Dutch Lower House Backs iGaming Bill

by July 7, 2016

Lawmakers from the Dutch Lower House have eventually passed the country’s broadly discussed online gambling bill. The proposed legislation will now have to be approved by the Dutch Senate but given the fact that a vast majority of the House representatives spoke in its supp ...

Optimove Takes Charge of GVC Holdings’ CRM Strategy

by July 7, 2016

Isle of Man-based gambling operator GVC Holdings PLC has chosen Optimove as an enterprise customer relationship management and player marketing vendor, the latter company announced at the World Gaming Executive Summit that is currently taking place at W Hotel in Barcelona, Spain. ...

Portugal’s SRIJ Issues Second Online Sports Betting License

by July 7, 2016

Online sports betting operator Bet Entertainment Technologies Ltd. has become the second company to receive a license by Portugal’s gambling regulator, Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ), to provide iGaming options in the country’s recently regulated mark ...

Andreas Olympios Wins WPT500 at Aria Resort & Casino

by July 7, 2016

Season III of the WPT500 poker tour kicked off with a thrilling partypoker-sponsored tournament at Aria Resort & Casino, running from June 27 to July 6. UK-based player Andreas Olympios topped the event’s field to receive $260,000, the largest cash he has scooped since ...

Maryland Casino Revenue Up 2.1% in June

by July 7, 2016

Maryland Lottery and Gaming, known to be the gaming regulator for the state of Maryland, posted on Wednesday information about the financial performance of the state’s five operational casinos in June. Statewide revenue amounted to $93.4 million, reflecting a 2.1% increase ...

Everi Holdings and Spin Games Partner to Expand International Footprint

by July 7, 2016

Provider of gaming and payment solutions for the international gambling industry Everi Holdings Inc. and developer and distributor of gaming content and HTML5 technology Spin Games LLC announced that they have entered into a content distribution agreement.Under the terms of t ...

Merkur Gaming Mexico Appoints Ronnie Ferreira as General Manager

by July 6, 2016

Merkur Gaming Mexico has announced the appointment of Ronnie Ferreira as General Manager. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the larger gambling group Gauselmann Group. Mr. Ferreira is assuming his new role with an immediate effect.The official has more than 15 years ...

Corey Thompson Wins 2016 WSOP $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em (30-Minute Levels)

by July 6, 2016

Corey Thompson, a Florida-based poker pro, has just collected his career largest cash of $221,163 and his first-ever gold bracelet for winning the 2016 WSOP $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em (30-Minute Levels).Thompson told interviewers that he has been brought up in a working-c ...

Bill Calls for Stricter Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Philippine Casinos

by July 6, 2016

A bill that calls for casinos to be covered by the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001 has been submitted to the Philippine House of Representatives, local media reported. The proposed legislation came as a response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s recently announced campaign f ...

GAN Completes Rebranding Project

by July 5, 2016

Developer and supplier of B2B online gaming software, related services, and online gaming content for land-based casinos in the United States GAN plc announced that the proposed rebranding of the company from GameAccount Network to GAN has been approved by shareholders.The co ...

Macau Legend to Announce $223-Million Development in Portugal

by July 5, 2016

Macau-based casino developer and operator Macau Legend Development Ltd. is expected to announce a new development project, this time in Portugal, local media reported.According to reports, the company will sign on Thursday a memorandum of understanding with the Setúbal munic ...

Hung Le Wins 2016 WSOP $888 Crazy Eights 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em

by July 5, 2016

Hung Le from Huber Heights, Ohio has become the champion of the 2016 WSOP $888 Crazy Eights 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em, an event that was added on the Series’ schedule for the very first time this year. Le scooped his first-ever WSOP-related cash and his first-ever WSO ...

BetVictor Becomes Liverpool FC Principal Partner

by July 4, 2016

Gambling operator BetVictor has signed a three-year agreement with Liverpool FC to become the latter’s Training Kit Partner and Global Online Betting Partner.Under the terms of the deal, BetVictor would provide the club’s large fan base with unique offers. In addi ...

Allan Le Wins 2016 WSOP $1,500 Mixed Omaha

by July 4, 2016

Allan Le, a 30-year-old poker professional from Huntington Beach, California, has become the latest player to join the elite WSOP gold bracelet winners club. He won the $1,500 Mixed Omaha event for his first-ever WSOP gold piece and the amount of $189,223 in prize money.Le n ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between July 4-10

by July 4, 2016

The first week of July will feature plenty of poker-related events and despite the fact that the WSOP is currently taking place in Las Vegas, there will be numerous other exciting poker destinations where a player would want to be. The following few paragraphs offer more details ...