IOC Announces Olympic Virtual Series Tokyo
Big gaming news from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) this week is the grand launch of a new series of virtual sports events set to take place in the run-up to this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games. The Olympic Virtual Series is ...Read More
Matusow Says He Lost Millions On Black Friday
Mike “The Mouth” Matusow claims Full Tilt Poker’s Black Friday cost him around $186 million. Matusow revealed on a recent episode of the Robbie Strazynski-hosted The Orbit that Poker’s darkest day cost him much mor...Read More
Electric Cars Hampered By Lack Of Stations
British Columbian motorists are reportedly keener than ever to make the switch to electric cars. But a follow-up report by the Metro Vancouver Climate Action Committee explained why the adoption rate has been lagging. According to the fin...Read More
Self-Driving Cars Trained By Video Games
It wasn’t so long ago that the idea of a fully autonomous car was only science fiction. But now, with numerous major manufacturers pushing ahead with the required technology, it seems as if science fiction will soon be a reality. H...Read More
Botcher And Homan To Play Curling Finals
Curling 2021 is fast shaping up to be the year of Brendan Bottcher vs Kevin Koe. Botcher pulled a repeat stunt on Sunday in another all-Alberta game when he beat Koe 6-2 while booking a berth in the men’s curling final of the Humpty...Read More
WSOP.com Reveals Full Schedule For 2021
The WSOP.com has now announced its complete US schedule planned for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) online for 2021. While the online version of the World Series of Poker will run from July 1 through August 1, featuring as it goes a cool...Read More
Latest Xbox Report Not Exactly Good News
One would think that a report detailing the many big exclusives coming soon to the Xbox Series X would be good news all around. But the fact that a new report from Xbox Game Studios clearly states that none of the exclusive big releases t...Read More
Successor Named For Loto-Quebec’s Roiter
Loto-Québec President and CEO Lynne Roiter will this June step down after 35 years of service to the Crown Corporation. The first woman appointed to the role of President and CEO in the history of the regulator’s existence, R...Read More
Poker Fans Get Ready For WPTDeepStacks
Grand excitement happens to be headed in the direction of Poker players and fans alike this summer. The World Poker Tour will this year make a return in its online form, with this year’s edition of the beloved tour set to include se...Read More
Usher In Confusing Spat Over Fake Tips
Pop star Usher recently landed himself in the twang with the ladies when a stunt intended to promote his upcoming residency at a Las Vegas casino ended in mayhem, insult, and general confusion. The singer ended up being accused of using ...Read More
Online Drag Bingo Fundraising Event A Success
Bingo has yet again stepped up to the plate for an organisation in need of funding. After the Queer Student Union of the University of Virginia last year had no other option but to cancel one of their leading fundraising events of the yea...Read More
Peter German Denies David Eby Influence
Former RCMP officer Peter German, the author behind the two damning and now-infamous reports on money laundering in British Columbia, has denied having been unduly influenced regarding his findings. German during this week’s testimo...Read More
Ontario Racing Avails More Relief Aid
Following the recent announcement of a new lockdown period in Ontario, and the resulting re-closure of the province’s horse racing industry, it has now been announced that there remain available funds under the OLG’s funding a...Read More
Demand For Dealers A Positive Sign For Vegas
Owners of Las Vegas schools that train people how to become casino dealers say their graduates have no problem at all getting hired. So much so, that nearly all of their students are getting hired now that the global economy is once again...Read More
Woodbine Desperate For Re-Opening Relief
Woodbine Entertainment has now addressed a formal request to Milton mayor Gordon Kranz, with the hope of opening positive discussions over a potential reopening of the region for the live racing season. Woodbine says it is hopeful that ha...Read More
Evolution To Acquire Big Time Gaming
Live casino games giant Evolution is on the verge of acquiring yet another big iGaming player in the world of digital and gaming entertainment. The company earlier this week confirmed that it has now tabled an offer to acquire Megaways-cr...Read More
UK-Based Online Casinos A Local Favourite
Studies clearly show that not only are online casinos becoming increasingly more popular all over the world, but that online casinos based in the UK are becoming a firm favourite among Canadian players. The popularity of online casinos, ...Read More
First Nations Head To Court Over PlayAlberta
First launched in the fall of 2020, provincial online gambling platform PlayAlberta.ca caters to the needs of Alberta’s gaming enthusiasts. Two First Nations are now dragging the provincial government as well as gaming regulator the...Read More
First Nation Stakes Claim To NS Elvers
First Nation treaty rights are again under the spotlight following a recent Nova Scotia incident involving federal fishing authorities and Sipekne’katik fishermen’s right to fish for a modern livelihood. Officers a little over...Read More
Digital E3 Confirmed For 2021
It’s official: E3, the biggest gaming conference in the world, is going online. Instead of welcoming the gaming community to its usual location in Los Angeles, the event will this year be hosted 100% digitally and free so as to allo...Read More
Cascades Casino North Bay Building Resumes
Canadian operator giant Gateway Casinos & Entertainment has released a new update regarding the construction and development of its new Cascades Casino North Bay venue. The building of the casino is on schedule and on track and will a...Read More
Kinsmen Bingo Celebrates Record $3M Win
Long-time Manitoba Bingo host and broadcaster Kathy Kennedy says this past weekend’s $3 million win at Winnipeg’s Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo was one of the ultimate highlights of her more than three decades with the popular contest...Read More
Grand Casino Tycoon Heading For Steam In May
Heading for Steam this May is every budding casino operator’s dream. A tycoon-style strategy simulation game that will allow players to own and operate their very own virtual casino. And while Grand Casino Tycoon by Aerosoft and sti...Read More
Poker’s Staples Brothers Share Their Secrets
Poker brothers Matt and Jaimie Staples have long been stalwarts in the world of streaming, and the partypoker associates recently revealed what they deem to be the secret to their convincing success on attracting traffic to their Twitch p...Read More
Wynn To Pay $5.6M In Unpaid Dealer Tips
Wynn Resorts has finally agreed to end the protracted legal feud with around 1,000 current as well as former dealers at its Las Vegas properties. The feud, which revolved around the supposed non-payment of tips, has been ongoing for the p...Read More
Fort Erie Biding It’s Time By Making Upgrades
Niagara-region based Fort Erie Living Racing Consortium has been making the most of the downtime caused by the global health crisis and the ensuring restrictions in the area. The corporation has made full use of the opportunity by making ...Read More
Casino Restaurant Reopens At Kamloops
Great news for those who enjoy a hearty meal during a night out on casino-town is that the Atlas Steak + Fish eatery at Gateway Casinos and Entertainment’s Cascades Casino Kamloops will soon re-open its doors to hungry customers. Th...Read More
Patrick Leonard Unleashes Poker Training War
That the road to Hades is paved with good intentions is no secret. And apparently even more so when your name is Patrick Leonard and your playground the online Poker scene. Leonard on Friday sparked a spat between two of Germany’s ...Read More
Krystina Alogbo Quits The Olympic Dream
Walking away from the ultimate dream for any athlete, qualifying for and competing in the Olympic Games, certainly does not make any sense to the outsider looking in. But to Canadian water polo star Krystina Alogbo, choosing between follo...Read More
Horse Racing Now Excluded From Bill C-218
Horse racing has officially been removed from the bill set to introduce the legal wagering on single sports events in Canada. This after a House committee on Thursday removed horse racing from Bill C-218, which is the legislation seeking ...Read More
B.C. Casino Workers Say They’re Forgotten
So significant is the impact of ongoing casino closures in British Columbia, that casino workers say they feel as if government has forgotten about them. Gateway Casino workers recently appeared in a video they hope will draw to their des...Read More
Pospisil Apologises For Miami Open Rant
Canadian Miami Open contender Vasek Pospisil has apologised for his on-court profanity-laced tirade directed at ATP Tour chief Andrea Gaudenzi on Wednesday. Pospisil lashed out at Gaudenzi during his first-round defeat against American Ma...Read More
Federal Grant Helps MSU Launch Bingocize
The Mississippi State University this week announced plans for introducing a special Bingo exercise project that will help residents at about two dozen nursing homes increase both their physical activity and social interaction. Originally...Read More
Qualcomm Planning A Switch Doppelganger
Wireless tech giant Qualcomm is rumoured to be working on a Nintendo Switch look-alike. According to a company insider, Qualcomm is hoping to showcase its flagship Snapdragon chipsets in a way other than the traditional PC-based performan...Read More
Cullen Commission Granted Deadline Extension
So mammoth and challenging has the Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia turned out to be, that the commission has now been granted an extension to its deadline for delivering its full report. The commissi...Read More
Alberta Phase 3 Reopening Expected Soon
March 29 is shaping up to become a deciding day for casinos and several other businesses in Alberta. Local government will on Monday announce its decision over whether or not the province is ready for a Phase 3 reopening. While most busi...Read More
Employee Defrauds Crown Corp. Out Of $275k
An employee of Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries has been arrested and charged after she reportedly defrauded the Crown Corporation out of more than $275,000. The 51-year-old Lori Ann Mann was arrested on March 2 and has since been charged wi...Read More
Vanessa Kade Signs With Americas Cardroom
High-profile Canadian Poker-pro Vanessa Kade is clearly determined not only to put the entire Dan Bilzerian-GGPoker debacle behind her, but to push even harder to make a difference in a profession traditionally plagued by misogyny and all...Read More
Blacklisted Bingo Helping Local Businesses
Several local organisations in Louisiana, US, have collaborated to create a very special project in support of local Black-owned businesses and projects. Blacklisted Bingo, a month-long event running from March 15 through April 16, will s...Read More
Entain Funds Research Into Ontario Gaming
International sports betting and online gaming giant Entain, formerly GVC Holdings, widely regarded to be one of the biggest iGaming and sports wagering brands in the world, has reportedly taken a keen interest in Ontario’s gaming s...Read More
888 Holdings Reportedly Eyeing William Hill
So magnificently successful a year did 2020 emerge to be for online gaming and entertainment giant 888 Holdings, that it is reportedly eyeing a couple of big-money M&A targets in 2021. And though as of yet unconfirmed, rumour has it o...Read More
Leylah Annie Fernandez Wins Monterrey Open
Upcoming young Canadian tennis star Leylah Annie Fernandez has won her very first career WTA Tour title. The 18-year-old beat Swiss national Viktorija Golubic 6-1, 6-4 in the Monterrey Open final on Sunday. Fernandez, who is from Laval, ...Read More
