Monthly Archives: November 2016

Playtech form BGT Sports and install Dr Armin Sageder as CEO

Playtech, lords and masters of all things gaming, has amalgamated five divisions into Playtech BGT Sports and immediately established the former BGT co-founder Dr Armin Sageder as CEO.

Playtech has merged five divisions to build Playtech BGT Sports and the former BGT Sports founder; Dr Armin Sageder is the new CEO with responsibility for business and customer operations.

Father of three, Sageder, will be based in Cyprus where he will lead a team of 600+ employees based in offices in Bremen, London, Malmo, Nicosia, Sofia and Bremen. He will report directly to Playtech CEO, Mor Weizer.

The new division sees Best Gaming Technology (BGT), Geneity, Mobenga, Unilogic and Playtech’s internal sports betting team merge into super-duper sports betting platform managed by Sageder.

Playtech form BGT Sports and install Dr Armin Sageder as CEO

Playtech, lords and masters of all things gaming, has amalgamated five divisions into Playtech BGT Sports and immediately established the former BGT co-founder Dr Armin Sageder as CEO.

Playtech has merged five divisions to build Playtech BGT Sports and the former BGT Sports founder; Dr Armin Sageder is the new CEO with responsibility for business and customer operations.

Father of three, Sageder, will be based in Cyprus where he will lead a team of 600+ employees based in offices in Bremen, London, Malmo, Nicosia, Sofia and Bremen. He will report directly to Playtech CEO, Mor Weizer.

The new division sees Best Gaming Technology (BGT), Geneity, Mobenga, Unilogic and Playtech’s internal sports betting team merge into super-duper sports betting platform managed by Sageder.

iSoftBet launches brand new slot Cherry Trio

November, 2016 – London, UK (Press Release): iSoftBet, the leading online and mobile games software provider, is excited to announce the launch of its new slot game, Cherry Trio.

Cherry Trio is a 3-reel, 5-line slot that will be released on mobile as well as desktop. It comes with many impressive features including Respins, Sticky Stacked Wild Reels along with a 1,000-coins Jackpot!

With its Vegas-style looks and classic icons, this fantastic game places the player right in the heart of the action, where winning sounds, dazzling lights and awesome prizes work together in the name of fun and entertainment.

Speaking about the company’s latest release, Nir Elbaz, Managing Director of iSoftBet, said: “Cherry Trio is a fantastic addition to our growing portfolio.

Poker and the mind: Learning from the man who thinks AK is called Big Stick

Lee Davy talks about the power of choice and how an unlikely teacher emerged from his home game to help him figure out how to make better ones.

I called Terry Welsh ‘The Run’ because when he held a straight, that’s what he called it. He also called AK ‘The Big Stick.’ He was the fish in the game who barely knew the rules. But he turned out to be my teacher.

When we got it in I always had the best of it. But the times when Terry would hit his miracle one outer would send me in search of a bare-knuckle boxing champion. I couldn’t handle him, but he always handled me.

I would shout at him for getting it in with the worst of it. I would try and make him look foolish seeking to remind the rest of the table that despite doing my coconuts I was better than him. It was pure ego 101.

Marc Wright wins season-ending GUKPT Grand Final at The Vic

Marc ‘dean23price’ Wright has brought the curtain down on the latest season of the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour by winning the Grand Final at The Vic for £132,380.

Marc Wright joins the likes of Paul Foltyn, Fabian Quoss, Sam Grafton, Kevin Allen, Charlie Carrel, Ben Winsor and former professional footballer, Tony Cascarino as the winner of the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour (GUKPT) Grand Final after picking up the 2016 title at The Vic, London.

The title of Grand Final Champ came down to a single hand after Marc Wright, and his heads-up opponent Will Davies agreed to chop the remaining prize money after Tamer Kamel exited in third (Kamel became the first player to make the final table of the Grand Final on three separate occasions).

The £2,125 buy-in Main Event is always reg heavy and this one was no different. 276 players entered – the fourth largest since the event began in 2007 – and the likes of Jake Cody (23), Matt Perrins (11) and former champ Kevin Allen (18) were all in the mix until the bitter end.

