Postle Without Aid As Court Plot Thickens
Mike Postle is staring down the barrel of a gun of hundreds of thousands in potential legal fees. The alleged Poker cheat will also have to find new legal representation after lawyer Mac Verstandig last December applied to a Sacramento co...Read More
B.C.’s Golden Bingo Continues To Boom
Many a great movement initially starts small, only to go on to become something greater than even its creators anticipated or intended – and Golden Rotary Club’s Golden Bingo is an excellent example of exactly that. Initially ...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
Rhian Wilkinson To Join England’s Lionesses
Rhian Wilkinson, former assistant coach for the Canadian soccer team, having quit the position only a little over a week ago, has been hired as part of the England women’s soccer team. Wilkinson could soon face her former team at th...Read More
OneComply To Facilitate FansUnite Expansion
Licensing and regulatory compliance specialist OneComply Inc. has been tasked with assisting sports betting and entertainment giant FansUnite Entertainment Inc. as it makes its way into additional gaming jurisdictions in North America. On...Read More
Toronto Charity Hosts Special Bingo Night
Hellenic charity and women’s organisation the Toronto Daughters of Penelope (DOP) Mycenae Chapter #220 has been around since March 5, 1950. Over the years the organisation has held numerous fund-raising initiatives, and on January 1...Read More
888 & Caesars Extend Poker Partnership
Following the successful extension of a multi-year B2B Poker link-up between casino and entertainment giants Caesars Interactive Entertainment and 888, the World Series of Poker online Poker rooms get to enjoy the best online gaming tech ...Read More
Tika The Iggy Is Montreal’s Own Fashionista
Montreal has a new best-dressed celeb and ultra-cool fashion icon. With more than 200 outfits in her Ville-Émard closet, Tika the Iggy is the most fashionable Italian greyhound on the block. Tika’s Instagram posts about...Read More
Former OLG Chair Appointed Bragg Director
Gaming and entertainment giant Bragg Gaming Group has appointed former OLG Chair Paul Godfrey to its board of directors. Godfrey, a well-known Canadian publishing baron, has many years of experience in the world of media, gaming, and spor...Read More
Poker Legend Howard “Tahoe” Andrew Dies
Beloved live Poker legend Howard “Tahoe” Andrew has died aged 86. Tahoe is considered by many one of Poker’s most beloved characters and is an industry stalwart who competed in every World Series of Poker Main Event from...Read More
Coast Guard’s New Tech Protects Whales
Radar and real-time vessel tracking technology are proving useful tools in an intensified effort to protect British Columbia’s southern resident killer whales from the dangers of vessel strikes, entanglements and marine traffic. The...Read More
Negreanu Plays Catch-Up In Polk Poker Match
Canadian Poker master and GGPoker ambassador Daniel Negreanu on Monday squashed his losses to under $500k for the first time since day number 12 of his high-stakes Grudge Match against archrival Doug Polk. The 26th session of their WSOP.c...Read More
SG Extends Supply Deal With Loto-Quebec
Big gaming technology provider Scientific Games (SG) has announced an extension of its instant and hybrid Lottery games supply contract with Canadian Crown corporation Loto-Quebec. The partnership has officially been extended for another ...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
WSOP Reveals Online Circuit Line-Up For ‘21
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) recently announced quite a line-up of online events to be played as part of a Circuit series of virtual events all throughout 2021. Since live Poker events may be off the table for a while yet, the idea is...Read More
Retired Ontario Mother Wins $50k Instant Bingo
Being at the right place at the right time has paid off for 65-year-old retired banker and mother of four, Diane Webster. The Barrie native recently won an incredible $50,000 top jackpot prize with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporati...Read More
Casino Mogul Sheldon Adelson Dies At 87
Las Vegas Sands chairman and chief executive Sheldon Adelson has died. He was 87. Adelson, the single biggest donor to the Donald Trump administration as well as several other Republican causes, and an unwavering and significant challeng...Read More
Tokyo Olympics Hangs In The Balance
Two recent polls in Tokyo have revealed that more than 80% of people want the Olympics postponed, or cancelled altogether. A recent surge in infections has led to a state of emergency, once again putting plans for the Olympics in jeopardy...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
Cascades Casino Delta Construction Ongoing
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment’s Cascades Casino Delta in Ladner is a project a few years in the making, with actual underground construction work underway since the beginning of 2020. The CA$87 million project received approva...Read More
KED Cleared To Proceed–But New Reality Looms
Since all remaining appeals against Sudbury’s controversial Kingsway Entertainment District (KED) development were finally dismissed late last year, the development is now legally free to proceed as planned. The development passed t...Read More
Raptors And Suns Link Arms In Solidarity
The NBA on Wednesday reacted strongly to the storming of the Capitol by an angry mob of Trump supporters – a day fittingly described by President-elect Joe Biden as one of the darkest days in the history of the U.S. nation. Raptors...Read More
Obsolescence The No. 1 Enemy Of Greener Tech
Doing away with a disposable smartphone blueprint which underscores obsolescence is the secret to greener technology and electronics, Earth advocates are now saying. And this change in approach has to do with a great deal more than just s...Read More
IGT Confirms Nevada Approval Of Resort Wallet
Global casino tech giant International Game Technology (IGT) is celebrating yet another significant milestone achievement following the approval of its carded cashless system, Resort Wallet. The prototype has now successfully passed throu...Read More
Yggdrasil Extends Slot Mechanics To Partners
Leading online casino games giant Yggdrasil has opened up its proprietary mechanical frameworks in such a way that slot mechanics such as Splitz, Gigablox, and MultiMAX are now available for incorporation by development partners part of i...Read More
Alphonso Davies Named L’Equipe World Player
Edmonton native and star soccer fullback Alphonso Davies on Monday became one of 4 current Bayern Munich players to be named by prominent French sports daily L’Equipe as part of its world team of the year for 2020. The 20-year-old C...Read More
Gateway Donated CA$78k To Charities In 2020
Despite a year of bizarre circumstances and a 2020 of which the better part of ten months had been marked by immense challenges, Gateway Casinos & Entertainment has remained committed to host communities and charity organisations who ...Read More
PlayOJO Announces Exciting Bingo Year Ahead
PlayOJO have an exciting year lined up, with the company proudly announcing a major branded partnership. The online casino will be launching a Bingo room branded around The Masked Singer UK television phenomenon. According to the he...Read More
KFC Announces New Dedicated Gaming Console
In what many initially thought was an elaborate hoax, fast food chain KFC announced their own gaming console; the KFConsole. One of the key features of the device is that it has a chamber for warming chicken, which is certainly not someth...Read More
HeadsUp Entertainment Readying for New Laws
Ahead of changes to Canadian laws around online gambling and sports betting, HeadsUp Entertainment International is reviewing possible mergers and acquisitions in 2021. HeadUp Entertainment, the global media company based in Calgary Cana...Read More
Charles Spencer Buys Property In Muskoka
Residents of Ontario’s famously untouched Port Carling area have expressed anxiety following the news that Princess Diana’s younger brother has purchased a strip of forest land in Muskoka. Earl Charles Spencer and Canadian wif...Read More
Dan Sewnig Aiming For NJ Poker Pro Top Spot
Dan “mj23style” Sewnig says though he enjoys the occasional live tournament at venues like the Borgata and Parx, he considers himself a full-time professional online Poker player. Born and raised in New Jersey, the 29-year-old...Read More
Regulated iGaming Promised In Ontario Budget
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
2020 A Game-Changing Sports Betting Year
According to data published by the American Gaming Association, 28 U.S. states had by the end of 2020 either already launched a regulated sports betting market or signed into force the legislation necessary for regulation in the near futu...Read More
More U.S. States Say Yes To Sports Betting
While the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election may have resulted in a fair quota of excitement on the governance front, the ushering in of a new President and era wasn’t its only focus. Several more decisions were made by way of the ball...Read More
Loto-Quebec To Support AML Independent Audit
Crown corporation Loto-Quebec has pledged its full support and cooperation to a planned independent anti money-laundering and loansharking audit of its oversight of the province’s casinos. Announced by Quebec Minister of Finance Eri...Read More
AEW’s Big Game Announcement Of The Year
All Elite Wrestling’s big video game announcement of 2020 may just be exactly what fans of wrestling video games have been asking for and craving for years – decades even. But stoking our high expectations of what’s to ...Read More
Vancouver Mayor Wants Indigenous Olympic Bid
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart believes any future bid to bring another Winter Olympic Games to the city should be headed by Indigenous leaders. So passionate is Stewart about an Indigenous-powered Winter Olympic Games, that he’s n...Read More
Cambridge’s Darwin Notebooks Assumed Stolen
In 2001, two Charles Darwin notebooks went missing from the Cambridge University Library. At the time, library staff didn’t think too much of the fact that the books could not be found, assuming they’d probably been incorrectl...Read More
News Of Vaccine Driving Casino Stocks Up
Investors have seemingly out of the blue resumed betting with confidence on casino stocks. And financial and stock exchange experts are convinced it has everything to do with Pfizer and BioNTech’s announcement regarding the 90% effe...Read More
Online Bingo Performs Well In Midst Of Crisis
A new study focusing on the impact of the online Bingo industry has led to some interesting results. With markets analysed spanning North America, South and Central America, the Middle East and Africa, and even Europe, Asia, the Baltics a...Read More
Top 10 Live Poker Earners Of 2020
2020 has been a strange and precarious year for most people and certainly the majority of industries. The live Poker industry, in particular, has taken a massive hit – not only in 2020 but also over the past several years. Live Pok...Read More
Women Exiting Workforce As Men Enter Jobs
A new Royal Bank report reveals that men are entering the job market at three times the rate of their female colleagues amid the challenges and new opportunities created by the global health crisis. In terms of the actual figures, the rep...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
No Politics For Nintendo’s Animal Crossing
Since the game was first launched in March 2020, Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons has become a favourite platform among many with a brand or an idea to sell to players. Much of what has been happening is however about to bec...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
Noisy Albertans To Help Keep Coyotes Wild
The conservation of Alberta’s wild coyotes has become an increasingly more urgent appeal in recent years, with the animals grown more at ease in their interactions with people as well as domesticated pets. This is obviously not desi...Read More
Canadian Online Gaming To Benefit From 5G Tech
The advent of 5G technology has sparked its fair share of conspiracy theories – even amongst famously level-headed Canadians. Activists buying into false 5G news doing the rounds on social media have even gone as far as setting fire...Read More
The Likely Future Of Online Poker In Canada
The global health crisis has turned our world and country upside down. So much so, that even as the world celebrates the successful development of a likely vaccine, it will likely be several more months before Canadians will be able to re...Read More
How Bingo Lifted Our Spirits Throughout 2020
When more than 400 people made their way to a single public parking lot in Windsor, Ont. earlier this year, the message was clear: something big and newsworthy was in the air. And exactly so it turned out to be too, because all 400+ of th...Read More
NFL Rolls Out Seven-Point Mobility Plan
Initially adopted by the NFL in 2003, the recently expanded diversity hiring-focused Rooney Rule has seen a much smaller share of successes than what it has witnessed a system lacking actual bite. But the league hopes to change all of tha...Read More
ANR Says Q3 Hike Proof Of Smoke-Free Casino’s Success
Non-smoking policies do not pose any material risks to the earning power of land-based casinos. So said the American Non-smoker’ Rights Foundation (ANR) in response to the release of positive Q3 revenue reports by so-called “s...Read More
New Study Shows The Mental Health Benefits Of Gaming
Playing video games – so suggests a ground-breaking Oxford University study – can be good for mental health. The breakthrough study, which focused primarily on Nintendo’s Animal Crossing and EA’s Plants vs. Zombies...Read More
Hyperloop May Prove Too Big A Deal For Canada
2020 witnessed high-speed ground level transportation history in the making when humans for the first time ever travelled at airline speeds in a hyperloop pod across a half-kilometre stretch of Nevada terrain. Success meant that the Virgi...Read More
Curacao Announces iGaming Overhaul
So desperate has the state of Dutch-controlled Caribbean island Curacao’s economy reportedly become, that the region has stated its intention of overhauling its entire online gambling system and regulatory approach to comply with th...Read More
Economic Analyst Predicts Positive 2021 For Casinos
Prominent television host Jim Cramer says he’s optimistic about casino stocks as he looks ahead to 2021. The CNBC economic analyst said once vaccinations have been rolled out globally, there will be nothing stopping people from trav...Read More
LeoVegas’ Pink Casino Brand Coming To Canada
Canadians will soon be able to enjoy all of the best online casino entertainment offered by LeoVegas’ Pink Casino brand. The international online casino operator announced on Monday that it will for the first time ever take its Pink...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
BCLC Awarded Level 4 WLA Certification
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) has for the fourth year in a row been awarded Level 4 World Lottery Association (WLA) certification. Awarded for excellence in responsible gambling, Level 4 certification is the highest leve...Read More
Google To Allow Users To Limit Gambling Ads
Google has announced that it will in future be allowing its users to limit the number of ads seen across certain categories – most notably alcohol, and with gambling an additional option. The new feature will likely be available wor...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
More Accounts Of Abuse Added To CHL Lawsuit
A class action lawsuit filed against the Canadian Hockey League by two former league players in June 2020 has been joined by at least fourteen more former CHL players. The newly-joined players have now submitted affidavits with the Ontari...Read More
Saskatoon Bingo Hall Say They’re Not Spreaders
Saskatoon Bingo hall City Centre Bingo has lashed out at Saskatchewan health officials over their October 24 warning about the possibility of the venue being a potential super spreader of infections. Despite the venue’s November 3 o...Read More
Historic Moulin Rouge Sold To Foreign Firm
After years of failed promises, false hope, and contractual setbacks, the historic and long-deserted Moulin Rouge near downtown Las Vegas has been sold to a new owner. Once the sole desegregated gaming and entertainment venue in the South...Read More
Cree Artist Creates Indigenous Ikea Showroom