Postle Enlists HONR Network For Legal Aid
Mike Postle is clearly determined to be considered the real victim in his response to the anti-SLAPP motions filed by Veronica Brill and Todd Witteles. So much so, that he’s taken steps to enlist the help of the HONR Network –...Read More
2021 Heralds The Return Of Grudge Poker
A Poker world literally starving for news and entertainment resulting from the big hiatus on every form of live action that was 2020 has resulted in the rise of a strange and peculiar set of circumstances. And among those at the very top ...Read More
CEBL Perplexed By Sudden OHL Funding
Funding to the value of $2.35 million extended to the Ontario Hockey League by government on Wednesday had Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) commissioner Mike Morreale scratching his head in confusion. According to Lisa McLeod, Ont...Read More
Bally’s Casino Corp Tables Superior Offer For WPT
The famous Bally’s casino brand has reportedly submitted a superior proposal to acquire the World Poker Tour (WPT) From Allied Esports. Although Allied has not formally accepted Bally Corporation’s $90 million offer, it’...Read More
Rivers Casino Ready For Betting’s Big Return
New York’s Rivers Casino in Schenectady is reportedly anticipating a busy rest-of-March, with sports betting set to take the exciting sports events remaining for the month to new levels of hype. Sports fans will not only be able to ...Read More
Starfield Could Launch As Early As November
While it may be true that precious few details have been leaked about Bethesda’s upcoming new title Starfield, the new release has attracted a world of interest from the gaming community. And if a recent rumour is to be believed, St...Read More
Gambling’s Colourful Evolution In Canada
Gambling has come a long way for many a westernised country in the world – and Canada is no exception. The evolution of gambling in Canada is a rich and eventful full circle coming together of stories and events almost as old as Can...Read More
Marquis Down Facing Permanent Closure
While live harness racing may be returning in measured extent to at least some parts of the country, it appears as if Prairieland Park’s Marquis Downs racetrack may be about to close down for good. While no official statement has be...Read More
Crypto Lawsuit Against Nvidia Dismissed
Leading chip-maker Nvidia has scored a victory in a protracted and potentially financially devastating lawsuit that has been dragging on ever since 2017, thereby effectively dodging a major bullet. Investors four years ago set into motion...Read More
New Resorts World Casino To Allow Smoking
Resorts World Las Vegas, the long-anticipated latest hot new development on the Strip, is expected to open this summer in all its red-tinted glory. And according to Resorts World’s president, Scott Sibella, the property will be a ma...Read More
Brendan Bottcher Wins His 1st Career Brier
Brendan Bottcher has won his very first career Brier. Bottcher on Sunday night finally ended a three-year silver drought when he helped Team Alberta deny Kevin Koe a fifth career championships title at the Canadian men’s curling cha...Read More
Playstudios Adds myVEGAS Bingo To Lineup
Playstudios has just broken royal style into the booming world of online Bingo. The award-winning studio has newly launched myVEGAS Bingo, which takes the entertaining world of online Bingo to all new levels of social interaction, and whi...Read More
Chicago Mayor Hoping For Vegas-Style Casino
A potentially exciting new development could be coming to the city of Chicago. And if Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot were to have her way, it would be nothing short of a casino resort straight out of the pages of Sin City Las Vegas. Curren...Read More
EA Investigating EA Gate FUT Trade Scandal
Video game giant EA has confirmed that it is officially investigating one or more employees accused of having been involved in selling high-value FIFA Ultimate Team cards on the black market. EA Gate went viral on Twitter after users star...Read More
B.C.’s Playgon Games Receives MGA Licence
Playgon Games Inc., a local and upcoming British Columbian mobile gaming powerhouse provider, is celebrating yet another remarkable achievement. Playgon recently announced that they’ve now been endorsed with a Type 1 Gaming Service ...Read More
Dawson Creek City Rejects GCGC Request
Council representatives of the city of Dawson Creek, B.C., have expressed their hesitance over conceding to a request made by struggling gaming and entertainment giant Great Canadian Gaming regarding the writing of a letter of support for...Read More
EU Approves Microsoft’s Bethesda Bid
The European Commission (EU) has finally approved software giant Microsoft’s bid to acquire gaming and media giant ZeniMax Media in a stunning $7.5 million deal. ZeniMax Media is the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, the studio ...Read More
Poker World Enraged By GGPoker’s Misogyny
GGPoker have pulled the plug on their affiliate deal with women’s Poker-pro Vanessa Kade. And the Poker world is divided in its reaction. Kade earlier this week announced the termination on Twitter, confirming that the popular Poker...Read More
Concerns Raised Over Single-Event Betting
Although Canadians have voiced wide-spread support of likely new legislation set to legalise single-event sports betting in the country, the local horse racing industry have raised several concerns over how this might affect the future we...Read More
Bingo Hall Wants Younger Players To Join In
A Charlottetown Bingo hall has come up with an innovative new way to attract a younger crowd of potential Bingo enthusiasts who may never otherwise have discovered the joy of the game. Although closed due to current health and safety rest...Read More
Quebec Skater Adds To WC Podium Finishes
Canadian world champion short track speed skater Courtney Sarault has added yet another stunning accolade to her champion’s medal haul at the short track world championships in Dordrecht in the Netherlands. Sarault first won a bron...Read More
Torstar Announces Interest In Online Gaming
Online casino entertainment may very well become a lifeline for the Torstar Corp., which owns several newspapers circulating in Ontario, including the Hamilton Spectator and the Toronto Star. The media giant made a surprising and unusual ...Read More
Alberta Casinos Expect Mass Return Of Patrons
Canada’s Alberta province is moving ever closer the re-welcoming of the gaming public to local casinos and Bingo halls. Local government has in the meantime started working on a plan of action for ensuring a smooth un-shuttering pro...Read More
Doug Polk Says Malinowski-Holz Was Staged
Doug Polk is accusing Fedor Holz and Wiktor “Limitless” Malinowski of having staged their recent heads-up match. So convinced was he of his opinion, that he ended his coverage of the competition early, saying that he had been ...Read More
2021 Pepsi North America Cup List Revealed
Now that Canadian horse racing has finally got the green light to resume its operations and activities on a more widespread scale, live harness racing has eventually made its long-awaited comeback following a trying and unprecedented hiat...Read More
Former Dealer Testifies At Cullen Commission
The Cullen Commission of Enquiry into money laundering in British Columbia on Wednesday heard even more damning evidence about the involvement of loan sharks in Richmond’s VIP gambling scene. Testimony given by former Vancouver Edge...Read More
Great Canadian Gaming Hard Hit By 2020
The global health crisis has taken a significant toll on the performance of business across the country ever since it first emerged in early-2020. The gaming industry, in particular, has suffered a massive blow as a direct result of count...Read More
Dara O’Kearney The King Of Poker Content
It’s no secret that the holy grail for professional Poker players is being selected to become sponsored ambassadors for renowned Poker sites. More than a means to making a living and being recognised for one’s skills and accom...Read More
BCLC Launches IWG’s InstantJackpots™ Module
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) is constantly looking for new ways to spice up the experiences of players when interacting with its games and products. The Crown corporation’s latest effort in this regard recently sa...Read More
No Races In Saskatoon This Year - Again
There will this year for the second year in a row be no horse racing at Saskatoon’s Marquis Downs. The 2021 season, not unlike the situation that prevailed for most of last year, is been officially cancelled as a result of the restr...Read More
B.C. Court Uphold e-Bike Ruling
Electric scooters are once again making headlines in British Columbia. This after a British Columbia Court of Appeal recently ruled that a previous Supreme Court ruling that e-bikes that function more like scooters or mopeds than human-po...Read More
Poker-Pro Brent Carter Charged Over Hoaxing
Long-time professional Vegas Poker player Brent Carter, 72, recently appeared in the US District Court over charges brought against him by the state over a supposed grudge he’s allegedly been nursing against the New York State Gamin...Read More
Zitro Named Best Video Bingo Provider
Zitro has been named Best Video Bingo Provider by the judges of the SAGSE awards. This stellar recognition clearly shows that despite its phenomenal growth in the online video slots industry, the company has continued to lead the way with...Read More
Las Vegas Sands To Offload Sin City Venues
Las Vegas Sands is offloading its Sands Expo and Convention Center as well as its Venetian Resort Las Vegas in a bid it says will enable it to shift its focus to Asian markets. It furthermore confirmed that it had agreed to sell is famous...Read More
Cullen Commission Hear Vancouver Testimony
More shocking details emerged before the Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C. this week. The commission recently heard how Vancouver had become a central checkpoint in the underground Chinese banking system, with mon...Read More
Fedor Holtz To Take On Wiktor Malinowski
Notwithstanding his incredible Poker prowess and more than $18 million in live and online tournament winnings, Poker prince Fedor Holz will be the underdog even as he takes on a “drunk” Wiktor “Limitless” Malinowsk...Read More
Canada Set For Record Olympic Appearance
This Summer will see Canada represented in record-equalling style across various team sports codes at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games. A total of eight Canadian teams have already qualified, and if only one more should make it in on the ...Read More
Wampanoag Tribe Gets Casino Go-Ahead
All isn’t lost for a Massachusetts tribe hoping to construct a 10,000 square-foot casino and Bingo Hall in Martha’s Vineyard. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, who first started experiencing resistance from the community back i...Read More
Cascades Casino Staff Celebrating Benefits
Staff employed by Gateway Casinos & Entertainment’s Cascades Casino Chatham are reportedly overjoyed after new and improved employment contracts were negotiated between the operator and the union representing them. The new, more...Read More
Canada To Focus On Batteries for Electric Vehicles
When Canadian Prime Minister met with U.S. President Joe Biden mid last week, the discussion points – it has since become clear from the roadmap released after the fact – revolved mainly around Canada and the U.S. working more...Read More
Retirement Incentives At Caesars Windsor
While workers at Caesars Windsor Casino have not yet been able to return to their place of employment due to health and safety restrictions, they’ve at least in the meantime heard of improvements to their early retirement bonus ince...Read More
Court Says Seneca Nation Should Pay Up
Following Monday’s siding by a US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit with the state of New York, the Seneca Nation of Indians will have to fork out roughly $435 million to local state bodies. The Indian tribe is reportedly curr...Read More
Can Tiger Woods Pull Off A Comeback?
