Possible New BetRegal Office For North Bay
Mike Mirtl, CEO of BetRegal, has announced plans to open a new office. Though, according to him the location for the new facility will be in his old hometown of North Bay, Ontario. The decision is an unexpected one, but not unwelcome. Acc...Read More
China Limits Video Games For Minors
China is no stranger when it comes to imposing controversial laws, now more than ever. In a new announcement the Chinese government has further limited how much time minors may spend playing online video games, reducing the timeframe to j...Read More
Xbox To Finally Launch Cloud Gaming Services
It has been hinted at for some time that video game hardware will become a thing of the past, replaced instead by cloud streaming services. Microsoft certainly seems to think that this is the future, given their announcement that such ser...Read More
Epic Store Beta Testing Self-Publishing Tools
The Epic Games Store, seen by most as the only real competition to Steam, is a controversial online PC game storefront, to say the least. The company has already drawn waves of animosity from the video game community for a number of reaso...Read More
Max Desmarais New Wondr Gaming CSO
Wondr Gaming Corporation announced the appointment of its new Chief Strategy Officer on the 10th of August 2021. Max Desmarais was chosen for the role, thanks in part to his status as a leading media and technology entrepreneur. His exper...Read More
Microsoft Launches xCloud Gaming For PC
Software giant Microsoft has officially launched xCloud gaming for Windows PCs via its Xbox app. While still in beta form, this means Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers, or Xbox Insiders, are now able to access games previously unavailab...Read More
Great Canadian Gaming Corp. In Q2 Recovery
Great Canadian Gaming Corp. recently published its most recent state of financial affairs, being its performance as recorded for the second quarter of the current year. From the information available, it is clear the gaming giant is showi...Read More
BetRegal Broadens Ontario’s iGaming Options
BetRegal is helping Canadian players experience a more diverse range of gaming options. The firm is standing proud and helping to transform the country’s virtual gaming field and in so doing, is making it possible for local patrons ...Read More
Activision Blizzard In Trouble Over Employees
Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has officially come under the microscope in the worst way possible. After a lawsuit was filed against the corporation by the State of California, alleging that a toxic environment exists within the...Read More
Netflix To Enter Video Game Industry
As it stands, Netflix is already the dominant name in video streaming services. But if the latest announcements are anything to go by, the company may also soon be a big name in video games as well. Greg Peters, chief product officer and ...Read More
Android 12 Update To Revolutionise Mobile Gaming
As one of the world’s most popular operating systems, Android has millions of people around the world waiting with anticipation for its next update. Due out soon, Android 12 already promises to offer users even more than they could ...Read More
Major Games To Expect On Next-Gen Consoles
While we saw a splashy release of next-gen consoles rounding off last year, it remains clear that the gaming landscape is still in a phase of transition between consoles. This may be the case, but we are fast approaching the point where o...Read More
What Gamers Can Expect From Windows 11
On Thursday, Microsoft gave players a little glimpse into what exactly they can expect from the software giant. This insight was shared during a virtual event, which put the latest operating features that can be expected from Windows 11 o...Read More
Metroid: Dread Released at E3 2021
Gamers were in for a big surprise at E3 2021: the launch of Yoshio Sakamoto’s creation Metroid Dread was finally announced by Nintendo. The 2D side-scroller game was first conceived by Sakamoto about 15 years ago but development was...Read More
Xbox TV May Be The Way Of The Future
If the rumours are true, Microsoft is on the verge of changing the gaming industry forever. The release of built-in Xboxes, or Xbox TVs, may further disrupt and push the gaming industry continuously forward. While Sony might have the spot...Read More
Casino Workers Sue Great Canadian Gaming
A number of former employees at Great Canadian Gaming Corporation’s (GCGC) Casino Nanaimo in British Columbia have filed class action lawsuits in response to what they believe is wrongful dismissal. A total of 27 staff members indiv...Read More
Bragg Gaming Acquires Wild Streak Gaming
Bragg Gaming group has energised its US casino games operations by acquiring premium casino content creator Wild Streak Gaming. The acquisition price of $30 million is made up of $10 million in cash, and the balance in Bragg shares to be ...Read More
Nvidia Says PC Gaming Its Biggest Market
While chipmaking giant Nvidia raked in revenue to the tune of $155 million from the sales of crypto mining cards during the first quarter of the year alone, it maintains that PC gaming is still its most important avenue of revenue. Nvidi...Read More
AGA Report Highlights Casino Sector Recovery
The American Gaming Association (AGA) on Thursday released its “State of the States” commercial casino survey for 2021, which report clearly highlights the enormous effects the global health crisis and stay-at-home orders have...Read More
Leak Reveals Two New Star Wars Games
A new report has emerged claiming that Disney is being pitched on two new Star Wars games. Fans will be pleased to know that games for The Mandalorian and High Republic, two popular branches of the franchise, ma...Read More
Apple Faces Epic Games In Court
After several months of hype and warring, Epic Games and Apple are finally facing each other in court. The trial, one of the most important in Apple’s history, began on Monday. Tim Cook, Apple’s big boss, will be providing evi...Read More
OLG Extends Pollard Banknote Supply Term - {{mm-yy}}
Pollard Banknote Limited, a leading provider of instant Lottery tickets, has announced that the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission has extended its supply contract by another 10 years. This means Pollard will supply the OLG with instan...Read More
Latest Xbox Report Not Exactly Good News
One would think that a report detailing the many big exclusives coming soon to the Xbox Series X would be good news all around. But the fact that a new report from Xbox Game Studios clearly states that none of the exclusive big releases t...Read More
Stadium Gaming Headed For Manitoba Casinos
Manitoba’s government-run casinos will be embracing a new way of doing table games once current restrictions ease and gaming venues finally get to un-shutter their doors. “Stadium gaming” is anticipated to be the perfect...Read More
Evolution To Acquire Big Time Gaming
Live casino games giant Evolution is on the verge of acquiring yet another big iGaming player in the world of digital and gaming entertainment. The company earlier this week confirmed that it has now tabled an offer to acquire Megaways-cr...Read More
Grand Casino Tycoon Heading For Steam In May
