Casino News Daily Biggest EPT Sochi Winners The first European Poker Tour festival since PokerStars brought back its popular live poker brand was held at Sochi Casino & Resort in the Russian city of Sochi. The EPT Sochi proved to be a great success, particularly its Main Event, which drew a massive field of more than 860 entries. Bearing...

Casino News Daily Richard Branson Enters Las Vegas Hotel-Casino Market with Hard Rock Purchase Virgin Hotels, the hotel brand of British business magnate Richard Branson, has acquired Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for an undisclosed price. The property will be remodeled and rebranded as Virgin Hotel Las Vegas over the next year and a...

Las Vegas Sun Stories: Gaming DraftKings seeking casino partners for sports betting DraftKings says it has contacted potential casino partners in New Jersey with an eye to offering sports betting if the U.S. Supreme Court legalizes it. The Supreme Court is considering the state's challenge to a law limiting sports betting to just four states....

Casino News Daily Gov. Cuomo Refuses Bailout to Cash-Strapped del Lago Resort & Casino New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that he is not supportive of a state commercial casino’s bid for a bailout. The top lawmaker was among the proponents of the legalization of commercial casino gambling in the state a few years ago. Gov. Cuomo’s comments...

Casino News Today New game from iSoftBet: Stacks O’ Gold slot iSoftBet, casino content provider is pleased to announce the availability of its new game: Stacks O’ Gold slot.  The latest entry in a portfolio of popular video slots, Stacks O’ Gold was released to coincide with St. Patrick’s Day celebrations around the world. Stacks O’ Gold...

Casino News Today SBTech announced the launch of Youbet Denmark The leading sports betting and casino solutions provider to the regulated iGaming sector worldwide, SBTech, is proud to announce the launch of Danish state lottery Danske Spil’s latest gaming and betting brand, Youbet Denmark. The new Youbet Denmark site will target fresh...

Casino News Daily Popular Social Casino Constitutes Illegal Online Gambling in Washington A US Court of Appeals judge ruled on Wednesday that Big Fish Casino constituted illegal online gambling under the Washington state gambling law. The recent court ruling could open Pandora’s box for the growing social casino sector, particularly in the US...

Casino News Daily Arseniy Karmatskiy Leads Final 7 in EPT Sochi Main Event Russia’s Arseniy Karmatskiy is heading a pack of seven finalists into the final day of the EPT Sochi Main Event. The player built a massive stack Wednesday at the host venue Sochi Casino and Resort to secure a comfortable stack into the tournament’s final table. Day 5...

Las Vegas Sun Stories: Gaming The top 10 largest U.S. jackpots Players will have a chance at a $502 million jackpot in Friday night's Mega Millions lottery drawing, making the prize the 10th largest prize in the nation. Here is a look at ... more info... ...

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Casino News Daily Is £1 Million Enough Punishment for SkyBet for Failing Self-Excluded Gamblers? News exploded earlier today that Sky Betting and Gaming (SkyBet) has become the latest UK-facing operator to have been reprimanded by the Gambling Commission for social responsibility failures. One of UK’s largest gambling companies, formerly owned...

Casino News Today Nolimit City and iGaming Platform sign a deal Nolimit City and iGaming Platform sign a deal under which iGaming Platform will add Nolimit City games portfolio to their offer. In line with their latest expansion with recent client partner deals and their increasing presence at several must attend industry events, iGaming Platform...

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Casino News Daily Borgata Motion for Summary Judgment Denied in Latest Installment of Phil Ivey Edge-Sorting Saga A US district judge denied Monday a request for summary judgment filed by Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino as the gambling venue seeks to sue card manufacturer Gemaco for knowingly supplying it with defective cards, Law360 reports. The...

Casino News Today Digitain deals with YourBet Multi-channel sports betting Digitain deals with YourBet, leading CIS, a part of the powerful eGamings family which specializes in iGaming solutions, ahead of this summer’s World Cup in Russia. Since Digitain deals with YourBet, the prominent supplier has extended its influence across eastern Europe,...

Casino News Today Superbet Poland representatives, Zdenek Lang and Kamil Popiołek to join “Focus on Poland” There are just a few days left until the second edition of Prague Gaming Summit opens its doors and grants access to +12 hours of learning and networking for the registered delegates.  The latest announced experts are Zdenek Lang and...

Casino News Daily New Allegations Suggest Crown Fabricated Slot Machine Trial Story to Avoid Penalties Pressure on Crown Resorts has grown as a new wave of evidence shows that the casino operator might have only stopped what it previously described as a “trial” of removing betting options on slot machines after complaints from patrons. A whistle-blower...