More details have now surfaced about the physical injuries sustained by champion golfer Tiger Woods during the recent rolling of his SUV vehicle in Southern California. And none of it sounds good. A statement issued by Woods’ team ...Read More
Sony Teases New Next-Generation VR For PS5
This year marks more than 4 years since Sony first launched their PlayStation VR – technology that would see players enjoy transformative new ways in which to play games on PS4. Several immersive titles saw the light during that tim...Read More
Kinsmen Bingo Cards Now Delivered In Secret
So hot and in demand has Manitoba’s Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo turned out to be, that the company behind the game says it’s had to resort to start delivering cards to outlets and retail stores in secret. Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo says ...Read More
Woodbine Reschedules Winter Racing Events
Ontario’s horse racing industry is finally about to catch a break from the trying times that have prevailed ever since the country went into shutdown nearly a year ago. Provincial government recently announced that it will soon begi...Read More
Gateway’s Casino Rama Gets A Revamp
While there remains no new word regarding a possible reopening date for Gateway’s Casino Rama, the operator has clearly decided to bide the time, and has embarked on a complete revamp of the popular Ontario venue. The Casino Rama, w...Read More
Poker Re-Embraces An Era Of Education
The world of Poker has passed through its fair share of historical paradigms. Poker players have traditionally made use of a wide variety of tools and resources in an attempt to better understand the game, as well as increase their levels...Read More
Cullen Commission Fails To Provide Evidence
The Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia has now largely concluded its investigation of the province’s casinos and gambling sector stakeholders. But after six weeks of testimony, the commission has ...Read More
Nintendo Price Hikes Don’t Affect Sales
Japanese games-maker Nintendo really only has to build it in order for us to buy it. This has been the message that's rung loud and clear - and continues to do so as prices continue to hike, and Switch titles continue to achieve recor...Read More
B.C. Self-Care Bingo Card A Pandemic Fail
Canadians have become so frustrated with the challenges and heartache caused by the global health crisis that not even a "self-care" Bingo card is able to cut the mustard anymore. B.C. residents on Friday labelled an effort by t...Read More
Daniel Negreanu To Take On Phil Hellmuth
Those who followed the action between Doug Polk and Canadian Poker champion Daniel Negreanu will be happy to know that the hype has resulted in talk of a similar stand-off between 15-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winn...Read More
The Rise Of Gaming’s Roblox
So much has the popularity of the children’s video games platform Roblox grown during the last year, that the enormously popular brand’s value has grown from $4 billion in 2020, to an incredible $30 billion in January 2021. W...Read More
Next Olympic President Likely To Be A Woman
In an ironic twist of fate, Yoshiro Mori, the former head of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics who was forced to resign last week after making derogatory comments about women talking too much, now looks to be set to be replaced by a woman. Accordin...Read More
Tropicana Casino For Sale For $384 Million
The Tropicana in Vegas is for sale, and owner Gaming & Leisure Properties has finally settled on a selling price. The official asking price: $384 million. While talk and speculation about the fate of the historical Las Vegas gaming a...Read More
Bingo Could Help Save Hawaii’s Economy
Bingo and Lottery games may be just what the doctor ordered for saving Native Hawaiians from the troubling state of their economy. Local lawmakers are actually considering the idea of legalising Bingo halls and Lottery games on the island...Read More
World’s Longest Hockey Game Sets New Record
The world’s longest hockey game ever played has stolen multiple new records this February. But since this was a game not necessarily played for individual fame and glory, it’s been a win for more than Guinness World Record pur...Read More
Ontario Horse Racing Back On Track
Ontario has finally given the green light for the resumption of live horse racing at the province’s four racetracks. Horse racing has not been permitted since provincial closures last year, and its return is certainly massively welc...Read More
Harrah’s LV Introduces Electronic Craps
Harrah’s Las Vegas recently rolled out a very special Craps table. No felt and no traditional chips, but certainly Craps, their first-of-a-kind Roll to Win Craps table is an electronic table with an LED screen and traditional dice w...Read More
Casino New Brunswick Reopens Its Doors
Casinos all over the country have been suffering as a result of stay-at-home orders and the global health crisis. One such casino has been Great Canadian Gaming’s Casino New Brunswick, a venue that has not been able to welcome patro...Read More
Canucks Owner Says Nothing Will Be Changed
Despite a particularly bad run this season, Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini took to Twitter on the weekend to say he won’t be making any changes. Aquilini said although he’s disappointed by the team’s struggling start, ...Read More
Cullen Commission Told About Assault Cover Up
The ongoing Cullen Commission into money laundering in British Columbia recently heard how a manager of River Rock Casino had tried to smooth over a complaint of assault reported by a casino staff member about a VIP high-roller – al...Read More
GGPoker Names Daiva Byrne Community Advocate
GGPoker is making good on its signing of Instagram playboy Dan Bilzerian by levelling the playing field in favour of the fairer sex. The online Poker giant has just named Fantastic Ladies in Poker (FLIP) founder Daiva Byrne its new Outrea...Read More
Terrence Chan Upset Over Poker Bet Misunderstanding
As bets tend to come and go, not every last one can be a good one. Some leave you wondering whether the odds you’ve just wagered on might not perhaps have been too good to be true. Especially when you’re Terrence Chan, and you...Read More
Bryn Kenney Strikes Out Ex-Philly Pitcher
Bryn Kenney is the reason former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Michael Schwimmer rues the day he decided to agree to be pitched by High Stakes Poker against some of the champions of the felt. Shuffling up alongside a player of Kenney&rsqu...Read More
Huawei Hinting At Making Own Gaming Console
Word on the street is that smartphone giant Huawei might be working on a special new project. The tech giant is currently working on a gaming laptop that will hopefully make it further down the production line that what did its geopolitic...Read More
Wynn Announces Sale Of 6.32 Million Shares
Casino giant Wynn Resorts is taking full advantage of a recent hike in the value of its shares. The operator announced earlier this week that it plans to offload up to 6.32 million shares in an attempt to boost its cashflow. The decision...Read More
Artist Creates Indigenous Bingo Cards
Indigenous Anishinaabe artist Nico Williams passed his time in lockdown in a creative and constructive way: designing Bingo and Mots cachés by combining thousands of minute Delica beads in such a way that the special narratives of ...Read More
Bonomo Wins GGPoker Super MILLION$ Payday
Justin Bonomo is the latest GGPoker Super MILLION$ final table champion. Bonomo walked away with a massive $430,646 payday after beating some of Poker’s modern-day legends on February 9th. Heading towards the final table...Read More
Rama Gaming House To Benefit From SG Systems
Patrons of Rama Gaming House in Ontario are in for a smashing new treat. The popular gaming establishment now gets to offer even more high-quality gaming services and products following the successful inking of an exciting new deal with S...Read More
Ninja Takes A Fortnite Break
Popular Twitch streamer Ninja has announced he’s quitting Battle Royale game Fortnite after repeated stream sniping. Ninja, who became famous because of his involvement with the game he now plans to quit, explained his proposed exit...Read More
Leyla Fernandez Ousted From Australian Open
Rising young Canadian tennis star Leylah Annie Fernandez has been eliminated from the Australian Open. The tour came to an abrupt end for the 18-year-old when she was dropped in straight sets during Tuesday’s first round by world No...Read More
Drag Queen Bingo Keeping Campus Connected
With social gatherings basically off-limits for going on a year now, virtual events have had to substitute in a variety of forms so as to keep people socially connected. And Bingo has, and continues to, play its part in a significant way....Read More
Casino Regina Dealer Fired Over Racist Talk
An employee from Casino Regina has learnt the hard way that racism never pays. The employee was fired by Crown corporation and operator Saskatchewan Gaming Corp. in 2018 after making several racist remarks towards fellow employees. The g...Read More
“Smile” Film Honours Life Of Thor Hansen
A new Poker documentary seeks to celebrate the life and career of a man believe is worthy of induction into the Poker Hall of Fame: the man hailed the “Godfather of Norwegian Poker”, Thor Hansen. A documentary by filmmakers Li...Read More
Daniel Dvoress Wins WPT Mike Sexton Classic
Canadian Poker player Daniel Dvoress has won the World Poker Tour Mike Sexton Classic. The million dollar guaranteed event formed part of the WPT Montreal Online Series, and saw the 125 players play for charity by contributing to a good c...Read More
GTA 6 Details Leaked
An anonymous leaker on Reddit claims to have inside information regarding the launch of GTA 6 – stating that the open-world sequel will feature a single, male, leading character in 1970s Florida, and could be launched in October 202...Read More
Canada Wants Tech Giants To Pay For News
Tech giants such as Google and Facebook may have played a significant and positive role in making news more readily and widely accessible, but this doesn’t mean publishers should not be compensated for their work. News isn’t f...Read More
New Amazon CEO Recommits To Making Games
While Amazon’s efforts in the video games industry turned earnest a few years ago, the tech giant hasn’t achieved much success with any of the games developed in-house to date. Of the first three titles developed by Amazon Gam...Read More
Polk Celebrates Grudge Match Win
The battle is done. The ultimate grudge has been put to rest between Canadian master Poker player Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu and American semi-retired player Doug Polk. And it now seems as if the score between the pair of long...Read More
Commission Hears How Losses Fueled BCLC Inaction
The Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering In B.C. late last week heard how the possibility of major financial losses had fueled money laundering-inaction on the part of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC). Several...Read More
AI Ready To Reshape Online Bingo’s Future
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Hard Rock Casino To Pay $1M In Bonuses
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Google Pulls The Plug On Stadia’s SG&E
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Six Nations Bingo Hall About To Go Green
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Canada’s Marino To Star In 1st Major In 8 Years
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PokerStars Officially Live In Michigan State
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15 More Gambling Markets Added To Play Store
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New Push For A Casino On Governors Island
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Bigger Bingo Payouts Proposed For Florida
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Great Canadian CEO Resigns After Arrests
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Xbox Game Pass Hits 18M Subscribers Mark
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Playtech Showed Resilience In Difficult 2020
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Phil Galfond Wins 3rd Match By Concession
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New Wire Act Ruling May Benefit Online Poker
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VLTs To Support Broader Mental Health In NS
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Allied Esports Selling WPT to Element, LLC
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Foxium Dazzles With New Foxpot Slot
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Valve Fined Over EU Anti-Trust Breaches