Heading for Steam this May is every budding casino operator’s dream. A tycoon-style strategy simulation game that will allow players to own and operate their very own virtual casino. And while Grand Casino Tycoon by Aerosoft and sti...Read More
EA Investigating EA Gate FUT Trade Scandal
Video game giant EA has confirmed that it is officially investigating one or more employees accused of having been involved in selling high-value FIFA Ultimate Team cards on the black market. EA Gate went viral on Twitter after users star...Read More
EU Approves Microsoft’s Bethesda Bid
The European Commission (EU) has finally approved software giant Microsoft’s bid to acquire gaming and media giant ZeniMax Media in a stunning $7.5 million deal. ZeniMax Media is the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, the studio ...Read More
Torstar Announces Interest In Online Gaming
Online casino entertainment may very well become a lifeline for the Torstar Corp., which owns several newspapers circulating in Ontario, including the Hamilton Spectator and the Toronto Star. The media giant made a surprising and unusual ...Read More
Great Canadian Gaming Hard Hit By 2020
The global health crisis has taken a significant toll on the performance of business across the country ever since it first emerged in early-2020. The gaming industry, in particular, has suffered a massive blow as a direct result of count...Read More
BCLC Launches IWG’s InstantJackpots™ Module
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) is constantly looking for new ways to spice up the experiences of players when interacting with its games and products. The Crown corporation’s latest effort in this regard recently sa...Read More
Skyrim Is Coming To The World Of Board Games
Skyrim is finally coming to board game. According to the pre-release details of an upcoming new crowdfunding initiative, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, if all were to go according to plan, will soon be available in board game format. Altho...Read More
Score Media Files For US IPO Listing
Canadian gaming, betting, and sports media giant Score Media and Gaming has filed for a US IPO to the value of $183 million. Score filed for the IPO on Monday, and said it expects the SEC to raise the full anticipated value via the initia...Read More
The Rise Of Gaming’s Roblox
So much has the popularity of the children’s video games platform Roblox grown during the last year, that the enormously popular brand’s value has grown from $4 billion in 2020, to an incredible $30 billion in January 2021. W...Read More
How eSports Are Teaching Us Corporate Skills
eSports may well have emerged the perfect antidote to lag and fatigue in the workplace. So claims a company by the name of Corporate eSports Association (CEA). The company describes itself to be a modern-day twist to the traditional corp...Read More
Huawei Hinting At Making Own Gaming Console
Word on the street is that smartphone giant Huawei might be working on a special new project. The tech giant is currently working on a gaming laptop that will hopefully make it further down the production line that what did its geopolitic...Read More
GTA 6 Details Leaked
An anonymous leaker on Reddit claims to have inside information regarding the launch of GTA 6 – stating that the open-world sequel will feature a single, male, leading character in 1970s Florida, and could be launched in October 202...Read More
Xbox Game Pass Hits 18M Subscribers Mark
Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service, cleverly dubbed the Netflix for video games has just passed the 18 million subscribers-mark, up more than 3 million since September. The service is subscription-based and offers to custom...Read More
Blueprint Gaming Launch Lucksome Studio
Leading Gauselmann Group games developer Blueprint Gaming has announced the launch of a brand-new iGaming design studio, Lucksome. The latest new development studio promises to bring even more innovative new content to players all over th...Read More
Valve Fined Over EU Anti-Trust Breaches
Valve, owner of online PC gaming store Steam, has been slapped with an anti-trust fine by the European Union’s Competition Commission for breaching antitrust rules. Valve and five other firms, all games publishers, were fined €...Read More
Riot & Bungie Join Up In Cheat Maker Lawsuit
Cheat makers literally cheat games makers out of millions of dollars each year and are sooner or later made to pay for their sins by the companies whose creations they’re undermining. The latest lawsuit from several recently actione...Read More
BCLC Calls On Banks To Promote Safe Gambling
Financial institutions such as the banking industry could play an important role in the protection of consumers from gambling-related harm. So said BCLC Director of Player Health Jamie Wiebe during his address at the Crown corporation&rsq...Read More
Regulated iGaming Promised In Ontario Budget - {{mm-yy}}
Ontario is officially gearing up to become the first Canadian province to legalise and regulate online gambling. In the province’s budget for 2020-21, Ontario’s Ford Administration commits itself to the introduction of legisla...Read More
How Among Us Helped Us Cope With A Crisis
Online multiplayer games are enjoying the type of hype and resurgence that can only ever be created by exceptional circumstances. And to popular smash-hit multiplayer game Among Us, that set of circumstances was a ravaging hunger for huma...Read More
Star Citizen Adds Canadian Studio
Massively multiplayer online game Star Citizen, which is widely known as the never-ending MMO, is adding a brand-new studio to its development portfolio. And best of all is that new addition to the development pipeline is in fact a Canadi...Read More
Mobile Gaming To Surpass $200 Billion By 2023
The most recent estimations are that mobile gaming could be a market worth well in excess of $200 billion by 2023. And that it’s an economic explosion part-created by the global health crisis of 2019-20. While game segments across t...Read More
Boyd Gaming To Offload Eldorado Casino
Big gaming brand Boyd Gaming Corporation has inked a deal that will see it divest itself of Clark County gaming landmark Eldorado Casino. Reportedly set to acquire Eldorado is local gaming entity DeSimone Gaming Inc. The actual purchase p...Read More
Disney Drops Anti-Gambling Stance With ESPN+
Traditionally a company opposed to gambling, and to such an extent that only a little over 2 years ago it had been willing to drop millions in support of its family-friendly cause, Disney has clearly done a one-eighty on the topic of spor...Read More
New Christmas Tree Slot From Yggdrasil
Leading iGaming studio/solutions provider Yggdrasil are wishing fans a Merry Christmas and a cheerful holiday with the release of their new Christmas Tree slot. Decked with lights and colourful Christmas decorations, the latest Yggdrasil ...Read More
Cyberpunk 2077 Release Gets Mixed Reactions
It’s considered the most anticipated video game of the decade but waxing lyrical isn’t the only thing Cyberpunk 2077 fans around the world are doing following the launch of the latest CD Projekt Red creation. Following numerou...Read More
BGaming Inks Huge Deal With SoftGamings
Recognised iGaming studio BGaming has inked a significant partnership in association with mobile-focused software solutions and gaming platforms provider SoftGamings. The deal is focused on integration and global distribution and is expec...Read More
