HIPTHER Agency announced that the online voting session for the Baltic & Scandinavian Gaming Awards 2024 is now open. The BSG Awards recognize gaming and tech companies’ achievements in the Baltic and Nordic regions and are held annually under HIPTHER’s Baltics conference series MARE BALTICUM Gaming & TECH Summit. The online voting session for the BSG
Month: April 2024
April 11, 2024 At PokerNews, we spend a lot of time researching and writing about the best strategies to try out on your favorite casino games, but what about game strategies so dangerous that they’re actually banned in Las Vegas Casinos? Here we’ll reveal the top banned strategies for casino games that are currently outlawed
April 12, 2024 There are times in a poker tournament player’s career when the stars align and they can seemingly do nothing wrong. India’s Ankit Ahuja has just experienced one of those times firsthand, demolishing the final table of the £1,650 High Roller event at the 2024 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Edinburgh festival. A
How Long Does It Take to Process a Casino Payout? There are various factors that can affect casino payout waiting times for players in the UK. Here are some of the things that will have an impact on casino payout times for players: Payment method selected: Some options at the cashier will be faster for
SOFTSWISS, a renowned content hub in the iGaming industry, has recently unveiled a highly anticipated update to its Tournament Tool: live game tournaments. This latest feature marks a significant expansion of the tool’s capabilities, leveraging the successful model of slot tournaments to further enhance player engagement. Internal studies conducted by SOFTSWISS have revealed a notable 22% increase
The Spanish Digital Gaming Association (Jdigital), announced that the country’s Supreme Court has partially upheld the association’s appeal against Royal Decree 958/2020, a piece of legislation which introduced several restrictions for the industry. However, Jdigital called for more dialogue with the Spanish regulator in order to put the country’s iGaming market on the right path.
April 11, 2024 Without admitting guilt, Dan Shak has reached a settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) two years after being charged with allegedly “spoofing” and manipulating in a deceptive scheme in the gold and silver futures markets. Upon reaching an agreement with the CFTC, the high stakes poker player issued a statement
Greece’s Environment Ministry has granted its validation to the Marousi’s multi-million euro casino & hotel project, which involves a deluxe hotel and casino. That means that another obstacle on the way to its realization has been removed. Layout of the Project Voria: Called Project Voria, the entire project is worth 250m and should provide over
Maryland’s hopes for legalizing and regulating online casinos in 2024 have ended as efforts to advance the bill through the Senate faltered. Despite gaining traction in the House and progressing to the Senate in the previous month, the bill encountered staunch opposition in the upper chamber amid a lack of interest among senators. The resistance
Golden Matrix Group has finalized the acquisition of the MeridianBet Group and its related companies. The purchase, which involved a combination of cash, debt, and stock transactions, was approved by Golden Matrix’s Board of Directors and shareholders at a special meeting held on March 19, 2024. The combination of the two companies’ business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer
The Tonto Apache Tribe, owner of the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino, has forged a strategic alliance with Fanatics Betting and Gaming to introduce its online sports betting platform, Fanatics Sportsbook, in Arizona. With the recent launch of the online Fanatics Sportsbook in the state, sports bettors residing in and visiting Arizona can now access the platform via
April 11, 2024 It’s a busy month for the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS), which is headed both to Horseshoe Council Bluffs April 23-28 and to Atlantis Casino in Reno on the same dates. The RGPS Reno series will culminate with a $600 buy-in Main Event, which comes with a $150,000 guarantee attached. In addition to
Caesars Entertainment‘s Mississippi sportsbook app is now accepting mobile bets at Harrah’s Gulf Coast in Biloxi. To use the app, bettors aged 21 and above must be physically present at Harrah’s Gulf Coast to place their wagers, ensuring compliance with Mississippi gaming regulations. The launch complements the on-premise Caesars Sportsbook location, which accepted its first
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has written to officially extend its full endorsement of SiGMA Asia’s upcoming 2024 Manila show. The event, which follows last year’s successful debut, takes place at the SMX Convention Centre, in Pasay, Manila from the 3rd to 5th June. In its letter, the corporation said it recognizes “the
Lithuania’s oldest land-based casino operator, the Nese group, has entered the iGaming and sportsbook market with the launch of Twinsbet, a new brand with a focus on sports sponsorships. The brand new company has entered into a 3-year long, €7.5 million ($8.04 million) sponsorship deal with the Wolves basketball club and secured the Avia Solutions Group Arena
BetMakers Technology Group has completed its acquisition of RACELAB‘s global assets. Under the deal, BetMakers will pay a total consideration of AUD1.5 million ($978,127) in cash with a clawback of up to AUD500,000 ($326,042) dependent on key customer novation within 30 days. According to a press release, the move adds leading race form, preview, and statistics technology
The Thai government is making progress toward the legalization of integrated resorts (IRs) with casinos, as the cabinet endorsed a special House committee report advocating for this move. The Ministry of Finance has been given 30 days to conduct an additional feasibility study. This development, reported by The Bangkok Post, marks a step forward in
Casinos are always fun on the surface. It’s a place of real entertainment that gives everyone a chance of quick fortune. However, some casino tactics mean that not everyone will go home with good stories to share. Unfortunately, losing money is a common occurrence in casinos. That’s why everyone must remember to gamble only an
The industry giant Caesars Entertainment, Inc. is expanding its operations to Harrah’s Gulf Coast, Biloxi, Mississippi, where the company’s sportsbook went live on April 20, 2024. All the players who want to place their bets can do it on the Caesars Sportsbook Mississippi mobile application while visiting Harrah’s. New mobile app and extended partnership: In
Following the Prime Minister’s approval, the Romanian Chamber of Deputies passed a law to ban land-based gambling operations in small cities and villages with populations of less than 15,000 residents. As reported by Euronews, the legislation referred to as the Pannel Law or ”the law on slot machines” is the first of this kind in