Monthly Archives: January 2017

Casinos in Russia brace for potential tax hike

Russia is reportedly mulling an increase in the gaming device tax paid by casinos in the country, according to brokerage Union Gaming Securities Asia Ltd.

Currently, there is no formal GGR tax in the country, but the Russian government requires casinos to pay a monthly device tax for each table game and slot machine that they have in operation. Licensees in Primorye pay RUB125,000 (USD2,101) per table monthly and RUB7,500 (USD126) per slot machine for one month, according to Union Gaming.

Russian media outlets have reported that the government has drafted an amendment seeking to establish a band of RUB50,000 to RUB250,000 (USD840-USD4,202) per table per month and RUB3,000 to RUB15,000 (USD50.43-USD252.13) for each slot machine.

“There are media reports out today suggesting a potential increase in the gaming device tax paid by casinos in Russia,” Union Gaming analyst Grant Govertsen said in a note. “This is a result of proposed draft amendments to the existing gaming law at a national level.”

Ganapati set to clean up with ICE debut

Supplier to showcase all things Japanese at forthcoming exhibition

Malta, 23rd January, 2017 – Ganapati Malta will be handing out 20,000 wet towels to delegates at ICE Totally Gaming to help them “freshen up” their casino content.

The pioneering online slots developer will also be serving up all things Japanese, from sushi to sake, ice-cold beer to DJs, during the three-day exhibition.

The firm, which specialises in producing top-quality Japanese-themed slots, will be showcasing its initial portfolio of games, including brand new titles CrypBattle and She Ninja Suzu.

Ganapati set to clean up with ICE debut

Supplier to showcase all things Japanese at forthcoming exhibition

Malta, 23rd January, 2017 – Ganapati Malta will be handing out 20,000 wet towels to delegates at ICE Totally Gaming to help them “freshen up” their casino content.

The pioneering online slots developer will also be serving up all things Japanese, from sushi to sake, ice-cold beer to DJs, during the three-day exhibition.

The firm, which specialises in producing top-quality Japanese-themed slots, will be showcasing its initial portfolio of games, including brand new titles CrypBattle and She Ninja Suzu.

Ganapati set to clean up with ICE debut

Supplier to showcase all things Japanese at forthcoming exhibition

Malta, 23rd January, 2017 – Ganapati Malta will be handing out 20,000 wet towels to delegates at ICE Totally Gaming to help them “freshen up” their casino content.

The pioneering online slots developer will also be serving up all things Japanese, from sushi to sake, ice-cold beer to DJs, during the three-day exhibition.

The firm, which specialises in producing top-quality Japanese-themed slots, will be showcasing its initial portfolio of games, including brand new titles CrypBattle and She Ninja Suzu.

Ganapati set to clean up with ICE debut

Supplier to showcase all things Japanese at forthcoming exhibition

Malta, 23rd January, 2017 – Ganapati Malta will be handing out 20,000 wet towels to delegates at ICE Totally Gaming to help them “freshen up” their casino content.

The pioneering online slots developer will also be serving up all things Japanese, from sushi to sake, ice-cold beer to DJs, during the three-day exhibition.

The firm, which specialises in producing top-quality Japanese-themed slots, will be showcasing its initial portfolio of games, including brand new titles CrypBattle and She Ninja Suzu.

Malaysia foists stricter measures to curb ‘mushrooming’ illegal gambling ops

Authorities in Malaysia are stepping up the fight against the growing number of illegal electronic gambling centers that they say have sprouted in the country.

Last week, police busted eight gambling centers operating under the guise of clubs that promoted sports like pool, snooker and soft darts in Kuala Lumpur’s Cheras district. Authorities seized gambling machines worth RM500,000 (USD112,599) from the clubs, local news outlets reported.

In an interview with Malay Mail, City Hall enforcement director Abdul Salim Mansor said they have conducted 517 raids since last October, noting that “this was the department’s first raid for this year.”

The “mushrooming” number illegal gambling activities in the country has also prompted the Federal Territories Ministry, which oversees the administration and development of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya territories, to “enforce stricter rules.”

Malaysia foists stricter measures to curb ‘mushrooming’ illegal gambling ops

Authorities in Malaysia are stepping up the fight against the growing number of illegal electronic gambling centers that they say have sprouted in the country.

Last week, police busted eight gambling centers operating under the guise of clubs that promoted sports like pool, snooker and soft darts in Kuala Lumpur’s Cheras district. Authorities seized gambling machines worth RM500,000 (USD112,599) from the clubs, local news outlets reported.

In an interview with Malay Mail, City Hall enforcement director Abdul Salim Mansor said they have conducted 517 raids since last October, noting that “this was the department’s first raid for this year.”

