WSOP Announces 2016 Poker Hall of Fame Class
About this time every year, the WSOP announces the ten Poker Hall of Fame finalists who have accumulated the most votes by poker fans within a preliminary designated voting period.…
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Cairns Likely to Apply for Vacant Far North Queensland Casino License
After developers of the A$8-billion Aquis Great Barrier Reef Resort abandoned plans for the addition of a casino, a new expression of interest process is expected to be initiated by…
Caesars Bankruptcy Mediator Quits over “Atypical Views” on Mediation Process
Another surprising turn of events will add another tangle to the already complex $18-billion bankruptcy case, involving casino operator Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc. (CEOC), known to be the main…
NetEnt Online Casino Games Go Live for Romanian Players
Swedish developer and distributor of online casino content NetEnt announced that it has gone live in Romania after an integration process was successfully completed. A number of major operators that…
Jason Mercier to Stream WCOOP $102,000 Super High Roller on Twitch
If the WSOP is generally accepted to be the world’s most highly anticipated live poker festival, the World Championship of Online Poker could be said to be its online equivalent.…
CIRSA Reports Improved Half-Year Results
Leading Spanish gambling operator and B2B provider of products and services for the industry CIRSA Gaming Corporation reported its financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2016. The…
Betsson Extends Baltic Reach with TonyBet Acquisition
Swedish online gambling operator Betsson AB announced the acquisition of Lithuanian gambling company Lošimų strateginė grupė, UAB, operating under the TonyBet brand. Lithuania has recently regulated its gambling market and…
Scientific Games Designates Social Casino Entities as Unrestricted Subsidiaries
Developer and provider of products and services for the international gambling industry, both land-based and online, Scientific Games Corp. confirmed on Wednesday the designation of its wholly owned interactive social…
Caesars to Launch Skill-Based Games at Land-Based Casinos
Major casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. announced that under a multi-year agreement with developer of skill-based casino content and related products Gamblit Gaming, its casinos will be the first to…
Gordon Vayo Wins WinStar River Poker Series $2,500 Main Event
It seems that Gordon Vayo, one of this year’s WSOP Main Event November Niners, has done a little warm-up before returning to Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino towards the end…
SBTech Launches Sportsbook in Italy with NetBet
Supplier of online sports betting solutions and related management services SBTech announced that following a successfully completed compliance process, it is now able to provide its sportsbook to Italy’s regulated…
Sean Yu Wins 2016/17 WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood $1,675 Main Event
Winning a WSOP Circuit Main Event is not an easy task. However, winning such a tournament against and accomplished opponent in possession of three WSOP gold bracelet is indeed a…
Playson Casino Games Go Live on EveryMatrix-Powered CasinoEngine
Malta-headquartered developer of online casino games Playson has launched its full suite of titles on EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine. Under the terms of the two companies’ content distribution agreement, more than 40…
Types of Poker Players by Table Manners
“Poker is a game of pure chance!” – a poker inexpert would conclude with the definiteness habitual of people that lack in enough experience and can only boast of a…
Ivan Luca Ranks 7th in GPI Player of the Year Leaderboard
Within the span of several years, Ivan Luca has won some of the world’s most prestigious poker titles, including a WSOP gold bracelet, and has become Argentina’s most profitable player…
Uncertainty Clouds Philippines’ iGaming Industry as PAGCOR Revokes Licenses
Up until recently, the massive land-based gambling expansion currently taking place in the Philippines has been the most widely discussed topic when it came to the country’s gambling industry. However,…
Poker Tournaments to Start between September 5-11
A WPT Main Tour stop, two WSOP Circuit ones, two Aria High Roller tournaments, and a Circuito Nacional De Poker festival – these are the most exciting poker events slated…
Sergey Lebedev Reaches Career Best GPI Player of the Year Rank
Fedor Holz, Chance Kornuth, and David Peters rank first, second, and third in the GPI Player of the Year leaderboard after its most recent update. In fact, Holz has been…
Romania’s Regulated iGaming Market Welcomes Big Industry Names
An overview of the latest happenings across Eastern European online gambling markets would certainly be centered mainly around Romania. The country’s gambling industry landscape has changed drastically over the past…
Brian Yoon Takes 15th Place in GPI Player of the Year Ranking
Without any surprise, Fedor Holz is still ranking first in the GPI Player of the Year leaderboard with a total of 3,637.69 points that the player collected over the past…
Pat Lyons Wins WPT Legends of Poker $4,000 Main Event
Pat Lyons, a poker pro from San Mateo, California, turned a dream of his into reality after winning the WPT Legends of Poker $4,000 Main Event early on Friday. Apart…
NYX Gaming to Launch Casino Content in Romania with PokerStars
Canada-listed developer and supplier of online gaming and sports betting solutions NYX Gaming Group will go live in the newly regulated Romanian iGaming market as part of its strategy for…
Playtech Rolls Out New Live Casino Blackjack Variant
Developer and supplier of omni-channel solutions for the international gambling industry Playtech revealed the addition of the 21+3 Blackjack side bet to its live casino games offering. Generally speaking, the…
Phil Galfond to Launch Online Poker Website in 2017
Professional poker player and online poke trainer Phil Galfond announced on his Run It Once poker training website that he will launch his own online poker brand. The poker pro…
Evolution Gaming and iSoftBet Partner for Romanian Live Casino Launch
With the Romanian gambling regulator now granting full gaming licenses to international operators and providers, Live Casino supplier Evolution Gaming announced that it would open the country’s first live studio…
William Vo Leads WPT Legends of Poker $4,000 Main Event Final 6
The field of the WPT Legends of Poker $4,000 Main Event was slashed from the original number of 687 entries to just 6 hopefuls over the span of four playing…
NetEnt Rolls Out NetEnt Live Mobile for iOS and Android
Swedish developer and supplier of online casino solutions NetEnt today announced the launch of its highly innovative NetEnt Live Mobile product. The company promised that its latest casino solution would…
Yggdrasil Gaming Revenue Jumps 661% in H1
Malta-headquartered developer of online casino content Yggdrasil Gaming posted financial information and operational highlights for the half-year ended June 30, 2016. Revenue jumped 661% during the period in review to…
Slovenia’s Interblock Acquires Elektrina to Support Global Expansion
Slovenian manufacturer and supplier of electronic table games Interblock today announced that it will acquire Elektrina, known to be Slovenia-based high technology company. Under the terms of the acquisition deal,…
Regulated Markets, Casino, and UEFA Euro 2016 Boost 888 Holdings H1 Results
Gibraltar-headquartered online gambling operator 888 Holdings today posted information about its financial performance during the six months ended June 30, 2016. Excluding VAT, revenue amounted to $262 million for the…