Day: 10 August 2017

Playtech Swaps Shopping Spree for Key Partnership Deals and New Titles Additions in 2017

Thu 10 Aug 2017 15.43 Olivia Cole
Playtech Swaps Shopping Spree for Key Partnership Deals and New Titles Additions in 2017

With seven months of 2017 already behind our backs, it seems that the online gambling software developer Playech has chosen a different strategy in comparison to the one followed in 2016. Back in 2016, we saw the Isle of Man-based company being engaged in a large number of acquisitions, which cost it the mind-blowing amount of approximately €240,000 in various takeover deals in order to expand its presence on a global scale. This year, on the other hand, or at least for the time being, the iGaming software provider has…

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Australia Makes Online Gambling Ban Official with New Bill Coming Into Effect

Thu 10 Aug 2017 13.41 Daniel Williams
Australia Makes Online Gambling Ban Official with New Bill Coming Into Effect

The Australian Senate literally swept all hopes that local players would be given the chance to play online poker legally in the country, as it gave the the green light to a piece of legislation constituting online poker as illegal. The Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016, which was officially approved by the House of Representatives in June, makes online poker illegal on the territory of Australia. A public note from the Department of Human Resources has confirmed that the new piece of legislation was passed by the Senate on August…

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Nick Schulman Takes Down 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $50,000 Super High Roller

Thu 10 Aug 2017 10.10 Harry Evans
Nick Schulman Takes Down 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $50,000 Super High Roller

American poker pro Nick Schulman managed to conquer the champion’s title of the 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open’s $50,000 Super High Roller event, after first leading the final five and then facing Jake Schindler in a fierce heads-up battle. The player emerged not only as the crowned winner of the Super High Roller event of the tournament, but also took home a massive monetary prize estimated to $440,000. The guaranteed prize pool’s portion boosted his total live earnings to $9,246,821. The largest live cash of Schulman to date is…

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Slovakia Expands Online Gambling Blacklist with Six More Operators

Thu 10 Aug 2017 8.33 Daniel Williams
Slovakia Expands Online Gambling Blacklist with Six More Operators

Slovakia has tightened the measures against online gambling companies that operate on its territory. The country has made six new additions to its online gambling domains blacklist after the competent authorities said the operators had been offering their services to local players without getting Government’s permission first. As Casino Guardian has reported earlier, the middle of July saw the country’s Government publish the first-ever blacklist of online gambling operators. The list included ten online gambling domains which were considered as untrustworthy and unacceptable as they have been providing Slovakian punters…

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