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Rhian Wilkinson To Join England’s Lionesses
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Trump Commutes Billy Walters’ Sentence
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Toronto Charity Hosts Special Bingo Night
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Larry Flynt Scores Victory In Gambling Lawsuit
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Tika The Iggy Is Montreal’s Own Fashionista
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Former OLG Chair Appointed Bragg Director
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Poker Legend Howard “Tahoe” Andrew Dies
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SG Extends Supply Deal With Loto-Quebec
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WSOP Reveals Online Circuit Line-Up For ‘21
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Retired Ontario Mother Wins $50k Instant Bingo
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Cascades Casino Delta Construction Ongoing
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BCLC Calls On Banks To Promote Safe Gambling
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Huck Seed Inducted Into Poker Hall Of Fame
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Chris Moneymaker Parts Ways With PokerStars
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Joseph Hebert Declared WSOP Winner in Vegas
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How Among Us Helped Us Cope With A Crisis
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Bond Director Admits To Poker Scene Error
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Loto-Quebec To Support AML Independent Audit
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AEW’s Big Game Announcement Of The Year
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Vancouver Mayor Wants Indigenous Olympic Bid
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News Of Vaccine Driving Casino Stocks Up
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Star Citizen Adds Canadian Studio
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Canadian Online Gaming To Benefit From 5G Tech
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NFL Rolls Out Seven-Point Mobility Plan
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ANR Says Q3 Hike Proof Of Smoke-Free Casino’s Success
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New Study Shows The Mental Health Benefits Of Gaming
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Curacao Announces iGaming Overhaul
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Economic Analyst Predicts Positive 2021 For Casinos
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Cleveland Indians To Adopt New Name
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Boyd Gaming To Offload Eldorado Casino
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LeoVegas’ Pink Casino Brand Coming To Canada
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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
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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
Timothy Adams Wins GGPoker Super MILLION$
Canadian champion Poker stalwart Timothy Adams has won his first GGPoker Super MILLION$ title, adding his latest big win to a long list of prestigious events won during his long and successful professional career. The $10,000 buy-in Dece...Read More
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New Christmas Tree Slot From Yggdrasil
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Saskatoon Bingo Hall Say They’re Not Spreaders
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Historic Moulin Rouge Sold To Foreign Firm
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Dan Bilzerian Named GGPoker’s New Ambassador
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BGaming Inks Huge Deal With SoftGamings
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5 Saskatchewan Bingo Halls To Temporarily Close
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WSOP Saves Face And Resolves Payout Error
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ORYX Gaming Announces WGES 2020 Sponsorship
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Habanero Releases Christmas Gift Rush Slot
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Microsoft Is Building A Future In Gaming
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Canada Sports Betting Bill Gets Green Light
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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
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Slingo Originals Stun With Slingo Lightning
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Highlights Of The 2020 Annual eSports Awards
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What The Queen’s Gambit Can Teach Poker Pokers
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Shareholders Unhappy About Offer For GCGC
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Playtech Inks Significant eSports Deal
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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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
EA Rolls Out Spending Limits For FIFA 21
Video games maker EA recently rolled out new measures it believes will offer protection to players of its FIFA games that typically feature FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) packs, which are essentially loot boxes. FIFA Playtime, EA’s versio...Read More
Alberta Horse Racing Celebrates Upswing
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IOC Banking Tokyo Success On Vaccination
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Great Canadian Gaming Comments On Q3 Report
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Kim Ng Becomes The First Female GM In The MLB
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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
Black-Ish Star’s Mom Chose Bingo Over Obama
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Lewis Hamilton Seen Revving To Go At GGPoker
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Apollo Inc. To Acquire Great Canadian Gaming
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CGA Back Ontario iGaming Overhaul
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Fallsview Casino Jewelry Thief Charged
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Curling Canada Considering 2021 Calgary Bubble
Though not yet confirmed as such by Curling Canada, three major curling competitions look to be headed for a 2021 bubble in Calgary. This means that the Brier, Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and Men’s Curling World Championships wil...Read More
Hanover Man Wins Big With Instant Bingo
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Valve Unveils New Streamlined Steam Playtest
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A Christmas Of Racing Planned For Woodbine
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BCLC Accused of Turning a Blind Eye To Money Laundering
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Glider May Be The Key To Right Whale Survival
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Cullen Commission Hears Of $1.8M Cash Gamble
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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
All-Canadian Division On The NHL Table
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GGPoker Sets World Record With 2020 WSOP
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BCLC Expecting Record Bets On U.S. Election
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Poker Pro In Tax Battle With Canadian Authorities
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Cullen Commission Turns Focus To River Rock
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Yggdrasil Gaming’s Hades Gigablox™ Goes Live
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Rank Names Playtech Exclusive Bingo Partner
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Google And Apple Facing U.S. Federal Action
Three federal lawsuits filed in Alabama and Connecticut take issue with Apple and
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B.C.’s Cullen Commission Enters Next Phase
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B.C. To File Loot Box Class-Action Lawsuit
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Kornuth Back In The Black In Galfond Challenge
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Google Stadia Launch Free Games
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Poker Veteran Sam Grizzle Dies
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Vegas Casinos Ramp Up Security Amid Crime Spree
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Negreanu Says He Has No Problem With VPNs
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Loto-Québec Launches Reels On Instagram
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Greg Vanney Upset Over Supporters’ Shield Award
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Pragmatic Play To Supply Huge Bingo Operator
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Doug Polk’s Trash Talk Falls Flat Ahead of Negreanu Game
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Exciting Link-Up Between Evolution And Wynn
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VLTs & Casinos Re-Shuttered Across Quebec
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Police Called To Break Up Huge Bingo Event
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Late Humboldt Broncos Coach Honoured In Alta
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Bingo Hoping For A Break In Colorado Vote
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Xbox Series X Is Quick & Quiet, But It’s Also Too Hot
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Buffalo Sabres Sign Taylor Hall In $8M Deal
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Light Source Synchrotron To Upgrade To 2.0
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GTO Leads To The Ultimate Poker Conundrum
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Amazon Finally Cans Crucible
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New Twist In Greater Sudbury’s KED Plot
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Gateway Loan Causes Stir In House Of Commons
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PACOOP 2020 A Success, Next Up New Jersey
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Missing Poker Man Possibly Killed By Backer
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Indoor Bingo Helps Save Service Clubs
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Apple’s Craftiness Called Out By Ex-Director
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Negreanu And Polk Talk About Grudge Match Rules
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Ex-Crown Chairman Admits To Shameful Threats
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Carbon-Green Split Creating Issues In Canada
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Police Raid Gambling Den At Toronto Mansion
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London Western District Restart Live Races
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Gaming Deals At Play In $381M Playboy Sale
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Midway Poker Tour Puts Players Out Of Pocket
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LoL Virtual K-Pop Group To Release 1st Album
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Dale Selection Gets Women’s Football Trending
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LeoVegas Makes First Foray Into Online Bingo
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Cache Creek Casino Shuttered By Cyber Attack
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Kruse Debacle Draws New Attention To RTA
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Real Poker Coming To Nintendo Switch
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Microsoft Launching New Xbox Connect For iOS
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No Bingo, No Jobs Say Greene County Residents
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Mesquite Launches Two All-New Bingo Bonuses
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Gateway Benefiting From $200M Kickstart Loan
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Amazon Is Getting Into Gaming – Unveils Luna
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Galfond & Co Out To Prove Postle A Cheat
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Peterborough Casino Says No Mask, No Entry
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Cat Osterman Crowned Athletes Unlimited Champ
