Australia’s second-biggest casino company will need to come up with about A$13 million in its 1H FY2022 accounts to pad the checks and retirement funds of more than 2000 employees. Star Entertainment Group had been underpaying workers for the last six years. On Monday, the operator said that it had been in contact with the
Month: February 2022
iGaming content provider, Pragmatic Play, has signed a deal with the Brazilian online operator Bet7K, therefore boosting its expansion in Latin America’s largest market. The operator will receive Pragmatic Play’s top-performing array of slots, including the recent release The Ultimate 5, multi-award-winning Gates of Olympus, and the John Hunter series. Live Casino titles, including casino
Evolution on Monday announced that it has renewed its existing US agreement with FanDuel Group to become its sole provider of live dealer table games across the entirety of the regulated US online gaming market. The renewal is an enhancement of an agreement from 2020 which saw Evolution live dealer table games added to FanDuel’s
The 11 casinos and racinos in Ohio raked in $171.2 million in January, a record-setting figure for the Buckeye State, according to a report released on Monday by the Casino Control Commission. Ohio’s new best January ever for revenue finds gambling venues in the state bouncing back from a dip the same month last year,
An application to allow a new downtown Helena, Montana casino was withdrawn on late Monday, although the applicants are now expected to reapply. The request was for a conditional use permit to expand the Windbag Saloon & Grill on Last Chance Gulch by adding a casino in the space to the restaurant’s immediate north. The
Entain has joined an alliance of gaming and technology companies calling for higher standards and safeguards to better protect people who enjoy gaming. The company has joined U.S. sports betting group DraftKings Meta, gaming groups 89Trillion, and Habby to form the Global Gaming Alliance (GGA) – a new forum seeking to address shared challenges in the rapidly-evolving global
Gambling.com Group announced on Tuesday its preliminary 2021 financial results, while also introducing its 2022 outlook. Based on currently available information, the marketing company estimates that, for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, total revenue is in the range of $42.1 million and $42.5 million, with North American revenue growing approximately 90%. Moreover, net
Merkur Group UK has announced gaming supplier Regal, which is part of its portfolio of companies, is undertaking a rebranding. The move is set to “nuance its corporate identity” in order to better reflect its status “as a progressive, data-led machine operator,” the Gauselmann Group subsidiary said on Tuesday. The company has now transitioned from
PointsBet has now taken its first bet in Pennsylvania through its PointsBet Pennsylvania subsidiary, ASX-listed PointsBet Holdings announced on Tuesday. The sports betting operator debuted in the Keystone State after having secured authorization by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) for a soft launch. Pennsylvania represents the company’s 10th online sportsbook operation in the United
Evolution on Tuesday hosted an online event at which it showcased 25 new online casino games from its Group brands — Evolution, NetEnt, Red Tiger, Ezugi, Big Time Gaming and DigiWheel. The 25 games are part of ‘THE GREAT 88’, an Evolution initiative that will see 88 games released by the Group in 2022. This
Kings Entertainment Group, the parent company of global online gaming brands LottoKings and WinTrillions, announced Tuesday its intent, plans and already taken first steps to research and develop strategies to prepare for the metaverse. The company, which late last month started trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange, has signed an agreement with a leading global
In this week’s edition of the gambling news we set our sites on the NFL and Super Bowl betting, as we close in on the big game this Sunday! Discussion includes both illegal and legal sports betting, the opening of sports books at stadiums, New York online sports betting, and the billion dollar profits being
February 08, 2022 With KO Week currently underway on PokerStars, the PokerNews strategy team have come up with five top tips to help you avoid some common mistakes when playing Progressive Knockout (PKO) Tournaments. For those unfamiliar with PKO events, it would be helpful to understand what they actually are. When you enter a PKO
February 08, 2022 PokerNews can only imagine how Canada’s “JoshSmallAA” is feeling today because they managed to turn a $50 investment into $69,616 and the title of PokerStars 50/50 Series Main Event champion. The 50/50 Series Main Event boasted of a $1 million guaranteed prize pool despite its affordable buy-in. That guarantee was not only
February 08, 2022 One of the best in the world, Nick Petrangelo, topped a field of 41 entrants to win $369,000 on Monday in the 2022 PokerGO Cup Event #5: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em. On the same day, Daniel Negreanu finally secured his first cash of the series in Event #6: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em but will
February 08, 2022 Tyler Payne of Fayetteville, North Carolina beat Raymond Leone heads-up to win the $2,000 Main Event in the 2022 Winter Open at bestbet Jacksonville. The culminating event of the popular winter series attracted 387 runners to generate a $692,730 prize pool, from which Payne claimed $140,058 for the win. It was the
February 08, 2022 I have never seen a bluff go so spectacularly wrong… Today we go over a WILD hand from Matt Vaughan’s poker vlog! In a tricky multiway pot where nobody seems too interested, Vaughan finds a risky bluff in a spot that not many would. When he gets it in on the river,
February 08, 2022 In 2019, GGPoker hired Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu as the face of its brand, and the poker site has done nothing but consistently grow ever since. That isn’t a coincidence. The six-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner became a free-agent after he left PokerStars in May 2019. He’d
You’re playing dollar pNSU Deuces Wild, the 15-9-4-4-3 pay schedule also called Airport Deuces, five coins at a time, and you’re dealt W W W 7♦ 9♦, where each W indicates a wild card. Specifically, a deuce. This is a dealt straight flush, worth $45 in this game. Congratulations! Your two choices on this hand
American Gaming Association (AGA)‘s latest research shows a record 31.4 million American adults plan to bet on Super Bowl LVI, a 35% increase from 2021. Bettors will wager an estimated $7.61 billion on this year’s championship game, to be held Sunday, February 13, up $3.33B (78%) from last year. According to AGA’s release Tuesday, Americans’ betting plans