Casino News Daily Local Government Approves Boracay Casino without Public Input The government of the town of Malay approved last year the $500-million project for a casino resort on the Boracay Island without any prior public consultation, The Philippine Daily Inquirer reports. The town is part of the Aklan Municipality which includes Boracay,...

Casino News Daily Top Philippine Architect Says Boracay Is the “Wrong Place” for Casino Resort The proposed construction of a $500-million integrated resort on Boracay could damage the quality of the sand on the island, a top urban planner told local media. According to Felino Palafox, a leading Philippine architect and urban planner, developers...

Las Vegas Sun Stories: Gaming To enliven casino floor, Orleans puts virtual reality games to the test Not only is the Virtual Zone Boyd Gaming's first foray into the virtual world, it also marks the first VR installation on a casino floor for IGT. The addition is aimed at drawing those who otherwise wouldn’t step foot in ... more info... ...

Casino News Daily Enhanced Rules for Gambling Ads on British TV to Come Into Force in Mid-2018 Gambling ads shown on UK television should feature responsible gambling messages throughout their duration from the end of June 2018. The new requirement was introduced on Friday by the Industry Group for Responsible Gambling (IGRG) as the latest enhancement...

Casino News Daily EPT Sochi Main Event Day 1A Ends with 110 Survivors It can be said that PokerStars’ decision to retire the EPT tournament series back in 2016 in favor of a new live poker brand was received poorly by many fans of the game. But now the series is back and stronger than ever after its hiatus that luckily did not last that long....

Casino News Today Magnet Gaming deals with Nektan to go live in Gibraltar A popular slots provider, Magnet Gaming deals with Nektan, an international B2B and white label gaming software and services provider to go live in Gibraltar. Due to the fact that Magnet Gaming deals with Nektan, Magnet Gaming gets access to all available online casinos...

Casino News Daily Belgium’s Constitutional Court Restores VAT Exemption on Online Gambling Services The Constitutional Court of Belgium annulled on Thursday a 2016 constitutional amendment under which online gambling operators were required to pay a 21% value-added tax on their Belgian operations. Belgium regulated its online gambling market...

Casino News Daily UK Court of Appeal Rejects Ladbrokes Appeal in HMRC Tax Battle The UK Court of Appeal rejected an appeal lodged by Ladbrokes in relation to the gambling operator’s decade-long £71-million tax avoidance battle with HM Revenue and Customs, City A.M. reports. The dispute relates to a 2008 tax scheme deployed by Ladbrokes and accountancy...

Casino News Daily Two Casinos Reach Out to Macau’s Health Bureau Applying for 12 Smoking Lounges Today, the Health Bureau (SS) of Macau revealed that it has been reached out by two casinos applying to build a total of 12 smoking lounges in their properties as of March 21st. The casino operators that have filed applications seeking the local authorities’...

Casino News Today Prague Gaming Summit 2018 announces PLANZER LAW and BtoBet as sponsors  The team at European Gaming are honored to announce the support of PLANZER LAW as Networking Break & Lunch Sponsor and the support of BtoBet as Digital Sponsor for the second edition of Prague Gaming Summit which will be held at Andel’s by Vienna...

Casino News Daily Poker Veteran Wins First WSOP Circuit Gold Ring at Hard Rock Tulsa Josef Tittjung, a poker regular from Oklahoma, won his first WSOP Circuit gold ring last night after taking down a $365 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack event at Hard Rock Tulsa. The player also cashed $23,806 from the event. Tittjung was the last man standing from...

Casino News Today Scientific Games wins a five-year lottery contract from Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz GmbH Scientific Games Corporation announced that they have won a new, five-year contract from Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz GmbH to supply lottery instant games and its Cooperative Services Program (CSP) for instant game management in the southwest German state...

Las Vegas Sun Stories: Gaming Leagues, casinos lobby states for cut of legal sports bets With the Supreme Court poised to rule on a case that could end the federal ban on sports gambling, more than a third of U.S. states are considering legislation to get in on the action, and professional leagues and casino interests are lobbying against ... more...

Casino News Daily Bulgarian Slot Machine Hackers Arrested after Pulling Off Sophisticated Scam Four individuals have been detained in Bulgaria after an operation by the General Directorate Combating Organized Crime (GDCOC) uncovered that they had defrauded casinos and gaming halls across the country out of large amounts of money by hacking their...