when they hear that someone picked up a big jackpot online. Instead, it's usually slots, particularly progressives, that bring this to mind for people. At Cafe Casino, they have a variety of different games, and that's why it's not super surprising to see that they made a millionaire off of the back of a table game recently. -
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Vegas Crest Casino Adds GameArt and Xplosive Slots
New games are an extremely important part of the growth of any online casino. The reason for this is that players can get bored with seeing the same old thing over and over, and that puts them in a position where they really need something new to maintain their interest. -
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Virtual Reality Online Casinos in 2017
If you go back a couple of years, Microgaming was the first company to present a virtual reality casino game that included current technology. It was a roulette game shown at industry trade shows, and it got a tremendous reception. A lot of players thought that smartwatch apps were going to be the next big thing for the online casino industry, but instead, it's virtual reality, or VR for short. How VR Online Casinos Work There are two main components of a virtual reality casino. -
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Net Entertainment Enters Bulgaria
Net Entertainment has made a lot of news in 2016 for entering newly regulated markets. With the year winding down, no one really expected news of yet another entry like this, but they pulled it off. -
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NYX Gaming Group Expands in Italy
The current state of the regulatory side of the industry puts companies in a position where they have to strategically enter markets and expand inside of them. The NYX Gaming Group has found that this is the case as they expand in Italy, and they have made yet another move to get an even stronger foothold in that country. Entering MrGreen.it NYX's games will now be available at MrGreen.it, the Italian-facing version of Mr Green Casino. -
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Arrow's Edge Launches New Chocolate Slots Game
The year is almost over, but Arrow's Edge has shown that they still have more games left coming down the chute for the winter months. Their most recent release is a game called Chocolate Slots, and it's a title that will definitely make you feel hungry if you have a sweet tooth. -
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Nektan Gets New CEO, Leigh Nissim
Like any major industry, different executives come and go in the online gambling world. Nektan has recently experienced this themselves with a new CEO. After Gary Shaw was put in place as the interim CEO for a period of time, Leigh Nissim has been named the new CEO of the company. Shaw has been moved to the Director of Strategy post and is still with them. Nissim's Experience Nissim has a great amount of experience with over 17 years in the business.
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NetEnt Makes Deal With Codere for Mexican Entry
The expansion of Net Entertainment into new regulated markets has been a big part of the news cycle for 2015 and 2016, and as we prepare to kick off 2017, they have announced yet another deal. Thanks to an agreement with Codere, Net Entertainment will be entering Mexico with their full range of titles. -
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NetEnt Releases Secrets of Christmas Online Slot
Net Entertainment has had a lot of different releases so far in 2016, and they are capping it off with a timely holiday title. Their new Secrets of Christmas online slot gives players an opportunity to play across five reels, three rows and 25 paylines of Christmas-themed action with a chance to win a little gift of their own for the holidays. Details on This Slot This new Net Ent slot gives players a few different ways to win some sizable payouts. -
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Play N Go to Release New Troll Hunters Slot
Whenever most players think of viking-themed slots, they typically thing of big, burly men fighting either each other or some type of monster or foe. In Play N Go's new Troll Hunters video slot, the setup for the plot is a bit different, and this gives the game a unique starting point that helps to really drive the slot as a whole. Three Viking Women The main premise of this game is that the men have gone out hunting in a viking village, and it's up to the women left behind to save the day.
