Ryan Tosoc makes it $3m in two tournaments after winning the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic a year after finishing second, and Bruno Benveniste wins the WPTDeepStacks Main Event in Deauville.
Is there a God?
Is there such a thing as spirituality, or a universal presence that provides us with everything we need, if we ask for it?
I don’t know, but I do know this, whatever Ryan Tosoc does to create synchronicity into his life, it’s a path worth following.
Former Amaya Gaming CEO David Baazov’s insider trading trial is finally underway, but how long it lasts remains anyone’s guess.
On Monday, Baazov and his two co-accused – fellow Amaya exec Benjamin Ahdoot and financial advisor Yoel Altman – appeared in a Quebec court for the scheduled start of their criminal trial for insider trading, much of which stems from Amaya’s 2014 acquisition of the parent company of online poker giant PokerStars.
Before the proceedings could get underway, Judge Salvatore Mascia had to deal with Baazov’s attorneys’ request that the charges against their client be stayed. Baazov’s team accused Quebec’s securities regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), of waiting until late September to dump 16m pieces of evidence in their laps, leaving them no time to properly analyze it all before trial.
A 2016 Supreme Court of Canada ruling sought to put caps on the length of time it takes for defendants’ cases to wind their way through the courts. Baazov was originally charged in March 2016, and Baazov’s team expressed concern that the late document dump will require further delays that could see the trial extend past mid-2018.
California Horse Racing Board officials indicated Dec. 11 that the horses stabled at San Luis Rey Training Center at the time of the Dec. 7 fire that tore through the facility have been accounted for.
Suppliers’ full suite of games go live with the social operator
London, December 2017 – Leading slots provider Magnet Gaming has agreed a deal to distribute its portfolio of games to Estonian social gaming operator Chanz.
The Danish provider’s full suite of HTML5 slots, which are designed to work seamlessly across a range of platforms, will be made available via www.chanz.com.
Popular titles such as Fish Tank, Gold Rush, Diamond Express and Candy Kingdom, as well as latest releases Treasure Coast and Haunted House, will all be made available to its players.
Atlantic Lottery goes live with supplier’s portfolio of instant win games
December 2017 – IWG – the award-winning supplier of online, instant win games – has partnered with Scientific Games and Atlantic Lottery to relaunch the Canadian lottery’s entire online instant win offering with its award-winning content.
The integration has been made possible through Atlantic Lottery’s Scientific Games partnership, using IWG’s Progressive Play Remote Gaming Server (RGS). The Lottery’s new, omni-channel gaming system from Scientific Games provides an integrated experience for players by seamlessly integrating the company’s content with IWG content and other third-party content through a single player account management system and wallet.
IWG has already launched 20 games with Atlantic Lottery, including popular releases Cashbuster, Monopoly and Slingo, and will add another 20 games over the next 12 months.
Provider’s growing portfolio integrated into NYX OGS™
Malta, December 2017: Pragmatic Play, the multi-award-winning slot developer, has agreed a deal with NYX Gaming Group to integrate its entire portfolio onto NYX OGS™ (Open Gaming System).
Under the terms of the deal, Pragmatic Play games including Vegas Nights, Caishen’s Gold and Jurassic Giants will be made available to more than 150 operators, testament to the strength of NYX as a global partner.
Yossi Barzely, Chief Business Development Officer at Pragmatic Play, said: “Delivering on the quality of our games in the world’s regulated markets is paramount for Pragmatic Play, and partnering with a provider as highly regarded as NYX is a major endorsement of our potential.
NetEnt, a leading provider of digital casino content solutions, has signed an agreement with IGT to supply online casino games to Norsk Tipping, the state lottery in Norway.
Earlier this year, NetEnt participated as a supplier to IGT in the competitive procurement process of Norsk Tipping for the delivery of online casino content. Norsk Tipping is Norway’s state lottery operator and a World Lottery Association (WLA) member.
Following a successful tender process, IGT announced in February of this year that it had won a contract with Norsk Tipping to provide online casino games. For more information, see news release: IGT Wins Contracts With Norsk Tipping To Provide Interactive Casino And Instant Win Game Libraries And Customized Games
Subsequent to the contract win, NetEnt and IGT have signed an agreement for the supply of online casino games to Norsk Tipping. Under the terms of IGT’s contract with Norsk Tipping, NetEnt will make a wide range of its world-leading games available through the IGT Connect™ integration layer to Norway’s state lottery operator.
December 2017 – Sportsbet.io, the leading bitcoin-led sportsbook operated by the Coingaming Group, has rebranded and introduced a revolutionary new product that marks a new era in sports betting.
The bookmaker’s new site is built in conjunction with the best UI/UX experts in the field and incorporates valued customer feedback, as the company looks to offer a consistent, premium mobile-led service to all its users with a complete focus on being fun, fast and fair.
The redeveloped product offers the same quality and consistency across all channels with special attention to what players want in their betting site: one-click bets, rapid withdrawals, and slick mobile design.
Sportsbet.io boasts intuitive navigation enabling an exceptional user experience with high-end personalisation capabilities, giving players fast access to sports and competitions relevant to them – anytime, anywhere and from any device.
BetStars News features top multimedia content and statistical analysis to help customers stay better informed
ONCHAN, Isle of Man – December 2017 – Online betting site BetStars, the sports brand of The Stars Group, has launched its sports betting content site, BetStars News, in the United Kingdom. The dedicated sports betting news site will engage sports fans and punters alike with informative and interesting news, features, graphics and videos, as well as insight from expert analysts on a variety of sports.
