Spain’s Directorate General for the Regulation of Gaming (DGOJ) has reported that during the second half of 2023, it fined 17 gambling platforms due to serious or even severe violations with a total of EUR 81 million in penalties. In the first half of 2023, the DGOJ had imposed sanctions on 30 operators for EUR
Month: May 2024
May 08, 2024 Welcome back to PokerNews‘ coverage of the 2024 PokerStars Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP). The 2024 SCOOP is only a couple of days old yet some of the prizes awarded have been out of this world, and will only continue dazzling PokerNews readers as the biggest buy-in events crown their worthy
May 07, 2024 Two years after buying the largest poker room in Texas, Doug Polk had ambitious plans of branching out to other cities by building another large card room. Those plans hit a wall on Tuesday night as the Farmers Branch City Council voted against a measure that would have allowed card rooms in
May 07, 2024 Life Outside Poker w/ Connor Richards is a new podcast for PokerNews that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level. For the fourth episode, Connor spoke with Texas poker vlogger Nick of OnTiltPoker during the WPT
Maryland’s gaming industry experienced a downturn in revenue in April, with the state’s six casinos collectively generating approximately $163.2 million from slot machines and table games. This figure is a decline of $11.6 million (-6.6%) compared to the corresponding period in the previous year. Contributions from casino gaming to the state’s coffers amounted to $69.8
The anticipated opening of Caesars Virginia Casino later this year has prompted officials in Danville to revisit the original development agreement. Both city authorities and representatives from Caesars have cited several reasons for the revision, including changing economic conditions and evolving workforce dynamics. Danville City Manager Ken Larking said: “The city had some things they wanted
Can a new Las Vegas resort become the tallest, most luxurious in all of Sin City? The folks at LVXP real estate development seem to believe so! And they have plans to build a new, multibillion dollar complex on the north end of the Strip! [embedded content] You know, Vegas is always changing. We just
May 07, 2024 With 149 remaining in the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, the 16-year-old inside me watched as his poker dream unfolded in real-time. It was surreal, and before the day began, I vowed that no matter what happened, I was going to do my best to take it all in
May 07, 2024 Poker fans who were looking to sweat Ethan “Rampage” Yau during the upcoming $1 million buy-in game on Huster Casino Live unfortunately won’t be able to as the popular poker vlogger announced he was “backing out of this game.” “Sad to not be able to play but hopeful to be in a
May 07, 2024 The Asian Poker Tour (APT) Jeju 2024 Main Event was a tournament to remember, breaking the record for the largest-ever poker tournament held in South Korea. By the time late registration closed on the last flight, some 1,083 players had bought in, creating a KRW 2,376,742,500 ($1,726,493) prize pool and a massive
AC Milan and Telegram-based crypto casino TG.Casino have announced a new partnership, which sees the online casino platform become the Official Regional iGaming Partner of the Rossoneri in Europe. As part of the agreement, AC Milan will gain access to what it calls “a new fan engagement tool, creating bespoke experiences that aim to give them
iGaming content supplier EGT Digital has strengthened its collaboration with gaming and betting firm efbeto, boosting its presence in the Romanian market. The partnership allows visitors of efbet to access EGT Digital’s gaming portfolio from Bell Link, Clover Chance, High Cash, and Single Progressive Jackpot. “Efbet is a valued partner of ours and we are happy that
As per global financial services firm JP Morgan’s estimates, gaming operators in Macau may have garnered gross gaming revenues worth approximately MOP$4.55 billion ($565 million) during the five-day Golden Week holiday from May 1 to May 5. Operators made approximately MOP$910 million ($113 million) on average per day, which has surprised analysts, exceeding earlier predictions of no more than MOP$850 million ($106
B2B online gaming solutions provider Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has reported a 27.5% year-on-year revenue growth to a record €36.2 million ($39 million) in the first quarter of 2024. The group revenue was at €28.4 million ($30.6 million) in the first quarter last year. Company chairman Petter Nylander said the group is hopeful of completing its proposed business split
May 07, 2024 Every poker players wants to head into an online poker tournament series in good form to maximize their chances of coming away with a victory and a bankroll-boosting prize. Denmark’s “dawoudski” did precisely that over the weekend, coming out on top in the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event for $10,602 at 888poker,
The organizers of the Peru Gaming Show 2024 (PGS 2024) have announced that everything is ready for the event’s upcoming edition. PGS is set to bring together the most representative brands of the industry and gaming players from different backgrounds on June 12 and 13 at the Jockey Exhibition Center in Lima. In a statement,
May 07, 2024 The $3,800 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw Championship reached its final table of six on Monday evening in Durant, Oklahoma. There were many exciting hands that helped bring the tournament to this point. Play will resume and conclude May 30 in Las Vegas. James Mackey, a 2016 Choctaw champion, has the
May 07, 2024 WPT Global continues to serve as the exclusive online poker gateway to World Poker Tour live events, with the next destination on the radar being the eagerly anticipated WPT Montreal stop, featuring a staggering prize pool of over $3.5 million CAD. As a premier online platform, WPT Global offers players the opportunity
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred reaffirmed the league’s stance on gambling during the 2024 Associated Press Sports Editors Commissioners Meetings on Monday, emphasizing efforts to maintain integrity amid the boom of legalized sports betting. Addressing concerns raised in the wake of the Shohei Ohtani interpreter scandal, in which Ippei Mizuhara has been accused of
Brazil’s Special Secretariat of Federal Revenues of the Ministry of Finance unveiled on Tuesday the Normative Instruction RFB no. 2.191. Published in the Federal Official Gazette, the instruction goes against President Lula’s veto of Law 14.790/23 on the maximum exemption limit for bettors’ winnings in sports betting and online games. The provision can be read