Events & Reports

Growing Opposition Threatens Lottoland’s Lottery Betting Future in Australia

Growing Opposition Threatens Lottoland’s Lottery Betting Future in Australia

by September 22, 2017

The past several days have brought news from different parts of Australia that Lottoland, the Gibraltar-based lottery betting operator, could face a ban in at least three states due to its business model that has been attacked for hurting locally-run traditional lottery operators ...

Is Germany Live Tournament Poker’s New Super Power?

Is Germany Live Tournament Poker’s New Super Power?

by September 21, 2017

The world of live poker has its new super power. It has not been on rare occasion over the past several years that German poker pros have been dominating action at poker tables. And they have been particularly successful in high roller tournaments around the world.Some of the ...

Dutch Government Introduces Temporary Gambling Tax Hike

Dutch Government Introduces Temporary Gambling Tax Hike

by September 21, 2017

The multiple delays in the introduction of the Netherlands’ new gambling regulatory framework have taken their toll, as the Dutch government announced earlier this week plans to implement a temporary rise in the current gambling tax rate.Regulated gambling operators currentl ...

Tribal Casino Revenue Dispute Could Hit Niagara Falls Financial Stability

Tribal Casino Revenue Dispute Could Hit Niagara Falls Financial Stability

by September 20, 2017

The New York State Comptroller’s Office has warned that the city of Niagara Falls could see a serious shortage of finances as a result from a prolonged dispute between state officials and the Seneca Nation of Indians.In February, the Senecas stopped contributing slot machine ...

Phil Hellmuth to Square Off with Three Poker Pros in Second King of the Hill

Phil Hellmuth to Square Off with Three Poker Pros in Second King of the Hill

by September 20, 2017

Poker legend Phil Hellmuth will have the chance to defend his King of the Hill title only two months after he won it after an epic heads-up battle against Daniel “Jungleman” Cates. Poker Night in America has just announced that the second edition of the King of the Hill heads-up ...

Kyle Cartwright Wins Seventh Gold Ring during 2017/2018 WSOP Circuit IP Biloxi

Kyle Cartwright Wins Seventh Gold Ring during 2017/2018 WSOP Circuit IP Biloxi

by September 19, 2017

Mississippi’s IP Biloxi casino played host to the third stop on the 2017/2018 WSOP Circuit schedule. One player did splendidly to eventually win the festival’s Main Event and the lion’s share of the prize pool. Kyle Cartwright, a New Orleans native currently residing in Tennessee ...

Betway Head of PR Alan Alger Talks Responsible Gambling while His Company Acquires Players through Notorious Hacker

Betway Head of PR Alan Alger Talks Responsible Gambling while His Company Acquires Players through Notorious Hacker

by September 19, 2017

The UK gambling industry has been under serious media fire over the past several weeks. And the heat from the growing media blaze has become more and more scorching ahead of the upcoming publication of the Government’s triennial review of the nation’s gambling market, both land-b ...

Western Australia to Crack Down on Lottoland’s Lottery Betting Business

Western Australia to Crack Down on Lottoland’s Lottery Betting Business

by September 18, 2017

The government of Western Australia is working on a draft bill that would seek to ban the provision of betting on lotteries services within the state’s borders. The move was confirmed by Premier Mark McGowan.Western Australia’s top official has told local media that the prep ...

Steffen Sontheimer Tops Poker Masters Winnings Leaderboard

Steffen Sontheimer Tops Poker Masters Winnings Leaderboard

by September 18, 2017

Aria Resort & Casino, located in the heart of Las Vegas, has turned into home to quality high roller poker action over the past several years. Earlier this year, Poker Central announced that the popular gambling venue will host an exclusive high-stakes series that would see s ...

Bryn Kenney Wins Poker Masters Event #3: No-Limit Hold’em for Another High Roller Title

Bryn Kenney Wins Poker Masters Event #3: No-Limit Hold’em for Another High Roller Title

by September 17, 2017

The highly-anticipated Poker Masters festival, presented by Poker Central, is currently underway at Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Bryn Kenney took down Event #3 on the schedule last night after two days of play that culminated with an action-packed heads-up duel against ...

Steffen Sontheimer Takes Down Poker Masters Event #2: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em

Steffen Sontheimer Takes Down Poker Masters Event #2: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em

by September 16, 2017

Steffen Sontheimer was crowned champion of the second $50,000 buy-in event to have taken place within the inaugural Poker Masters festival. The player scooped the title and the first-place prize totaling $900,000 after an all-German finale against Fedor Holz.Sontheimer, just ...

Sweden’s Unregulated Gambling Market Sees Double-Digit Growth in H1

Sweden’s Unregulated Gambling Market Sees Double-Digit Growth in H1

by September 15, 2017

Sweden’s gambling market saw a 3% increase in revenue during the first half of the year, figures released by the country’s gambling regulator, Lotteriinspektionen, showed. An important highlight from the authority’s half-year report was the fact that Sweden’s unregulated online g ...

Aleksandr Gofman Takes Down partypoker MILLIONS Russia $5,300 Main Event

Aleksandr Gofman Takes Down partypoker MILLIONS Russia $5,300 Main Event

by September 15, 2017

The largest-ever live tournament to have taken place in Russia now has a champion and his name is Aleksandr Gofman. The partypoker MILLIONS Russia $5,300 Main Event trophy will remain in the country after the aforementioned local player captured it last night. Gofman survived an ...

Gambling Operators Betway and 888 Work with Hackers for Years to Grow Their Playerbase

Gambling Operators Betway and 888 Work with Hackers for Years to Grow Their Playerbase

by September 14, 2017

Online gambling, among other things, involves the daily movement of huge amounts of money and the fact that it has oftentimes been targeted by hackers probably does not strike as such a big surprise. However, it is rather surprising and even shocking that particular iGaming-relat ...

David Laka Eyes Second partypoker MILLIONS Russia Title

David Laka Eyes Second partypoker MILLIONS Russia Title

by September 14, 2017

Spanish player David Laka is vying for a second partypoker MILLIONS Russia title after a successful run in the $10,300 High Roller that took place last week. The player took down the aforementioned tournament for $285,000 and is just an eight-handed final table away from capturin ...