Scandinavian gaming company Mr. Green & Co. has announced that initiatives to launch online gambling operations in Italy through its newly acquired subsidiary MyBet Italia, will push through as planned. The notification came around last Monday (March 23, 2015) after the Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato (AAMS) granted approval to Mr. Green Limited's petition…
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Amaya Inc.'s press release last Wednesday indicates the Asian market as the current focus of the company's growth strategies for 2015. After all, many of those operating in the online poker industry believes that Asian countries such as Japan and China are fast emerging as potential target growth, since Western-style poker is still a novel…
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Last week, New York-based games developer High 5 Games (H5G) filed a lawsuit against Nevada-based International Game Technology (IGT) as a means to claim money owed by IGT for its unauthorized use of several H5G games. Apparently, the legal action taken by H5G is an escalation of a previous content distribution squabble, over IGT's alleged…
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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has recently published proposed changes to the tax information reporting policies observed by casinos. The changes include the reduction of reporting threshold for gross casino winnings down to $600 or more, to replace the previous $1,200 or more, for slot and bingo payouts and $1,500 winnings from keno games.…
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NYX Gaming, the iGaming company that acquired the Ongame Poker Network from the Amaya Group last year, will be adding the Ongame Instant Rewards feature to NYX’s Italy-facing online poker products. Designed and built by former Ongame Poker owner Amaya as an achievement engine, it is a tool used by operators to boost player activity.…
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GTECH S.p.A., the company that took control of pioneer casino gaming company International Game Technology (IGT) in July 2014 announced that the new company formed by the merger agreement between the two companies is to move forward in the lottery and gaming industry using the IGT trade name. The initiative pertains to the rebranding of…
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Last February, a BetfairCasino.com patron achieved a record-win by hitting the largest single payout of $1,522,000 from playing with the online casino's "Let It Ride" poker-based card game. So far, it is now the highest single win since the State of New Jersey launched its regulated online casino gaming industry in November 2013. The Betfair.com…
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Resorts Casino, Atlantic City's first casino property has become the fifth operator approved to offer online gambling products and services to New Jersey-located recreational gamblers. After receiving a transactional waiver issued by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE) last week, it was announced that the Resorts Online Casino website is to go live…
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Last Wednesday. PA State Republican Representative John Payne (R-106th District) introduced to the House Committee on Gaming Oversight, House Bill 649, a proposal add a chapter to the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes under Amusement Section, an act legislating the authorization of Interactive Gaming within the State of Pennsylvania. The Republican Representative, who is is currently the…
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The offering of Olympic betting products is once again legal in Nevada, as the state's gaming regulators agreed last Thursday to exclude the Olympic athletic events from the amateur category. The State of Nevada had banned gambling on amateur sports matches in 2001 and at that time, the state regulators included Olympic sports events under…
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