ORYX Gaming Announces WGES 2020 Sponsorship
Bragg Gaming Group’s ORYX Gaming has announced that it will be one of the proud sponsors of the 2020 edition of the World Gaming Executive Summit (WGES). The event is scheduled for 8 – 9 Dec., and will this year be held virtua...Read More
Microsoft Is Building A Future In Gaming
Microsoft is a company very much focused on gaming. When asked about the company’s efforts in terms of coming out at the top of the console war during Microsoft’s annual shareholder meeting for 2020, CEO Satya Nadella made the...Read More
Evolution Begins NetEnt Integration Process
Live casino specialist Evolution has officially commenced with a reorganisation of online video slots giant NetEnt. This forms part of NetEnt’s full integration with Evolution following the latter’s successful $2.30 billion ac...Read More
Grover Gaming & TNT Settle Hacking Dispute
Grover Gaming and sister affiliate Banilla Games, a South Carolina-based gaming tech and development company, have reportedly now settled out of court its copyright infringement dispute with North Carolina-based competitor TNT Amusements....Read More
Yggdrasil’s New Syncronite Splitz Slot Goes Live
Yggdrasil’s new Syncronite Splitz slot is now live across the studio’s global network of operators, offering players the chance to cash in on up to an incredible 21,168 ways to win. Syncronite Splitz of course follows several ...Read More
Shareholders Unhappy About Offer For GCGC
Great Canadian Gaming Corporation shareholder Burgundy Asset Management has expressed its dissatisfaction with the some of the sale conditions on the table in terms of the offloading of the company to an investment vehicle of Apollo Globa...Read More
NGCB Loses Steve Wynn Local Licence Lawsuit
The 2019 court application by the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) to have Wynn Resorts founder Steve Wynn declared unfit to a hold a casino licence in the state has been dismissed. Clark County District Judge Adriana Escobar rule...Read More
All41Studios Links Up With Pronet Gaming
For All41Studios, making a name for themselves in exclusive partnership with industry giant Microgaming is starting to really pay off. By now a familiar name across the global iGaming playing field, the studio has aced yet another stellar...Read More
EA Rolls Out Spending Limits For FIFA 21
Video games maker EA recently rolled out new measures it believes will offer protection to players of its FIFA games that typically feature FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) packs, which are essentially loot boxes. FIFA Playtime, EA’s versio...Read More
CMA Approves Evolution’s Buy-Over of NetEnt
Live casino gaming and entertainment giant Evolution this week received the final outstanding competition approval required for its acquisition of specialist online casino games developer and distributor NetEnt. Nearly two months after la...Read More
Great Canadian Gaming Comments On Q3 Report
Great Canadian Gaming Corp. has reported net losses amounting to CA$36.5 million for the three months spanning the third quarter of the year and ending September 30. Though recently permitted to reopen its Casino Woodbine and Casino New B...Read More
Apollo Inc. To Acquire Great Canadian Gaming
Great Canadian Gaming Corporation confirmed on Tuesday that its board of directors have voted unanimously in favour of the company being acquired by Apollo Global Management Inc. Apollo will according to the terms of the agreement, acquir...Read More
CGA Back Ontario iGaming Overhaul
Ontario provincial government’s forging ahead with the legalisation of a privatised online gaming sector in the province has been hailed commendable by the Canadian Gaming Association. The organisation has said that government has a...Read More
New Iron Bank Slot An Industry-First
Relax Gaming’s new Iron Bank online video slot – developed by the studio in collaboration with casino streaming community CasinoGrounds – is being hailed as the iGaming industry’s very first slot created from a com...Read More
Yggdrasil Gaming Receives ISO Accreditation
There’s obviously no stopping online casino industry leader Yggdrasil Gaming. Just days ago, the studio announced that it has now been awarded ISO 27001 accreditation – proof yet again of the online casino games developer/dist...Read More
Galaxy Store Overhaul Focused On Gaming
Tech and smartphone giant Samsung have given its Galaxy Store a complete overhaul. And not surprisingly, the focus is this time around nearly exclusively on gaming and the mobile gaming experience. Notable also is that Samsung has comple...Read More
Apple’s Arbitrariness Yet Again Scrutinised
Technology giant and iPhone-maker Apple Inc.’s arbitrary rules of inclusion and exclusion are behind Facebook’s cloud games launch on Android, but not on iOS. Facebook’s failure to launch on Apple devices is the latest s...Read More
Yggdrasil Gaming’s Hades Gigablox™ Goes Live
This past October 22 saw the release of a phenomenal new video slot by leading online casino software developer Yggdrasil Gaming. Hades Gigablox™ is only the second slot featuring the studio’s new GIGABLOX™ mechanic. Th...Read More
NetEnt And Red Tiger Enlarge Canadian Footprints
Premium iGaming solutions and casino software provider NetEnt, along with NetEnt-owned online slots development specialist Red Tiger, have announced a major expansion initiative in the Canadian online gaming market. An enlarged operator b...Read More
B.C. To File Loot Box Class-Action Lawsuit
British Columbia is on the verge of its very first official loot box class action lawsuit. Filed on September 30 by plaintiffs Mark Sutherland and Shawn Moore, from British Columbia and Ontario, respectively, the suit alleges that loot bo...Read More
OLG Names Banking Exec Duncan Hannay As New CEO
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has appointed a new CEO and President. Experienced banking specialist with a strong focus on digital innovation, Duncan Hannay will officially take over the reins from Stephen Rigby on October th...Read More
Yggdrasil Thrills With New Hyperburst Slot
Yggdrasil Gaming has released a new online slot, and judging by first appearances, this one plans on sticking around for many more years to come. From the boosting of lucky streaks to a superb show of features, the award-winning online ca...Read More
Exciting Link-Up Between Evolution And Wynn
American casino and sports betting operator Wynn Sports Interactive has announced an exciting new partnership alongside live casino iGaming specialist Evolution, formerly Evolution Gaming. The alliance will allow Wynn Sports Interactive t...Read More
Xbox Series X Is Quick & Quiet, But It’s Also Too Hot
So hot to the touch is the Microsoft’s Xbox Series X that some reporters, influencers and creators who have managed to get their hands on an early release, found themselves using the hardware as a makeshift fireplace, with others ye...Read More
Amazon Finally Cans Crucible
Ecommerce and online entertainment giant Amazon have officially canned Crucible, their free-to-play multiplayer shooter game. Crucible has no sustainable future explained Amazon’s Crucible team in a recent blog post. And no surprise...Read More
Evolution To Supply William Hill In The U.S.