The “mushrooming” number illegal gambling activities in the country has also prompted the Federal Territories Ministry, which oversees the administration and development of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya territories, to “enforce stricter rules.”

Malaysia foists stricter measures to curb ‘mushrooming’ illegal gambling ops

Authorities in Malaysia are stepping up the fight against the growing number of illegal electronic gambling centers that they say have sprouted in the country.

Last week, police busted eight gambling centers operating under the guise of clubs that promoted sports like pool, snooker and soft darts in Kuala Lumpur’s Cheras district. Authorities seized gambling machines worth RM500,000 (USD112,599) from the clubs, local news outlets reported.

In an interview with Malay Mail, City Hall enforcement director Abdul Salim Mansor said they have conducted 517 raids since last October, noting that “this was the department’s first raid for this year.”

The “mushrooming” number illegal gambling activities in the country has also prompted the Federal Territories Ministry, which oversees the administration and development of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya territories, to “enforce stricter rules.”

Early Super Bowl LI spread – Patriots given -3.0 against Falcons

Honestly, I’m a bit shocked. Not that the early Super Bowl LI spread favors the New England Patriots by -3.0 over the Atlanta Falcons. I can’t believe I actually managed to sit through one of the most uninspiring and uneventful championship Sundays I can remember. You think the wild card games were boring? Good lord.

Let’s take a look back before we take step forward. And let me tell you how happy I am that I took the Patriots at +180 to win the Super Bowl when the playoffs started. My only regret? Not believing that Matt Ryan and the Falcons could unleash what they just did.

ATLANTA WHALOOPS GREEN BAY 44-21

Dom Capers deserves to be put in a canon and fired back to the unemployment line for that defensive game plan. What a mockery. Running a zone defence against Matt Ryan for an entire game is like trying to fight a bear with yoga poses. It was dumbfounding to watch.

Early Super Bowl LI spread – Patriots given -3.0 against Falcons

Honestly, I’m a bit shocked. Not that the early Super Bowl LI spread favors the New England Patriots by -3.0 over the Atlanta Falcons. I can’t believe I actually managed to sit through one of the most uninspiring and uneventful championship Sundays I can remember. You think the wild card games were boring? Good lord.

Let’s take a look back before we take step forward. And let me tell you how happy I am that I took the Patriots at +180 to win the Super Bowl when the playoffs started. My only regret? Not believing that Matt Ryan and the Falcons could unleash what they just did.

ATLANTA WHALOOPS GREEN BAY 44-21

Dom Capers deserves to be put in a canon and fired back to the unemployment line for that defensive game plan. What a mockery. Running a zone defence against Matt Ryan for an entire game is like trying to fight a bear with yoga poses. It was dumbfounding to watch.

Kiev Cybersport Arena

Kiev Cybersport Arena is a major asset to the whole e-sport community. This is one of the most important venues when it comes to hosting the biggest e-sport competitions. In this article, Valentyn Kyrylenko, Director of Business Development and Sales of BetInvest, one the industry leading providers of technology solutions, explains why Kiev Cybersport Arena plays such an important role.

Kiev Cybersport Arena was opened on January 17, 2010. It situated in Kiev, Ukraine. For the moment of opening it was the largest computer club in Europe and one of the largest in the world. The overall area of Kiev Cybersport Arena is 1 500 square meters. Over 200 computers were placed there as well as stage for Lan tournaments was constructed on which 10 computers were placed: five on every side, behind it was large screen for broadcasting and in front were comfortable sofas for watching of the games.

At the day of opening of Kiev Cybersport Arena, the tournament Arbalet Arena Female Cup was held. It’s not difficult to understand from the name of the tournament that female teams took part in the championship. To be more precise, it was CIS qualifications and the team named “Mousesports” achieved a victory beating “EYEsports” team with the score of 16:4. Bronze went to RoX.KIS and the fourth place went to inGame.  These teams gained the opportunity to participate at the final tournament.

Since 9 till 11 of April 2010 exhibition tournament Arbalet Cup Best of Four with the prize pool 22,500$ was held at Kiev Cybersport Arena.  Such teams as Natus Vincere, SK Gaming, Fnatic, UNiTED took part at the tournament. All teams played on cycle scheme bo5. The status of strongest team was gained by Na`Vi team.

Kiev Cybersport Arena

Kiev Cybersport Arena is a major asset to the whole e-sport community. This is one of the most important venues when it comes to hosting the biggest e-sport competitions. In this article, Valentyn Kyrylenko, Director of Business Development and Sales of BetInvest, one the industry leading providers of technology solutions, explains why Kiev Cybersport Arena plays such an important role.

