Caesars to Launch Skill-Based Games at Land-Based Casinos

by September 8, 2016

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 feature the game development studio’s skill-based gaming positions. ...

Gordon Vayo Wins WinStar River Poker Series $2,500 Main Event

by September 8, 2016

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 of October. Earlier this week, the player topped the field of the WinStar River Poker Series $2,500 Main E ...

SBTech Launches Sportsbook in Italy with NetBet

by September 7, 2016

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 gambling market. The announcement came as part of the company’s s ...

Sean Yu Wins 2016/17 WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood $1,675 Main Event

by September 7, 2016

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 noteworthy feat. Sean Yu completed this difficult task only a few days ago. Playing heads-up against E ...

Playson Casino Games Go Live on EveryMatrix-Powered CasinoEngine

by September 7, 2016

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 omni-channel games have gone live with the online casino content ag ...

Types of Poker Players by Table Manners

by September 6, 2016

“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 smattering of knowledge in a given area, but are nevertheless willing to voice their opinion. A poker connoisseur or ...

Ivan Luca Ranks 7th in GPI Player of the Year Leaderboard

by September 6, 2016

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 of all time. The fact he is only 24 years old makes his poker accomplishments even more impress ...

Uncertainty Clouds Philippines’ iGaming Industry as PAGCOR Revokes Licenses

by September 6, 2016

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, since the Philippines’ newly elected President came into office, t ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between September 5-11

by September 5, 2016

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 to kick off in the week between September 5-11. More information about what players could expect from them an ...

Sergey Lebedev Reaches Career Best GPI Player of the Year Rank

by September 5, 2016

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 topping the ranking for twelve weeks now, and it cannot be any different, given the fact that the young German ...

Romania’s Regulated iGaming Market Welcomes Big Industry Names

by September 5, 2016

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 two years, particularly from a regulatory point of view. ...

Brian Yoon Takes 15th Place in GPI Player of the Year Ranking

by September 4, 2016

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 eight months for winning several of the largest buy-in tournaments to have taken place over that time span. Ch ...

Pat Lyons Wins WPT Legends of Poker $4,000 Main Event

by September 3, 2016

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 from the first-place prize of $615,346, including a seat into the season-ending Tournament of Champions, a tournam ...

NYX Gaming to Launch Casino Content in Romania with PokerStars

by September 3, 2016

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 continued expansion of its global presence across regulated jurisdictions.Under an agre ...

Playtech Rolls Out New Live Casino Blackjack Variant

by September 2, 2016

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 side bet feature has been borrowed from poker and is aimed at increasi ...