Already in partnership across regulated Europe, live casino content and technology supplier Evolution and sports betting and casino games giant William Hill have now entered into a similar supply deal in the U.S. Intended to eventually se...Read More
Apple’s Craftiness Called Out By Ex-Director
Apple Inc. is the epitome of the double industry standard. So says former Apple App Store Director Phil Shoemaker of Apple’s keep-out policies responsible for preventing Xbox Game Pass and Google Stadia from selling their wares to i...Read More
Gaming Deals At Play In $381M Playboy Sale
The late Hugh Hefner’s Playboy brand has long enjoyed strong ties with the world of casinos and gaming. And now that New York special acquisition vehicle Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp. is forking out a cool $381 million to acquire...Read More
Evolution Rebrands and Launches Craps Live
The planned launch of an upcoming new live dealer online casino game by live casino specialist developer/supplier Evolution - previously Evolution Gaming - could mean that Craps Live may become the first-ever game released under the banne...Read More
LoL Virtual K-Pop Group To Release 1st Album
The long-anticipated debut album by League of Legends universe virtual K-pop group K/DA will eventually be released on November 6, LoL creators Riot Games have said. K/DA released its first single in two years earlier on this year in Augu...Read More
Real Poker Coming To Nintendo Switch
Poker has often in the past been incorporated in video games. But despite this presence, the game has traditionally been included as a sort of by-product by developers of games like Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto. But thanks to ...Read More
Microsoft Launching New Xbox Connect For iOS
An upcoming new update by Microsoft will enable iOS users to stream Xbox One games directly to their iPhones. The update will form part of a big new Xbox App update created specifically for iOS. Scheduled to be available soon via Apple&rs...Read More
Boyd Gaming Hit With $300k Fine For Detention Incident
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has slapped Boyd Gaming’s Las Vegas Fremont Casino with a massive $300k fine. The fine is in response to a November 2019 incident that saw a female gambler man-handled and unlawfully detained by secur...Read More
Evolution Gaming & NetEnt Under Antitrust Spotlight
The CMA, which is short for the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority, reportedly on September 22 launched an anti-trust investigation into live casino specialist developer Evolution Gaming’s proposed acquisition of online ...Read More
UK Gov Launches Loot Box Call For Evidence
The U.K. government this week officially launched its previously hinted-at call for evidence regarding the effects and impact of loot boxes in video games. Driven by government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCM...Read More
Fremont Casino LV In Trouble With NGCB
Popular gaming venue the Las Vegas Fremont Casino Resort has found itself in hot water after local regulator the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) filed an official unsuitable operations complaint against the gaming establishment earlier...Read More
Bose Named Official LoL Headset Partner
Northeastern American audio equipment and technology specialist developer and manufacturer Bose has been named the official headset partner of all global League of Legends (LoL) events. Beginning with the upcoming League of Legends World ...Read More
Score Media And Gaming Upgrades To TSX
Score Media and Gaming Inc., a major media and sports betting service based in Toronto, has announced having received the final approval needed to migrate from the TSX Venture Exchange to the Toronto Stock Exchange. As a result of the ap...Read More
Jelly Named 3rd Studio To Join Greenlogic
Independent casino games development studio Jelly has now joined the likes of Touchstone Games and Hurricane Games by having been named the third iGaming studio to be added to Stakelogic’s Greenlogic gaming production partnership pl...Read More
Epic Games Asks Court To Stop Apple Monopoly
Apple may be locked and loaded and ready for a so-called retaliation, but that doesn’t mean Fortnite creators Epic Games are simply going to sit back and wait to hear the shrapnel drop. Not if a request recently brought before court...Read More
Great Canadian Gaming Reveals Reopening Date
British Columbia-based Crown corporation and gaming giant Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC) has finally released a proposed reopening date following more than 6 months of country-wide closures of all 25 its gaming venues. Gaming ac...Read More
Vlambeer Shutting Down After 10 Years Of Games
After exactly a decade spent making mobile games, indie studio Vlambeer, the studio behind games such as Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, and Super Crate Box, is calling it a day. The studio, which was founded in 2010 by Jan Wil...Read More
Blueprint Gaming Release New Genie Jackpot Wishmaker Slot
Blueprint Gaming’s new Genie Jackpot Wishmaker marks the return of one of the most popular online slots characters ever created by the star developer. The official release is the beloved genie’s fourth star appearance on the ...Read More
Sims 4 Star Wars Pack Leaves Players Wanting
While die-hard fans of the Star Wars franchise are obviously beside themselves over the upcoming release of a new Sims 4 expansion pack featuring everything from stormtroopers to R2D2, to lightsabers and being able to make your sims take ...Read More
Microsoft Sides With Epic In Apple Spat
Apple is currently facing a whole lot of pushback over the terms enforced by its App Store. Epic Games, for one, creators of popular Battle Royale video game Fortnite, have clearly had their fill of Apple’s manipulative whiles and m...Read More
EA Sports Teases FIFA 21 October Release
Nearly 27 years ago when EA Sports released its very first FIFA title – FIFA International Soccer – not even what is today the world’s largest sports franchise video games developer could have foreseen the revenue-genera...Read More
Microgaming Welcomes Hacksaw Gaming Onboard
Casino games giant Microgaming has for decades long been the number one go-to source for some of the best and most entertaining online slots the world has ever seen. Which is why the gaming behemoth’s recent news of it having added ...Read More
EA Dragged To Court Over Loot Box Controversy
The UK government isn’t the only institution drawing new attention to whether or not loot boxes such as those offered by video games giant EA’s Ultimate Team Packs constitute real-money gambling. A class action lawsuit claimin...Read More
Apple Makes An Enemy Of Epic Games
Software giant Apple appears intent to make more enemies than what it does friends in the mobile video games industry. The latest victim of its attempts to monopolise the smartphone gaming industry is none other than Epic Games, the creat...Read More
Huawei Rolls Out New GameCenter Platform
Chinese technology and smart phone giant Huawei has officially gone live with its all-new Huawei GameCenter in 33 countries. A platform designed specifically to bring mobile gaming communities together by making available to them content...Read More
FansUnite Acquires Askott – Creates Canadian Giant
Joint-founded in 2017 by then CEO Darius Eghdami and COO Duncan McIntyre, FansUnite Entertainment has since grown into an industry leader in the use of blockchain technology in the sports betting industry. And the latest news is that the ...Read More
GCGC Posts Poor But Unsurprising Q2 Results
Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC) chief executive Rod Baker says he’s anticipating a slow recovery from the several challenges the Ontario-based casino operator has had to circumnavigate as a result of the global health crisi...Read More
Apple In Crossfire Over Gaming Manipulation
Technology giant Apple may be typically associated with its iPhones and tablets and smartwatches as opposed to being recognised as a giant in gaming, but it certainly appears to hold an internal contrasting view in relation to that held b...Read More
New Instant Roulette From Evolution Gaming
Live casino specialist and live dealer entertainment giant Evolution Gaming has officially launched an all-new multi-wheel-style Roulette game. Instant Roulette, initially teased and introduced at ICE 2020, is the latest exciting Roulette...Read More
Lightning Box Inks Deal With Konami Gaming
