Chile’s Enjoy Stalls Advent International Joint Casino Venture Talks

by November 30, 2016

Talks between Chilean hotel and casino operator Enjoy and private equity firm Advent International for the development of a joint venture have been put on hold, the gambling operator announced.The two parties agreed on a future collaboration back in August. Following an Extr ...

Brian Hastings Retires from Professional Poker

by November 29, 2016

Brian Hastings, a professional poker player with multiple live and online accomplishments, has recently announced that he would retire from full-time poker to devote his attention to a start-up business.In a blog post on his official website, the player said that he felt it w ...

PokerStars Receives Formal Approval to Enter Portugal’s iGaming Market

by November 29, 2016

PokerStars has received a regulatory green light to launch a .pt poker and casino website, Portugal’s gaming regulator – Serviços de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ) – announced on Monday. Under its license, PokerStars will provide local players with tournament poker options, ...

David Baazov Amends Controversial Amaya Takeover Bid

by November 28, 2016

Less than two weeks after businessman David Baazov had made an official offer to acquire Canadian gambling company Amaya Inc., the bid was engulfed in serious controversy. Days after the gambling operator’s former CEO and Chairman submitted papers with the US Securities and Excha ...

Upeshka De Silva Leads Final 48 into 2016 SHR Rock’N’Roll Poker Open $3,500 Championship Day 3

by November 28, 2016

The Seminole Hard Rock Rock’N’Roll Poker Open is currently taking place at Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida, a favorite poker destination to players from the international poker community. Eyes are now on the $3,500 Championship with a guaranteed prize pool of $2 million. ...

Hakim Zoufri Wins 2016 MCOP €4,250 Main Event

by November 27, 2016

This year’s MCOP €4,250 Main Event title will stay in the Netherlands as local player Hakim Zoufri won the tournament on Saturday. To celebrate his victory, the winner received €275,608 in prize money, the special MCOP champion’s plate, and a gigantic Heineken mug. Th ...

Hakim Zoufri and Fabio Sperling to Battle for 2016 MCOP €4,250 Main Event Title

by November 26, 2016

When nine finalists returned to Holland Casino Amsterdam on Friday afternoon, it was believed that by the end of the day there will be a 2016 MCOP Main Event winner crowned. As it turned out, there are no certain things in poker and by 3 am on Saturday the name of this year’ ...

Juha Helppi Leads 2016 MCOP €4,250 Main Event Final Table

by November 25, 2016

The 25th edition of the Master Classics of Poker is drawing to a close, with the €4,250 Main Event final table slated to be played today at 3 pm local time at Holland Casino Amsterdam. Finland’s Juha Helppi is leading the nine finalists after building a solid stack of 2,360,000 o ...

Cherry Launches XCaliber B2B Arm

by November 25, 2016

Swedish gambling operator Cherry AB announced today that its new XCaliber B2B business is set to commence operations soon. The gambling company said that the new division will be focused on providing innovative gaming technology and services to international clients.Launchin ...

Kambi Expands in Mexico with PlayCity Partnership

by November 25, 2016

Sports betting technology and software company Kambi has become the exclusive supplier of this type of products of Mexico’s PlayCity casino brand. Under a deal the provider and PlayCity’s parent Apuestas Internacionales S.A. de C.V. finalized on Thursday, Kambi would supply self ...

Developer Invests $500 Million in Russia’s Tigre de Cristal Phase 2

by November 24, 2016

The amount of $500 million is expected to be spent on Phase 2 of the Tigre de Cristal integrated casino resort in Russia’s Primorye Integrated Entertainment Zone, developer G1 Entertainment LLC revealed.Craig Ballantyne, Executive Director of the company behind the expensive ...

Niall Farrell Wins partypoker WPT Caribbean $5,000 Main Event

by November 24, 2016

The WPT has just crowned its latest Main Tour victor. Scotland’s Niall Farrell, former EPT champion and one of his home country’s most profitable players, topped the field of the partypoker WPT Caribbean $5,000 Main Event held at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Punta Cana over th ...

Luckia Goes Live with SBTech Sports Betting Solution

by November 24, 2016

Spanish gambling brand Luckia has selected SBTech as its preferred sports betting provider, the two companies announced on Wednesday. Luckia is one of the leading gambling operators in Spain and is looking to further increase its share in the local market by adding SBTech’s produ ...

Noah Boeken Wins 2016 MCOP €10,250 High Roller

by November 23, 2016

Noah Boeken, one of the most successful Dutch players, has added another title to his poker portfolio. Boeken triumphed in the 2016 Master Classics of Poker €10,250 High Roller 8-Max Re-Entry event that took place at Holland Casino Amsterdam over the past several days. Topping th ...

Playtech Adds Baccarat to Prestige Suite of Live Casino Table Games

by November 23, 2016

Gambling software developer and supplier Playtech has launched Prestige Baccarat, the second title in its Prestige series of live casino games. The new baccarat game offers enhanced playing experience with five different gameplay angles and winning hand replays, among others....