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Two Loto-Québec Casinos To Re-Enter Lockdown
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New First Nation Study Calls For Gaming Regulation Changes
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Boyd Gaming Hit With $300k Fine For Detention Incident
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All-New Midway Poker Tour Coming To Illinois
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Laing & Jones’ Return To Curling Results In a Win
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Better Days Await In ‘21 Says Kawartha Downs
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Loto-Québec Implement New Operating Curfews
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Hellmuth Upsets Esfandiari A Second Time
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Jamie Foxx To Star In New BetMGM Campaign
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Rob Howley Signs 3-Yr Deal With Rugby Canada
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Isai Scheinberg Sentenced
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Bongo’s Bingo Takes The Party Action Outside
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UK Gov Launches Loot Box Call For Evidence
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Fremont Casino LV In Trouble With NGCB
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Bruce Buffer Named Twin Casino Ambassador
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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
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Brad Booth Confirmed Alive & Well By Family
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PS4 Games Won’t Be Backwards Compatible with PS3 & PS2 Consoles
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BCLC Report Shows Online Gaming Potential
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WNBA Star Marries Ex-Prisoner She Helped Free
WNBA superstar and two-time Olympic gold medalist Maya Moore is married to Jonathan Irons, a man she’s spent the last 13 years helping to free from prison. Moore, named the league’s Most Valuable Player in 2014, in February 2...Read More
Bingo Finally Returns To Charlottetown Club
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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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Nintendo To Release 4 More Retro Games
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Fedor Kruse Accused Of High-Stakes Cheating
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Settlement Sparks Postle, Kuraitis Reaction
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Aquinnah Bingo Case Before Appeals Court
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Vancouver’s Moth Influx No Cause For Panic
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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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Local Speed Skaters Open To Hub Possibility
Even though it may at times feel as if they’re being made to take one step back after another, Canada’s speed skaters say they remain hopeful of being able to train and compete again soon. And if that means having travel to th...Read More
Brampton Man’s $100k Instant Bingo Win
When retired Brampton truck driver Reginald McNally finished scratching away at his Instant Bingo Doubler ticket, something looked so “off” that he immediately assumed that something must be amiss with his ticket. But upon cl...Read More
VLT Win Turns Saskatchewan Man Millionaire
When Saskatchewan-based video lottery terminals (VLTs) enthusiast Bob Heintz recently hit a jackpot win playing his favourite Vault Breaker progressive jackpot game, he initially thought he had won CA$1,000. But that would only last unti...Read More
Beloved TV Gameshow To Make Autumn Return
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Fabrizio Gonzales Wins Big In 888poker Event
It’s the biggest online Poker festival ever to be hosted by online Poker platform 888poker – and the good news is that Millions Superstorm officially got underway on September 10. The $8 million+ guaranteed prize pool-event w...Read More
Station Finally Gives Up Reno Casino Dream
Las Vegas-based hotel and casino gaming company Station Casinos has thrown in the towel on a 15-year-long battle to raise a successful casino in Reno. According to the Reno Gazette Journal (RGJ), the company recently put all of its Reno ...Read More
Newfoundland Family Find An Ally In Seaweed
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Canada’s Daniel Dvoress Makes Cover Feature
Poker media publication CardPlayer has just released its latest digital bi-weekly magazine, and trending on the cover is none other than Canadian Poker champion Daniel Dvoress – the man who recently won the WSOP’s Millionaire ...Read More
Connor Drinan Wins Final WSOP Bracelet
His is a win that wrapped up a super successful and record-smashing World Series of Poker online tournament. His name is Connor Drinan and he’s the United States player to have won the final available WSOP bracelet – along wit...Read More
LeoVegas To Go Bingo Big With Pragmatic Play
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Canadian Casinos Making A Slow Return
Canada’s gaming scene may be crawling back to life after an extended period of near non-existence, but, says casino operator Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC), it is a slow crawling back to life resulting in an industry that ...Read More
Bingo Blitz To Donate $100M To Make-A-Wish
Not only does Bingo Blitz offer to a global audience base social Bingo fun that is free to play, but players wanting to support a tremendously good cause now also get to help unlock donations to the value of at least $100,000 for the bene...Read More
WSOP Celebrates Historical Poker Event
Never before has the Poker world witnessed anything quite like it. An event hosted on the back of the disappointing cancellation of a flagship Las Vegas live tournament competition, the 2020 World Series of Poker GGPoker online competitio...Read More
CONCACAF Says Re New WC Qualifier Schedule
Theirs was never going to be a World Cup journey free of its fair share of challenges. And now that making it all the way through to the 2022 competition in Qatar requires of the team to also navigate those hindrances and delays cause by ...Read More
Epic Games Asks Court To Stop Apple Monopoly
Apple may be locked and loaded and ready for a so-called retaliation, but that doesn’t mean Fortnite creators Epic Games are simply going to sit back and wait to hear the shrapnel drop. Not if a request recently brought before court...Read More
Caesars & VICI Sell Harrah’s Racino For $22M
Gaming and entertainment giant Caesars Entertainment, and racino operator and co-owner VICI, have reportedly agreed to offload Harrah’s Louisiana Downs Racino on buyer Rubico Acquisition Corp. in exchange for US$22 million. Of the ...Read More
Stoyan Madanzhiev Nabs Biggest WSOP Win Ever
What had initially started out as an unlikely Event #77: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event final table finish for Stoyan Madanzhiev, could not have worked out in a more pro-Madanzhiev way no matter which way the chips could ultimat...Read More
Local Legions Say They’re Lost Without Bingo
To thousands of Canadian veterans, Royal Canadian legions are a social and mental health lifeline, and even more so to those living in smaller communities. Legions are where veterans and their families go for everything from a social game...Read More
Carlo LiVolsi Named Potential Wolfpack Buyer
Canadian entrepreneur Carlo LiVolsi has been named as the man looking to buy the financially struggling Transatlantic rugby club, the Toronto Wolfpack. Team officials reportedly days ago introduced LiVolsi to Rugby’s Super League as...Read More
Melika Razavi Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet
Supermodel beauty and former Miss Global Iran Melika Razavi has officially shown herself to be not only drop dead gorgeous, but also a super smart player at the Poker felt by having just won a highly coveted World Series of Poker Online g...Read More
Las Vegas Strip May Only Recover By 2023
There was never any doubting the fact. The Las Vegas Strip’s road to economic recovery would be a long one. But analysts performing regular re-evaluations of the precarious and constantly changing situation have just thrown a parti...Read More
Olympic Games To Go Ahead In 2021
If it’s beginning to sound a whole lot like a record stuck on repeat, then it’s because it’s beginning to sound a whole lot like a record stuck on repeat. Come what may, says the International Olympic Committee (IOC), th...Read More
Beloved Poker Ambassador Mike Sexton Dies
Beloved Poker Hall of Famer, strategist, and broadcaster, Mike Sexton, the man famously dubbed the “Ambassador of Poker” for his lifelong passion for instilling an appreciation of the game in others, has died of cancer. He was...Read More
River Cree Casino Re-Launches Table Games
Following a harrowing 6 months-long safety moratorium on all gaming activities across Alberta province, government at long last gave the official June 12 reopening thumbs-up. Slot machines and VLTs would be permitted to resume operations ...Read More
Great Canadian Gaming Reveals Reopening Date
British Columbia-based Crown corporation and gaming giant Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC) has finally released a proposed reopening date following more than 6 months of country-wide closures of all 25 its gaming venues. Gaming ac...Read More
How Canada Is Stealing The NBA Show
They’ve made for quite the week in the basketball spotlight – playing hard and fast and reviving once more the Canadian basketball Olympic medal flame of hope. They’re Jamal Murray, Lu Dort, Steve Nash, and NBA coach of ...Read More
The Avengers Video Game Is Finally Here
Two years have lapsed since Disney’s Marvel Entertainment first announced an official partnership with Japanese games development giant Square Enix. And now, some twenty-four months on, the gaming community at long last gets to enjo...Read More
Mike Sexton Gravely Ill And In Hospice Care
Well-known Poker ambassador Mike Sexton is gravely ill and has for at least a month now been receiving hospice care at his home. So confirmed friend and fellow Poker enthusiast Linda Johnson on social media on September 2. Fellow Poker p...Read More
How Denim Jeans Could Be Polluting Our Water
A trusted pair of jeans is to many people the ultimate go-to clothing item. Whether the requirement is to dress up or down, given the right accessory or t-shirt, there simply isn’t anything quite like it. Which is why most pe...Read More
Vlambeer Shutting Down After 10 Years Of Games
After exactly a decade spent making mobile games, indie studio Vlambeer, the studio behind games such as Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, and Super Crate Box, is calling it a day. The studio, which was founded in 2010 by Jan Wil...Read More
Poker Couple To Run Marathon Des Sables ‘21
Not only are they dab hands playing the felt, but Poker’s Julie Cornelius and husband Darin Dobler are apparently also quite adventurous and eager to do their bit for charity and specifically, childhood cancer research. As such, th...Read More
Borgata Lays Off Nearly Half Of Workforce
Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino, which is operated by casino industry giant MGM Resorts International, has confirmed having reduced its workforce by nearly half. This following operator MGM’s decision to lay off at least ...Read More
How VR Tech May Help Mines Save Millions
Mining can be a particularly dangerous industry to work in – and especially so to inexperienced workers undergoing training. Real-life blasting training requires a great deal of effort and can be costly to mines and potentially life...Read More
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
BCLC Report Shows iGaming Spike Amid Crisis
Online gambling continues to increase in popularity, the British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s latest financial report has revealed. Even though reporting an overall 2.2% drop in terms of year-on-year revenue for the period 2019-20...Read More
Stephen Lecce Inspires Bingo Drinking Game
So monotonous and repetitive have Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s responses to concerns over Ontario’s controversial back-to-school plan become, that one Toronto teacher has decided to try and find the humour in an otherwis...Read More
Woodbine Mohawk Park To Welcome Back Fans
Great and long-anticipated news this week is that Woodbine Entertainment on Monday declared itself ready to once again welcome in-person supporters and horseracing fans through the gates of its Woodbine Mohawk Park racetrack venue. Augus...Read More