Leading iGaming and land-based slots developer Lightning Box has inked a significant new supply and distribution deal with Vegas-based Konami Gaming. Founded back in 2004, the Aussie developer, with its headquarters based in Sydney, has ...Read More
Outrage Over Poor Pay Increases At Blizzard
What had started out as an attempt to create a fair and equal wages playing field, has only created an even deeper chasm between gaming and development giant Blizzard Entertainment (a division of Activision Blizzard Inc.) and its employee...Read More
First Online Pokémon GO Fest A Huge Success
Given that this year’s Pokémon GO Fest was for the first time in the event’s history open to all players irrespective of where they were physically situated in the world, it’s no surprise at all that it also turne...Read More
Massive Nintendo Code Leak Reported
A massive source code leak of what is being described as an incident of giga proportions has left Japanese video games and console manufacturer Nintendo covering wildly for its loose bits. This after an anonymous poster on a popular gamin...Read More
Evolution Gaming Wins EGR Global B2B Award - Again
Live casino specialist developer Evolution Gaming has done it again. The studio has just for the 11th consecutive year in a row been named Live Casino Supplier of the Year at the EGR Global B2B Awards 2020. Due to the rules of...Read More
Yggdrasil & AvatarUX Present WildPops Slot
Yggdrasil Gaming and studio-partner AvatarUX have released the second game to make use of the PopWins mechanism – a gamification mechanism that works on the premise of increasing the number of ways to win by replacing each single wi...Read More
NetEnt & Evolution Gaming Post Stunning Q2 Results
NetEnt AB and Evolution Gaming, the two casino games behemoths currently locked in talks over a possible merger, both posted outstanding results for the second quarter of the current year. This all most likely as a result of a super-hike ...Read More
Blizzard Waives Fee To Change Genders In WoW
World of Warcraft inhabitants (read: players) have been chopping and changing their physical features and appearances using the in-game barbershop long before the battle of Azeroth began – changing physical features such as the face...Read More
Rare Super Mario Bros Fetches Record Price
Gaming isn’t what it used to be. And whoever still considers it a pastime of the lazy, troubled, or even the unemployed, needs to get their quacking ducks in a row, because a rare version of the original 1985 Super Mario Bros releas...Read More
Alberta Gaming Raffle Tickets Now Online
Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis (AGLC) has, in an attempt to modernise its approach to doing business, announced that its 50/50 raffle tickets will in future be available to buy online. The raffle tickets will be available digitally...Read More
Parking Lot Bingo Comes To Windsor
Fancy a game of Bingo and all dressed up but with nowhere to go? Windsor residents this past weekend finally got to enjoy their long-awaited fill playing Parking Lot Bingo at the All Star Gaming Center. And it was quite the sight to behol...Read More
Microsoft Looking To Buy Warner Bros. Games
Warner Bros. owners AT&T are potentially looking to sell off the corporation’s gaming division, also known as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. What’s more, Microsoft is potentially interested in buying it. If Micro...Read More
Amazon’s Crucible Pulled Back Into Beta
Amazon’s first ever free-to-play team-based shooter game designed for PC just got pulled back into “closed beta” stage. And that Crucible, developed by Amazon’s Relentless Studio, always did run the risk of floppin...Read More
Evolution Gaming Launch New Crazy Time Game
Evolution Gaming must have been in a very giving mood when it created its latest gameshow-style title. Originally showcased at ICE 2020 and based on the studio’s popular Dream Catcher money wheel live gameshow concept, Crazy Time wa...Read More
Apple More Interested In Gaming Than Ever
It’s official: Apple is interested in gaming. As in big-industry gaming. Also – as in iPad gaming. Not that the tech-giant’s intensified focus on gaming support should come as any surprise. This is after all the same ind...Read More
Live 5 Gaming Secures White Hat Supply Deal
UK-headquartered innovative online and mobile slots developer Live 5 Gaming have announced the securitisation of a key and significant supply deal with online casino platform administrator and tech provider White Hat Gaming. The deal will...Read More
Atlantic Lottery Corp’s Online Migration Causes Job Cuts
The Atlantic Lottery Corporation says that a shift in favour of digital gaming has been the main catalyst behind its decision to lay off about 9% of its work force, or 61 employees. Folks not being permitted to enjoy in-person gaming ente...Read More
Apple Under Fire Over Mobile App Monopoly
Tech and software giant Apple have since as recently as February this year, no fewer than 5 times rejected Facebook’s application to have its Facebook Gaming app included in Apple’s App Store. The fifth and most recent applica...Read More
Apple Next In Loot Box Line Of Fire
It now seems as if is the latest company to have landed in the regulatory line of fire over the controversial nature of loot boxes. According to an Apple insider news source, the tech giant may have to answer to a California class action ...Read More
KFC’s KFConsole Gets Quite The Reaction
Fast-food giant KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is regrettably not really planning on giving console masters Sony and Microsoft a run for their new-consoles money. But that’s not to say that the fried-chicken franchise didn’t man...Read More
What The Future Holds for Gaming
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AGA Reports Record 2019 For US Casinos
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Great Canadian Looks Forward to H2 2019
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Trudeau Announces New Digital Charter
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Great Canadian Sells Shares To Maverick
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Relax Gaming Takes Green Jade Games On Board
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Casino Rama Undecided Regarding Free Alcohol
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Ontario To Open Up The Online Playing Field
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Evolution Gaming Makes Magic With MONOPOLY Live
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Gaming Gear May Set New Records In 2019
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Prince Harry Calls For Complete Fortnite Ban
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SG Corp Turns To IPOs To Generate Funds
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Snapchat Launches Social Gaming Feature
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Pennsylvania To Issue 2 More Betting Licenses
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Poker Community Casts People’s Choice Vote
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New Feature Added To Deal Or No Deal Live App
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Red Rake Releases Brand New Knights Slot
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Evolution Gaming Thrilled With US Growth
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Nova Scotia Takes Lottery Applications Online
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NY Casinos Cut Back On Slots to Cut Costs
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Player Ordered to Pay Back Winnings
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Ontario Horse Racing To Receive Major Boost
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MGA Invites Input On Unified Self-Exclusion
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GiG To Supply CasinoEngine With Games
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Inaugural GPA Battling Flawed Voting Process
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Deal Or No Deal Live Dealer Game Coming Soon
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Red Tiger Releases New Spin Town Slot
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NJ Sports Betting Produces Exceptional Results
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Las Vegas Sands Court Case Settled After 15 Years
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Calhoun Bingo Hall Faces Closure
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Design Works Crosses The Real-Money Divide
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Games of Chance Cause Kahnawake Upset
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AGLC Declares Contest to Win Mansion Legal