“BetStars News is an exciting development for us that will help our customers hone and improve their sports knowledge through the vast content that the news site will feature,” said Zeno Ossko, Managing Director of BetStars. ”Starting with the UK, we plan to roll out BetStars News in many other regions in the coming months, continuing to demonstrate our commitment to enhance BetStars and create a better experience for our customers.”
BetStars News will feature daily articles across a range of betting markets, including sports, entertainment and politics, as well as publishing match previews, interviews and articles providing in-depth statistics and data to better inform customers before they make their own betting decisions.
Macau, China, December 11, 2017 – After 11 Asian Poker Tour festivals held in various destinations throughout the 2017 calendar year, we have reached the end of another fantastic season. Our final event, the APT Finale Macau Championships came to a close last night at Macau Billionaire Poker in Babylon Casino. We applaud all the players that triumphed these past twelve days and thank everyone that came out to support our year-end festivities.
Before we give you all the highlights, we’d like to congratulate our APT Player of the Series winners!
1st place – Hung Sheng Lin
2nd place – Michael Soyza
By the end of 2017, the company BossGS has prepared a super campaign. Representatives of the company pay special attention to the latest trends in the development of the industry by visiting TOP Events and events in the igaming industry.
The whole world watches every day the hyper growth of crypto currencies and their importance in the world economy and countries development. Strong companies of the industry actively began to implement the Blockchain solutions and use the crypto currencies in their business.
BossGS is launching a New Year campaign to purchase the White Label Casino platform with Curaçao license only for 2,018 BTC, which will be valid for customers exactly 1 month. The conditions are simple:
BossGS is launching a New Year campaign to purchase the White Label Casino platform with Curaçao license only for 2,018 BTC, which will be valid for customers exactly 1 month. The conditions are simple:
Popular poker pro Jason Somerville will be using his Twitch presence to bring the 2018 Aussie Millions to the masses according to a recent announcement by the Crown Casino in […]
The post Jason Somerville’s Twitch Stream Set for Aussie Millions Return appeared first on .
Nevada’s top gaming regulator is leaving the gambling world for the private sector, while also leaving a significant void during what could prove a pivotal moment for the state’s gaming industry.
On Monday, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced that A.G. Burnett would be leaving his post as chairman of the state’s Gaming Control Board (GCB) effective December 22. Burnett is leaving one year before his scheduled term is done, and no replacement has been named.
Burnett is leaving to take a job with law firm McDonald Carano, and he told the Nevada Independent he plans to focus on gaming law once his mandatory one-year ‘cooling off’ period is up. In the meantime, he’s unsure what he’ll be doing at his new gig, given that gaming is “what I know and that’s what I do.”
Burnett assumed the GCB chairman’s seat five years ago last month from outgoing chair Mark Lipparelli. Burnett said that he was proud of all the work he and his team had accomplished, but believes nearly two decades of regulating gaming is enough for anyone.
Over the weekend, the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) wrapped up its record-breaking Season 8 at Canterbury Park. It was there that MSPT President Bryan Mileski was inducted into the Minnesota […]
The post Minnesota Poker Hall of Fame Inducts MSPT President Bryan Mileski After Record-Breaking Season appeared first on .
The Alberta Thoroughbred community lost a valued member when Lynn Chouinard died Dec. 7 at the age of 75.
Norway’s gambling regulator is backing up its tough talk by taking action against unauthorized online gambling payment processing repeat offenders.
Earlier this year, the Norwegian Gaming Authority (Lotteri-og Stiftelsestilsynet aka Lotteritilsynet) ordered local banks to sever ties with seven companies that the regulator deemed to be processing payments on behalf of online gambling sites not approved to accept wagers from Norwegian punters.
Late last week, Lotteritilsynet announced that it had sent new notices to local banks regarding two of these seven firms – Magyar s.r.o. (Trustly AB) and Entercash Ltd – after the regulator determined the firms had changed their registration information and continued to process online gambling payments in defiance of the regulator’s orders.
According to Lotteritilsynet, its investigation revealed that Entercash had handled over 130k separate transactions with Norwegian punters between June and August, for a total value of NOK 675m (US $80.5m). The regulator says Entercash has failed to demonstrate that it conducts any legal non-gambling business in Norway.
Lisa Underwood Young, the former executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, died at home of a heart attack Dec. 9. She was 57.
Atlantic City’s long-shuttered Revel casino hotel could reopen this spring after reports that the property has been sold to a Colorado-based developer.
On Monday, Moody’s Investors Service reported that AC Ocean Walk, a subsidiary of TEN RE AC NJ, which is turn majority-owned by Mile High Dice, which is under the control of Colorado developer Bruce Deifik, plans to acquire the shuttered Revel from owner Glenn Straub for $200m.
For the record, this is the third time that Deifik’s group has been linked to a sale of Revel in as many months, following earlier reports in October and again in November, both of which were vehemently denied by Straub. Straub has yet to publicly comment on the Moody’s report and the Press of Atlantic City reported that the Atlantic County Clerk’s Office still doesn’t have an official record of sale on file.
Deifik’s group reportedly plans to spend an additional $175m sprucing up the joint and (presumably) clearing out the rats that will have eaten through the property’s electrical wiring since Revel closed its doors in September 2014.
Leavem in Malibu scored in the Valedictory Stakes (G3) for Mark Casse, who finished second in the Woodbine trainer standings for the first time in over a decade as Norm McKnight took the lead with a five-win performance Dec. 10.
Jockey Yutaka Take has been chosen as the recipient of the 2017 Longines and IFHA International Award of Merit, which recognizes distinguished horsemen and horsewomen for lifelong contributions to Thoroughbred racing.