Indigenous representation has finally come to Ikea. The world-famous retailer’s Edmonton location has bunched up with Bigstone Cree Nation visual artist Lance Cardinal to create the big brand’s very first Indigenous showroom. ...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
5 Saskatchewan Bingo Halls To Temporarily Close
Although permitted to remain open even with the latest safety restrictions in place, several Bingo halls in Saskatchewan have opted to voluntarily close. A combination of a major reduction in capacity and concerns about safety has led som...Read More
WSOP Saves Face And Resolves Payout Error
A recent high-profile presumably technical glitch very nearly threatened the integrity of the 2020 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event. What had started out a $100 rebuy satellite event wasted no time at all devolving into mass confu...Read More
Coming New From Microgaming This December
Coming from casino software giant Microgaming this December is a world of online gaming entertainment simply waiting to be discovered and enjoyed. There’s a smashing new online Poker game, a Las Vegas-style African safari slot, and ...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
Habanero Releases Christmas Gift Rush Slot
Habanero is helping online video slot enthusiasts celebrate the festive season with their newly released Christmas Gift Rush game. The 3x3 slot truly succeeds at setting a festive Christmas mood with its explosion of colourful symbols and...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
Canada Sports Betting Bill Gets Green Light
Regulated single-event sports betting is coming to Canada. This will be made a reality by the passing of Liberal Government MP Kevin Waugh’s Bill C-218, better known as the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act. Sports betting in C...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
Partypoker To Exit All Unregulated Markets
Online Poker brand partypoker, which is owned and operated by GVC Holdings, has confirmed having begun its exit from roughly a dozen unregulated markets. This as a result parent company GVC’s decision to depart from all markets clas...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
Netflix December Line Up Delivers The Goods
It’s December and celebrating the holiday season with even more Christmas releases than those launched in November is Netflix Canada. Also coming our way are several non-Christmassy highlights - include the George Clooney-directed T...Read More
Slingo Originals Stun With Slingo Lightning
Slingo Originals have once again nailed the crossover from Bingo into the wonderful world of online video slots with the release of their electrifying new Slingo Lightning title. The 5x5 Bingo slot boasts several thrilling features and a ...Read More
Rising Soccer Star Aiming for Olympics
Exciting young Canadian soccer talent Julia Grosso has a winning outlook on sport and on life. Instead of becoming impatient with the process of being moulded into the best young midfielder that she can be, she’s embracing the growt...Read More
Kwalee To Explore In-Game Ads With AdInMo
According to the results of a new survey conducted by Pocketgamer, more than a quarter of all mobile game developers plan to begin monetizing their free-to-play games in the next six months. And they plan on achieving this with actual in-...Read More
Microgaming Welcomes Aurum To Network
Online casino games pioneer Microgaming’s independent game makers’ collective only continues to grow larger and more impressive. The latest new addition to the clan is specialist online video slots creators Aurum Signature Stu...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
Playtech Inks Significant eSports Deal
An exciting new agreement between casino software development powerhouse Playtech plc and Nevada-based gaming tech giant Golden Matrix Group Inc. will focus on increasing both industry giants’ shares and interests in the global eSpo...Read More
Troubled Teen Schools Under Fire For Abuse
U.S. boarding schools for so-called troubled teens are thought to currently house roughly 40,000 children across their facilities – many of whom are Canadian children sent south of the border by parents in search of secure housing a...Read More
Buzz Bingo To Launch NetEnt-Powered Slots
Buzz Bingo, the UK’s largest Bingo operator, has now integrated online video slots giant NetEnt’s highest quality premium iGaming titles with its own offerings and platform. Following a successful integration, Buzz Bingo&rsquo...Read More
MGA Games Launch New Sweet Home Bingo Game
Bingo is bigger than big not only online, but specifically also in terms of its popularity among mobile Bingo enthusiasts. And ready to answer to the demand for more Bingo entertainment is MGA Games, who have just launched an updated and ...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
Cascades Casino Cladding Up For Winter
Though present challenges are making it difficult to wager an accurate prediction regarding when construction can be expected to resume at Gateway Casinos & Entertainment’s North Bay Cascades Casino, the operator giant has stres...Read More
Record-Setting Raffle In Memory Of Joey Moss
An incredible $991,800 has been raised for the benefit of a memorial fund created by Edmonton’s Winnifred Stewart Association in honour of long-time Edmonton Oilers and EE Football Team locker room attendant the late Joey Moss. The ...Read More
WhatIfGod Wins PokerStars EPT Main Event
PokerStars’ European Poker Tour Online Series concluded with a spectacular $5,200 buy-in Main Event on Wednesday, with the final table and $1,019,081 first prize winner none other than two-time WCOOP champion, Sweden’s “...Read More
Actor Michael J. Fox Announces Hit Retirement
Edmonton-born Hollywood actor Michael J. Fox is retiring from acting to focus on his health. The beloved Spin City actor, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at only 29, revealed his retirement plans in his new memoir, No Tim...Read More
iPoker Network Confirm A Surge In Bitcoin Withdrawals
A recent surge in Bitcoin’s value has led to Costa Rica-headquartered online operator Winning Poker Network having had to buy millions of dollars in bitcoin nearly daily in order to keep up with players’ withdrawal demands. Pl...Read More
Lions Club To Revisit Bingo Safety Plans
The relief experienced by Bingo enthusiasts at the return of their favourite pastime to Parkdale Sherwood Lions Club after six months of no Bingo seems to have not been destined to last. Only two months of Bingo enjoyment later, as approv...Read More
Casino Cash Restrictions Could Have Halted Money Laundering
The Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C. has been told that, had restrictions been imposed on the amount of cash customers were permitted to bring onto the casino floor, money laundering would have not as been so sim...Read More
Bill Perkins Calls Time On Grudge Match
Fans and followers of Canadian Poker player Daniel Negreanu and Doug “Truck Driver” Polk and their rather bizarre WSOP.com Grudge Match were this week treated to the stuff that makes of Poker such an entertaining experience &n...Read More
Casino Rama To Finally Reopen Its Doors
Ontario’s Casino Rama will after eight long months of closure finally reopen its doors. Though a definite reopening date has not yet been announced, Rama First Nation Chief Ted Williams this week confirmed that the popular venue is ...Read More
Newcomer Landon Tice Wins MSPT Main Event
Sunday’s 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,100 Main Event saw a field of 1,123 entries spend nearly 16 hours battling it out on the felt for a whopping $201,529. The winner turned out to be 21-year-old Landon Tice from B...Read More
Yggdrasil Unveils New Moley Moolah Slot
With the launch of their new Moley Moolah online video slot, Yggdrasil helps players dig deep in the garden for big cash prizes. A medium volatility slot developed for the studio by YG Masters partner Gameflex, Moley Moolah is set in the ...Read More
Alberta Horse Racing Celebrates Upswing
Horse racing in Alberta has witnessed record figures in terms of revenue generated by Thoroughbred live racing events over recent weeks – with Edmonton’s Century Mile Racetrack and Casino alone reporting spend totalling a stag...Read More
ALC Takes Record Number Of US Election Bets
Even though Canadians enjoyed no voting rights in the November 3 U.S. Presidential Election, they still displayed a keen interest by wagering about CA$436,000 via Crown corporation Atlantic Lottery Corp.’s Pro-Line platform. This ac...Read More
Badziakouski & Eibinger Pocket EPT On A Chop
That the 2020 PokerStars European Poker Tour Online has only been running for a little over a week has not deterred some of the biggest names in the competition from already having scooped up some of the largest of the big-money prizes. T...Read More
Play’n GO Unveils New Viking Runecraft Bingo
Play’n GO has just turned one of its most popular slots of all time into a super impressive Bingo game. Featuring 90-ball online video Bingo, Viking Runecraft Bingo allows players to play up to 4 cards at any given time. Just the s...Read More
IOC Banking Tokyo Success On Vaccination
Not only is next year’s successful staging of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, a main order of business for the country as well as the International Olympic Committee right now, but also that spectators will be in a position ...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
WSOP To Host $10,000 Live Main Event In 2020
Since unprecedented times call for unique solutions, there will this year be a 2020 World Series of Poker live Main Event, after all. The World Series of Poker on Friday announced that the official Main Event for the year will begin onlin...Read More
Kim Ng Becomes The First Female GM In The MLB
Baseball stalwart Kim Ng has become the first female General Manager in the history of the MLB when she was named the new GM of the Miami Marlins. Ng previously served in the role of Senior Vice President of Baseball operations for the ML...Read More
Black-Ish Star’s Mom Chose Bingo Over Obama
American actor and television show presenter Anthony Anderson’s mom Doris is such a big Bingo fan that she chose the game over a chance to accompany the star on a visit to the White House and a meet-and-greet with President Barack O...Read More
Iconic Bally’s Brand To Be Given New Life
The iconic Bally’s, only the third casino to open in Atlantic City New Jersey, making its grand debut in 1979, has been given a new lease on life. Recently acquired from Caesars Entertainment by the Rhode Island company previously k...Read More
Lewis Hamilton Seen Revving To Go At GGPoker
Six-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton was recently seen playing high-stakes online Poker alongside Poker greats Isaac Haxton, Niklas Astedt, Artur Martirosian, and Christian Rudolph in the $1.25 million-guaranteed Event #7 of...Read More
Playtech Add New Game To Age Of Gods Slots Series
Games development powerhouse and casino software provider Playtech has just released a brand-new progressive jackpot online slot of epic proportions. Age of the Gods Norse: Book of Dwarves is the latest title to be added by the award-winn...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
Bagsful Of Christmas With Netflix November
Netflix Canada’s November line-up is all about the magic of Christmas. Barring the fourth season of The Crown, a show about Brazilian drag queens, and the odd crime dramady, it’s pretty much a jingle-belling show planned for t...Read More
DraftKings Facing Legal Action Over Proxy Bet
Sports betting and fantasy sports operator DraftKings may have to defend its decision not to permit the placing of bets by means of a proxy after freezing a Florida man’s New Jersey mobile sports betting account in October. This onl...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
Fallsview Casino Jewelry Thief Charged
A 55-year-old Brampton resident and driving instructor by trade will not be permitted to visit Niagara Falls’ Fallsview Casino Resort or any of the other on-site stores and amenities for at least 16 months. Following a February 2020...Read More
New Witches Movie In Trouble For Making Disabilities Scary
A Warner Bros. remake of Roald Dahl’s scary children’s classic “The Witches” is causing quite the upset among social activists and people living with disabilities. Now out on HBO Max in the U.S., and coming to Cana...Read More
Cross-Party Sports Betting Bill Getting Cross-Party Support
Canada has moved another step closer to legalised single-game sports betting. MP Kevin Waugh put the facts to the table with the second reading of a bill that would allow Canadians to benefit not only from taxable revenue generated by par...Read More
Hanover Man Wins Big With Instant Bingo
A resident from Hanover, Ontario, is an incredible CA$100,000 richer after playing the uber-popular Instant Bingo Doubler, a product of Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). 61-year-old Hanover retiree Merlin MacKinnon is the late...Read More
Microgaming Reveal New Game Releases For November
Casino games giant Microgaming has quite the treat in store for iGaming enthusiasts this November, with several exciting new slots and RNG casino games scheduled for release throughout the month. There’s a celebrity collaboration wi...Read More
Valve Unveils New Streamlined Steam Playtest
Great news for players who enjoy trial-playing new title releases on Steam is that Valve is now adding a feature to the platform that will invite gamers to test new games directly from the Steam client – meaning no more need...Read More
PokerStars & Team Furia Ink eSports Deal
The world of eSports is living an explosive boom not showing signs of settling down anytime soon. And riding the wave of success by making the most of every new opportunity to come its way is online Poker titan PokerStars – courtesy...Read More
A Christmas Of Racing Planned For Woodbine
Christmas is coming to Woodbine Mohawk Park. Ontario’s Woodbine Entertainment this week announced an all-new live racing schedule extending well into December and the holidays. Breaking with the traditional schedule will allow more ...Read More
BCLC Accused of Turning a Blind Eye To Money Laundering
The Cullen Commission of Inquiry Into Money Laundering In B.C. has heard a first-hand account of how a former casino investigator had been met with a culture of indifference upon being appointed by the province’s Gaming Policy and E...Read More
Glider May Be The Key To Right Whale Survival
An underwater acoustic glider has proven to be successful at detecting the presence of North Atlantic right whales migrating to and from Canadian waters. The technology, which was developed by the University of New Brunswick in associatio...Read More
Cullen Commission Hears Of $1.8M Cash Gamble
The Cullen Commission has heard how in December 2014, a VIP patron had, over the space of a single week hauled cash to the value of $1.8 million into British Columbia’s River Rock Casino & Resort – ready to be gambled. The...Read More
All-Canadian Division On The NHL Table
Since the continued closure of the Canada/U.S. border is a deciding factor impacting how the NHL will have to operate in the coming season, the league is currently considering creating a competition to be played among Canadian clubs only....Read More
Rotary Clubs Helping Others With Online Bingo
Since it is the mission of Rotary International to stand in service and support working towards the goodwill of others, community and charity events are an important part of what the organisation does. And since Bingo is stalwart go-to ac...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
GGPoker Sets World Record With 2020 WSOP
It’s official. The World Series of Poker Online Event 77: $5,000 Main Event hosted by GGPoker on September 6, 2020, has emerged the holder of a new Guinness World Record for the Largest Prize Pool for an Online Poker Tournament. The...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
Poker Pro In Tax Battle With Canadian Authorities
2010 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Jonathan Duhamel reportedly owes the Canadian federal government an amount of CA$1,2,114 in back-taxes from money earned playing professional Poker during the period 2010-2012. What’s mor...Read More
Quebec Man Wins CA$1.3M Playing Powerbucks™
October 18 is a date Laval resident Elie Chebli is unlikely to ever forget. This was the day the Quebec native won a whopping CA$1,321,851 playing Powerbucks Wheel of Fortune Hawaiian Gateway at Loto-Québec’s online gaming we...Read More
Microgaming Teases Exciting New Poker Suite
Big news making Poker headlines this week is that online casino games titan Microgaming has announced the upcoming launch of an all-new offering. The news comes only months after the industry-leading developer/supplier closed down its Mic...Read More