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MGA & All-In Diversity Project Join Forces
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RTG’s New Cubee Online Slot Has Arrived
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Stride Gaming Is Considering Selling Up
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Paragon Sells Parq Vancouver to PCB Group
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Alberta Expected To Enter The iGaming Arena
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Evolution Gaming to Supply DraftKings
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Gamblit Tristations Offer Canadian eGaming
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DOJ Changes Stance on iGaming & Poker
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West Virginia Lawmakers Pushing HB 2178
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Sandra Douglass Morgan Joins NGCB’s Board
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Louisiana Governor Gets Behind Sports Betting
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NY Senators Reviewing New iPoker Proposal
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Great Canadian’s Stock Values Soar in January
Great Canadian Gaming (GC:CA) has been enjoying great success over the past few months, and January 7 was a particularly positive day for the massive Canadian gaming entity. The company’s stock finished the day having risen by an ...Read More
New Mars Attacks! Slot Hits Online Casinos
British iGaming specialist Blueprint Gaming has unveiled one of its first slots of the new year: a licensed release called Mars Attacks! Based on the classic Warner Bros movie of the same name, the title comes as the fourth such slot mach...Read More
Evolution Gaming Inks Deal With Loto-Quebec
In a bid to improve its offerings and further up its game, Canadian operator Loto-Quebec has partnered with Evolution Gaming according to an official press release posted on Monday, 6 January. The new partnership aims to introduce live c...Read More
Penn Slots Market Thrives in December ‘18
The festive season turned out to be a fantastic one for operators of slot machines in the US state of Pennsylvania. According to a recent report by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), slots revenues increased by a whopping 8% lo...Read More
Microgaming & Square Enix Ink New Tomb Raider Deal
More than ten years after its last instalment was released, UK slots giant Microgaming has renewed its exclusive deal with Square Enix. As a result, the developer is now busy creating a third Tomb Raider branded game for fans of the legen...Read More
SLT Launch New Blockchain eSports Platform
In the latest industry news headlines, local Canadian company Ubique Networks has teamed up with Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) in order to launch a brand new eSports platform powered by blockchain. The agreement was officially inked on November...Read More
Alberta’s Gaming Revenues On the Rise
Following two years of concerning revenue decline, gambling revenues in Alberta have managed to turn themselves around of late. Earnings grew by $4 million during the course of 2018, driven primarily by increased use of video lottery term...Read More
Changes Coming to Central Gaming Bundle
Gateway Casinos and Entertainment is without a doubt one of Canada’s leading gambling venue developers and operators. This reputation has also been cemented even further over the past year, with the OLG selecting Gateway for the new...Read More
Six Nations Paid $4.5m under Casino Deal
Thanks to a previous agreement, Elements Brantford Casino has been supporting its local economy and the nearby Six Nations community with hefty financial payments. The first of these, coming to an impressive $4.5 million, was recently pai...Read More
SG Corp Announces Leadership Re-Structure
It’s been an exciting year for Scientific Games Corp. The company has experienced everything from a jury having decided that the company was liable for major damages in the Shuffle Tech patent case, to the massive acquisition of the...Read More
The Evolution of Bingo Halls
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Scientific Games & Shuffle Tech Reach Settlement
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Aristrocrat Inc. Opens New Las Vegas Campus
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CGA Launches New Gaming-Related Initiative
The Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) has revealed its plans to launch a fresh new education and credential-revealing initiative by the name of ‘Get To Know Gaming Canada’. The goal of the program is to highlight the numerous,...Read More
Shortlist Finalised For Global Gaming Awards
It’s one of the gaming industry’s top awards events: the Global Gaming Awards London. The shortlist for 2019 has just been released and those who have made the very tough cut are now in the process of being contacted. The comp...Read More
Islands Lotto Adds Wazdan’s Games
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Betsoft Launches Yak, Yeti & Roll Slot
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Rock and Roll with New Primal Megaways Slots
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Relax Gaming Announces Stakelogic Deal
A new distribution deal between Stakelogic and Relax Gaming (RG) will ensure that soon, Stakelogic’s quality slots will be available on all Relax Gaming-powered platforms. Relax Gaming enjoys a strong presence in core markets all ov...Read More
Hard Rock Announces The Ultimate Sleigh Ride
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Unibet Takes First Steps Into The US Market
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Time Travel Tigers Hit GVC Online Casinos
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SG To Release DEAL OR NO DEAL Lotto Game
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Push Gaming’s Fun and Festive New Fat Santa Slot
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OLG To Put Sports Betting Plans Into Motion
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Gold Horse Casino Set Open Its Doors
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MGA Announces New Dispute Directive
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William Hill Trims Down On Digital Deadwood
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Playtika Confirms Wooga Acquisition Deal
Neither party has confirmed the exact purchase price, but news has broken that Playtika has acquired the Berlin-based social games development company Wooga for a reported $100 million. Wooga, which was founded by one Jens Begemann in 200...Read More
NSGC Warns Against Lotto Ticket Stocking Fillers for Minors
The Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation (NSGC) has issued a stern warning against the gifting of Lottery tickets to minors. The tickets are popular as Christmas stocking fillers, especially since they are usually branded in all kinds of festiv...Read More
Lightning Box Enters North American Market
Thanks to the expansion of an existing agreement between SG Digital and specialist slots developer Lightning Box, the latter is now in the very fortunate position of being able to extend its global presence by entering brand-new territory...Read More
US Sports Leagues Embrace A New World
A gold rush. This is how Sharon Otterman, Chief Marketing Officer for major bookmaker William Hill, describes the scramble by professional sports leagues to get a spot on the sports betting bus. These are the very same leagues that had p...Read More
Business Booms for Bede Gaming in 2018
Bede Gaming, the popular developer of online and mobile gaming software, has hailed 2018 as its ‘most successful year’ to date, thanks in part to its completion of no less than ten content integration deals. Another developme...Read More
Play ‘n GO Wins 2018’s Game Vendor of the Year
During the course of last week’s Malta Gaming Awards, popular UK software developer Play ‘n GO was awarded an exceptional accolade. The company was officially named Games Vendor of the Year, receiving one of the most coveted i...Read More
GCE May Regret Recent Orillia Deal
Too many cooks spoil the broth, or so the old saying goes. Sadly, it now appears as if one of Canada’s most prominent and successful gaming and entertainment groups, Gateway Casinos and Entertainment (GCE), will be learning one of l...Read More
World Gaming Expo Monaco Postponed
When talking anything Monaco, it almost feels like overkill to add World Class Event into the statement. And last year’s inaugural World Gaming Expo Monaco (WGE) was no exception. The convention brought together the industry’s...Read More