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
Prorogue Major Blow To Sports Betting Bill
A prorogued and premature end to the current Parliament and Commons session not only has the Liberal Party’s opposition hot under the collar with frustration and anger for what said opposition party has described as a scheme purpose...Read More
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
Recommendations pertaining to vulnerable individuals and potential problem gamblers have some of the residents of Vanier steaming hot under the collar. A recent announcement confirming the planned 2021 relocation of popular Loto-Qué...Read More
Sony Focused On Accelerated Content Roll-Out
Whilst PlayStation maker Sony says it recognises the presence of fierce and increased competition in the console and computer games market, it also believes that the key to achieving ongoing success and holding on to its current position ...Read More
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
One million Canadian dollars. Such is the size of the investment poured into improving and strengthening the health and safety barrier in place at Ontario’s Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara. Now closed for 5 months+, and ...Read More
Sims 4 Star Wars Pack Leaves Players Wanting
While die-hard fans of the Star Wars franchise are obviously beside themselves over the upcoming release of a new Sims 4 expansion pack featuring everything from stormtroopers to R2D2, to lightsabers and being able to make your sims take ...Read More
Unknown Canadian Player Wins WSOP Bracelet
Each year, we get to hear stories of this famous player or that regular grinder after several years in the game, winning their first-ever World Series of Poker gold bracelet. And it typically takes no more than a quick search to reveal a ...Read More
There’s Much To Be Said For On-Cam Poker
Online Poker certainly has lived its fair share of comeback magic in recent days. What with everyone suddenly stuck at home, and Poker rooms practically in a hibernation of sorts for months on end, it can be said that players were made to...Read More
Microsoft Sides With Epic In Apple Spat
Apple is currently facing a whole lot of pushback over the terms enforced by its App Store. Epic Games, for one, creators of popular Battle Royale video game Fortnite, have clearly had their fill of Apple’s manipulative whiles and m...Read More
Anson Tsang Wins His 2nd WSOP Gold Bracelet
It’s this year two years since Anson Tsang won his very first WSOP bracelet playing Pot Limit Omaha. Which is why his having just nabbed his second WSOP gold bracelet in Event #68 of the 2020 Online World Series of Poker, is such a ...Read More
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
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
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
It isn’t easy to tell whether Microsoft’s newest Xbox development-team is a strategic preparation for success, or a hiring spree hoping to cover all its design bases. All we know for sure is that even at a stage where there&rs...Read More
Nintendo Rumoured To Release Upgraded Switch
According to separate stories recently published by two major economic news publications, Nintendo is currently hard at work on an upgraded version of its Switch console. According to one of the two publications, who also happened to cite...Read More
Poker NLHE Cash Pot Record Smashed - Twice
The 2020 World Series of Poker online on GGPoker is just about the number one focus in the world of competitive professional and recreational Poker right now. But it’s actually the cash games currently running on the GGPoker Network...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
Anyone new to online Bingo may find themselves in need of guidance in the direction of those online Bingo sites offering not only the best bang for their buck, but also preferred online providers in terms of variety of games, style, featu...Read More
EA Sports Teases FIFA 21 October Release
Nearly 27 years ago when EA Sports released its very first FIFA title – FIFA International Soccer – not even what is today the world’s largest sports franchise video games developer could have foreseen the revenue-genera...Read More
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
Cancelled 2020 Won’t Affect Edmonton Rebrand
Edmonton Football Team club president and chief executive Chris Presson says the now-confirmed cancellation of the 2020 CFL season will not have any effect either which way on the club’s intentions and plans to rebrand. After Edmon...Read More
Police Rule Out Poker Ties In Zhao Death
Police have now released fresh new findings regarding the tragic death and horrendous murder of top-performing and well-known career Poker player Suzie Zhao, most prominent of which is that there appear to be no ties between Zhao’s ...Read More
Caesars Windsor Reveals 2021 Plans
Caesars Windsor, whilst currently hard at work trying to establish the best possible approach for a safe and compliant re-opening, has started providing teaser previews as to what guests and players can expect in terms of top-notch entert...Read More
Peter Foster Arrested Over Sports Betting Scam
The August 20 arrest of habitual fraudster and all-round crook Peter Foster is proof again that crime never pays – at least not in the long run. On Thursday, Foster was taken into custody for his having allegedly run a multimillion-...Read More
Microgaming Welcomes Hacksaw Gaming Onboard
Casino games giant Microgaming has for decades long been the number one go-to source for some of the best and most entertaining online slots the world has ever seen. Which is why the gaming behemoth’s recent news of it having added ...Read More
CFL Players Offer Unique Take On Dud Season
While several CFL players will have to try and find alternative sources of income following the cancellation of the 2020 season, a cancelled season right about now is also an opportunity in disguise, say players Bo Levi Mitchell and Adam ...Read More
EA Dragged To Court Over Loot Box Controversy
The UK government isn’t the only institution drawing new attention to whether or not loot boxes such as those offered by video games giant EA’s Ultimate Team Packs constitute real-money gambling. A class action lawsuit claimin...Read More
Oregon Co. Uses Bingo To Make Sidewalks Safe
A company based on the US west coast has come up with a wonderfully unique idea to create a better awareness of the challenges faced by those who love to walk the streets of Oregon, or even just making use of local sidewalks to get to and...Read More
Shortened Season Facing Vernon & Tioga Downs
Prominent New York horse-racing enthusiast and racetracks owner Jeff Gural says there is major economic trouble afoot for his Tioga Downs Casino Resort and Vernon Downs Casino Hotel. Without active casino operations, Gural has now pointe...Read More
Apple Makes An Enemy Of Epic Games
Software giant Apple appears intent to make more enemies than what it does friends in the mobile video games industry. The latest victim of its attempts to monopolise the smartphone gaming industry is none other than Epic Games, the creat...Read More
Sportradar To Keep Athletes From Online Harm
Data leveraging and content giant Sportradar has launched a product designed to help protect professional athletes and sportspeople from the abuse so often suffered as a result of their having a public presence on social media. The latest...Read More
CFL Fails To Secure $30M In Federal Funding
The Canadian Football League’s board of directors will reportedly convene on Monday in order to come up with a viable survival plan as well as to determine how to best approach an abbreviated 2020 season given that no financial assi...Read More
Bilzerian’s Blitzpoker Brand Live In India
Poker player and Instagram personality Dan Bilzerian’s Blitzpoker brand is officially live in India thanks to a five-year extended partnership deal between Connective Games and popular Indian operator Spartan Poker. Bilzerian&rsquo...Read More
Buzz Bingo Recreates Lulu Guinness Bingo Bag
If your idea of style is to carry around your daubers and other general Bingo necessities in a special themed bag from British accessories fashion designer Lucinda “Lulu” Jane Guinness OBE, then the Bingo Bibi Tote is the perf...Read More
Huawei Rolls Out New GameCenter Platform
Chinese technology and smart phone giant Huawei has officially gone live with its all-new Huawei GameCenter in 33 countries. A platform designed specifically to bring mobile gaming communities together by making available to them content...Read More
Millions In Local Gaming Revenue Lost Daily
CA$22,828,500 per day. This is the total revenue lost by Canadian casinos and gaming halls since mid-March, a new study reveals. Compiled by taking into account information provided by reliable financial information sources such as indep...Read More
GGPoker Confiscates Thousands In Winnings
Controversial German high-stakes Poker player Tobias Duthweiler is again headlining casino news pages – this time round for naming prominent online Poker brand GGPoker as the real scoundrel in the latest drama to hit the industry. ...Read More
FansUnite Acquires Askott – Creates Canadian Giant
Joint-founded in 2017 by then CEO Darius Eghdami and COO Duncan McIntyre, FansUnite Entertainment has since grown into an industry leader in the use of blockchain technology in the sports betting industry. And the latest news is that the ...Read More
Natural8 Deals Handed To 6 WSOP Winners
Leading GGNetwork online Poker platform brand Natural8 has reportedly awarded sponsorships to all six of their World Series of Poker Online 2020 gold bracelet winners so far. Now roughly three weeks into the competition, a total of 25 WSO...Read More
Susie “Q” Zhao Murder Suspect Charged
Authorities have confirmed having charged convicted sex offender Jeffery Bernard Morris with the death of murdered WSOP Poker-pro Susie “Q” Zhao. The victim’s body was discovered in a car park at Pontiac Lake Recreation ...Read More
GCGC Posts Poor But Unsurprising Q2 Results
Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC) chief executive Rod Baker says he’s anticipating a slow recovery from the several challenges the Ontario-based casino operator has had to circumnavigate as a result of the global health crisi...Read More
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
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
Games have long been recognised as being beneficial to the general well-being of the human body and mind. Games stimulate our minds on a cognitive level, and they’re also recognised as being social and mental health boosters. Not o...Read More
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
Apple In Crossfire Over Gaming Manipulation
Technology giant Apple may be typically associated with its iPhones and tablets and smartwatches as opposed to being recognised as a giant in gaming, but it certainly appears to hold an internal contrasting view in relation to that held b...Read More
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
Loto-Quebec Expecting CA$300M Revenue-Loss
The unprecedented nature of a global health crisis of epic proportions certainly has played a bagful of tricks on all manners of industries the world over. And the gaming industry is, sadly, one of the industries hardest hit by the impact...Read More
GGPoker Rolls Out New SnapCam Feature
Despite the ever-increasing popularity of online Poker, players can often be heard bemoaning the fact that online, when compared to live, in-person Poker, tends to be experienced as somewhat of an impersonal affair. Which is exactly what ...Read More
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
This coming Thursday promises a strong start to making up for a long absence of horse racing action at Woodbine Entertainment. The Woodbine Thoroughbred Jackpot Hi-5 promises not only the thrill of the ultimate sort of return, but also a ...Read More
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
When English royals Prince William and wife Kate Middleton surprised the residents of Cardiff’s Shire Hall Care Home with a game of virtual Bingo earlier on this year, a resident by the name of Joan Drew Smith minced no words pointi...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
Around for literally hundreds of years, Bingo certainly has a super colourful and rich history. Legend has it that Bingo could very well have been played as far back as the early 1500s – this would have been shortly after it had evo...Read More
Kristen Bicknell Wins 3rd WSOP Gold Bracelet
Canadian Poker-pro and partypoker ambassador Kristen Bicknell this past weekend not only won Event #44 of the 2020 World Series of Poker Online Series, but also her 3rd WSOP gold bracelet. The Canadian player beat a field of 8...Read More
