Category ‘Casino news’

A long association is set to continue

Online gambling software provider Microgaming and the major UK gambling group Ladbrokes have signed a new platform and content supply agreement through which Microgaming will continue to supply casino and games software to Ladbrokes’ internet betting and gaming website under new terms that offer both parties revenue growth opportunities.
Ladbrokes online casino has been powered [...]

Games provider to supply content to Botemagico

The latest content supply agreement for International Game Technology (IGT) is with Play Games Online Ltd to provide premium game content to Botemagico.com, an online casino and entertainment website targeting the Spanish market.
As has been the case in previous deals announced recently, the game titles will be integrated via the IGT rgs (remote game server) [...]

New freerolls from UB

UB.com’s exclusive sponsorship of Bellator Fighting Championships, the nationally televised mixed martial arts (“MMA”) phenomenon, has announced two new regional freerolls that will see the leading online poker site give away VIP High Roller packages to their players located in select New England States, and parts of South-Central United States before the end of the [...]

Record number of entrants in first event

A total of 608 players – a new record for a poker tournament in London, UK – entered the first event of this year’s World Series of Poker Europe, which kicked off in London over the weekend. The GBP 1 000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event is now in progress as the first of four full [...]

Senator proposes use of Internet gambling revenue to help US fund health care reform

A more focused application of the tax revenues hopefully generated by a US-legitimised online gambling industry of the future has been proposed by a Democrat politician in the latest developments on regulated online gambling in the United States.
Michael Waxman, a spokesperson for the pressure group Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative revealed this week that [...]

Sixth ranking achieved in Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table

Europe-facing online payments company Moneybookers has been included in The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table, ranked at number six.
The league table ranks Britain’s fastest-growing private technology companies based on sales growth over the last three years. Moneybookers’ top ten position acknowledges the company’s sustained strong growth since its foundation in 2001. The [...]

GBP104 677 main prize goes to Cajelais

World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour veteran Eric Cajelais finally cracked a major title event this week at the World Series of Poker Europe when he won the $2 500 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha event, achieving his first WSOP bracelet and a main prize worth GBP104 677.
On his path to victory Cajelais bested [...]

Riviera earnings continue to sink

Riviera Holdings Corp., which reported widening losses in the second quarter, said Monday it is still in talks with its creditors about its future.
The company, which owns the Riviera on the Strip and a casino in Colorado, posted a net loss of $13.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, a sharp swing from the [...]

Phil Ivey still alive as WSOP Main Event waves good bye to Lou Diamond Phillips

It’s amazing how much the mood of a tournament can shift in one day. On Saturday, tension, drama and finally relief filled the Amazon Room as 648 players finally made the money at the World Series of Poker Main Event. On Sunday, the Amazon Room was filled with pure joy.
Now that they were in [...]

Variants for play craps online this Weekend

A lot of individual​s out there have an appreciati​on for gaming, but up until the last few years, it has always been a huge hassle for many to want to pile in the vehicle and drive to the closest gambling casino, which may be located several hundred miles out. With this in mind, even those [...]