Events & Reports

LCB Director Reveals His Success Formula

by May 10, 2016

The iGaming affiliate market is growing with an incredible pace and so is its importance for the online gambling industry. Over the past few years, several important acquisitions took place within the gaming affiliate space and the purchase of WizardofOdds by Josh was one of thos ...

Joe Ebanks Wins HPO Season 4 Columbus $1,115 Regional Main Event

by May 9, 2016

Joe Ebanks, a professional poker player from Stow, Ohio with live tournament winnings of more than $3 million, has added another achievement to his impressive list. The player has just won the Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Columbus $1,115 Regional Main Event for the amount of $49 ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between May 9-15

by May 9, 2016

The week between May 9-15 promises to be quite exciting, with tournaments set to take place in Spain, Portugal, the Philippines, and across the United States. More information about what poker players and fans alike may expect in the next seven days could be found in the paragrap ...

Jeri Sieber Wins RunGood Hard Rock Tulsa $675 Main Event

by May 8, 2016

Jeri Sieber was the player to triumph in the RunGood Hard Rock Tulsa $675 Main Event, which was concluded just a few hours ago. Her victory secured her with the amount of $44,458, after chopping the prize pool with heads-up opponent Justin Gardenhire, the tournament trophy and a ...

Jan Bendik Wins EPT Season 12 Grand Final €5,300 Main Event

by May 7, 2016

The EPT Season 12 was concluded with a bang on Friday, with Jan Bendik from Slovakia emerging victorious over the massive field of the EPT Season 12 Grand Final €5,300 Main Event. Apart from taking home the shiny tournament trophy, the player also collected the amount of €961,800 ...

Fedor Holz Ranks 3rd in GPI Leaderboard

by May 6, 2016

Despite his young age, German poker pro Fedor Holz is already a big name in the world of poker. Over the past several years, the player has achieved quite a lot both on the live circuit and online. With live tournament earnings of $8,130,328, Holz currently ranks 6th in Germany&# ...

CVC Capital Partners and Its Latest Bid to Expand Presence in the Gambling Industry

by May 6, 2016

If we could describe 2015 with just a few words and within the context of gambling, we could say that it was the year of strategic mergers and acquisitions between fellow gambling operators. Last year, we saw some of the world’s biggest gaming companies consolidate operatio ...

Betcade Accepts Submissions for Gaming App Store

by May 5, 2016

Start-up gaming company Betcade, known to be the first dedicated app store for real money games on Android, announced that it is now accepting submissions from gambling operators and developers.The UK gambling market will be the first to see Betcade’s services launched ...

Sportech Wins £97-Million VAT Repayment Case

by May 5, 2016

UK-based online gambling company Sportech PLC won on Wednesday a seven-year court dispute with Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs on a £97-million VAT repayment on the ‘Spot the Ball’ game the Sportech had provided in the period between 1979 and 1996.Founded in t ...

GPI Announces 2015 European Poker Awards Winners at Lavish Ceremony

by May 5, 2016

This year’s edition of the European Poker Awards took place on May 3 at the glitzy Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort in Monaco. Poker players, media representatives, and industry personalities gathered for the sixteenth consecutive year to celebrate what has been done in pok ...

Paddy Power Betfair Q1 Revenue Up 16%

by May 4, 2016

Gambling operator Paddy Power Betfair plc announced today its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Paddy Power and Betfair completed their merger on February 2, 2016. The merged entity said that the posted results have been prepared as if the two companies ...

Inspired Gaming Becomes North America’s First Virtual Sports Supplier

by May 4, 2016

Provider of Virtual Sports offering, mobile casino games, and service-based gaming systems for the video lottery industry Inspired Gaming announced another strategic partnership that would allow the company to expand its business in the North American gaming market.Under the ...

Marcin Chmielewski Leads Final 74 into EPT Season 12 Grand Final €5,300 Main Event Day 4

by May 4, 2016

Day 3 of the EPT Season 12 Grand Final €5,300 Main Event was completed late last night with 74 players bagging up their chips. Poland’s Marcin Chmielewski finished the day as the chip leader, holding a total of 1,314,000 in chips.At the age of 40, Chmielewski is an occa ...

Cherry AB Acquires 49% Stake in ComeOn

by May 3, 2016

Swedish gaming company Cherry AB announced that it has penned an agreement for the purchase of a 49% stake in ComeOn Malta Ltd. Under the terms of the deal, Cherry would be able to acquire the remaining 51% in the entity at a later stage.Generally speaking, ComeOn is a rapidl ...

Fabian Quoss Wins EPT Season 12 Grand Final €50,000 Single-Day Super High Roller

by May 3, 2016

Only a few days after he topped the field of the EPT Season 12 Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller, German poker pro Ole Schemion had the chance to take down another high roller tournament on the schedule of this year’s EPT Grand Final festival. Eventually, the player fi ...