Outrage Over Poor Pay Increases At Blizzard
What had started out as an attempt to create a fair and equal wages playing field, has only created an even deeper chasm between gaming and development giant Blizzard Entertainment (a division of Activision Blizzard Inc.) and its employee...Read More
Nahrain Tamero Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet
Online Poker player Nahrain “2Rivers” Tamero not only won $310,832 in incredible first-place prize money when he recently outlasted quite the field of players in the 2020 WSOP Online $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship ...Read More
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
Superior Court Rules In Favour Of Breeders
The Superior Court of Canada, in a recent landmark ruling, ordered those individuals affected by the cancellation of government’s Slots at Racetracks program, deserving of monetary compensation for damages suffered. The way in which...Read More
MATCH Eatery Reopens At Cascades Chatham
Gambling at the premises of Gateway’s Cascades Casino Chatham may for the moment remain closed, but the good news is that the entertainment venue’s on-site food courts are about to be re-opened to the general public – bo...Read More
Bee Shortages Affecting Crops In B.C. & U.S.
Bees are among the hardest-working creatures on earth, ensuring the reproduction of a variety of wild and cultivated plants by pollination, thereby protecting everything from biodiversity to global food production and security. And accord...Read More
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
WSOP Player Susie “Q” Zhao Dead At 33
World Series of Poker player Susie “Q” Zhao, 33, has died. Last seen by her mother on July 12, Zhao’s badly burned body was discovered in a car park at Pontiac Lake Recreation Area in Oakland County, Michigan, only a da...Read More
2020 F1 Canadian Grand Prix Cancelled
The ongoing world health crisis has claimed yet another casualty. Due to the high cost of bringing cars to North America from Europe, and with no spectators being permitted in the stands as per the orders of public health authorities, the...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
Clipwire’s Bingo Story An Evergreen Success
Mobile gaming is on a rapid approach to surpassing $100 billion in annual revenue, a target the industry is expected to reach before the current year is out. This according to a recent report released by software-and-app-tracker data and ...Read More
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
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
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
Man Uses Prosthetic Mask To Rob Casino of $100k
The 55-year-old man accused of having donned prosthetic face masks in order to disguise himself as an old man and rob VIP casino customers out of more than $100,000, has been arrested and is currently being detained in Kansas. The man sin...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
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
The global cashless movement is as strong and forceful as what it’s ever been. A wind now full-on from behind, i.e. the result of a global health crisis, is steering the way money changes hands in an all-new direction. And US-based ...Read More
Top Ubisoft Resignations Raising Questions
The Canadian gaming industry, though a major contributor to the country’s annual GDP, isn’t without an ugly side – as evidenced by the wave of women who in the past few weeks worked up the courage to share their own pers...Read More
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
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
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Casino Tycoon Suing Insurance For Millions
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Pat Lyons Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet Ever
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Buzz Bingo To Close 26 Of Its UK Venues
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Blizzard Waives Fee To Change Genders In WoW
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WSOP Regular Bob “Big Tex” Talbot Has Died
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Ontario Casinos To Reopen From July 17
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Rare Super Mario Bros Fetches Record Price
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9Stacks Unveils Voice-Enabled Poker Table
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Alberta Gaming Raffle Tickets Now Online
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Parking Lot Bingo Comes To Windsor
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Domi To Enter Into Pre-Season Waiting Period
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Kid Poker Flips Out Over Internet Glitch
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MLB To Implement Extra-Innings Rule
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Saanich Junior Braves To Change Name & Logo
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BetMGM Benefits From Further Investments
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Gateway & Unifor Reach Benefits Agreement
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Bingo Back In Saskatchewan
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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
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HBCU Students Graduate Bingo Party Style
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BCLC Finally Spills Beans Over FINTRAC Fine
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Two More WSOP Bracelets Won
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Millions Lost Due To Caesars Windsor Closure
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Microsoft Looking To Buy Warner Bros. Games
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NHL Shed Light On How The Season Will Work
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Las Vegas’ Gambling Focus Back on Track
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Resorts World Host Unique 4th July Fireworks Show
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Amazon’s Crucible Pulled Back Into Beta
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NeoPollard Named Alberta iGaming Partner
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Apple More Interested In Gaming Than Ever
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Supreme Court To Rule On KED In September
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New England Fined For Illegal Film Scandal
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ALC Wants To Lure Players Back Home
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BCLC Working On A Reopening Plan For Casinos
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Live 5 Gaming Secures White Hat Supply Deal
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Mike Matusow Courts Controversy Over Mask Law
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Vancouver Off NHL’s List Of Hub Cities
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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
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Google Reveals Plans To Pay For News Content
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David Beckham Co-Launches New eSports Team
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888 Holdings Strikes Gold With Playzido Deal
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The Stars Group Posts Strong Q1 Revenue Report
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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
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Red Tiger Unveil New Reel Keeper Slot
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Ontario Casinos & Hotels Desperate To Reopen
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Apple Under Fire Over Mobile App Monopoly
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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
Genting To Close All UK Poker Rooms For Good
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Apple Next In Loot Box Line Of Fire
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Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino Re-Opens
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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
Play’n GO Thrills With Troll Hunters 2 Slot
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Manitoba Bingo And Gaming Halls To Reopen
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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
Charity Bingo Reports Major Revenue Loss
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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
Negreanu Willing To Bet On 2020
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KFC’s KFConsole Gets Quite The Reaction
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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
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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
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
WSOP Announces 85-Bracelets Online Series
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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
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
Pragmatic Play Release New Ultra Burn Slot
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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
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Casinos Anxious To Reopen Despite Protests
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Luck is just about on every player’s side now that leading online casino software developer Games has officially released its new Golden Lucky Cat video Bingo game. The game is of course based on the Far East cultural concept of a ...Read More
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WSOP Edging Nearer Pennsylvania Online Poker Entry
The fight for the keys to the legalised online Poker kingdom in the US state of Pennsylvania is officially good and proper on. And as these things go, current one-man monopoly show PokerStars may soon have competition in the persona of th...Read More
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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
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Online Poker Steps Into a New Era
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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
Mayfair Casino Wants Saudi Sheikh To Pay
Saudi business mogul and Sheikh Salah Hamdan Al Balawi, thought to be at least £100 million strong in liquefiable assets, has reportedly proved successful at convincing a UK High Court judge to suspend a applied to his assets follo...Read More
SG Corp Reveals Contactless Gaming Solution
Scientific Games, forever at the very forefront of innovation in , is officially rolling out a portfolio of 100% contactless gaming and casino solutions. These, declared the solutions provider, are as a whole designed to assist operators ...Read More
Niantic’s Pokémon Fest To Go Virtual
The annual Fest will this year be held online instead of the usual hosting by select cities the world over. The fest previously allowed players to meet up at physical locations around the globe, which locations typically involved large 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
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ALS Society Hosts Special Bingo Game
Canada-based ALS awareness and support society ALS Double Play has announced that since its annual Intentional Walk for ALS isn’t practically possible at present, it has decided to instead host a brand-new event that anyone would be...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
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PokerStars Unveils New DoJo Training App
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Belarus’s Alexgirs Wins Biggest SCOOP Event
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OLG Approved For CA$500M In Government Aid
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GiG Joins Playtech’s iPoker Network
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Woodbine Ready To Launch Dark Horse App
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Aristocrat Finally Settles Big Fish Lawsuits
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Seneca Gaming Corp. Appoints Interim CEO
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Microgaming Revamps Immortal Romance™ Slot
Casino software giant sure has a knack of breathing new life into old classics. Enter Microgaming’s recently revamped adaptation of classic online casino slot Immortal Romance™. It’s been nearly a decade since the initi...Read More