Kiev Cybersport Arena was opened on January 17, 2010. It situated in Kiev, Ukraine. For the moment of opening it was the largest computer club in Europe and one of the largest in the world. The overall area of Kiev Cybersport Arena is 1 500 square meters. Over 200 computers were placed there as well as stage for Lan tournaments was constructed on which 10 computers were placed: five on every side, behind it was large screen for broadcasting and in front were comfortable sofas for watching of the games.

At the day of opening of Kiev Cybersport Arena, the tournament Arbalet Arena Female Cup was held. It’s not difficult to understand from the name of the tournament that female teams took part in the championship. To be more precise, it was CIS qualifications and the team named “Mousesports” achieved a victory beating “EYEsports” team with the score of 16:4. Bronze went to RoX.KIS and the fourth place went to inGame.  These teams gained the opportunity to participate at the final tournament.

Since 9 till 11 of April 2010 exhibition tournament Arbalet Cup Best of Four with the prize pool 22,500$ was held at Kiev Cybersport Arena.  Such teams as Natus Vincere, SK Gaming, Fnatic, UNiTED took part at the tournament. All teams played on cycle scheme bo5. The status of strongest team was gained by Na`Vi team.

Kiev Cybersport Arena

Kiev Cybersport Arena is a major asset to the whole e-sport community. This is one of the most important venues when it comes to hosting the biggest e-sport competitions. In this article, Valentyn Kyrylenko, Director of Business Development and Sales of BetInvest, one the industry leading providers of technology solutions, explains why Kiev Cybersport Arena plays such an important role.

Kiev Cybersport Arena was opened on January 17, 2010. It situated in Kiev, Ukraine. For the moment of opening it was the largest computer club in Europe and one of the largest in the world. The overall area of Kiev Cybersport Arena is 1 500 square meters. Over 200 computers were placed there as well as stage for Lan tournaments was constructed on which 10 computers were placed: five on every side, behind it was large screen for broadcasting and in front were comfortable sofas for watching of the games.

At the day of opening of Kiev Cybersport Arena, the tournament Arbalet Arena Female Cup was held. It’s not difficult to understand from the name of the tournament that female teams took part in the championship. To be more precise, it was CIS qualifications and the team named “Mousesports” achieved a victory beating “EYEsports” team with the score of 16:4. Bronze went to RoX.KIS and the fourth place went to inGame.  These teams gained the opportunity to participate at the final tournament.

Since 9 till 11 of April 2010 exhibition tournament Arbalet Cup Best of Four with the prize pool 22,500$ was held at Kiev Cybersport Arena.  Such teams as Natus Vincere, SK Gaming, Fnatic, UNiTED took part at the tournament. All teams played on cycle scheme bo5. The status of strongest team was gained by Na`Vi team.

Kiev Cybersport Arena

Kiev Cybersport Arena is a major asset to the whole e-sport community. This is one of the most important venues when it comes to hosting the biggest e-sport competitions. In this article, Valentyn Kyrylenko, Director of Business Development and Sales of BetInvest, one the industry leading providers of technology solutions, explains why Kiev Cybersport Arena plays such an important role.

Kiev Cybersport Arena was opened on January 17, 2010. It situated in Kiev, Ukraine. For the moment of opening it was the largest computer club in Europe and one of the largest in the world. The overall area of Kiev Cybersport Arena is 1 500 square meters. Over 200 computers were placed there as well as stage for Lan tournaments was constructed on which 10 computers were placed: five on every side, behind it was large screen for broadcasting and in front were comfortable sofas for watching of the games.

At the day of opening of Kiev Cybersport Arena, the tournament Arbalet Arena Female Cup was held. It’s not difficult to understand from the name of the tournament that female teams took part in the championship. To be more precise, it was CIS qualifications and the team named “Mousesports” achieved a victory beating “EYEsports” team with the score of 16:4. Bronze went to RoX.KIS and the fourth place went to inGame.  These teams gained the opportunity to participate at the final tournament.

Since 9 till 11 of April 2010 exhibition tournament Arbalet Cup Best of Four with the prize pool 22,500$ was held at Kiev Cybersport Arena.  Such teams as Natus Vincere, SK Gaming, Fnatic, UNiTED took part at the tournament. All teams played on cycle scheme bo5. The status of strongest team was gained by Na`Vi team.

Kiev Cybersport Arena

Kiev Cybersport Arena is a major asset to the whole e-sport community. This is one of the most important venues when it comes to hosting the biggest e-sport competitions. In this article, Valentyn Kyrylenko, Director of Business Development and Sales of BetInvest, one the industry leading providers of technology solutions, explains why Kiev Cybersport Arena plays such an important role.

Kiev Cybersport Arena was opened on January 17, 2010. It situated in Kiev, Ukraine. For the moment of opening it was the largest computer club in Europe and one of the largest in the world. The overall area of Kiev Cybersport Arena is 1 500 square meters. Over 200 computers were placed there as well as stage for Lan tournaments was constructed on which 10 computers were placed: five on every side, behind it was large screen for broadcasting and in front were comfortable sofas for watching of the games.

