Gambling software developer NetEnt signed a deal with Amaya Gaming to launch selection of its casino games on Full Tilt and PokerStars.

NetEnt started to deliver online casino games and services to Full Tilt following an agreement with Rational Group in April last year. As a step further in the partnership with Rational Group, NetEnt announced last week that a selection of its game portfolio is now live and available in PokerStars’ new casino offering.

NetEnt’s growth strategy includes expansion on regulated markets, making PokerStars a great partner with separate government licenses in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

”We are proud to be partners with Rational Group, the largest online poker operator in the world,” said Enrico Bradamante, managing director of NetEnt Malta and chief of European marketing operations said. “Following our launch with Full Tilt in February, we are now pleased to also go live with PokerStars. I am confident that our world-class games will contribute to a successful entry into the casino segment for Rational Group and that their players will enjoy the ultimate player experience that our games offer.”

Italian police anti-corruption unit detained 50 people, including team managers, players and a suspected Calabrian mobster, on Tuesday for allegedly fixing dozens of matches in Italian football’s third tier professional league, Lega Pro.

“The probe demonstrates there was a heinous pact of corruption in the world of soccer,” said Andrea Grassi, investigator from Italian anti-mafia police unit. “It shows the interest of criminal networks in the business generated by soccer and the legal betting industry.”

According to a police official, the investigation began when police tapped the telephone of a member of the Lannazzo mob family in Calabria and discovered that he was arranging matches to make money by betting on them.

Investigators suspect Serie B, Lega Pro and Serie D matches from the 2014-15 season were fixed.  Investigators said there were two different criminal gangs, one to set up the games in Lega Pro and the other those in Serie D.

South Korean casino Kangwon Land generated higher revenue and even bigger profits in Q1.

Total revenue in the first three months of 2015 was up 14% to a record KRW 425.4b (US $388.4m). Of this, 93% came from gaming, which rose 15% to KRW 96b while non-gaming revenue inched up 4.4% to KRW 29.7b. Net profit rose 24.9% to KRW 132.2b ($120.7m).

Kangwon Land is unique among South Korea’s 17 casinos in that it’s the only one that accepts South Korean gamblers. Despite its remote mountainous location roughly 200km from Seoul, the property generated revenue of KRW 1.4t in 2014, more than the other 16 foreigners-only casinos combined.

Kangwon Land’s individual metrics were up across the board in Q1, including a 14.5% gain in table drop. Membership Club revenue was up 14.2% to KRW 73.8b, while mass tables rose 9.9% to KRW 184b and slots rose 23.5% to KRW 138.9b. Total visitors during the quarter were up 7.5% while international visitors rose 10.9%.

Raising for Effective Giving has released their Q1 2015 financial numbers, and it shows there is still a lot of work to do with respect to attracting the interest of the poker community.

Raising for Effective Giving (REG), the non-profit organization founded by Liv Boeree, Philipp Gruissem, and Igor Kurganov has released their Q1 2015 results.

There were 26 new sign ups during the quarter, taking the total number of REG members up to 127. The total amount received from donors was $56,985. That amount is much lower than the $369,053 donated in Q4 2014, but $250,000 of that came courtesy of REG member, Martin Jacobson’s, success in the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. A more reasoned comparison shows an increase on the $38,873 donated in Q3 2014.

It’s been a great 12-months for REG. Martin Jacobson’s victory has helped saved the lives of so many people/animals; their work was honored at the Global Poker Index (GPI) European Poker Awards (EPA) when they won the Charitable Initiative of the Year award; they appointed a new Director of Communications in Ruairi Donnelly, and teamed up with Leon Tsoukernik’s Kings Casino, in a move that will see a series of events created to provide REG with additional funding.

The 12th annual WhichBingo Awards will take place at HMS President (1918) Victoria Embankment in London on June 9th.

The event aims to reward and recognize the best online bingo company, as voted by online bingo players.

Shortlists have been officially announced in the nine publicly voted categories (click here for the list of the finalists) on May 7th and the voting ends on Friday 29th May.

Awards categories includes Best Online Bingo Site; Best New Online Bingo Site; Best Online Bingo Chat Team; Best Mobile Bingo Experience; Most Socially Responsible Bingo Operator; Best Boutique Online Bingo Site; Best Online Bingo TV Advert; Best Online Bingo Promotion; Best Unique Bingo Game; and Best Online Bingo Software.

Mark Rubenstein has won the Mid States Poker Tour Firekeepers Casino after beating Bill Rogers, in heads-up action, on his way to the $142,637 first prize.

Mark Rubenstein is the latest winner on the Mid States Poker Tour (MSPT). He defeated Bill Rogers, in heads-up action, to take the title, and first prize of $142,637, at Firekeepers Casino, Battle Creek, Michigan.

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Rubenstein topped a field of 614 entrants. The state had never before seen a live poker tournament with so many runners, once again proving that the heart of live poker, in the U.S, is still beating strong.

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Eddy Sabat wins the 2015 California State Poker Championships after agreeing a three-way deal with Steve Vargas and Joel Tushnet handing him the trophy, $129,240 and a seat at the $10,000 LAPC Main Event.

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Eddy Sabat has won the 2015 California State Poker Championships.

The LA lad cut a three-way deal with Steve Vargas, and Joel Tushnet, that saw him walk away with the Grizzly Bear trophy, $129,240 in prize money, and a seat into the $10,000 LAPC Main Event after his victory at the Commerce Casino.

G2E Asia, an expo coined as “The Premier Event for the Asian Gaming-Entertainment Industry”, kicked off today at the Venetian in Macau. This year the organizers have reported 180 exhibitors on the expo floor, 8,500 square meters of exhibit space and an attendance of 9,000 expected, making G2E Asia 2015 the largest one in every respect since its inception.

Delegates agreed this G2E Asia feels busier than others in the past, a sign the gambling market in Macau continues to prosper despite the disappointing revenues coming from the gambling mecca in 2015.

Reed Exhibitions Greater China’s President, Hu Wei, delivered a speech during today’s Opening Ceremony confirming the conference will be addressing ways Macau can tap further into the Chinese middle class and continue to offer more entertainment options, two ways to boost revenues for 2016.

Wei illustrated the impressive growth of G2E Asia when he shared the attendance was 3,000 back when the event debuted nine years ago and today its grown over twice its size.