Court Dismisses Climate Change Lawsuit
A Federal Court judge this week dismissed an application pushing for the Canadian Government to be held responsible for its role played in contributing to climate change. The lawsuit was brought before the court by a group of 15 young Can...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
Tim Hortons To Trial Reusable Containers
Canadian fast food restaurant chain Tim Hortons is on a mission to reduce single-use waste. The multinational chain says it hopes to achieve this through a new partnership with private recycling giant TerraCycle’s Loop, a zero-waste...Read More
Cullen Commission Turns Focus To River Rock
Though only a few days into the next phase of hearings, the Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia has already managed to unearth more shocking information. The hearings have delved into the unsavoury going...Read More
Researchers Discuss Right Whale Plight
This week, virtual gatherings were conducted and attended by researchers from all over the U.S. and Canada - with the focus being on the preservation the endangered right whale. The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium invites input from...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
Rank Names Playtech Exclusive Bingo Partner
Premium casino software and technology solutions supplier Playtech has successfully reached yet another of its group transformation objectives by inking an extended dal with the Rank Group. UK Bingo and online casino giant the Rank Group ...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
Google And Apple Facing U.S. Federal Action
Three federal lawsuits filed in Alabama and Connecticut take issue with Apple and
Google’s free-to-play casino games offering in-game currency in return for real money. Two Selby County residents and a third person from Connec...Read More
B.C.’s Cullen Commission Enters Next Phase
Monday this week saw the Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia enter its next phase of hearings in Vancouver, B.C. Resumed only on October 26 instead of the initially-scheduled October 13, the current phas...Read More
Dixon Beats Newgarden To Win IndyCar Title
Sunday’s grand finale IndyCar Series Firestone Grand Prix race at St. Petersburg, Florida, saw New Zealander and Team Penske driver Scott Dixon deny Joseph Newgarden his IndyCar crown by a mere 2 points on the roster. Not even...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
Kornuth Back In The Black In Galfond Challenge
Whether or not career Poker player Chance Kornuth will ultimately succeed where both VeniVidi1993 and ActionFreak have failed remains to be seen. But as for right now, and following Wednesday’s session, Kornuth’s $190,000 fini...Read More
Pragmatic Play To Power EGR Operator Awards
Leading iGaming content provider Pragmatic Play will act as headline sponsor for the annual EGR Operator Awards 2020. This year, the event that’s been dubbed the Oscars of the iGaming world will be hosted virtually for the first tim...Read More
Google Stadia Launch Free Games
Google is luring people into cloud gaming by enticing them with a series of free-to-play Stadia game demos. Games such as Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle and Humankind, launched earlier this week on Stadia, will be available to play for free f...Read More
Poker Veteran Sam Grizzle Dies
Professional player Sam Grizzle, widely known as one of the funniest guys in the Poker world, has died. Grizzle was 67 years old. After suffering a serious stroke and brain aneurysm on Sunday, October 18, Grizzle reportedly fell into a co...Read More
Vegas Casinos Ramp Up Security Amid Crime Spree
Violent crime on The Strip and in especially the Las Vegas Boulevard has witnessed a steady rise. Aggravated assault in particular is up at least 4 per cent compared to this time last year. As a result, the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has r...Read More
Negreanu Says He Has No Problem With VPNs
Canadian Poker whizz Daniel Negreanu says he has no problem with players making use of a VPN to hide their real physical location – just as long as they are who they say they are. The GGPoker Ambassador shared his personal views on ...Read More
Google Lawsuit Welcomed Despite U.S. Agenda
The U.S. government has launched an antitrust pre-election litigation war on search and tech giant Google. And though such a move certainly indicates a new willingness on government’s part to take action against big-tech monopolies,...Read More
Loto-Québec Launches Reels On Instagram
Crown corporation and gaming giant Loto-Québec is officially on Instagram. The local gaming and entertainment supplier says that it hopes to step up its presence on social media, and by so doing, connect more effectively with local...Read More
Pragmatic Play To Supply Huge Bingo Operator
Pragmatic Play, this year’s lead sponsor of the prestigious EGR Operator Awards 2020, continues to make online casino news headlines this week. The award-winning content supplier has been named the exclusive Bingo provider to leadin...Read More
Greg Vanney Upset Over Supporters’ Shield Award
Toronto FC head coach Greg Vanney says the decision to not award the Supporters’ Shield to any club this year is disappointing and disgraceful. The decision referred to by Vanney was made by the group charged with overseeing the han...Read More
Verley Calls Out Nyx Dream Catcher Video
The message from Canada’s Drag Race queen Ilona Verley is clear; Indigenous cultures aren’t costumes and should be respected as such. Verley and several others were recently seen calling out Nyx Professional Makeup for cultura...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
Doug Polk’s Trash Talk Falls Flat Ahead of Negreanu Game
There’s now less than a fortnight remaining until Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu’s heads-up match on PokerGO. And judging by Doug Polk’s pre-game trash talk, his intention of taking out the trash is nothing more than fear...Read More
Playtech Welcomes Espresso Games To The Fold
One of the world’s leading suppliers of online gaming and sports betting software and a celebrated provider of turnkey solutions in the online gaming arena, Playtech needs no introduction at all. The company’s Playtech Games M...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
VLTs & Casinos Re-Shuttered Across Quebec
Unprecedented situations call for unique and targeting responses. Which is why Crown corporation Loto-Québec’s decision to temporarily close one of its most popular best-performing casinos, as well as all Video Lottery Termin...Read More
Police Called To Break Up Huge Bingo Event
So eager are residents of Montreal to continue to play Bingo that on Wednesday, police had no option but to visit a local gaming hall and order organisers to send 170 players home. This official visit came after an initial warning had alr...Read More
Toronto Raptors Unveil 3 Of 5 New Uniforms
The Toronto Raptors this week unveiled three new uniforms to be worn during the coming season. Five new uniforms will be worn, announced the team, of which two will only be revealed closer to the start of the new season. The jerseys, so ...Read More
Late Humboldt Broncos Coach Honoured In Alta
The coach who died in April 2018 in the fatal crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team’s bus and a private semi was recently honoured with a bronze statue in his hometown of Peace River, Alberta. Darcy Haugan, 42 at t...Read More
Microgaming Inks Megaways™ Deal
Leading online casino games developer and distribution giant Microgaming has announced the inking of a partnership alongside Big Time Gaming. The new deal will authorise the development giant to incorporate Big Time’s proprietary Me...Read More
Bingo Hoping For A Break In Colorado Vote
Bingo may be about to benefit from the biggest legislative break Colorado has ever seen. Bingo halls will be banking on voter support in November and a dice rolling in favour of Amendment C. Should the chips fall in favour of the amendmen...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
NetEnt Hyped About Expanded DraftKings Deal
Top online slots and casino games developer NetEnt remains fully focused on U.S. expansion. To this end, the Stockholm-listed iGaming provider has now expanded its existing partnership with American daily fantasy sports and sports betting...Read More
Buffalo Sabres Sign Taylor Hall In $8M Deal
They’ve been called everything from moribund to the NHL’s biggest disaster. But the Buffalo Sabres are hoping to soon turn all of that around – and they’re banking on an US$8 million deal involving the sweepstakes ...Read More
Light Source Synchrotron To Upgrade To 2.0
More than 3,000 experiments have been completed at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron in Saskatoon – experiments that are helping scientists develop everything from cancer treatments to new processes in geology and biochemistry. ...Read More
Racing Night Live At Woodbine Returns To TSN
Woodbine Entertainment is eager to allow everyone keen on horseracing to experience the thrill of the live event. And even though in-person attendance currently remains restricted to only a limited number of fans permitted through the gat...Read More
GTO Leads To The Ultimate Poker Conundrum
Game Theory Optimal Poker is about as controversial and disparity-invoking an issue as counting cards in Blackjack. And since Poker is a game of player-on-player as opposed to Blackjack’s player-vs-dealer, GTO supporters are natural...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
Facebook QAnon Ban Left Too Late
Facebook’s recent announcement regarding its planned removal of any accounts associated with or affiliated to conspiracy theory QAnon is necessary and welcome – but at the same time also a case of too little, too late, say exp...Read More
Derek Stevens Waves MLB Bet Payday Goodbye
Las Vegas casino mogul Derek Stevens is expected to lose two major MLB bets bound to see him literally thousands of dollars out of pocket. Thanks to calculated money wagered on the Miami Marlins winning the National League as well as the ...Read More
New Twist In Greater Sudbury’s KED Plot
An unexpected development in Greater Sudbury City recently threatened to add yet another twist to the already-complicated Kingsway Entertainment District plot. Greater Sudbury District Council recently heard how 3rdLine Studio, a local de...Read More
Gateway Loan Causes Stir In House Of Commons
The CA$200 million Federal Government loan extended to Gateway Casinos & Entertainment as part of government’s Large Employer Emergency Financing project has emerged quite the subject of dissension in the House of Commons. ...Read More
PACOOP 2020 A Success, Next Up New Jersey
Thanks to Canadian online Poker and iGaming operator PokerStars, online Poker is thriving in regulated U.S. states such as New Jersey and Pennsylvania. With the second edition of PokerStars’ Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker...Read More
Missing Poker Man Possibly Killed By Backer
Jon Jonsson, the Icelandic Poker player last seen alive leaving a hotel in Dublin, Ireland, on February 9 last year, may have been killed by a backer. According to an unnamed detainee currently serving time in a local prison in Iceland, J...Read More
Dorion Shooting To Rope In Matt Murray
Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion has put his money on netminder Matt Murray – no doubt hoping for a period of reprieve following at least two superbly difficult seasons. And difficult seasons, no less, that included a roaring upset ...Read More
Indoor Bingo Helps Save Service Clubs
Branch 56 of the Royal Canadian Legion in the Pleasantville neighbourhood St. John’s aren’t wishing the summer they’ve only just managed to survive on their worst enemies. A normally bustling summer of weddings and recep...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
Mar Arrested At Illegal Gambling Den Tied To Canadian PM
One of the individuals associated with the illegal gambling den raided by police this summer as part of Project Endgame has now been confirmed as having what appears to be commercial development ties with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Tr...Read More
US Sports Betting Hits a Record High
Despite a year bringing about more challenges than what the world has witnessed in a very long time, sports betting, at least, seems to be on the road to recovery. Figures recently published by the American Gaming Association show August ...Read More
Canada Experiences Massive Retail Marijuana Boom
Canada’s adult-use Marijuana retail market now stands valued at a phenomenal CA$2.8 billion per year. The latest annual projection follows a record July and a 15.2 per cent improvement over June’s record – in July all th...Read More
Negreanu And Polk Talk About Grudge Match Rules
They’re ready to launch, say Poker champs Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk. Having in July agreed to a heads-up style Poker grudge match, it now seems they’ve finished hashing out the final details. The so-called grudge match wi...Read More
Ex-Crown Chairman Admits To Shameful Threats
An inquiry into the suitability of Crown Resorts to hold its licence for its new casino planned for Sydney later this year has unearthed quite the pandora’s box of embarrassments. The government enquiry has now led to former Crown R...Read More
Why Caring About Your Looks Isn’t Being Vain
There exists a terrible misconception that if true beauty comes from within, then by some strange and twisted logic, it must also be true that spending too much time looking our outer best must be vain. This isn’t true and is actual...Read More
Police Raid Gambling Den At Toronto Mansion
Law enforcement authorities have seized a massive mansion in a quiet neighbourhood just north of Toronto – along with alcohol to the value of CA$1.5 million, roughly a million dollars in cash, 11 firearms, and thousands of rounds of...Read More
London Western District Restart Live Races
After a long hiatus live horse racing is finally making a return to London’s Western District Fair in Ontario. Horse racing eventually returns to the popular premises this week – with live harness racing expected to thrill hor...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
AGLC Unveils Legal Online Casino Domain
On Thursday, the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) launched Alberta province’s first 100 per cent legal online casino. PlayAlberta.ca now offers to local players a big variety of online casino entertainment &ndas...Read More
Dale Selection Gets Women’s Football Trending
Football is a sport enjoyed by many Canadians. And to some, it’s a sport enjoyed by entire families, and in many cases, families made up of mostly women. One example of a family of female football players and enthusiasts is WWCFL st...Read More
PokerStars Announces Active Waiting List
The practise of bum hunting has long plagued online Poker. But it’s just been dealt yet another blow. PokerStars has now rolled out active waiting lists for the protection of new and recreational players typically preyed on by more ...Read More
McGregor Could Fight Poirier
It may not yet be the ultimate stand-off dream opposite Manny Pacquiao come true for Irishman and controversial UFC Mixed Martial Arts fighter Conor McGregor. But UFC President Dana White has tabled an offer that, if accepted, will see Mc...Read More
New Rosh Immortality Cube Megaways Slot
Exciting casino games developer GameArt has launched its latest new online slot. Rosh Immortality Cube Megaways slot is a real-money slot now live and available to play. The Megaways super-boosted 6 x 7 layout makes it possible to win in...Read More
LeoVegas Makes First Foray Into Online Bingo
Online casino gaming and entertainment giant LeoVegas has expanded into the booming world of online Bingo. The operator recently launched its very first online Bingo product and range of games. According to a pre-launch press release to ...Read More
Kruse Debacle Draws New Attention To RTA
Real-Time Assistance (RTA) in Poker is a hotter conversation topic now than ever before because of what we saw happening as a result of the Fedor Kruse debacle. Since many Poker players weren’t even aware of such a thing as cheating...Read More
Playtech Joins Safer Digital Gambling Cause
Leading casino games developer Playtech has confirmed having entered into a partnership initiative with the Responsible Gambling Council. Playtech’s involvement in the initiative forms part of the company’s ongoing commitment ...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
What’s Coming To Netflix In October?