Online Gambling To Bring in $73 billion by 2020
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PGCB Grants PokerStars an iGaming License
PokerStars, the highly popular online gaming brand run by Canada’s own The Stars Group, is reportedly taking its first steps back into the US’s online poker market thanks to a ground-breaking new deal. The successful company&...Read More
Evolution Gaming Purchases Ezugi in Landmark Deal
Live dealer casino software king Evolution Gaming has now taken its first steps into the world of consolidation. The developer has revealed that it is getting ready to acquire one of its biggest rivals, Ezugi, in a takeover deal. Late la...Read More
Evolution Gaming Purchases Ezugi in Landmark Deal
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New Baron Samedi Slot from Yggdrasil
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Steve Wynn Stalls Release of MGC’s Report
Casino tycoon and former CEO of has got his wish, albeit on a temporary basis. The mogul has managed to block the release of a report from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) that details allegations of his alleged sexual misconduc...Read More
Yggdrasil Gaming’s Nitro Circus Slot Goes Live
It was early in 2018 when Yggdrasil Gaming first announced that it had partnered with Nitro Circus in an exciting new venture. Now, the popular iGaming developer has revealed its first ever branded slot game in collaboration with the prem...Read More
St. Clair College Ventures into eSports
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Ontario Pair Score $9.6m Lotto 6/49 Win
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Malta Gaming Awards Set for November 27
After three extremely successful years of events, the Malta Gaming Awards will once again be coming to the Mediterranean island to highlight the best of local and international gambling-related talent. As part and parcel of the legendary...Read More
Shorelines Launch Raises Addiction Concerns
The Shorelines Casino Peterborough was proud to open its doors in mid-October this year, boasting 500 slot machines, 22 table games, and a 230-seater buffet diner. Also on offer is a 40-seat a la carte restaurant and plenty of entertainm...Read More
Evolution Gaming Air TV Series for Ardent Group
Live dealer casino giant Evolution Gaming has reportedly joined forces with Ardent Group, a prominent Belgian gambling operator, to launch a nightly live gambling television series. Last week, Evolution’s upper management announced...Read More
IGT Electronic Bingo Comes to Canada
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Record €7.8m Joker Millions Slots Win
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DraftKings Launch Scarlet Pearl Sportsbook
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Red Tiger Reveals New Fruit Blox Slots
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Great Canadian Raised to ‘Buy’ Status
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Sizeable Growth for Great Canadian Gaming in Q3
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$9.6m Lotto Jackpot Won by Ontario Ticketholder
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Slots Sales Soar at North American Casinos
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Evolution Gaming Now Offering Live Infinite Blackjack
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GDFS Inc. Inks Omega Systems Deal
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NHL Signs Exclusive Betting Deal with MGM
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IWG and BCLC Sign Exclusive Content Deal
Premium supplier of online instant-win lotto games, Instant Win Games (IWG), has reportedly entered into a new content deal with the British Columbia Lottery Corporation. The partnership agreement will see the provider supplying its compl...Read More
Amendment 4 May Boost Bingo Worker Numbers
over in Missouri, USA, has seen consistently declining revenues over the past few years. However, there is hope yet; the faltering industry might find relief through a local ballot proposal that has been aimed at alleviating a lack of bi...Read More
3 Companies Fight for Greek Casino License
As the bidding tender process for a Greek gambling license has kicked off, only three US operators have remained in the race for the chance to run the planned €8 billion Elliniko integrated casino resort. Hard Rock, , and Caesars En...Read More
Indiana Encouraged to Legalize Betting
Since the US Supreme Court’s May ruling to , state after state has begun to legalize the profitable industry under their own sets of rules. Lawmakers are also continuing to investigate what legal betting could bring to their domain...Read More
Evolution Gaming Coming to Hard Rock Casino
, the world’s leading supplier of live dealer casino games, recently revealed that it has signed its latest exclusive licensee: Atlantic City. The brand new Hard Rock Hotel and Casino destination, situated on the iconic Boardwalk o...Read More
Dual Play Roulette Comes to London Casino
Leading live dealer casino solutions supplier Evolution Gaming has now gone live with yet another once of its Dual Play Roulette convergence tables, this time for . The new table has been installed in the Mayfair, London-based Palm Beach...Read More
Evolution Gaming Eyes Out Netflix & YouTube
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Shorelines Casino Peterborough Opens
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No iGaming for Pennsylvanian Casinos
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Nolimit City Prospering in the iGaming Market
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Microgaming Releases Cash of Kingdoms Slot
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Ajax Downs Casino Gets Permission to Stay
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New Revenue Record for OLG
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Patagonia & Booming in Content Supply Deal
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Kroeker Resigns Amid Regulatory Pressure
Robert Kroeker, the gambling industry veteran who has long been the chair of the Justice Institute of British Columbia’s Board of Governors, has now opted to resign from his current role. Kroeker...Read More
Winners of GGA Las Vegas 2018 Revealed
Aussie-based slots expert Aristocrat and American were among the big winners at this year’s edition of the Global Gaming Awards Las Vegas (GGALV). Both of the companies managed to bag two prizes each, while there w...Read More
Countdown to Global Gaming Awards Las Vegas
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Ontario Bingo Hall Regulator to Monitor Cannabis Stores
Since 1998, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has kept a watchful eye over the Canadian province’s and bars. However, as of this month, it also has an additional market to oversee: the soon to be legalized marijua...Read More
Reporter Accuses WSOP Nevada of Thuggery
A reporter has accused Nevada and its communications executive Seth Palansky of thuggery without merit. John Mehaffey claims the website tried to force him into gambling further when he requested a withdrawal. The iGaming reporter furth...Read More
Live the Dream With Viva Las Vegas Slots Game
An experience of Sin City at its most glamorous awaits players in Red Rake Gaming’s new game, Viva Las Vegas. Packed with showgirls, images that echo famous landmarks, and lucrative special features, ...Read More
Gambling Adds $260 Billion to US Economy
$261.1 billion poured into the US economy in 2017, thanks to the gambling industry. According to an Oxford Economics report, $40.8 billion of that plumped up local, state and federal tax coffers. The rep...Read More
Big Expansion Plans for The Stars Group
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MGC to Further Discuss Steve Wynn Saga
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Gateway Hanover Casino Renovation On the Cards
Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Limited, Canada’s largest private gambling operator, has recently revealed that it will be pumping $14 million into the renovation of its casino in the small Ontario town of
UK Bingo Giant Receives $5.2 Million Fine
Online bingo behemoth Stride Gaming is gearing itself up to pay out a massive fine of £4m (€4.5m/$5.2m). The regulatory penalty was imposed on the operator for what has been described as ‘complian...Read More
Slots Revenues Soar in Canada and USA
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Will Yggdrasil Create More Branded Slots?
