17 March 2015 (St. Julian’s, Malta) – Leading online casino group, iGame, announces its partnership with NYX Gaming Group, a company that provides flexible gaming solutions to some of the largest gaming operators across the world.

Following this week’s launch with NYX OGS, iGame will be able to offer leading casino titles from Nextgen Gaming, ELK studios, Amaya, iGaming2go, Thunderkick and many more, including titles like Foxin’ Wins Again, Anubis, Medusa II, Superman, Electric Sam and Esqueleto Explosivo, and a portfolio of over 60 additional HTML5 titles.

“We are very excited about this partnership with NYX OGS. Being able to add such a strong casino product with the latest casino titles in the industry moves us closer to our goal of becoming one of the most innovative gaming companies out there. We look forward to the new game debuts and the cooperation with the team of professionals at NYX,” says Robin Larsson COO of iGame Group.

“iGame Group is a leading online gaming company in the Scandinavian market with focus on becoming a market leader in the European online gaming industry.  I’m very happy they have chosen to partner with NYX in order to help them reachtheir goal and am looking forward to working together with their team,” says David Flynn, EVP Business Development for NYX Gaming Group.

In this week’s confessions series, Lee Davy, explains in a rather long-winded way, why he won’t be attending the Global Poker Index European Poker Awards in Malta.

Do I fly to Malta, walk along the red carpet, say cheese, cross my fingers, hope I win the European Poker Award for Media Person of the Year and then fly back home to celebrate with Pandy, Froggie, Boofle and Sherman (my wife’s teddy bears)?

Or

Do I save the money and invest it in a memory that will last a lifetime? The smile that will be etched on my son’s face when I buy tickets to take him to Six Flags Magic Mountain in a fortnight’s time?

Two-part webinar series in partnership with iGaming Business and iGaming North America will  discuss the US social gaming, horse-racing wagering and daily fantasy sports verticals.

Montreal, QC. March 17th, 2015 – Income Access, a turnkey provider of technology and digital marketing services for the iGaming industry,has announced that company CEO Nicky Senyard will present two Q&A-style webinars focusing on the US gaming market in April in partnership with iGaming Business and iGaming North America. On 7th April 2015, Senyard will discuss social gaming as an opportunity for land-based casinos, and on 9th April 2015 she’ll present her insights on the US horse-racing wagering and daily fantasy sports verticals.

Since real-money iGaming re-emerged in the US in 2013, Income Access has provided its technology and digital marketing services to land-based casinos and operators in the New Jersey and Nevada markets. The company has also supported operators’ acquisition in the alternative vertical of social gaming, including launching a pioneering Social Gaming Network in Q4 2013. In addition, Income Access has provided its acquisition solutions to operators in the online horse-racing wagering and daily fantasy sports verticals.

Based on her company’s experience in the US market, Senyard will participate in two Q&A webinars chaired by industry experts. At 4 p.m. BST (8 a.m. PST) on 7th April 2015, Rory Shanahan, Head of Marketing & B2B Social-Interactive at Scientific Games, will conduct a 40-minute interview with Senyard on the social gaming opportunity, followed by a 20-minute Q&A for participants. Providing land-based casinos and operators with insights on offering a digital social casino experience, Nicky will discuss the value of developing social gaming brands and how these can be effectively marketed. She will also look at integrating casinos’ digital marketing channels with their traditional channels.

Macau casino junket operator SunCity Group will open four more VIP rooms in Manila casinos by mid-year, according to a note issued on Monday by Morgan Stanley Research Asia Pacific.

SunCity, whose share of Macau’s VIP market has been estimated at between 25% and 30%, already had a presence at Bloomberry Resorts’ Solaire Resort & Casino. SunCity will be bolstering its Solaire presence as well as expanding to Melco Crown Entertainment’s recently launched City of Dreams Manila property.

With no end in sight to Macau’s gaming revenue slump, SunCity and other junket operators are increasingly looking to other Asian gaming jurisdictions, where Beijing’s scrutiny is (presumably) less intense and VIPs can let their high-rolling impulses run wild.

The junket business suffered a liquidity crisis following last year’s $1.3b heist of junket investor funds. SunCity recently issued 200 shares of SunCity Group Manila to give investors a chance at owning a piece of the company’s growing subsidiary. The junket operator subscribed for half of these shares while the other 100 shares will be available to the public for the low low price of HKD 5m (US $645k) apiece. The offer closes March 31.

PokerStars have signed Japanese model and actress Yuiko Matsukawa, and Jackie Glazier has been unveiled as the new brand ambassador for Poker SA in Australia.

Fans of Asian females in schoolgirl soft porn shots will be happy to learn that PokerStars have signed 24-year old Japanese model, and actress, Yuiko Matsukawa. People opposed to that kind of thing would not.

It’s the second time in a matter of months that the world’s largest online poker room has hired in Japan, showing that they are increasing their visibility in the land of the rising sun. Online poker star Kosei Ichinose joined the team in January. World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, Naoya Kihara was already a member of Team Online.

“PokerStars champions the game of poker around the world and we are eager to promote its growth in Japan,” said Eric Hollreiser, Director of Corporate Communications for PokerStars and Amaya. “Yuiko Matsukawa is an exciting celebrity who has caught the poker bug and wants to share her love of the game with her fans. We look forward to working together to promote poker as an exciting, skill-based game in Japan and beyond.”

Konstantinos Nanos wins the World Poker Tour Main Event in Vienna, after beating local Vladimir Krastev in heads-up action to capture the first prize of $157,446.

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In a week where the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called Greece the ‘most unhelpful country the organization has dealt with in its 70-year history,’ Greek poker players have been living it large.

Konstantinos Nanos is the latest big winner after taking $157,446 away from the World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event in Vienna. His victory comes mere days after Greek online player kelly-koulis locked up a $725,267.11 prize for finishing second in the PokerStars 9th Anniversary Sunday Million special.

Macau police have broken up a major prostitution ring, the second such high-profile bust since the year started.

On Wednesday, Macau officials announced the arrests of 42 individuals, including one alleged ‘kingpin’ who was just 17 years old. The suspects include 36 alleged gang members, three relatives of gang members and three prostitutes. The suspects are all from the Chinese mainland. Prostitution is legal in Macau but pimping carries a potential jail term of up to eight years.

The ring’s kingpins operated out of four rooms in a hotel on Cotai, although police have yet to identify the name of the property. Police said the ring used social network accounts to attract clients.

The working girls would meet clients at hotels of the clients’ choosing. Clients would pay between MOP 1k-3k (US $$125-$375), of which the girls would keep 50%, although they weren’t paid until they returned to the mainland. The gang member who found the client would get 30% and the remaining 20% went to the kingpins.