October is here. This means Halloween, the final stretch before the holidays, and curling up in front of the TV to a series and a movie, or two. Which is why the good folk at Netflix appear to have gone to great lengths to bring us some o...Read More
Microgaming Adds ORYX To Supply Their Portfolio
Leading casino games developer and global iGaming distributor Microgaming has announced having welcomed Bragg Gaming Group-owned ORYX to its rapidly expanding list of aggregation platform gaming content suppliers. The deal reportedly incl...Read More
NetEnt Inks U.S.-Focused SG Partnership
NetEnt has announced having inked an exciting new U.S.-focused partnership alongside casino games colossus Scientific Games. The partnership has allowed NetEnt to integrate its own suite of award-winning iGaming titles to Scientific Games...Read More
NBA Positive About 2021, But Also Realistic
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says the league remains as upbeat as ever over the possibility of teams playing in their home arenas in front of fans in the seats come next season. But – cautioned Silver on Wednesday as part of his ann...Read More
No Bingo, No Jobs Say Greene County Residents
To the residents of Eutaw in Greene County, Alabama, Bingo is more than just gaming entertainment or an opportunity to connect socially with others – it also generates around $400,000 in revenue every month, not to mention even hund...Read More
Mesquite Launches Two All-New Bingo Bonuses
Thanks to a special initiative undertaken by Mesquite Gaming’s Virgin River Hotel & Casino alongside digital Bingo application provider sidePlayR, Bingo enthusiasts will from now on out be treated to an enhanced and premium gami...Read More
Gateway Benefiting From $200M Kickstart Loan
Based in British Columbia and established in 1992, Gateway Casinos and Entertainment is a private employer that operates 26 casinos and gambling venues scattered across three provinces. As such, the company employs tens of thousands of pe...Read More
Amazon Is Getting Into Gaming – Unveils Luna
Amazon is officially getting into gaming. And not unlike practically everything else we’ve seen the internet giant get into, its new Luna cloud gaming platform is expected to grow large enough to give market rivals Google Stadia and...Read More
Galfond & Co Out To Prove Postle A Cheat
Stones Gambling Hall supervisor and Postlegate-sympathiser Justin Kuraitis may be convinced of the Poker community’s apathy regarding alleged cheat Mike Postle. But some of the biggest names in the industry aren’t about to sim...Read More
First U.S. Debate Leads To Bolt For Border
If Tuesday’s presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump resulted in anything, then it’s a realisation among Americans that the U.S. is probably no longer the best place to be. So much for the land of the brave and ...Read More
Peterborough Casino Says No Mask, No Entry
Ontario’s Shorelines Casino Peterborough isn’t making light of the province’s reopening health and safety guidelines. Earlier this week the casino reportedly refused two customers entry to its premises because of the fac...Read More
Cat Osterman Crowned Athletes Unlimited Champ
Cat Osterman, a 37-year-old Team USA pitcher and star left-hander, has been crowned the very first Athletes Unlimited softball champion. She was crowned based on the total number of points scored whilst playing in a five-week long bio-bub...Read More
Two Loto-Québec Casinos To Re-Enter Lockdown
A mandated return to a state of lockdown for several regions in Québec spells nothing good for the province’s casinos and gaming venues. So much so that Crown corporation Loto-Québec has announced that it has decided t...Read More
New First Nation Study Calls For Gaming Regulation Changes
An insightful new study by Canadian research and public policy organisation Frasier Institute has identified specific key reforms that, if implemented by the country’s lawmakers, will help First Nations create value for their commun...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
Canada Signs Biodiversity Pledge
Earlier this week, Canada and Britain week pledged to protect a third of their land and seas by the year 2030. The 30 per cent protection pledge was made alongside the European Union and with the focus on curbing an anticipated biodiversi...Read More
Laing & Jones’ Return To Curling Results In a Win
After a long break from the ice, Canada’s favourite curling couple are back. Brent Laing and Jennifer Jones have made a triumphant return, winning the doubles event at Waterloo’s KW Granite Curling Club. The freshness of bran...Read More
Better Days Await In ‘21 Says Kawartha Downs
Better days are coming to Ontario’s horse racing scene – and it’s a future Kawartha Downs is determined to make a bright and successful one. Harness racing, especially, has a promising future in the region, said racetrac...Read More
Loto-Québec Implement New Operating Curfews
Crown corporation Loto-Québec recently announced in-depth details regarding several changes set to be implemented post-reopening in an attempt to more effectively safeguard those visiting its casinos and gaming halls – all si...Read More
Michael Hogan Recovering From Brain Injury
Really tragic news recently revealed is that Canadian actor Michael Hogan is currently fighting hard to recover from a potentially life-altering brain injury sustained earlier this year in February. According to the beloved actor’s...Read More
Hellmuth Upsets Esfandiari A Second Time
High-stakes Poker pounders Phil Hellmuth and Antonio Esfandiari have been arch-rivals on the felt for longer than any of the two would probably care to remember. In fact, for 18 years has Esfandiari been a professional thorn in Hellmuth&r...Read More
Jamie Foxx To Star In New BetMGM Campaign
Grammy and Academy Award-winning superstar and beloved celebrity personality Jamie Foxx is set to star in an upcoming new big-brand campaign for sports betting and iGaming operator BetMGM. The big-brand bookmaker welcomed the film star t...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
Rob Howley Signs 3-Yr Deal With Rugby Canada
Former Wales and British Lions attack coach Rob Howley, the man late last year slapped with an 18 months-long fine (half of which was suspended), for breaching rugby’s betting and gambling rules, has signed a three-year assi...Read More
Isai Scheinberg Sentenced
A U.S. federal judge has sentenced online Poker offender and PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg to a $30,100 fine and suspended prison time over his involvement in online gaming operations after the coming into force of America’s Un...Read More
Bongo’s Bingo Takes The Party Action Outside
It’s doubtful whether even Bongo’s Bingo founder Jonny Bongo himself could have foreseen just how popular an outdoor and physically distanced edition of the company’s famous Bingo parties was going to be. But popular pro...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
How Therapy Is Helping Men Become Mentally Healthy
Nearly four times more men die each year by suicide than women. And in Canada, almost as many men die by suicide than by prostate cancer. This is obviously a crisis that’s been made only all that much worse by the endless challenge...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
Bruce Buffer Named Twin Casino Ambassador
Bruce Buffer is no stranger to the world of broadcasting, entertainment and live events. The man dubbed the “Voice of Mixed Martial Arts” would not have spent the past 24 years announcing Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) e...Read More
Chase Claypool Makes NFL History
The man who on Sunday aced the longest Touch Down from scrimmage in the history of the NFL – an 84-yard touchdown reception – is no one other than Abbotsford, B.C. native Chase Claypool. In only his second career game played ...Read More
Why Tatiana Maslany Is The Perfect She-Hulk
Those who marvelled (yes, literally) at all fourteen characters played by her in the award-winning series “Orphan Black” will know that it was only a matter of time before Canadian actress Tatiana Maslany landed a master role ...Read More
Seneca Resorts & Casinos Cancel Live Shows
All live performances and music shows previously scheduled by New York’s Seneca Resorts and Casinos for the remaining months of 2020 have been cancelled, the gaming and entertaining establishment has confirmed. Cancelled shows incl...Read More
Parker Talbot Wins First-Ever WCOOP Event
Whether or not he himself ever thought he’d actually nail it is anyone’s guess – but luckily, that doesn’t take anything away from the fact that Canada’s Parker “Tonkaaaa” Talbot finally became a ...Read More
Air Pollution Warning Issued For Vancouver
A high-risk health warning has been issued for Metro Vancouver. Issued as part of a special air quality statement, Environment Canada has issued said warning as a result of wildfire smoke caused by wildfires burning in the United States h...Read More
Penny Gambling Ring Father And Son Charged
A Pennsylvania-based father and son alliance recently pled guilty to several charges related to everything from illegal betting on state Lottery numbers to unlicensed bookmaking. Pittsburgh’s Robert “Bobby I” Iannelli, ...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
Brad Booth Confirmed Alive & Well By Family
Prominent Canadian born Poker player Brad Booth has been found and is alive and well, Booth’s family has confirmed via a tweet. On July 30 Booth was reported missing after he failed to make contact with neither friends nor family fo...Read More
PS4 Games Won’t Be Backwards Compatible with PS3 & PS2 Consoles
PlayStation fans who had been hoping to play their old PS3 and PS2 games on Sony’s upcoming new PS5 console are unfortunately in for a disappointment. Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan during a recent interview with a hig...Read More
BCLC Report Shows Online Gaming Potential
British Columbia has always been able to rely heavily on the support of a high-performing provincial online gaming industry. This is true in the present and was true even before global disaster hit around mid-March. And even though B.C.&r...Read More
Woodbine VideoCon Shines Light On Claiming
A recent Wednesday videoconference hosted by Woodbine Entertainment for the purpose of the discussion of several topics aimed at improving Ontario’s horse racing industry, eventually led to the subject of “claiming races&rdquo...Read More
NetEnt Unveils 3 New Live Blackjack Tables
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GVC Founding Member Of Diversity Project
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Park MGM To Reopen Fully Smoke-Free
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iGaming Projected To Be Worth $648bn By 2027
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Score Media And Gaming Upgrades To TSX
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Fedor Kruse Accused Of High-Stakes Cheating
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Jelly Named 3rd Studio To Join Greenlogic
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Aquinnah Bingo Case Before Appeals Court
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Fraser Downs Unable To Thrive Without Games
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AJ Kelsall Wins WSOP Global Casino Champ
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Sydney & Halifax Gaming To Reopen Oct. 5
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Perelman To Sell SG Corp Shares To Caledonia
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Canadians To Enjoy A Longer Fall This Year
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Local Speed Skaters Open To Hub Possibility
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Brampton Man’s $100k Instant Bingo Win
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VLT Win Turns Saskatchewan Man Millionaire
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Beloved TV Gameshow To Make Autumn Return
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Fabrizio Gonzales Wins Big In 888poker Event
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Canada’s Daniel Dvoress Makes Cover Feature
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Bingo Blitz To Donate $100M To Make-A-Wish
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WSOP Celebrates Historical Poker Event
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CONCACAF Says Re New WC Qualifier Schedule
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Steve Nash Says He’s Hyped About Nets Career
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Epic Games Asks Court To Stop Apple Monopoly
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Caesars & VICI Sell Harrah’s Racino For $22M
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Stoyan Madanzhiev Nabs Biggest WSOP Win Ever
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Local Legions Say They’re Lost Without Bingo
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Microgaming Launching More New Slots in September
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Carlo LiVolsi Named Potential Wolfpack Buyer
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Melika Razavi Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet
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Las Vegas Strip May Only Recover By 2023
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Olympic Games To Go Ahead In 2021
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Beloved Poker Ambassador Mike Sexton Dies
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Tesla Narrowly Escapes Russian Hack Attempt
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River Cree Casino Re-Launches Table Games
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Great Canadian Gaming Reveals Reopening Date
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The Avengers Video Game Is Finally Here
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Mike Sexton Gravely Ill And In Hospice Care
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Barton Facing Vida Smith Manslaughter Charge
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Vlambeer Shutting Down After 10 Years Of Games
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Canadians Are Over-Drinking - Here’s How To Stop
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Queen’s Plate Returns To Woodbine This Month
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Poker Couple To Run Marathon Des Sables ‘21
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Legendary NY Mets Pitcher Dies Aged 75
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Borgata Lays Off Nearly Half Of Workforce
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How VR Tech May Help Mines Save Millions
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Musk’s Neuralink Shows Off PC-Chipped Animal
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PokerStars Exits China, Macau And Taiwan
PokerStars is no longer active or available to players living in China, Macau or Taiwan. This following the popular brand’s September 1st exit from all three the aforementioned countries. This following an email notifica...Read More
eCOGRA Announces Enhanced eGAP Upgrade
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BCLC Report Shows iGaming Spike Amid Crisis
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Stephen Lecce Inspires Bingo Drinking Game
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Woodbine Mohawk Park To Welcome Back Fans
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Bragg Cites Big Expansion Driver Of Success
Toronto iGaming giant Bragg Gaming Group Inc. has released its financial results pertaining to the three months leading up to the end of June this year. A continued focus on growth as well as global diversification is according to the gr...Read More
Netflix Releases September Menu
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Prorogue Major Blow To Sports Betting Bill
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Esfandiari Loses WSOP Bracelet In Burglary
Career player and live Poker ace Antonio Esfandiari says his home’s been burgled, and valuables to the tune of at least $1 million has been taken in the process. Alleged burglar Svitlana Silva (46) has, according to the WSOP bracel...Read More
Bingo Hall Enforce No Mask, No Play Rule
A 67-year-old Bingo enthusiast and resident of Ontario has reportedly been ordered to leave the premises of her local Bingo hall unless she agreed to cover her tracheostomy with a mask. Elaine Arbeau, who is battling lung cancer, as a res...Read More
Locals To Petition Salon De Jeux Relocation
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New Purses Help Support Ontario Horseracing
Horseracing in Ontario, save for the fact that all races are currently competed without spectators physically present in the stands, has for the most part made a comeback. Even so, since the province’s horse people did not remain un...Read More
CA$1M Poured Into Niagara Casinos Re-Opening
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Unknown Canadian Player Wins WSOP Bracelet
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NHLer Allegedly Punched For Mentioning Trump
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Vegas Dave Offloads Sports Card For Millions
Controversial sports handicapper Dave Oancea, aka Vegas Dave, has just sold the most valuable baseball card ever offloaded. For nearly $4 million. The often-criticized handicapper managed to pull off the incredible stunt during a recent ...Read More
There’s Much To Be Said For On-Cam Poker
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Microsoft Sides With Epic In Apple Spat
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Anson Tsang Wins His 2nd WSOP Gold Bracelet
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Kansas City Bans Native US Imagery At Games
Kansas City supporters and fans will no longer be permitted to don headdresses, face paint, and/or clothing in any way associated with Native American groups and cultures, the NFL team announced on Thursday. The team said by way of a stat...Read More
6 Vegas Casino Companies On Best-Of Forbes List
A stunning total of 6 Las Vegas casinos and gaming tech companies have made it on to Forbes’ second annual America’s Best Employers by State list. Of the 25 openings reserved for Nevada state, 5 were nabbed by casino ope...Read More
Residents Concerned Over Toronto Shelters
The Toronto residents voicing ongoing concerns over incidents and altercations experienced alongside and with those living in shelters for the homeless, say they’re more upset by a lack of consultation and mental health support rega...Read More
BetOnline Announces $2.5M Online Poker Tour
Online casino operator BetOnline has announced the upcoming launch of a stunning $2.5 million guaranteed online Poker series. Scheduled to run from September 7 through September 27, the tournament will reportedly feature a phenomenal sch...Read More
Canadiens Coach On The Mend After Heart Scare
Montreal Canadiens head coach Claude Julien says he’s feeling good as new after a recent health scare landed him at St. Michael’s Hospital and undergoing a heart procedure during the Stanley Cup playoffs. Following what Julie...Read More
Lucky Buzz Bingo Player Wins £50,000 Jackpot
A lucky Metrocentre club Bingo regular from Gateshead, UK has just won an earthshaking £50,000 jackpot. And it’s a life-changing dig that has left the Buzz Bingo player speechless. In fact, said the player (who wishes to rema...Read More
New A-List Xbox In-House Team
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Nintendo Rumoured To Release Upgraded Switch
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Tory Lanez Named In Megan Thee Stallion Shooting
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Player Lands Massive Mega Moolah Slots Win
Not only has a lucky Swedish online slots enthusiast won the third-largest jackpot windfall ever awarded by Microgaming’s legendary Mega Moolah progressive jackpot slot, but the win also just so happens to be the largest euro jackpo...Read More
Poker NLHE Cash Pot Record Smashed - Twice
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Nick Nurse Named NBA Coach Of The Year
Raptors coach Nick Nurse, who has now brought Toronto to the edge of the playoffs’ second round, has been named NBA coach of the year. A landslide winner, Nurse’s 90 first-place votes and 470 points of confidence overall, pla...Read More
Loto-Québec To Relocate QC Gaming End-2021
After a period of due and proper consultation, and a weighing up of all pros and cons, Crown corporation Loto-Québec has announced having decided to relocate its Quebec City gaming hall to an all-new location and venue. The move fr...Read More
Buzz Bingo Rolls Out Playtech Tournaments
An all-new collaboration between casino games giant Playtech and Bingo operator Buzz Bingo will now open up an entire new world to the latter’s players, being that of slots tournaments to be played at Buzz Bingo while using Playtech...Read More
How To Choose The Right Online Bingo Site
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BlackBerry Announces New 2021 5G Smartphone
Ontario-based smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry Ltd., once one of the world’s leading creators of smart mobile technology, has announced having teamed up with Texas-based start-up smart technology firm OnwardMobility for a brand-ne...Read More
No WC Alpine Event In Lake Louise This Year
Canada will this season, for the first time in many years, not hold an alpine ski race on the World Cup circuit. This news followed the Thursday announcement by the Lake Louise event regarding its plans to sit the current season out due t...Read More
GVC Boosted By iGaming & Retail Reopenings
Major sports betting and iGaming operator GVC Holdings has said that while profits are currently flat, it expects to deliver an EBITDA of between £720 and £750 million for the current year. While this may be slightly lower tha...Read More
Canada’s Last Remaining Ice Shelf Collapses
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Cancelled 2020 Won’t Affect Edmonton Rebrand
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Caesars Windsor Reveals 2021 Plans