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Microgaming Reveal Trio Of Sports Slots
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NetEnt Launch Highly-Anticipated Street Fighter II Slot
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GGPoker Welcomes Fedor Holz And Pokercode
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Valve Cancels The International
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Las Vegas Casinos Look Into Protective Screens
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TravelPulse Hosts Massive Virtual Bingo Game
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Xbox Series X Hailed The Dawn Of A New Era
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Epic Announces Massive Invitational Event
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Pragmatic Play Launch Bingo Blast
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Rivers Casino Staff Enter Into Furlough
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Japan Has No Plan B Beyond 2021 Olympics
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Poker’s Phil Galfond Makes A Surreal Comeback
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Ben Affleck’s Poker Game Raises $2M For Charity
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Cosmopolitan Drops $500k Suit Against Kane
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Virtual Bingo Carries Saint John’s SPCA
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The Home of Poker Goes Quiet
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WSOP Yet To Confirm 2020 Series Cancellation
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British Open Cancelled Due To Covid-19
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Hasbro To Bring Back Classic 90s Handhelds
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Oklahoma Player Refused Winnings By Casino
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Women’s Sport Association Undergoes Rebrand
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Loto-Quebec Wants To Streamline Reporting
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Cullen Comm Shocked By 20 Years of BC Crimes
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SkillOnNet Goes Big With Slingo Deal
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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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NetEnt Makes a Splash With Ocean’s Treasure Slot
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Ryan Newman Lives To Race Another Day
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Gets The Hot Coffee Treatment
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Woodbine’s Mohawk Million Race Fully Booked
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MGM Ramps Up Security Following Massive Hack
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Alysha Newman Has Her Sights On Olympic Gold
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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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Woodbine Confirms Amended Schedule For 2020
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Curling Coach Apologises For Rant
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BCLC To Face VLT Class Action Lawsuit
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Sahara Las Vegas Reopens Its Poker Room
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Sony Still Silent On PS5 Price
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Canada Leads The Way With Global Digital Gaming
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BCLC Conference To Focus On No-Harm Future
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Epic Games CEO On Politics And Division
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WPT Cancels Asia Stops Due to Coronavirus
Not to be flippant about the global threat of a potentially fatal influenza-like infection, but the is pooping on even Poker’s party. The World Poker Tour (WPT) has officially cancelled all of its events planned for Asia for the ne...Read More
Caesars Windsor A Boost To Mental Health
The promotion of mental health in Windsor is about to receive a massive financial boost thanks to a new Social Prescription Program offered by the Hospice of Windsor-Essex County being made possible by an investment by none other than Cae...Read More
Pro-Poker US Candidate Andrew Yang Withdraws
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GCGC To Reveal Money Matters On 3 March
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Awkwafina To Star In New Baccarat Film
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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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New Tyrannosaurus Found in Canada
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Coronavirus May Cause NHL Gear Shortage
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Martin Piik Wins The Very Last MPN Tour
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Lack of Nintendo Direct Updates An Issue
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Canadian Court Rules On Taxable Tips
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Toronto’s Ujiri Says Lawsuit Is Malicious
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Galfond Calls Off Poker Challenge
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Nevada Gaming Report Full Of Surprises
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EA’s Bioware To Completely Redesign Anthem
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QTech Announces Epic Media Merger
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IRS Issue Behind Bingo-Suspension In Emmett
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Woodbine Mohawk Park Ready For Million Race
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Cascades Casino Construction Nearly Complete
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Music Bingo Catches On Big Time
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Rapper Nelly Involved in Mohegan Sun Casino Brawl
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Pete Rose Re-Applies for Lifetime Ban Lift
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Online Poker in Favour Of Facial Recognition Technology
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Alyssa Nakken Appointed 1st Female MLB Coach
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OLG Teaches Students About Problem Gambling
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Celeb Gambler Gorodetsky Guilty Of Fraud
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Poker Central Now Owns High Stakes Poker
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Coronavirus Causes Macau Casino Shutdown
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Why Online Gaming in Canada Continues to Thrive
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Yankees Pitcher James Paxton To Sit Out
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NetEnt Secures Rights To Hell’s Kitchen Slot
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Tyler’s New Bingo Hall Does It For The Vets
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Pickering Casino Set For April Launch
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Phil Galfond Down €500k At His Own Game
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Good Shepherd Players Win $1M Playing Lotto
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NFL Sponsorships Driven By Gambling Industry
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Console Kings Atari To Build 8 Gaming Hotels
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Vegas Casino’s Poised To Go Cashless
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Byfuglien All Set For Permanent Jets Exit
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NY Governor Suggests VLT Allocation Cuts
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MPN Tour Grand Finale Heads To Madrid
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Blizzard May Have Gone Too Far with WoW Ban
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Synergy Blue to Launch Arcade-Style Games
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WSOP 2020 Schedule Unchanged Despite Coronavirus Threat
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Seccafien’s Tokyo Training on Track
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Taxpayers Have Been Footing NY Casino Bills
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Aspire Global Partners With Authentic Gaming
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Malindi Elmore May Be Headed For Tokyo
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Akwesasne Mohawk’s Sportsbook Now Open
New York-based tribal gaming operator Akwesasne Mohawk Casino launched its much-anticipated sportsbook on January 17th and it’s an operation rolled out in partnership with none other than Canadian gaming giant, the Stars ...Read More
Federal Prison Time For Baccarat Cheats
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IGT Rolls Out Powerbucks In Ontario
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Scientific Games has announced itself to be the lucky beneficiary of a 4-year contract deal awarded to it by the Ohio Lottery Commission. The deal involves Scientific Games supplying to the National Lotto its full-house instant game ma...Read More
Canada Leads eSports Legislation Boom
As eSports continues to expand, Canada is at the forefront of the burgeoning sector’s legal developments. This is due to the growing lists of eSports companies on both the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture Exchange or T...Read More
Spain’s Amazing Christmas Lotto
It’s the second oldest Lottery in the world; beat to the time post by the Netherlands’ De Lotto only; having survived a civil war and even an outbreak of global influenza that wiped out millions; and nothing says Christmas ...Read More
Play’n GO’s Hottest Online Slots Of 2019
2019 has been another year in which Play’n GO never ceased to surprise players in Canada. Every month brought another exciting online slot from the provider, so finding the best releases of the year has not been easy...Read More
New Las Vegas – From Surprising To Shocking
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Or so the old saying goes. But something rotten has blown our way and its obvious that whatever was supposed to “stay” in Vegas, hasn’t. Bad news spreads faster than a runawa...Read More
2019’s Biggest Microgaming Progressive Jackpot Wins
Having paid out more than €1 billion by February this year, Microgaming’s progressive jackpot network is arguably one of the biggest and most generous in the world. The best part about it is that its reputation is ...Read More
How VR May Be The Future of Bingo
Bingo has stood the test of time; no doubt about it. The game has survived two world wars and a great depression and continues to stand tall even today. It all started out as game played mainly for the purpose of raising funds for chur...Read More
Top Poker Podcasts For 2019
Everybody loves a good podcast and for players and fans of Poker, there are lots to go around. Poker-focused podcasts discuss a variety of topics centered on the game and these are compiled by a long list of industry e...Read More
How To Spoil A Gamer This Christmas
Gamers are generally a reasonably easy bunch to spoil, especially on special days like birthdays and Christmas, when spending just a little more than usual on a nice-to-have is regarded as perfectly justified. Christma...Read More
Microgaming Increases Table Games Offering
Microgaming has had a fantastic 2019 in online slots, thanks to a host of new titles from its elite indie studio club. Now, just in time for Christmas, the award-winning provider is in the throes of expanding its table...Read More
North Bay To Implement Lower Speed Limit
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Apple Reveals Its Best Of 2019 List Of Apps
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Pollard Banknote Acquires mkodo Limited
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The Best Bingo Strategies To Boost Your Wins
Winning is fun and Bingo is just about the most fun that anyone can have on what would otherwise be a pretty dreary evening. Traditionally, Bingo was regarded as being all about luck. The one lucky enough to get to dab...Read More
Hard Rock Intl To Roll Out PlayersEdge
The casino industry has come a long way as far as a focus on player education is concerned. The proverbial penny has dropped for operators all over the world and most have by now made the connection between long-term sustainability in ...Read More