At the day of opening of Kiev Cybersport Arena, the tournament Arbalet Arena Female Cup was held. It’s not difficult to understand from the name of the tournament that female teams took part in the championship. To be more precise, it was CIS qualifications and the team named “Mousesports” achieved a victory beating “EYEsports” team with the score of 16:4. Bronze went to RoX.KIS and the fourth place went to inGame.  These teams gained the opportunity to participate at the final tournament.

Since 9 till 11 of April 2010 exhibition tournament Arbalet Cup Best of Four with the prize pool 22,500$ was held at Kiev Cybersport Arena.  Such teams as Natus Vincere, SK Gaming, Fnatic, UNiTED took part at the tournament. All teams played on cycle scheme bo5. The status of strongest team was gained by Na`Vi team.

Border casinos may bear the brunt of Vietnam’s 3-year pilot scheme

Vietnam is finally allowing residents to gamble in select casinos—a scheme aimed at opening up the lucrative industry, although analysts warn that casinos located in border cities may have to take the brunt of the government’s pilot program.

“We would expect many to struggle to survive over the duration of the three-year Vietnam locals pilot program,” Union Gaming analyst Grant Govertsen said in a note.

Last week, the Vietnamese government announced it would allow citizens over 21 years old to play in local casinos from mid-March, as long as they have a monthly income of at least VND10 million (USD445).

“After three years… the government will decide whether to continue Vietnamese people’s access to casinos,” the government said in a statement.

Kiev Cybersport Arena

Kiev Cybersport Arena is a major asset to the whole e-sport community. This is one of the most important venues when it comes to hosting the biggest e-sport competitions. In this article, Valentyn Kyrylenko, Director of Business Development and Sales of BetInvest, one the industry leading providers of technology solutions, explains why Kiev Cybersport Arena plays such an important role.

Kiev Cybersport Arena was opened on January 17, 2010. It situated in Kiev, Ukraine. For the moment of opening it was the largest computer club in Europe and one of the largest in the world. The overall area of Kiev Cybersport Arena is 1 500 square meters. Over 200 computers were placed there as well as stage for Lan tournaments was constructed on which 10 computers were placed: five on every side, behind it was large screen for broadcasting and in front were comfortable sofas for watching of the games.

At the day of opening of Kiev Cybersport Arena, the tournament Arbalet Arena Female Cup was held. It’s not difficult to understand from the name of the tournament that female teams took part in the championship. To be more precise, it was CIS qualifications and the team named “Mousesports” achieved a victory beating “EYEsports” team with the score of 16:4. Bronze went to RoX.KIS and the fourth place went to inGame.  These teams gained the opportunity to participate at the final tournament.

Since 9 till 11 of April 2010 exhibition tournament Arbalet Cup Best of Four with the prize pool 22,500$ was held at Kiev Cybersport Arena.  Such teams as Natus Vincere, SK Gaming, Fnatic, UNiTED took part at the tournament. All teams played on cycle scheme bo5. The status of strongest team was gained by Na`Vi team.

Kiev Cybersport Arena

Kiev Cybersport Arena is a major asset to the whole e-sport community. This is one of the most important venues when it comes to hosting the biggest e-sport competitions. In this article, Valentyn Kyrylenko, Director of Business Development and Sales of BetInvest, one the industry leading providers of technology solutions, explains why Kiev Cybersport Arena plays such an important role.

Kiev Cybersport Arena was opened on January 17, 2010. It situated in Kiev, Ukraine. For the moment of opening it was the largest computer club in Europe and one of the largest in the world. The overall area of Kiev Cybersport Arena is 1 500 square meters. Over 200 computers were placed there as well as stage for Lan tournaments was constructed on which 10 computers were placed: five on every side, behind it was large screen for broadcasting and in front were comfortable sofas for watching of the games.

At the day of opening of Kiev Cybersport Arena, the tournament Arbalet Arena Female Cup was held. It’s not difficult to understand from the name of the tournament that female teams took part in the championship. To be more precise, it was CIS qualifications and the team named “Mousesports” achieved a victory beating “EYEsports” team with the score of 16:4. Bronze went to RoX.KIS and the fourth place went to inGame.  These teams gained the opportunity to participate at the final tournament.

Since 9 till 11 of April 2010 exhibition tournament Arbalet Cup Best of Four with the prize pool 22,500$ was held at Kiev Cybersport Arena.  Such teams as Natus Vincere, SK Gaming, Fnatic, UNiTED took part at the tournament. All teams played on cycle scheme bo5. The status of strongest team was gained by Na`Vi team.