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Peter Foster Arrested Over Sports Betting Scam
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Canadians Mourn The Departure Of Ragu Sauce
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Microgaming Welcomes Hacksaw Gaming Onboard
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CFL Players Offer Unique Take On Dud Season
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EA Dragged To Court Over Loot Box Controversy
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Quebec Teen Takes To TikTok Over Poutine Travesty
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Burnaby Casino Hit With Racial Complaint
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Oregon Co. Uses Bingo To Make Sidewalks Safe
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Shortened Season Facing Vernon & Tioga Downs
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Apple Makes An Enemy Of Epic Games
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Trump And Adelson Kiss And Make Up
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Sportradar To Keep Athletes From Online Harm
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CFL Fails To Secure $30M In Federal Funding
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Bilzerian’s Blitzpoker Brand Live In India
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WAP Gets Under The Pleasure Police’s Skin
Right-wing internet troll Ben Shapiro’s dismissal of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” as being a song describing a bacterial infection of the female genitalia – as opposed to a personal account of what...Read More
Doug Ford Slams OLG Re Executive Bonuses
At least 450 people in executive positions at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) last year earned well in excess of CA$100,000. And despite the Crown corporation this year being well on its way to having to absorb an annual ...Read More
Buzz Bingo Recreates Lulu Guinness Bingo Bag
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Pollard Banknote Releases Q2 Performance
Canadian Lottery giant Pollard Banknote Limited has, compared to the first three months of 2020, reported a significant surge in the sale of Lotto tickets for the three-month-period ending June 30. And it’s an improvement the compan...Read More
Millions In Local Gaming Revenue Lost Daily
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GGPoker Confiscates Thousands In Winnings
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FansUnite Acquires Askott – Creates Canadian Giant
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Natural8 Deals Handed To 6 WSOP Winners
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Stephen “tWitch” Boss Opens Up About Ellen
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Canadian Cases Of Salmonella Linked To U.S. Onions
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Brendan Shanahan Says Time For Talk Is Over
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GCGC Posts Poor But Unsurprising Q2 Results
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New GVC CEO On The Present Vs The Future
A self-proclaimed technologist by nature, new GVC Holdings chief executive officer Shay Segev has made known his plan of action for achieving growth and adding shareholder value – a plan that consists of 4 key priorities. Seg...Read More
Blog Sued Over Sahara Closing Down Claims
A reportedly unfounded rumour spread by way of a popular Las Vegas blog has led to casino giant Sahara Las Vegas filing a lawsuit against the blog’s founder. Scott Roeben, founder of popular Las Vegas blog Vital Vegas, is being sue...Read More
Caesars Windsor Could Soon Reopen Its Doors
Since reopening its doors for only 50 customers at any given time is nowhere near enough to keep its operations running in a financially viable manner, Caesars Windsor is now exploring alternative solutions in the hopes of being able to o...Read More
Microgaming Makes 7 Millionaires In 7 Months
Online gaming giant Microgaming’s award-winning progressive jackpot network has done it again – this time round making casino news headlines for having created seven millionaires within the space seven months’ time. Micr...Read More
Bingo Player Goes Missing After Massive Win
When 69-year-old Carolyn Riggins won big playing Bingo on July 11, the last thing her family expected was for her to go missing without a trace that very same day. Riggins, who suffers from partial dementia, was last seen at the Watauga ...Read More
The Mental Health Benefits Of Poker & Gaming
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Toronto Wolfpack Players 2 Paycheques Behind
Players of transatlantic rugby league squad the Toronto Wolfpack have reportedly not been paid for at least 2 months and are now taking to social media to voice their utter frustration at a situation. The players’ frustration is und...Read More
Brewery Apologises For Offensive Maori Term
A local Alberta beer brewery has issued a formal apology following an oversight that two years ago led to a New Zealand pale ale produced by the company being named after the Maori word for “pubic hair”. Alberta business Hell...Read More
Tribal Gaming Expansion Denied Over Unrest
An already complicated and certainly un-neighbourly situation has now led to a New York tribal first nation having had its application for gaming operation tax-exempt status denied by the US Department of the Interior. The Cayuga Indian ...Read More
Ontario Enters Stage 3 But Casinos Remain Closed
Ontario provincial region Windsor-Essex has just become the final region to have received the Stage 3 reopening green light from local health and government authorities – with all casinos and gaming halls doing their bit for chariti...Read More
Woodbine Announces New Heinz Challenge
Thoroughbred horse racing colossus Woodbine Entertainment has launched an exciting new charity initiative in partnership with ketchup and cheese giant Kraft-Heinz Canada. The so-called Heinz Challenge will take on the form of a live racin...Read More
Resorts World Las Vegas To Join Loop System
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Loto-Quebec Expecting CA$300M Revenue-Loss
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Microgaming To Launch More New Slots In August
Thanks to the inspired and innovative developers that are part of the Microgaming network of independent studio partners, the arrival of each new month is yet another reason to celebrate. Every month, Microgaming announces a slew of hot n...Read More
GGPoker Rolls Out New SnapCam Feature
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Microgaming Welcomes Eyecon To The Fold
A newly signed deal between leading casino games giant Microgaming and independent studio developer Eyecon, will now afford to the latter the opportunity to distribute their games to a global network of existing Microgaming partners. Eye...Read More
Microbes Showing Decontamination Promise
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Caggiula Suspended Over Ennis Head Check
Chicago forward Drake Caggiula has been ordered by the NHL to sit out on a single game of the team’s qualifying round series. This after the star forward made illegal head contact with Edmonton’s Tyler Ennis during the second ...Read More
Record Woodbine Thoroughbred Hi-5 Jackpot
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Ryan Reynolds Pledges Salary To Group Effort
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Vancouver Canuck Micheal Ferland Sent Home
Canucks forward Micheal Ferland has been declared unfit to play by Vancouver and has been ordered to leave the Edmonton bubble and return home. This of course means that the star forward will miss out on the remainder of the Vancouver Can...Read More
British Royals Bollocked By Bingo-Playing Pensioner
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Samsung Unveils New Galaxy Note20 Series
South Korean smartphone manufacturer and technology giant Samsung has officially launched its new series of Galaxy Note20 Ultra phablets. Having launched the its latest mobile series in partnership with Microsoft, the Galaxy Note20 range ...Read More
Shorelines Casino 1st Phase Upgrade Complete
With the first phase of a long-delayed road expansion and upgrade now complete, Belleville residents regularly travelling in the vicinity of the famous Shorelines Casino now get to travel effortlessly through the main traffic artery at Be...Read More
How Bingo Once Went High-Tech In Moose Jaw
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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
Kristen Bicknell Wins 3rd WSOP Gold Bracelet
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Raptors Show Support For Black Lives Matter
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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
Florida Teen Behind July Twitter Hacks
A 17-year-old teen from Florida in the US has been identified as the alleged mastermind behind the massive July Twitter hack that saw the accounts of several high-profile individuals and corporations compromised. The alleged teen masterm...Read More
Nahrain Tamero Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet
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Netflix Wants To Make Big Films By Big Names
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Negreanu & Polk Shake Hands On Fight Terms
They used to be the best of friends but are now sworn rivals. They’re two of the biggest names in Poker today – and possibly even in the history of the game. And they’ve just shook hands on the terms of what promises to ...Read More
Illegal Sports Book Arrests Made In Ontario
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Daniel Negreanu Apologises For Twitch Tirade
Canadian Poker-pro and GGPoker ambassador Daniel Negreanu has issued the type of apology that leaves everyone uncomfortably aware of its non-apologetic nature. Negreanu three days after he physically threatened a commenter named Tom Estr...Read More
CLA In Support Of Iroquois Olympic Inclusion
The Canadian Lacrosse Association has thrown its full weight of support behind a movement that hopes to see the Iroquois Nationals included in the 2022 World Games. The Iroquois Nationals, representative of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy,...Read More
Tony Dunst Wins WSOP Event And Gold Bracelet
Poker-pro, World Poker Tour presenter, and World Series of Poker regular Tony Dunst has won his second WSOP bracelet. Dunst not only got to walk away the champion of Event #21, complete with a WSOP bracelet in tow, but also now gets to b...Read More
Rush Street Aiming To List On The NYSE
An anonymous source has leaked information about social casino and real money games developer Rush Street Interactive’s plans to become a publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange. And according to the same source, Rus...Read More
New Shows Coming To Netflix In August
Netflix is going about this coming August in a cutting-and-pasting kind of way, and so some binge-worthy content won’t be available for much longer. Lucky for us, the streaming giant is at the same time bringing back quite a few all...Read More
Clipwire’s Bingo Story An Evergreen Success
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Advertisers Testing Ads In Console Games
A migration of ads from television to console gaming may be the perfect antidote not only to the massive loss of live sports coverage, but also to challenges surrounding advertising content reaching a younger audience no longer interested...Read More
CES 2021 Called Off – Bad News For Vegas
Rising concerns over a second massive wave of global health crisis-induced infections have left the organisers of CES with no other option but to call off the 2021 in-person instalment of the world’s largest consumer electronics sho...Read More
Former Maple Leaf Eddie Shack Dies Aged 83
Former NHL veteran player and Maple Leaf Eddie Shack has died, Toronto announced on Twitter on the weekend. Shack was 83. Known for his colourful antics on and off the ice, his bruising playing style, off-beat skating gait, and huge pers...Read More
Deciphering The Meaning Of Cancel Culture
The internet is awash with a new piece of terminology. And even those who claim to understand its meaning seem to be largely straddling the fence of confusion as to a proper definition the rest of us can get our heads around. It’s c...Read More
ALC Pleased With Class-Action Dismissal
Canada’s Superior Court has dismissed a class-action lawsuit previously reinstated by the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal regarding the addictive and harmful nature of Video Lottery Terminals (VLTs) operated by Atlantic Lo...Read More
Red Tiger Wins 5 Top Awards At 2020 EGR
Premium slots developer Red Tiger Gaming has received no fewer than five top awards at the prestigious 2020 EGR B2B Awards Event. The leading creative force beat a field of strong and deserving competitors to the following five awards: I...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
MGA’s Buffalo Bingo Goes Global Online
Online casino software developer MGA Games’ new Buffalo Bingo title is officially live with all licensed international partner-operators. MGA specialises in big-scale online Bingo gaming products and focuses specifically on ...Read More
Former Stars Group CEO Joins BlueRibbon
Rafi Ashkenazi, the man who only recently guided Canadian gaming giant The Stars Group through a massive merger with Flutter Entertainment in his capacity as CEO, has been confirmed as having joined BlueRibbon Software in the capacity of ...Read More
Little Nugget Casino & Diner To Close Down
Downtown Reno’s legendary Little Nugget Casino & Diner will close its doors for the second time this year at the end of July – and this time round, it will sadly be for good. A world-wide crisis completely unforeseen as l...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
Keep The Distance With Tall Canadian Celebs
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Spearhead Studios Launch 2 New Games
After having made its debut-appearance at ICE London 2020, EveryMatrix Group-owned Spearhead Studios is quickly becoming an iGaming force to be reckoned with. The studio recently released not only one, but two new games: Blackjack, as wel...Read More
Delta Bingo To Resume Games In Sudbury
July 27th will at long last see Bingo return to Greater Sudbury, a Delta Bingo spokesperson has confirmed. Delta’s Sudbury and Val Caron venues will be among the first to resume in-person games in the Greater Sudbury regi...Read More
Konami Test-Runs First Cashless Slot Credit
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Top Ubisoft Resignations Raising Questions
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Lenovo To Release 5G-Enabled Gaming Phone
Tech-giant and smart phone manufacturer Lenovo is about to take mobile gaming to all-new levels. The manufacturer has just announced what will probably emerge as their most enthralling gaming smartphone to date. It’s called the Leno...Read More
Park MGM May Ban Smoking
A steal-photograph captured inside of a still-closed Park MGM Casino hints at Park becoming the first casino on the Las Vegas Strip getting ready to ban smoking. And judging by the specific wording of the sign, if such an assumption can i...Read More
NFLPA & GVC Launch Betting Education Program
The NFL Players Association (NFLPA) is launching an initiative focused on creating a better understanding of what sports betting is about, how it functions alongside the professional sports world, and why, now that more and more US states...Read More
WPT Renames Champions Cup After Mike Sexton
The World Poker Tour has announced that it has decided to rename the WPT Champions Cup after veteran WPT television commentator and partypoker ambassador/chairman Mike Sexton. The travelling trophy will from now on be called the ‘Mi...Read More
Blue Jays Denied Pittsburgh Home-Season
The Toronto Blue Jays have had yet another door shut firmly in their faces following Pennsylvania State’s denial of a request by the MLB team to play home games in Pittsburgh in the upcoming season. The Pennsylvania Department of He...Read More
Buzz Bingo Announces Slots Tournaments
UK Bingo giant Buzz Bingo has ventured into all-new territory by now offering to their players the chance to complete in online slots tournaments. And best of all is that these are played alongside fiends and/or fellow online players, whi...Read More
Walmart Canada To Invest $3.5bn Locally
Walmart Canada has announced major investment plans for the next five years. The retail giant has declared itself in the position to invest at least $3.5 billion in improving its online service offerings as well as in-store service offeri...Read More
Woodbine Gives Social Media Reign To Charity
Woodbine Entertainment is a proud supporter of local charities, and in particular of those seeking to empower the black youth of Rexdale. And to show just how committed the racetrack is to those youth disadvantaged by their heritage and c...Read More
Tioga Downs & Vernon Downs To Remain Open
Two of New York State’s largest harness-racing racetracks, Tioga Downs Casino Resort and Vernon Downs, are contrary to recent rumours, to remain open for business for the foreseeable future. This according to owner/manager Jeff Gura...Read More
All 12 WPT Online Champ Events Live-Streamed
The world of live online Poker is doing what it can to make the game as entertaining as possible to online viewers, fans, and participants. To this end, the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Online Championship, which just so happens to be und...Read More
Online Bingo Is Fuelled By Female Players
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Gateway’s Sudbury Casino Yet To Reopen
Since Stage 3 of Ontario’s provincial business reopening plan is now officially in force, casinos and Bingo venues across the province are able to do business for the first time since nation-wide closures in mid-March. Gaming venues...Read More
Twitch Tells US Army To Quit Faking Giveaway
Games and eSports streaming platform Twitch has told the US Army to stop advertising free fake goods and prizes on its Twitch eSports channel in an attempt to get users to land on the Army’s recruitment page. The clever tactic by th...Read More
Video Games Industry Reports Record June
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Pat Lyons Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet Ever
A year that’s been particularly gruelling to some, has turned out one of the best years ever for Pat “IchiiKawawa” Lyons, who has just won his first ever World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Lyons, who in 2016 won the W...Read More
Leisure Acquisition Scraps Gateway IPO Deal
It certainly seems as if Canadian casino operator giant Gateway Casinos & Entertainment’s prospects of listing on the New York Stock Exchange in association with special purpose acquisition vehicle Leisure Acquisition Corp., are...Read More
Canadian Museum Wronging The Rights
It’s a museum wholly dedicated to celebrating human rights. And in a time of physical distancing especially, it’s supposed to be a safe haven inviting people out of living in the shadows for fear of discrimination and being sh...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
Strauss Off The Hook After Naked Vegas Rant
When Kenneth Strauss got himself kicked out of last year’s 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event by having removed his trousers, exposed basically everything he had to show, followed by an unceremonious throwing of one of his shoes ...Read More
Two More Canadian Casinos Sign Up With Passport Technology
Two more Canadian casino properties have now partnered with cash solutions provider Passport Technology in an attempt to streamline their cash responses in management structures in a way that is safe and compliant with current limited-con...Read More
Buzz Bingo To Close 26 Of Its UK Venues
UK retail Bingo giant Buzz Bingo (previously Gala Bingo) says it’s decided to permanently shutter at least 26 of its UK-based gaming halls due to the financial strain caused by the global health crisis. The permanent closures could ...Read More
Ronald Perelman To Sell His Stake In SG Corp
Big news this week is that Scientific Games chairman Ronald Perelman wants to sell his 39% stake in the company. The American billionaire and investor recently filed a sale interest (notice of intention to sell) with the US Securities and...Read More
Blizzard Waives Fee To Change Genders In WoW
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Trump In Possible Federal Violation Re Goya
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Alpine Canada To Soon Resume Training
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WSOP Regular Bob “Big Tex” Talbot Has Died
World Series of Poker regular and cash-games enthusiast Bob “Big Tex” Talbot has died aged 73. The Granbury resident passed on July 9; his family confirmed. Born November 3, 1946, Big Tex Talbot had throughout his Poker caree...Read More
Ontario Casinos To Reopen From July 17
Select casinos and charitable gaming venues located in Ontario are celebrating as Stage 3 of the province’s reopening plan is scheduled to come into force on July 17. This according to a recent announcement made by the Ontario Lotte...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
888casino Signs Up With NetEnt Live Casino
So popular have live casino games become, that 888 Holdings’ 888casino brand has decided to add a whole new range of games to its online gaming menu. And, as an added plus, the games are developed by none other than online casino en...Read More
9Stacks Unveils Voice-Enabled Poker Table
9Stacks, India’s leading and fastest-growing Poker operator, has just launched the world’s first voice-enabled tables on its premium online platform. Voice-enabled Poker tables are according to 9Stacks, the opportunity for pla...Read More
Edmonton Eskimos Likely To Get A New Name
Money talks. And one team firmly in the running for a name-change because of this is the CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos. With financial pressure from sponsors and social pressure from fans steadily mounting, many sports experts believe that...Read More
BCLC Sportsbook Now Powered By SG Corp.
