The persistent rumor that Canadian Gaming Group Amaya is in acquisition negotiations to purchase Rational Group including its PokerStars website is now a fully confirmed report. Both Amaya and the Rational Group finally came around to admitting that the PokerStars parent company has been acquired by Amaya, in exchange for CA$4.9 billion in cash. Last…
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Just weeks after withdrawing its support for online gambling legislations, the American Gaming Association (AGA) released the results of an annual survey indicating that majority of the American voters are in favor of casinos. Almost 6 out of ten voters who participated in the political survey believe that casinos improve communities and local economies. More…
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Two global gaming giants, Canada's Amaya Gaming Group (AGG) and Austria's Novomatic Group of Companies (NGC) have just renewed their two-year Greentube content distribution deal. The newly-signed agreement is actually the extension of a long-standing partnership contract that was initially inked by Greentube and Amaya back in 2009. The renewed agreement enables AGG's casino licensees…
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A week after announcing Bwin's launch of the real money slot version of the social casino-style slot game "Teddy Pets", Win Interactive has come out with another announcement of bringing its social casino games into the realms of the real money gambling world. The social casino games development studio backed by Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, has…
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The Bovada Poker Room of the Bodog Poker Network and the Americas Cardroom and True Poker of the Winning Poker Network, have announced that they no longer accept U.S. poker players. The announcements came after New Jersey Assistant Attorney General George N. Rover ordered six online poker affiliate websites to remove promotional links to non-U.S.…
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Australia-based gaming studio NextGen has just released "Merlin's Magic Respins", a sequel to its 2012 premium online smash hit "Merlin's Millions". The release however, is initially for online casinos powered by NYX OGS gaming platform, such as Bet365, Gala Casino, Guts Casino, Mr. Green, Unibet and VeraJohn. The full-launch for a wider release in other…
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The Amaya Gaming Group (AGG) has been on a roll since the very start of 2014 from earning recognition, to closing acquisition deals and sealing iGaming contracts one after another, not only in Canada but also in the international gaming market as well. Last week, the Toronto-based gaming and lottery company, came out with another…
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Net Entertainment, the Sweden-based online casino games creator just released an online video slot simply entitled as "Lights TM". It captures the peacefulness of a scenic Asian mountain landscape at sundown, when the effervescent fireflies come out of hiding to explore the night skies with the aid of their fire-like emissions. Add to those the…
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Aland-licensed casino operator, Paf, has taken Sweden-based games developer Proactive Gaming as its new bingo platform and games provider and to replace Canadian company, Parlay Entertainment. The previous 2010 Parlay-Penningautomatforening (Paf) Group agreement was for the integration of "Parlay5" bingo gaming platform into Paf's gaming system, as a way of enhancing the casino company's online…
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The National Council of Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS), released last Friday the first draft of the proposed "Policy Framework for the Regulation of Internet Gaming" that the members of the NCLGS developed, in order to provide a model for other U.S. states contemplating on the legalization of Internet-based gambling. The organization of lawmakers makes…
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