Month: January 2017
888Poker has announced that three of the company’s female Ambassadors will contest a ‘Queens Clash’ tag match at 888Live King’s Festival. Taking a leaf out of the WWE’s book, the tag match seems bound to add numbers to the event’s live stream. New signing to host King’s Casino coverage Taking place in Rozvadov in the […]
The people of Leeds are busy celebrating the opening of a new ‘large’ casino. The Victoria Gate Casino enjoyed its grand opening on Thursday 26th January. The new £30 million facility is operated by the London-based Global Gaming Ventures. GGV is the third-largest organisation of its sort in the UK and the biggest by far […]
A new infographic from igaming affiliate CasinoUK reveals that gambling M&As topped £5 billion in 2016, helping firms make record revenues. As most gambling companies start announcing their Q4 and full-year 2016 earnings, it’s clear companies that completed M&As were the biggest winners. While the Euros were a big factor in firms making record revenues, mergers […]
CasinoUK’s new infographic presents a timeline of mergers and acquisitions within the gambling industry. From Gaming Corp and Gambling.com hooking up in 2005 to the Ladbrokes and Coral merging in October 2016, all gaming industry life is here. And as we examine the past, so CasinoUK also looks to imminent events such as the long-discussed FanDuel-DraftKings merger […]
On Friday 20th January, it was confirmed that Scientific Games had completed the acquisition of DEQ Systems Corp. An SG press statement explained how DEQ will complement its own extensive casinos portfolio. Like its new owner, DEQ provides games and solutions to casinos the world over. Full details of SG-DEQ deal expected soon The press […]
Slot design specialist Lightning Box Games is celebrating a new distribution agreement with Everi Games Inc. Fans of online slots will recognise Everi as a leading supplier of Class II and Class III electronic gaming content. Based in Sydney, Australia, Lightning Box will supply Ever with many of its proprietary games for its Core HDX […]
The Kindred Group has launched an online casino brand aimed at high rollers in Norway and Sweden. Storspiller.com will target players who spend £200 or more each month in Scandinavian. Kindred exec champions new venture’s upside Kindred’s head of Nordic public affairs Peter Ailing issued a statement champion the company’s new direction. “You will find […]
Russia will provide the first stop on partypoker’s new MILLIONS National tour. The global tour is set to arrive in the resort city of Sochi in the spring. Indeed, the inaugural MILLIONS National event is scheduled to take place between the 12th and 27th March. With a $1,100 buy-in, competitors will vie for a $200,000 […]
Millionaires Island is the latest addition to PokerStars’ range of online slot games. Offering a minimum payout of $1 million, Millionaires Island is exclusive to PokerStars Casino players. Furthermore, the launch jackpot is already worth more than $1.1 million. Who wants to visit Millionaires Island? Players can become a millionaire by placing wagers as low […]
NetEnt has released preview footage from the company’s forthcoming Wild Wild West touch slot. Wild Wild West: The Great Train Heist is due to be launched on Thursday 23rd February. New NetEnt title features plenty of Old West charm Combining classic western imagery with a C&W score, Wild Wild West: The Great Train Heist is […]