The BCLC has roped in the expertise and services of Scientific Games and its OpenTrade Managed Trading Services (MTS) product for the purpose of upgrading and expanding the Crown corporation’s online sports betting service offerings...Read More
Pennsylvania Family Sentenced Over Illegal Gaming
A Pennsylvania family has been sentenced by a US district court judge following their having operated illegal video poker machines for more than four decades. Patriarch Robert Biros (85), son Andrew Biros (54), son John Biros (58), and da...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
Microgaming Seals New Deal With Stakelogic
Leading casino games software developer and content platform provider Microgaming has announced a new partnership with fellow-developer Stakelogic. The new partnership provides that Stakelogic avails its own premium online games and iGami...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
Bang Bang Games Joins YG Masters Programme
Established earlier this year, emerging young casino games development studio Bang Bang Games has selected Yggdrasil Gaming’s YG Masters program as its global partnership programme of choice. Bang Bang will be drawing on the experti...Read More
Microgaming Teams Up With eSports’ Unikrn
Great news for eSports fanatics is that leading casino games developer and online entertainment giant Microgaming has finally joined their world. The casino software giant recently concluded a partnership deal with sports betting and ente...Read More
Domi To Enter Into Pre-Season Waiting Period
Training camp for the National Hockey League’s long-awaited return gets underway on Monday, but Montreal Canadiens forward Max Domi won’t be joining in – not immediately, in any event. Domi, who has Type 1 diabetes and c...Read More
Kid Poker Flips Out Over Internet Glitch
It’s easy to forget that Canadian Poker-pro Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu is only human and not only the no-emotion-show guru we so often perceive him to be. Recently forced out of hand by an internet connection glitch whi...Read More
Sony Acquires Minority Stake In Epic Games
Japanese video games console giant Sony has acquired a minority stake to the value of $250 million in Fortnite’s Epic Games. And it’s a move analysts regard as much bigger and strategically broader than gaming only. In fact, m...Read More
MLB To Implement Extra-Innings Rule
Traditionalists had better watch out, because arena baseball is coming to the MLB. But instead of it heading Major League Baseball’s way for sole purpose of stirring the pot, the extra runner on second base at the start of each extr...Read More
How Research Is Changing Solar Energy Yield
In an industry racing toward sustainable, green, and affordable solar energy, the measure of whether that which should be achieved is actually being achieved, has always been solar panel efficiency. And that efficiency is measured in whet...Read More
Ivey Settles Protracted Dispute With Borgata
Controversial Poker player Phil Ivey has allegedly finally reached a settlement agreement with the Borgata, Atlantic City. The supposed settlement relates to a nearly decade-long dispute between Ivey and the popular MGM-owned casino over ...Read More
Saanich Junior Braves To Change Name & Logo
The Saanich Junior Braves, a team and division of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League, will be changing its name out of respect for local Indigenous communities. The name and logo of the Saanich Junior Braves have been in use ever s...Read More
Lightning Box Stuns With Spartan Fire Slot
Spartan Fire is slots developer Lightning Box’s latest attempt at greatness, and good news is that the game is now live and available to play at all participating operators. And even better news is that players can expect to enter a...Read More
Britney Spears Expresses Appreciation For Canadians
So hooked is Mississippi-born singer-superstar Britney Spears on Canadian art and music, that she’s been spending quality time at home swaying her body to the sound of Nelly Furtado and appreciating the art of local Ontario-based ar...Read More
BetMGM Benefits From Further Investments
MGM Resorts International and GVC Holdings have reportedly invested a further $250 million in ROAR Digital, which company trades as the US-focused BetMGM sportsbook and online casino. MGM and GVC originally pushed $200 million in investme...Read More
Bingo Back In Saskatchewan
July 9 after an exceptionally long wait at long last saw in-person gaming return to the community of Saskatchewan. The day was anticipated for a long time in advance, as the latest regulations now authorise the return not only of live cas...Read More
Global Gaming Expo 2020 Officially Cancelled
The 2020 edition of the annual Global Gaming Expo (G2E), staged each year in Las Vegas, has been cancelled. The American Gaming Association (AGA) earlier this week issued a joint statement with partner Reed Exhibitions confirming that the...Read More
NYC Casinos Struggle As Tribal Venues Thrive
Commercial New York casinos appear to be falling further and further behind their tribal casino counterparts. And it’s a situation now made all the worse by NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision that the hotel venues at both Tioga D...Read More
HBCU Students Graduate Bingo Party Style
Bingo, perhaps more so than any other game or activity, is proving a lifeline in challenging times. While many students have not been able to enjoy celebrating graduating from college in the way they would have been able to do in the past...Read More
BCLC Finally Spills Beans Over FINTRAC Fine
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) has after a nearly a decade-long battle trying to keep secret the reasons behind the $700,000 fine it got slapped with by Canada’s anti-money laundering watchdog, finally come clean. ...Read More
Social Casinos Are Shaping iGaming’s Future
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Two More WSOP Bracelets Won
With Event #5 and Event #6 of the WSOP Online Event officially in the bag, two more Poker enthusiasts recently managed to each book a WSOP bracelet win. First up to win his WSOP bracelet was Allen Chang – which bracelet also just to...Read More
Great Whites Summering Up In Atlantic Canada
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Gateway Won’t Be Listing Publicly Just Yet
When Canadian gaming operator giant Gateway Casinos & Entertainment announced late last year that it was about to merge with a special purpose acquisition vehicle called Leisure Acquisition Corp. for the purpose of listing on the NY S...Read More
Millions Lost Due To Caesars Windsor Closure
Caesars Windsor’s inability to trade for what is quickly approaching the 5-month mark could leave a hole the size of at least CA$36.6 million in the local City Council’s annual budget for the current year. This according to th...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
NHL Shed Light On How The Season Will Work
It should be a relief to many that labour peace finally appears within reach within the ranks of the National Hockey League. The NHL and NHLPA (National Hockey League Players’ Association) earlier on this week announced having tenta...Read More
Monster Blast Slot Coming To Quickfire
Exciting news in the world of gaming this week is that Monster Blast, an all-new match-3 cluster slot, is about to go live on Microgaming’s Quickfire platform. The official Quickfire release date has been confirmed as July 20, where...Read More
Las Vegas’ Gambling Focus Back on Track
Sin City has long been recognised as the world’s gambling capital. But this is not to say that for a considerable amount of time Las Vegas didn’t focus on family-friendly offerings instead. Even so, a recent study conducted by...Read More
Resorts World Host Unique 4th July Fireworks Show
While Genting Group’s Resorts World Las Vegas won’t be opening before at least the summer of next year, this did not stop its operator from celebrating Independence Day with a fireworks extravaganza displayed on a 100,000 sq. ...Read More
Online Poker Boom Bubble Bursts
The recent online Poker boom probably won’t last, and an unprecedented global dilemma won’t turn out to be quite the game-changer the industry had hoped. This according to data released late last week by GameIntel, an industry...Read More
Superior Court Hears Other Side Of KED Story
If businessman and anti-gambling activist Tom Fortin had expected his legal representation to walk all over Gateway and the City of Greater Sudbury during a virtual presentation of arguments before the Superior Court this week, then he&rs...Read More
Ad Boycotts Will Hurt Companies – Not Facebook
Smaller businesses and companies pulling their ads from Facebook in support of a cause, even for a month, is tantamount to someone cutting off their own nose in an attempt to spite their face. This according to several business analysts o...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
Nick Nurse Says He’s Impressed By His Team
Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse says he’s impressed with his players’ collective state of physique and individual fitness levels; fitness levels all the more impressive because of the Raptors not having played or trained...Read More
Analyst Pegs Eldorado Shares At 3-Digit Potential
Eldorado Resorts, the soon-to-be new owner/operator of Caesars Palace, remains a 3-digit promise on the stock market. Shares of Eldorado last week traded at least 10 percent higher (at times showing an even better improvement) on NASDAQ (...Read More
Travel Poker’s Silk Road With WSOP & GGPoker
The feeling of the proverbial letting out of the air from the wheels of life is a sensation intimately familiar to the world’s live Poker playing cream of the crop. Not only did a global crisis of epic proportions swoop in threateni...Read More
NetEnt To Release Gonzo’s Quest Megaways
When big-name Swedish gaming giant NetEnt released its Gonzo’s Quest slot exactly a decade ago in 2010, the game made headlines for having been the first-ever online slot featuring cascading symbols that would, after the completion ...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
Cirque Du Soleil Files For Bankruptcy
Quebec-based high-quality artistic entertainment company Cirque du Soleil has for more than three decades been providing premium performance entertainment to people in over four hundred cities in sixty countries. What had started out as a...Read More
David Coleman Wins WTP Online Poker Open
Online Poker may not be turning out to witness quite the online revival the industry had hoped it would, but that doesn’t mean that recent tournaments haven’t made for one heck of a ride and virtual money-making thrill. The Wo...Read More
NeoPollard Named Alberta iGaming Partner
Exciting news making headlines this week is that Lotteries ticketing solutions provider, online gaming platform and technology provider NeoPollard Interactive has secured a significant new partnership with the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and C...Read More
Casino Execs Sue Drew’s Witkoff For Millions
Controversial New York City real estate developer Steve Witkoff and his Witkoff Group have once again been named at the centre of a legal spat involving millions, as well as alleged fraudulent activities. A group of high-profile casino ex...Read More
Canada Now Trumps US On Top Economies List
So brightly burning a trash fire has Trump’s US trade war with China become that small (but certainly forceful) countries are for the first time ever sticking it to the US’ reputation as the world’s most competitive econ...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
Supreme Court To Rule On KED In September
This week, Greater Sudbury businessman Tom Fortin brought an application before the Supreme Court in an attempt to prove that the go-ahead for the Gateway’s Kingsway Entertainment District development was the result of a biased city...Read More
Insiders Say The Luxor’s Days Are Numbered
One of the highest buildings on the Last Vegas Strip at the time of its official opening in 1993, the Luxor Resort & Casino remains a sight to behold and is as Vegas as Vegas gets to be. It’s so much more than just another popul...Read More
ALC Wants To Lure Players Back Home
The Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) is losing upwards of CA$100 million in annual revenue to illegal foreign operators. And according to ALC president and chief executive officer Chris Keevill, the Crown corporation is doing everything...Read More
Online Bingo More Popular Than Ever Before
Now that so many of us are stuck at home, we’re obviously looking for alternative ways to enjoy a bit of gaming fun. And the world wide web is doing exactly that. In fact, if any one industry has managed to escape the perils of a gl...Read More
BCLC Working On A Reopening Plan For Casinos
B.C. casinos were only expected to open during Phase 4 of the province’s reopening plans but may now be reopening well ahead of schedule. And since casinos (and certainly all businesses) have been closed since around mid-March, news...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
Mike Matusow Courts Controversy Over Mask Law
So peeved off is four-time WSOP bracelet winner Mike Matusow with Caesars Entertainment’s decision to change its policy from only employees being subject to the mandatory wearing of masks to masks being now compulsory across the boa...Read More
Vancouver Off NHL’s List Of Hub Cities
Choosing an NHL hub city at the time of a health crisis is, to say the least, precarious business. A concern over public health and safety is also the main reason behind the NHL’s decision not to include Vancouver on the list of hub...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
Joey Ingram Weighs In On Postle And Dancing With Death
Not only is Vancouver native Joey Ingram notorious for his crazy prop bets and for being the man behind the public calling out of Mike Postle, but he’s also making headlines of an altogether different (not to mention not necessarily...Read More
eSports Revenue Projected To Double In 2020
The trick to turn the current boom permanent is effective consumer education. This according to Martin Bradley, who is the research director in technology and entertainment at global consumer research giant 2CV.
