Events & Reports

bgo Changes Default Commission Structure in Response to Affiliates’ Discontent

by June 27, 2016

The iGaming market has become extremely competitive over the past several years. The reasons for this are countless. However, the fact that the industry has been adapting itself to the needs and demands of the new generation of gambling customers strikes as a particularly importa ...

Phillip McAllister Wins 2016 WSOP $3,000 Shootout No-Limit Hold’em

by June 27, 2016

Phillip McAllister, a 22-year-old poker professional from the United Kingdom, has become the latest player to join the elite club of WSOP gold bracelet winners. McAllister has just won the $3,000 Shootout No-Limit Hold’em for his first Series gold piece and the amount of $2 ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between June 27-July 3

by June 27, 2016

With the WSOP currently taking place at Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas will be the center of the poker universe for another week. However, there will be other exciting poker tournaments set to begin in the week between June 27 and July 3 in other exciting locations. ...

Christopher Vitch Wins 2016 WSOP $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)

by June 26, 2016

Christopher Vitch, a cash game poker player from Phoenix, Arizona, has just joined the WSOP champions club, winning his first gold bracelet ever. Apart from the shiny WSOP gold piece, he also added $136,854 to his poker bankroll for besting the field of the $2,500 Mixed Triple Dr ...

Adrian Mateos Wins 2016 WSOP $1,500 Summer Solstice No-Limit Hold’em

by June 25, 2016

At the tender age of 21, Spanish professional poker player Adrian Mateos already boasts an Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event, an EPT Grand Final Main Event, and a WSOP Europe Main Event titles. It was only hours ago when the youngster added another trophy to his astounding collecti ...

mybet Shuts Poker Operations Ahead of New Platform Launch

by June 24, 2016

German gambling operator mybet Holding SE announced today that it is shutting its poker operations, effective June 30, 2016. The announcement comes soon after the company’s management team noted that it is reviewing its poker activities and the division’s financial pe ...

Michael Gathy Wins 2016 WSOP $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed

by June 24, 2016

Belgian poker pro Michael Gathy has just added another gold bracelet to his collection of poker titles. The player emerged as the winner of the 2016 WSOP $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed tournament a few hours ago. Apart from the gold piece of WSOP jewelry, he also scoope ...

Bloomberry Resorts Sells Jeju Island Casino

by June 24, 2016

A little more than a year after Philippine casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corp. acquired Jeju Sun Hotel & Casino, located on the South Korean Jeju Island, the company announced that it is selling the property.Bloomberry Resorts revealed in a Thursday disclosure to th ...

Andrey Zaichenko Wins 2016 WSOP $1,500 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)

by June 23, 2016

Another Russian player has just scooped a gold bracelet from the 2016 WSOP after Viatcheslav Ortynskiy topped the field of the $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Handed a few days ago. Andrey Zaichenko, a sales and marketing executive and occasional poker player from Moscow, Russia, emer ...

Pennsylvania Takes Step Forward to Legalizing Internet Gambling

by June 23, 2016

Pennsylvania has taken a big step closer to becoming the fourth US state to legalize and regulate online gambling after the majority of House representatives voted in favor of a bill calling for major expansion of the local gaming industry. The proposed legislation may become par ...

Tohono O’Odham Nation Ordered to Hand Over Records on Glendale Casino

by June 23, 2016

The Tohono O’Odham Nation, a Southern Arizona-based tribe, has been ordered by a federal judge to disclose information regarding discussions over a Phoenix area casino that took place in the period between 2002 and 2003.The order came after attorneys for the Indian nat ...

Kate Lampard CBE Appointed as Responsible Gambling Trust Chair

by June 22, 2016

The UK Responsible Gambling Trust today announced the appointment of Kate Lampard CBE as the new Board of Trustees Chair. Ms. Lampard’s is assuming her new post immediately.Her appointment comes after an open recruitment process was carried out over a four-month period ...

New York Contributes Casino Licensing Fees to Host Communities

by June 22, 2016

The three casinos that were licensed by the New York State Gaming Commission last year and are currently built in Upstate New York have paid the total amount of $151 million in licensing fees. The money is to be contributed to education initiatives around New York as well as to t ...

Viatcheslav Ortynskiy Wins 2016 WSOP $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Handed

by June 22, 2016

Viatcheslav Ortynskiy from Krasnoyarsky, Russia was the player to emerge victorious in the 2016 WSOP $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Handed event. He collected his biggest WSOP-related cash of $344,327 and his first gold bracelet.Ortynskiy is mainly an online poker player. However ...

CaesarsCasino Brand Goes Live with NYX Gaming’s Open Platform System

by June 22, 2016

Caesars Interactive Entertainment Inc. (CIE), known to be the digital arm of major gambling operator Caesars Entertainment Corp., has signed an agreement with provider of technology and content for the iGaming industry NYX Gaming Group to expand their existing partnership. Under ...