Monthly Archives: October 2017

Ukrainian Gaming Summit announces Exclusive Round Table discussion with Ukrainian government officials and more speakers

Kiev, Ukraine – October 2017 – The organizers are honored to announce an exclusive session and more keynote speakers for the Ukrainian Gaming Summit which is going to be held at the Hyatt Regency Kiev on the 17th of November.

The timetable of the event has been updated and if you have a peak at the agenda, you will find the details of each panel and the networking sessions which the organizers have planned for the event.

The official announcement of the Closed Round table discussion with the Ukranian government official comes as no surprise as the recent news suggest that there is need of such discussions in order to set up a fair and transparent regulatory framework for the online and land based gambling sector.

The organizers are limiting the round table discussions session for up to 30 attending delegates and the talk is scheduled to commence at 16:45 (Kiev Local Time) and it will give the opportunity for local/foreign businesses, sponsors and investors to add their viewpoints about how to move forward with the regulated market in Ukraine.

Daily fantasy sports: Getting popular in India

This is a guest contribution by Jaydeep Chakravartty a Gaming Evangelist working as a Commercial Director at Ingenuity Gaming. If you would like to submit a contribution please contact Bill Beatty for submission details. Thank you.

The current addiction in the online/virtual world in India, Daily Fantasy Cricket (sports) is a wonderful game, which fuels the mind, tests your knowledge of the game and the players, offers you an adrenaline rush and there’s the chance of getting fast gratification. However, if you are someone who hasn’t been exposed to this new breed of gaming, what are the things you need to know? In this article, I will guide you to how daily fantasy sports is conquering India.

Did you know that around 7 million individual in the country is listed at DFS players? And it is growing at 30% to 50% per year. USA and Canada estimated to have 41 million users that play fantasy sports. 3 million+ users play Fantasy Premier League in UK. By only looking at its fan following, it’s simple to judge that Fantasy Sorts have become a big phenomenon around the globe and it is only growing with technology and time. Thus, there’s no surprise saying that it has become one of the sought after game for those sports lovers in India.

How DFS Sites and Platforms Revolutionize for the Past Years

Ronald Sanders: Antigua needs to find money somewhere

In this interview with CalvinAyre.com’s Becky Liggero, Antiguan Ambassador to the United States Ronald Sanders gives an update on the rebuilding efforts in Barbuda more than a month after category 5 Hurricane Irma pummeled the island nation.

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eSports could become an Olympic sport, but it needs a governing body

A statement from a meeting of Olympic stakeholders in Lausanne this weekend revealed that the Olympic movement would consider including esports in the Olympic games, but the sport needs a governing body.

Let’s face it; the Olympics have a problem.

In a world where attention is at a premium, and everything is turning Blade Runneresque, who wants to watch someone playing a game of who can jump the farthest.

Pretty soon old codgers like me will die and along with it any lasting memory of an event that used to enthral millions of people unless the International Olympic Committee (IOC) can find a way to get our children wanting to carry the Olympic torch.

WSOPE Review: a bracelet for a recreational player; Jesus moves closer to POY title

Another round-up from the World Series of Poker Europe in Rozvadov as a recreational player from France ignores his friend’s advice and wins a bracelet, and Chris Ferguson increases his Player of the Year lead over the chasing group.

When my mates Terry “The Run” Welsh and Gary “The Sleeper” Acreman told me they were making the trek to Dusk till Dawn (DTD) to play in a £1k 6-Handed event, I said they had more chance of finding an orange on a lemon tree.

“Poker is poker,” said Welshy as I tried to explain that he would be competing against some of the best poker players in Britain.

They both made money.

partypoker wins EGR Poker award; creates TV channel, finds a Dublin partner

Three stories from partypoker including a top night at the EGR Awards ceremony in London, plans for a new TV channel, and a partnership with the Fitzwilliam Casino & Card Club in Dublin.

When Full Tilt fell under the bus: blood, excreta, and urine spilling everywhere, any chance of anyone threatening the dominance of PokerStars died along with it.

A shame.

A crying shame.

EPL Wk 10 Review: both Manchester clubs win; Leicester beat Everton

A review of the tenth week of Premier League action including wins for both Manchester clubs and Everton remain in the bottom three after another defeat, this time against Leicester.

Man Utd 1 v 0 Spurs

Mauricio Pochettino got the hump when Pep Guardiola suggested that Spurs was a one-man team, but when you lose a striker who has banged in as many goals as Harry Kane, you are always going to look like a coat hanger shorn of a snazzy shirt.

It wasn’t a game for the purists; tight and tense, with most of the chances coming from the home side. The first half whizzed by without incident, and as the rain poured into town, United moved up a gear.

SBTech launches mobile-focused “Add2Bet” enhancement to its industry-leading Sportsbook

30 October 2017 (LONDON UK) – SBTech, the leading sports betting solutions provider to the online gaming and betting industry, today announced the launch of Add2Bet, its newest cutting-edge Live Betting feature.

Enabling players to immediately use the cash out value of an open bet to create a new double, treble or acca by combining it with new selections, Add2Bet is one of a series of recently-launched mobile-focused enhancements to SBTech’s market-leading sportsbook solution, designed around simplicity and ease-of-use.

Its rollout further strengthens SBTech’s position as the in-play betting market leader – the company has won EGR B2B awards for its live product for the last four years.

The new feature is expected to have a positive impact on SBTech operators’ turnover, by giving players more control over their betting and appealing more effectively to millennials.

Taiwan’s Kinmen referendum emphatically rejects casino plans

Residents of Taiwan’s outlying Kinmen islands have emphatically rejected a proposal to authorize casino gambling.

Kinmen residents went to the polls on Saturday to express their opinion on a proposal to establish an “international holiday resort complex” that would dedicate 5% of its physical space to casino gambling. The vote was made possible when casino supporters obtained the signatures of 5% of Kinmen County’s eligible voters.

According to figures released by the Kinmen County Election Commission, turnout was a disappointing 24%, but nearly 90% of these votes were cast to reject the casino plan. The lopsided result would seem to put the kibosh on any future efforts to authorize casino gambling, at least in the short term.

In 2009, Taiwan’s national government authorized the construction of casinos in the country’s outlying islands, provided local residents approved the plans via referendums. Two previous referendums in the Penghu islands also rejected casino proposals by similarly large margins.