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David Beckham Co-Launches New eSports Team
The latest big star to rise in the growing world of is none other than a franchise co-owned by football legend David Beckham. Guild eSports says it aims to soon compete with the leaders making name in the global booming professional vide...Read More
MGA Confirms Several Licences Cancelled
CEO Heathcliff Farrugia has stated that 2019 was very challenging, but at the same time it was also a very rewarding year for the casino regulator. It was a year that saw the world’s leading gaming authority stepping up its efforts...Read More
888 Holdings Strikes Gold With Playzido Deal
Casino games brand giant is recognised as a global leader in the Bingo and iGaming industry. And following the successful conclusion of a series of recent high-profile deals and partnerships, the operator has managed to boost even more i...Read More
The Stars Group Posts Strong Q1 Revenue Report
The recent Q1 revenue report release by online casino and Poker operator cements even further the notion that the time to capitalise on a diversified product offering is right now. The Canadian online entertainment colossus has announced...Read More
Atlantic City Casinos To Reopen On July 2
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has cleared Atlantic City’s casinos to reopen on July 2. This means that AC casinos will reopen just in time for this year’s 4th of July celebrations. Occupancy numbers will however b...Read More
Kim St-Pierre Joins Hall Of Fame 2020
Being a girl who wanted to play was never easy going, says the most recent inclusion in Canada’s Hockey Hall of Fame. Even though the 1980s made no provision for girls’ hockey in Kim St-Pierre’s hometown of Chateauguay,...Read More
Atari Partners with Unikrn Inc.
Californian electronic entertainment industry megalith Atari has announced a partnership with Seattle-based esports giant Unikrn Inc.
Via its thriving cryptocurrency ecosystems, Unikrn will help speed up the integration of the...Read More
Canadian Sports Programs Too Slow Re Inclusivity
Canada hasn’t done nearly enough to ensure the inclusion and empowerment of the country’s Indigenous athletes in sports. So say those who participated in a recent online discussion panel hosted by CBC Sports in collaboration w...Read More
Unifor Seeks Court Relief Re Gateway Demands
Casino workers’ union Unifor Local 1090 has filed an official violation complaint against casino operator giant Gateway Casinos & Entertainment. The union has said that it is nothing short of appalled at Gateway’s decision...Read More
Red Tiger Unveil New Reel Keeper Slot
Red Tiger Gaming has only just gone live with its new Reel Keeper online slot, and already it’s shaping up to be one for the history books. The game is the very latest to have been released by the award-winning developer and promise...Read More
Ontario Casinos & Hotels Desperate To Reopen
Those representing Ontario’s local casino industry on Friday voiced their concerns before the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, painting a scenario of ‘do or die’ in the face of a slow and harrowing eco...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
Two OLG Players Hit It Lucky With Powerbucks
Exciting news from the thrilling world of online slots this week is that no fewer than two exceptionally lucky Canadian players have managed to hit jackpots well in excess of a million Canadian dollars playing IGT’s Powerbucks Wheel...Read More
Vegas Poker Rooms Exceeding Expectations
Las Vegas Poker rooms this weekend reopened their doors to 5-handed Poker games and according to the majority of casino managers, it proved to be a weekend of exceeded expectations as far as participation went. Games were obviously hoste...Read More
SpaceX Keen To Provide Internet To Rural Canada
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has reportedly applied to provide high-speed internet to those Canadians living in remote parts of the country. The company owns several near-earth satellites capable of providing lightning-fast internet to just a...Read More
Sussexes Hit Trademark Paperwork Snag
If life as ordinary citizens were what former royals the had been hoping for, then they’ve just had yet another prayer answered because according to several British news outlets, the registration of their new non-profit trademark a...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
Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino Re-Opens
The Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino is yet again officially open for business and welcoming players through its doors. The venue officially resumed business activities on June 18 and players were super excited at finally being able to ...Read More
Latest BCLC Report Shows Casino Allocations
for the moment remains limited to online gaming platforms, and since the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) has declared itself in no hurry to resume in-person gaming, no reopening date has been scheduled for casinos in the prov...Read More
Bingo Gala Drug Bust Investigation Goes Cold
It’s now a year since one of the biggest drug farms ever busted by UK police went up in ‘smoke’ when a giant cannabis crop just waiting for the harvest was discovered at the former location of Gala Bingo in the small tow...Read More
CFL Commissioner Ambrosie Reveals Pay Cut
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie says he’s not expecting any more from the league’s players than what he himself is willing to do. Ambrosie on Thursday revealed that he has taken a 20 per cent pay cut – along with every o...Read More
Players Divided As NBA Prepares To Play Ball
The NBA may be planning for a return to play at Orlando in Florida late next month, but that doesn’t mean that everyone is equally on board with the plan. The greatest incentive to restart is, of course, money. According to the term...Read More
Play’n GO Thrills With Troll Hunters 2 Slot
Award-winning casino games software developer Play’n GO would definitely have made more than just a few players’ day with the recent release of the studio’s Troll Hunters 2 slot. Many will know that the game is the seque...Read More
Dame Vera Lynn Has Died Aged 103
The wonderful Dame Vera Lynn has died aged 103. Best known for her morale-boosting hit “We’ll Meet Again”, which she dedicated to the troops fighting on the frontlines during the Second World War, the singer’s deat...Read More
Manitoba Bingo And Gaming Halls To Reopen
VLT and Bingo games enthusiasts living in Manitoba are without a doubt absolutely thrilled by the news that the province has declared indoor entertainment and recreation centres next to reopen as part of the third phase of reopening the l...Read More
North Bay Cascades Roadwork Bid Awarded
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment has confirmed having now received a long-awaited North Bay Council go-ahead regarding the planned Cascades Casino North Bay roadwork project. Once completed, the upgrade to the intersection connecting P...Read More
BCLC Announces Exciting New Betting Upgrade
Now that the British Columbia Lottery Corporation has officially extended its existing partnership with leading iGaming and sports betting platform provider Scientific Games Corporation, B.C. players can expect to be treated to quite the ...Read More
Meet Harper’s Bazaar’s New Editor-In-Chief
American fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar, first published in 1867, was the very first fashion magazine that focused exclusively on fashion viewed through the lens of a woman. And since the classic publication has just appointed its...Read More
Charity Bingo Reports Major Revenue Loss
Nationwide shutdown orders in the US (and certainly the world over) are reported to have taken a huge toll on especially charities. And since Bingo halls in Amarillo, Texas, have been closed since mid-March and are now only permitted to f...Read More
First Nations Lash Out At Casino Smoking Ban
Manitoba’s First Nations have voiced their extreme unhappiness over an ultimatum declared by Premier Brian Pallister regarding the reopening of tribal casinos in the province. According to Pallister, only those casinos willing to in...Read More
George Russell Wins Virtual F1 Canadian GP
On Sunday, British racing driver George Russell secured a fourth successive virtual Formula One victory for team Williams. And with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc absent, Russell easily beat Red Bull’s Alex Albon into a neat second...Read More
Venetian First To Return To Multi-Table Play
If all were to go ahead as planned, The Venetian in Las Vegas will become the first Poker room to host a multi-table tournament post March’s shut-down orders. Up until now, the only live tournaments to have been played in person hav...Read More
Microgaming Releases Stunning June Slots Lineup
Big-gun online casino software developer Microgaming has released quite the new-games lineup for June. This includes the release of more than 20 new slots developed by Microgaming’s award-winning family of partner studios. Themes he...Read More
BCLC In No Hurry To Reopen Its Casinos
No specific timeline for the reopening of casinos in British Columbia has been set and, says British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) interim CEO Greg Moore, the Crown corporation is in no hurry in terms of speeding along the process. ...Read More
Paw Patrol And The Police Scrutiny Spotlight
Canadian American hit preschool television series Paw Patrol, a furry franchise themed around a German Shepherd police dog named Chase and his team of rescued canine helpers tasked with keeping their neighbourhood safe, is a multi-million...Read More
Negreanu Willing To Bet On 2020
Canadian golden Poker boy Daniel Negreanu is obviously in no mood to have his professional career up-ended even further than what it already has. Last week Friday the star GGPoker ambassador challenged interested parties to a bet based on...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
Canadian Leagues Pushing For Legal Sports Betting
Legalised single-event sports betting in Canada is a conversation that’s in recent years seen its fair share of ups and downs. But it’s also a conversation that’s gained increased traction ever since the ban on professio...Read More
Oneida Indian Nation Reopens 3 NY Casinos
Following months of temporary closures, the Oneida Indian Nation has reopened their Turning Stone Resort Casino (Verona), Point Place Casino (Bridgeport), and Yellow Brick Road Casino (Chittenango) to the general public. All three casinos...Read More
Luckbox’s TSX Expectations Far Exceeded
Isle of Man-based eSports bookmaker Luckbox certainly seems to have aced ‘eSports Betting Done Right’. Luckbox last week confirmed having completed a public listing funding round to the tune of CA$3.8 million in preparation of...Read More
Canadians Need To Learn How To Trust Again
Canadians are known for a surprisingly positive stereotype; that of extreme politeness. But the global health crisis has even the politest nation on earth on edge. We’re surrounded by precautionary health measures promising to prote...Read More
Playtech Debuts Spin & Win With PokerStars
Leading online casino games developer Playtech has announced the official launch of its brand-new Spin & Win live-dealer product across PokerStars brand-domains. The game is now live and available to online Roulette enthusiasts via po...Read More
Kami Hudson Aces WSOP Online Finale Event #9
At the end of last week we saw the World Series of Poker Online Finale Circuit Series wrap up a 9th successful tournament event. The 12-ring series concluded on June 14, and was open to all players in New Jersey, Delaware and N...Read More
What The Future Holds for Gaming
Predicting the future of any industry is a precarious affair – if 2020 has taught us anything, then it’s got to be a thing of unavoidability we’ve known since just about forever: you can only really rely on death and tax...Read More
Clearview AI Refuses To Delete Canadian Images
Whether or not facial recognition technology is ethically sound is a hot topic of global interest at present. The value of facial recognition technology used without consent undoubtedly has its safety benefits from a citizens’ polic...Read More
MLS Is Back Tournament Scheduled for July
This week, the Major League Soccer announced its plans for the restarting of the 2020 season. All 26 MLS clubs will complete in a special MLS is Back Tournament at the Walt Disney World Resort Florida’s ESPN Wide World of Sports com...Read More
Police Raid Uncovers Tribal Casino Scheme
A recent police raid carried out on a total of six illegal pot shops reportedly owned and run by the Oneida Nation of the Thames has exposed more than just a secret stash of marijuana. The First Nation had apparently also been working on ...Read More
Bill & Ted’s Message To The Class Of 2020
Graduates of California’s Sam Dimas High School enjoyed quite the graduation send-off. Even though students had to this year make peace with a virtual graduation, they’ll always be able to tell of how they were wished well on ...Read More
USOPC Looks Into Relaxing Anti-Protest Rules
All people – including professional Olympic and Paralympic athletes – should have more freedom to protest at Olympic events. This according to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, which committee has now created an athle...Read More
Play’n GO Stuns With Rainforest Magic Bingo
Award-winning casino software developer Play’n GO has just released an exciting new online game called Rainforest Magic Bingo. According to the developer the new release was inspired by their Rainforest Magic slot, and it features t...Read More
WSOP Announces 85-Bracelets Online Series
The World Series of Poker has announced that the newly created World Series of Poker Online, which was effectively created in order to replace the cancelled 2020 WSOP in Las Vegas, will officially kick off on July 1st. What&rsq...Read More
Montreal’s Surprise Whale Visitor Has Died
Montreal’s Surprise Whale Visitor Has Died The 9.5-metre-long humpback whale that had managed to captivate the curiosity and attention of folks living in the Montreal area in recent weeks, is reportedly suspected t...Read More
Alberta Charities Suffering Without Bingo
Non-profit Alberta charities and charitable support organisations are beginning to suffer the consequences of province-wide temporary casino, Bingo and charitable gaming venue closures. According to Brenda Thiruchelvam of the Edmonton Col...Read More
Musk’s Vegas Loop Gets First 2 Casino Stops
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has completed digging a second tunnel underneath the Las Vegas Convention Centre, and news that emerged this week is that Wynn Resorts and Resorts World Las Vegas have both lodged applications to become st...Read More
AGA Reports Record 2019 For US Casinos
US casinos may currently be reeling from the after-effects of shutdown orders, but according to the latest annual State of the States report as released each year by the American Gaming Association (AGA), 2019 saw quite the opposite state...Read More
Bob Eubanks To Host New LetsBingo On Mobile
Popular television game show host Bob Eubanks has been named as the man about to give away daily cash prizes as the presenter and host of LetsBingo, an exciting new free-to-play live Bingo game developed specifically for the mobile gaming...Read More
UK To Call On Evidence Regarding Loot Boxes
Discussions focused on the controversial nature of loot boxes are on the rise again. The UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has said that it will what is expected to be within the week, launch a call for evidenc...Read More
GiG Seals Exciting Deal With GS Technologies
Casino technology and leading platform provider Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has confirmed having secured what it describes as being a long-term agreement with affiliate brand marketing specialist, GS Technologies. According to the provi...Read More
Conor McGregor Is Retiring - Again
UFC star Conor McGregor says he’s retiring. And it’s an intention UFC big boss Dana White is willing to (albeit tongue-in-cheek) accept. McGregor on Sunday after what appears to have been yet another spur-of-the-moment d...Read More
Cascades Casino Delta To Plant 500 Trees
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment’s Cascades Casino Delta will, once complete, become home to more than 500 trees – of which at least 225 trees will be new trees. But in order for this to happen, and certainly in order for t...Read More
Gamblers Flock To Vegas After 78 Day-Hiatus
Vegas is back, baby! On Thursday morning Las Vegas casinos opened their doors for the first time since mid-March. And to say that 78 days of locked-up shop did a fair bit of damage is probably a gross understatement. Even so, the majority...Read More
Bill Pascrell A GAME ABOVE’s New President
Exciting news on the gaming events business front is that Bill Pascrell III has been named the new president of marketing behemoth A GAME ABOVE. And it’s an appointment proudly welcomed by Pascrell, for the simple reason of a lesson...Read More
Pragmatic Play Release New Ultra Burn Slot
Leading casino games developer Pragmatic Play has released the latest fruits of its labour created in partnership with exciting new independent studio developer and partner Reel Kingdom. Ultra Burn is the second slot released from the ran...Read More
Climate Change Doesn’t Have To Cost The Economy
A global health disaster is too big a price to pay for positive climate change and a really painful system of working toward decreased carbon emissions. A cool hard truth as voiced by Corinne Le Quéré, who is a Canadian prof...Read More
schimmelgodx Wins GGPoker WSOPC Main Event
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Microgaming Reaches Crucial Green Milestone
Leading online casino software developer this World Environment Day got to celebrate a very special environmentally friendly milestone of its own when the company completed and passed its International Organisation for Standardisation 140...Read More
Gateway Mulling Over Re-opening Procedures
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment says its currently still evaluating processes and decisions around the reopening of its land-based casinos in the province of Ontario. All physical casinos in the province; as well as the country, for t...Read More
Loto-Québec Faces Class Action Over Poker Glitch
Crown corporation and popular online gaming and Poker destination Loto-Québec has been confirmed as facing serious charges as well as a class-action lawsuit as a result of what appears to be a nasty technical glitch that caused unf...Read More
Evolution Gaming Launches Power Blackjack
Live casino games specialist developer and supplier Evolution Gaming has rolled out its latest superb Blackjack product. Power Blackjack was first showcased at this year’s ICE 2020 London gaming and iGaming expo in London in the UK....Read More