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FanDuel Pays Out Full $82k Erroneous Win
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Nation 2 Nation Network Launches
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Canada’s Love Affair with Lottery Games
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Premier D. Ford Plans Ontario Place Casino
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Explore Viking Territory in Erik the Red
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Sen. Campbell Dodges Money Laundering Questions
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Bede Gaming Inks Content Deal with OLG
Newcastle software firm Bede Gaming has reportedly struck a huge deal with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation – one of the world’s largest lottery operators. The exclusive new agreement will see it launch its products ...Read More
Bingo Player Wins a Whopping $250k
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Mohegan Wins Niagara Gaming Bundle License
In local Canadian gaming news, US firm like Caesars Entertainment Corporation and Hard Rock International in the tender process to operate Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara for the next 20 years. According to an officia...Read More
Belgium Investigates EA for Loot Box Saga
The government of Belgium is reportedly conducting a criminal investigation on popular video game developer Electronic Arts (EA). The probe stems from the fact that EA has continued to offer loot boxes in its games FIFA 18 and FIFA 19, de...Read More
Gaming Arts Headed for G2E
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MRG Slapped With 6 Digit Dutch Fine
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Mohegan Gaming Enters Canadian Industry
Popular tribal gaming operator Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment (colloquially known as just Mohegan) has finally begun its expansion into Canada. The move was revealed after the operator was chosen by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corpor...Read More
WPT-Themed Titles Launch with Zynga
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Playtech Offloads Plus500 Stake for £176m
Playtech’s recent choice to sell off its 9.99% stake in the online trading platform Plus500 has come as no surprise, , according to iGaming industry analysts. In a regulatory report filed last week, the developer noted that the sal...Read More
Grab Racy Wins in Red Rake’s Speed Heroes
To celebrate the commencement of another fresh new Formula One season, Red Rake Gaming has created a tire-spinning slot machine packed with motor racing action and big wins to pick up. As of August, Speed Heroes is now live at Red Rake&rsqu...Read More
Lotto Fraud family Goes To Prison
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RTG’s Lucha Libre Gets a Red-Hot Sequel
Online casino software developer Realtime Gaming has yet another thrilling addition to its portfolio in store for its Canadian players. The famed company has now launched a sizzling new slot, Lucha Libre 2, to its casino partners, allowing ...Read More
Evolution Gaming Eyes Out US Growth
Despite the great buzz of excitement left in the , online gaming is still experiencing significant growth among the country’s real money players. Among the companies seeking to be a part of this growth surge is Evolution Gaming, th...Read More
2018 GGA Las Vegas Voting Opens
The voting period for the is now in session after the list of final nominees was distributed to this year’s expert judging panel. Now in its fifth edition, and with the largest judging panel the event has had to date, this ye...Read More
GCGC Accused of Shredding Financial Records
The Western Canadian operator of River Rock Casino Resort was given a warning in 2017 that some of the establishment’s staff members may have violated federal financial reporting laws by allegedly shredding paper records detailing h...Read More
Historic New Slot Launched by Blueprint
Market-leading UK based iGaming software supplier Blueprint Gaming has just released yet another thrilling slots title for its players in Canada and beyond. Inspired by the iconic Emperor of France, Napoleon: Rise of an Empire is the deve...Read More
Wazdan and Relax Gaming Team Up
Award-winning iGaming software developer Wazdan has now revealed yet another exciting partnership for its thriving business. The popular supplier has launched its range of boutique titles with Relax Gaming, an omni-channel gaming software...Read More
Wampanoag Tribe To Open New Bingo Hall
The gambling division of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) recently revealed that it will be partnering with an Oklahoma-based Native American gaming business to open up a new bingo hall in Aquinnah. The new partner in the ventu...Read More
2018 GGA Nominee Shortlist Finalized
Following a long period of careful deliberation, the companies who have successfully made it onto the 2018 Global Gaming Awards Las Vegas shortlist have now been contacted by the awards panel. The shortlist going live has come after a hi...Read More
New Kingdom of Fortune Slot Coming In November
Blueprint Gaming has done it again. The premium supplier of online gaming software has released yet another exciting title to its extensive library, this time focusing on a wondrous imaginary kingdom where big wins and unbelievable wealth a...Read More
The Unstoppable Growth of Online Gaming
Over the past decade alone, the online gaming world has expanded exponentially, with the industry valued at an unbelievable $41.78 billion by the end of 2016. This figure is set to reach $80 billion or more by the end of 2020, while 11% o...Read More
GCGC Q2 2018 Financials Show Great Growth
At long last, the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC) has revealed its financials for the second quarter of 2018, ended on June 30. The company has reported an excellent 90% increase in its overall revenues up to $305.3 million, whil...Read More
Apple Cans Hundreds of Gaming Apps
Numerous gambling-related mobile apps have been removed from the Apple App Store – and hundreds more are likely to follow – after the implementation of Apple’s new App Review policy. In a bid to address illegal online g...Read More
Is Gaming Benefiting from Fortnite?
Fortnite, the massively popular Battle Royale game from Epic, is good for gaming in general. That’s because it has a low barrier to entry, being free, and mass appeal, and so might be bringing more people into the world of gaming ov...Read More
IGT Sees Second Quarter Dip
International Gaming Technology, also known as IGT, has filed their financial report for the second quarter of 2018. Known for providing digital casino games, lottery services and physical land based slot games; the company has had a soli...Read More
CGA Reveals Newest Board Members at AGM
The Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) has now announced its appointment of no less than five new Board of Directors members. The exciting announcement was made during the CGA’s Annual General Meeting towards the end of June, and has...Read More
GCGC to Release Q2 2018 Results in August
After a fruitful year of operations so far, the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC) has revealed that it will release its official financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2018 after market close on August 14. The natio...Read More
Donald Trump's Gambling Crystal Ball
How will President-Elect Trump deal with the gambling industry and why that matters.It's a given that everyone will be looking toward the new US Administration to further their unique set o...Read More