Month: April 2017

Apr 28
Evolution strikes roulette deal with Grand Casino Bucharest

Evolution Gaming is installing a bespoke ‘Dual Play Roulette’ at Romania’s Grand Casino Bucharest in Romania. The new solution is based on the casino’s main gaming floor and will bring together land-based and online play. Evolution ready for new roulette revolution The new arrangement means that, while players place bets at the actual roulette table, […]

Apr 28
British government ditches free play tax

The UK government is removing a tax on free plays and bonuses from the Finance Bill 2017. It was in December of last year that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs said the Finance Bill would introduce new rules concerning free bets, free plays and discounted betting. These changes were due to come into effect from accounting periods […]

Apr 27
PokerStars and 888 stage celeb-heavy events in Monte Carlo and Barcelona

Online poker behemoths PokerStars and 888 have invited a bevy of stars to their Monte Carlo and Barcelona tournaments. PokerStars’ continued use of celebrities is interesting given that last month they seemed to have called time on the marketing technique. However, while they might have bid farewell to Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Neymar […]

Apr 26
GamePoint acquires Israel’s Luck Genome

GamePoint has acquired the Israeli social casino developer Lucky Genome. And if that second name rings a bell, it might be because Luck Genome are the clever chaps responsible for Slots Craze. It was on Tuesday 25th April, that the Dutch social gaming outfit announced the deal to acquire the Tel Aviv-based software firm. GamePoint […]

Apr 26
What Brexit means for the British gambling industry

CasinoUK talks to politicians, industry heavyweights and legal eagles to find out what might happen when the UK finally leaves he EU. It was on Wednesday 29th March that Tim Barrow, the United Kingdom’s Permanent Representative to the European Union, informed the office of European Council President, Donald Tusk, of the UK’s intention to invoke […]

Apr 26
Mr Green launches Realistic online gaming content

Mr Green’s launched a range of online gaming content from supplier Realistic Games. Under the agreement, games will roll out via the NYX Gaming Group OGS distribution platform. Realistic’s entire catalogue of slots and table games is covered by the deal. Mr Green execs pleased to be in business with Realistic “Realistic Games is a […]

Apr 25
Tom Horn Gaming extends Vivo Gaming deal

Tom Horn Gaming is going to extend its partnership with Vivo Gaming. The renewed agreement is sure to lead to cross-product integration between the casino software supplier and the games developer. Because of this, the companies’ portfolios are going to be enhanced. The firms can also now look to integrate existing clients via the use […]

Apr 25
Gaming Realms in a Spin over new licensing agreement

The gang at Spin Games are probably a bit on the dizzy side today. And why’s that? Because they’ve agreed an RGS integration and technology licensing agreement with Gaming Realms, that’s why! The deal means the two companies can complete an RGS-RGS integration to combine the power of their RGS tech stacks. When asked to comment […]

Apr 24
World Series of Poker champ receives eight-year jail sentence

Two-time World Series of Poker Circuit winner Travell Thomas has received an eight-year jail sentence for his role in a debt collection schemed that embezzled upwards of $31 million. The sentence was handed down by a Manhattan Court on Thursday 20th April. In total, Thomas will serve 100 months. US District Judge Katherine Polk Faila […]

Apr 21
EvenBet reaches poker agreement with GamblingTec

EvenBet Gaming is all set to partner up with GamblingTec. The online gaming software developer is going to provide GamblingTec and its platform uses with its state-of-the-art poker software. Partnership positions EvenBet Poker software alongside classic casino games GamblingTec is a benefit to online gaming start-ups since it provides its own platform and games integration. A PAAS […]