How Video Games Grew To A $100 Billion Global Industry
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Reach’s Mirror Bingo Relaunched With Jumpman
Well-known UK operative Reach plc is the largest commercial, national and regional news publisher in the United Kingdom today. The publisher creates superbly engaging content which is then distributed via a colossal range of newspapers, d...Read More
Pragmatic Play Releases New John Hunter Slot
Globetrotting hero and dashing explorer John Hunter could give any Indiana Jones a run for his money. And the good news is that Pragmatic Play has just released the fourth instalment in the studio’s John Hunter series of adventure-s...Read More
Bingo Toonz On Zoom A Huge Hit
“Bingo Toonz” is nothing new to the majority of Edmontonian’s – it has, after all, been played in local bars all over the province for the past 12 years. But the game replacing traditional balls with snippets extra...Read More
Why A Good Old Swear Word Can’t Be Beat
Bad words go a long way to making us feel better when in a physically painful situation. Many would argue this to be a truth long known in the sphere of popular opinion, but even so, research now suggests that our feelings on the matter h...Read More
MLBPA Proposes Extended Season Finish
The Players Association (MLBPA) on Sunday rejected the league’s proposal involving players taking additional pay cuts necessitated by an extended period of inactivity that resulted from worldwide public health concerns. Instead, th...Read More
Harness Racing At Rideau To Resume June 7th
Live harness racing is expected to make its return to Rideau Carleton Raceway this June 7th. And even though spectators will not be physically present in the stands, enthusiasts will be able to follow all of th...Read More
Pure Canadian Gaming To Go Cashless
Contactless cash access and payments technology has been a long time coming and soon, Canadian players will be in a position to benefit from the convenient safety-first approach made possible by payment solutions developer Passport Techno...Read More
Casinos Anxious To Reopen Despite Protests
As the of Las Vegas and Reno prepare for a desperately needed reopening of the gambling industry on June 4, many now fear the possibility of a protracted financial nightmare caused by the presence of a heavily armed National Guard in the...Read More
Betting Lines Changed After NHL Announcement
The recent confirmation received from Commissioner Gary Bettman regarding a changed-format season return plan to be applied to the remainder of the 2019-2020 season is having far-reaching consequences, including major changes to NHL bett...Read More
NetEnt Pulls Street Fighter II Slot After 1 Week
Leading online casino games developer has only a week after having gone live with its Street Fighter II: The World Warrior slot, completely pulled the game from circulation. Based on the popular Street Fighter arcade video games franchis...Read More
Zynga Acquires Peak In $1.8 Billion Deal
Popular mobile gaming developer Peak, the team behind popular mobile gaming franchises Toon Blast and Toy Blast, will following a recent acquisition deal to the tune of $1.8 billion, be taken over by developer Zynga. According to recentl...Read More
Jack Eichel On The Sabres And Hating To Lose
Sabres captain Jack Eichel thinks losing sucks. And after a tough 5 years Eichel seems to feel he’s basically been going nowhere slowly playing for a team that’s failed to make the playoffs for the duration of his time spent a...Read More
Online Poker Steps Into a New Era
Whoever thought a whole lot of good could come of a time challenging all of humanity on a global scale? But it has, and talk of sickness and mortality aside, it seems to have given old players and new a completely new lease on life. And ...Read More
Why Zoom Fatigue Is A Real Concern
It’s a strange new world out there at the moment. And come to think of it, it’s an even stranger new world ‘in here’. And while our reasons for feeling this way may vary, much of what we&rsqu...Read More
Quickspin Man Mats Westerlund Joins Fantasma
Quickspin co-founder Mats Westerlund, who also happens to have been part of the collective mastermind behind works of genius the likes of Quickspin’s Big Bad Wolf and s Starburst, has just been named the newest senior advisor and pa...Read More
Loto-Quebec Launches Kronos Unleashed Promo
Loto-Quebec’s online offerings are all the rage right now, and it’s about to get even better thanks to host of new promotions, games and bonuses having been introduced to award-winning and respected Crown corporation online p...Read More
Daniel Cates Admits To Ghosting Allegations
Daniel “Jungleman” Cates has reportedly admitted to having ghosted a (none-pro) friend’s account in a high-stakes home Poker game played around three weeks ago. This after businessman and Poker enthusiast/player Bill Per...Read More
Sonya Gaudet Included In Canadian Hall Of Fame
World and Canadian wheelchair Curling gold medalist Sonya Gaudet is one of 11 athletes to have been named as having been included in the Class of 2020-2021 set to be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. And its according to ...Read More
The Comfort Foods That Aren’t Comforting
Ever notice how comfort meant to make you feel ‘better’ and, well, comforted, often only does the trick for literally a couple of minutes before the familiar old lag, slug and bad mood sets in as if with renewed vengeance? Ex...Read More
Playtech Owns Up To Past Failures
Leading casino technology and games provider has said that it is more than willing to assume full responsibility for its former failures regarding social responsibility, and that despite whatever may have transpired in times gone by, the...Read More
Habanero Launches New Techno Tumble Slot
Leading casino games developer has launched its latest online slot and Techno Tumble is bound to be a futuristic-themed hit among fans of techno and science fiction. The slot even incorporates the spirit of retro-style 60s diners by incl...Read More
Bill Perkins Outs Cheat Worse Than Postle
According to well-known businessman and long-time Poker enthusiast Bill Perkins, there walks among us a player who makes Mike Postle’s cheating antics resemble innocent fooling-about shenanigans. This has obviously catalysed a massi...Read More
Greta Thunberg Calls Out Sonya Savage For Honesty
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Cullen Commission Enters Inquiry’s 2nd Phase
Tensions escalated this week as the Cullen Commission of Inquiry into in the Canadian province of British Columbia announced its readiness to resume its inquiry and move head into the second phase of the proceedings. The hope and expecta...Read More
Bettman Reveals NHL Season Finale Format
The NHL’s Gary Bettman has reached an agreement with the Players’ Association (NHLPA) regarding the way forward for a possible season finale. The format will involve a 24-team playoff specifically designed so as to lead up to...Read More
PokerStars Unveils New DoJo Training App
Trust to save the boring day. The leading Poker room operator has now launched a rather superb new (and free!) training app intended to help players master specifically the basics of the game. Poker DoJo is available to all U.K. and U.S....Read More
William And Kate Play Surprise Virtual Bingo
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Queen’s Brian May Tells Of Heart Attack
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Rockstar Pledges 5% Revenue To Covid-19
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MGM Gives Jim Murren a $32M Handshake
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Doug Poke Done With YouTube Poker Channel
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Sophie Trudeau Tests Positive For Covid-19
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Sony Reveals Plans For Future Of PlayStation
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Loto-Quebec Closes Casinos Amid Health Panic
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Nunavut Minister Stunned By Bingo Deductions
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Greentube Acquires CBC’s Crypto Assets
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E3 Cancelled In Wake Of Global Pandemic
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Phil Ivey Wins Big In Sochi
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Woodbine Makes Changes Following Covid-19
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Team17 Hits It Up With New Worms Teaser
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Billie Eilish Takes a Stand In New Music Video
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Quickspin Completes SkillOnNet Content Migration
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KED Project May Face Yet Another Major Delay
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Loot Boxes Are (Finally) A Dying Breed
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Bingo Helps Clear School’s Lunch Debt
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Special Poker Cruise Coming This September
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Aria Sued By Former Employee Over Tip-Pool
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Oregon Declares Covid-19 State Of Emergency
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Casino Rama Wants Smoking-Friendly Gambling
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OLG CEO Stephen Rigby To Soon Be Replaced
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CBC Voices Commitment To Women In Sports
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Twitter Bot Leaks New EA Star Wars Game
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Elk Studios Releases New Micro Knights Slot
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No More Skate-In-The-Air Rule For NHL
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Hulu TV Comes To PlayStation 4
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Nova Scotia To Take Anti-Harm Steps Over VLTs
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BC Astronomy Student Discovers 17 Planets
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KISS-Themed Casino Headed For Mississippi
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PokerStars Reveals Surprise Disqualification
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Canada Loses Ground On Hurun’s Billionaires List
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Bingo Drag Queens Accused of Felony
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Betsoft Makes A Comeback With Monster Pop Slot
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Temtem’s Battle Pass Causes Uproar
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Caesars Casinoless Resort Coming To Arizona
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The Stars Group Performs Well Beyond Expectation
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Harry & Meghan To Pay Their Own Way In Canada
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Canadian Water Polo Team To Miss Camp Over Covid-19 Fears
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WPTDeepStacks Montreal Coming To Playground
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Valve To Release New Half-Life Alyx On VR
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Chances Kelowna’s Expansion Plans are Approved
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NetEnt’s Gold & Silver Studios Now Live
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Milwaukee Mass Shooting Shakes Wisconsin
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Hasbro To Bring Back Classic 90s Handhelds
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Be A Lady They Said – Nixon Video Goes Viral
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Oklahoma Player Refused Winnings By Casino
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Women’s Sport Association Undergoes Rebrand
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When Money Not Talent Is Driving Hockey
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Loto-Quebec Wants To Streamline Reporting
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Bethesda Follows Blizzard and Splits From Nvidia
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Loto-Quebec Introduce New Video Slots To 2 Casinos
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All Eyes On Cullen Commission Of Inquiry
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ESPN & Poker Central To Broadcast WSOP 2020
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Ryan Newman Lives To Race Another Day
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Bernie Sanders Celebrates Nevada Caucus Success
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Jeff Bezos Pledges $10bn To Earth Initiative
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Showdown at Las Vegas Democratic Debate
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Gets The Hot Coffee Treatment
Red Dead Redemption 2 now has a Hot Coffee minigame of its own but Take Two Interactive and are having none of it. Explanation: the coffee isn’t really coffee and Take Two and Rockstar aren’t the ones responsible for having w...Read More
Alysha Newman Has Her Sights On Olympic Gold
Alysha Newman is a woman on a mission. The wants to achieve what no other Canadian female athlete has managed to do, which is to bring home Olympic Gold in pole vault. And the fact that she’s had a much slower-than-usual start to t...Read More
Playground Poker’s Power Weekend Coming Up
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WSOP Announces Feb 25 Online Poker Tour
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Major Pro-Teams Join Forces Against Bullying
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Osoyoos FN Tribe Eyes Okanagan Valley Casino
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Woodbine Confirms Amended Schedule For 2020
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PokerStars Ramps It Up With 6-Card Omaha
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Video Game Industry Still Male-Dominated
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Vancouver Model At Work In The US Too
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Chances Kelowna Ready For Massive Expand
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Curling Coach Apologises For Rant
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Epic Games CEO Likens Loot Boxes To Slots
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GCGC To Reveal Money Matters On 3 March
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Microgaming Unveils February Game Line-Up
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The Canucks Celebrate 17 Seasons Of Sedin
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EA’s Bioware To Completely Redesign Anthem
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Oryx Gaming Embraces Gamification
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Relax Gaming Rakes In Top Poker Award
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OLG Teaches Students About Problem Gambling
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Evolution Gaming Teases 12 New Live Games
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NetEnt Secures Rights To Hell’s Kitchen Slot
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Steam Smashes Its Own Two-Year Record
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Pickering Casino Set For April Launch
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Microgaming To Launch deadmau5 Branded Slot
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Console Kings Atari To Build 8 Gaming Hotels
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Netflix Using Cues from The Adult Entertainment Industry
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Aspire Global Partners With Authentic Gaming
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Yggdrasil Gaming To Launch Publishing Division
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BC Telescope Provides Insight Into FRBs
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Malindi Elmore May Be Headed For Tokyo
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Akwesasne Mohawk’s Sportsbook Now Open
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Federal Prison Time For Baccarat Cheats
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Genting Hands Out Donations To NY Lawmakers
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IGT Rolls Out Powerbucks In Ontario
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Super Bowl LIV Sports Betting Odds Posted
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Mattress Mack Down $2M In Baseball Bets
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Phil Galfond’s Challenge Kicks Off
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Why Lying When Dating Is A Bad Idea
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Greg Fossilman Raymer Wins at Heartland Poker Tour
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Google Hints At Big Reveal At Games Event
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Excitement As MSPT Heads To The Venetian Again
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Pokémon Go Updates On the Cards
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OLG Does Its Bit For Local Communities
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NetEnt Connect Enjoys International Support
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Texas Gamer Saves Life Of Friend In England
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Vegas Teachers Call For Casino Tax Hike
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Houston Managers Hinch And Luhnow Fired
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Universal Teases Nintendo Theme Park Launch
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Sony Now A Repeat No-Show At E3
Not exactly great news, but certainly by this time fascinating news what with it not being new news, is the fact that Sony will yet again this year be giving E3 a skip. 2020 will be Sony’s second year in a row as a no-show at the wo...Read More
Quickspin Ready To Shine At 2020 ICE London
It’s the start of a new year and this means one thing and one thing only. It’s time again for the internationally acclaimed gaming and innovation expo of the year, 2020 ICE London. This year’s expo show promises to be bi...Read More
Streamers Swapping Twitch For YouTube
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Bingo And Bass A Star-Combo At Banff
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Andrew Burke Appointed Bluberi Gaming’s New CEO
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Mama Duck To Return To Canada In June
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Betsoft Set To Launch Super Sweets Slot
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