Master Classics of Poker: Hakim Zoufri & Noah Boeken take the big prizes; Charlie Carrel excels

Hakim Zoufri and Noah Boeken take down the Master Classics of Poker Amsterdam Main Event and High Roller respectively. Charlie Carrel makes the final table of both.

One of the most celebrated and prestigious events on the European live tournament calendar has come to a close with Hakim Zoufri and Noah Boeken winning the two main titles.

The Master Classics of Poker (MCOP) in Amsterdam has been rocking and rolling since 1992. Former winners of the MCOP Main Event include Surinder Sunar, Ram Vaswani, Ole Schemion, Noah Boeken, and Ruben Visser.

Joining that elite list is Hakim Zoufri who defeated Fabio Sperling in heads-up action to take the title and first prize worth €275,608. Before the MCOP event, Zoufri was relatively unknown amongst the headlines of the poker media. A €30,340 cash in a €5,200 Turbo event at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona festival was his previous highest cash.

Cyprus drops online gambling ban-hammer, rethinks OPAP deal

The Republic of Cyprus has begun blocking unauthorized online gambling sites as it prepares to launch its regulated sports betting market.

On Monday, a Cypriot parliamentary finance committee meeting heard from representatives of the National Betting Authority (EAS), who reported that they’d begun blocking the domains of an estimated 2,500 online gambling sites currently serving Cypriot punters without the government’s permission.

The Cyprus Mail reported that the EAS representative claimed his agency was focusing on online casino sites, as these are expressly forbidden under the 2012 legislation that banned online casino, poker and exchange betting.

In October, the EAS began accepting applications for new online sports betting licenses, while warning operators who failed to apply that their names would be added to the country’s blacklist. The government has identified gambling expansion as a way to boost tax revenue.

Cyprus drops online gambling ban-hammer, rethinks OPAP deal

The Republic of Cyprus has begun blocking unauthorized online gambling sites as it prepares to launch its regulated sports betting market.

On Monday, a Cypriot parliamentary finance committee meeting heard from representatives of the National Betting Authority (EAS), who reported that they’d begun blocking the domains of an estimated 2,500 online gambling sites currently serving Cypriot punters without the government’s permission.

The Cyprus Mail reported that the EAS representative claimed his agency was focusing on online casino sites, as these are expressly forbidden under the 2012 legislation that banned online casino, poker and exchange betting.

In October, the EAS began accepting applications for new online sports betting licenses, while warning operators who failed to apply that their names would be added to the country’s blacklist. The government has identified gambling expansion as a way to boost tax revenue.

Updated Vietnam sports betting decree coming next month

Vietnam police have broken up an illegal online gambling ring as the latest draft of the country’s new sports betting legislation makes its way to the legislature.

On Saturday, police in Ho Chi Minh City raided four apartments and arrested 132 individuals who were caught betting on football and cockfights via unauthorized websites. Local media reported that the Ministry of Public Security had been investigating the illegal operation for a month prior to launching their raids.

Sports betting is strictly forbidden in Vietnam but that restriction could be eased if and when the country finally gets around to approving new legislation. On Monday, Vietnamnet reported that the latest draft of the country’s sports betting decree is expected to be submitted to the government for approval in December.

For years now, Vietnam has been tinkering with legislation that would allow legal betting on horse and dog races and international football matches. Under the current plan, qualified operators would be issued five-year licenses, after which the government will reassess what changes are required to improve the system.

Singapore arrest 33 in online gambling sweep

Singapore police have broken up a major illegal online gambling ring, the first such bust since the city-state’s first legal online betting options launched.

On Monday, the Singapore Police Force issued a statement announcing the arrest of 24 men and nine women following a series of raids that hit over 30 locations across Singapore on Sunday.

Police said the illegal gambling ring operated several online lottery and horse betting websites. The group appears to have been a classic credit betting ring, with a network of agents who kept track of accounts and collected money from betting clients. The ring is believed to have handled wagers worth over $2m just in the past month.

In the course of their raids, police seized cash totaling around $1.3m, as well as the usual collection of computers, mobile phones and paper betting records. Police also froze bank accounts containing an additional $6.5m and 36 real estate properties worth a combined $39m.