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Ryan Riess earns first WPT title with Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale Main Event win

From April 2^nd until the 6^th, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Hotel and Casino Hollywood played host to the World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale, a no-limit hold’em (no re-entry) tournament with a $10,000 buy-in and $2,000,000 up for grabs. As part of the Showdown Series in Florida, the event drew serious buzz with many top pros competing in the hopes of earning the first place prize. In the end, it was Ryan Riess who earned the first place finish, claiming his first ever WPT title win in the process.

Riess is a twenty-six year old poker player from Michigan who first became a household name in 2013 when he won the World Series of Poker Main Event, taking home the first place prize of more than $8.3 million. The poker player has continued to be a t…

Proposed amendments for legislation to bring a first casino to Hawaii

In the western American state of Hawaii and amendments have reportedly been proposed for legislation that is seeking to grant the small Oahu city of Kapolei permission to build and run a tribal casino resort.

According to a report from the Hawaii Tribune-Herald newspaper, Hawaii State Senator Donovan Dela Cruz (pictured) suggested attaching the changes to Senate Bill 1321 some seven weeks after the Hawaiian Homes Commission approved a draft of the measure that would allow the southern Honolulu County community to play host to the small state’s inaugural casino.

Suggested shifts:

Dela Cruz’ amendments reportedly include a provision that would require any Native American group wanting run the planned casino resort to be endorsed by the state’s Demo…

SkyCity Auckland Faces License Suspension and Loses $260 Million To Problem Gambling Allegations

New Zealand’s SkyCity Entertainment Group is facing a temporary casino operator’s license suspension after the country’s Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs lodged the respective application to the Gambling Commission for the operator’s alleged problem gambling violations. As reported, the regulator is considering the measure following a February 2022 complaint from a former customer that the casino allegedly facilitated a continuous play beyond hours suggested by Problem Gaming Foundation for harm reduction purposes.

Continuous Play Rule

As reported by 1News, this Foundation argues that even the five hours of continuous play suggested by the current Foundation’s program for poker machines should be revi…

Spearhead Studios adds 30th title to its portfolio with launch of online slot Wild Gold

Top-rated gaming developer Spearhead Studios has announced the release of its latest slot game, Wild Gold. With the addition of this title, the developer now has 30 titles within its portfolio. This is quite an accomplishment after just launching services in 2019.

Wild Gold is a quality slot game with vibrant coloring and stunning visual effects. The pulsing audio keeps you in a gaming mood and the 96.15% RTP helps to deliver wins with up to 13,000x the bet on offer.

Get to Know Wild Gold

When you load Wild Gold, you will find yourself in a colorful world filled with fruits, stars, 7s, and bells. The grid is 5×3 and there are 10 paylines in play. Earn a payout when you match up three or more of the symbols in the game.

As you play, yo…

Seal of approval for authorized online gambling sites introduced by NJ

Compliments of New Jersey gaming regulators, state-licensed online gambling sites will now wear an official seal of approval.

The seal pictured in the lower left hand corner of the BorgataCasino.com’s homepage indicating that the site is “Licensed and Regulated” by the state, is contained in the notice posted on Tuesday by New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) that from that point on all state-licensed online gambling sites would be similarly outfitted.

The official seal should prove to clear up any confusion state residents have regarding which gaming sites have the state’s blessing, which according to advocates for a regulated market who perceive that to be an issue, has contributed to the market’s less than stellar performance to date. The introduc…

Spinomenal and PokerStars Cooperation for UK Market_1

Spinomenal, a leading real money slots developer based in the U.S. and Israel, has signed a lucrative agreement following its not so recent collaboration with 888casino.com, this time with UK-licensed, Ireland’s largest poker site, PokerStars.

New agreement:

With this partnership, top slots developer Spinomenal has achieved its long-awaited goal of expanding its and U.S. and Israel’s iGaming market popularity across Ireland by supplying PokerStars with its acclaimed suite of slot titles such as Majestic King, Demi Gods II, Wolf Fang and Book of Rampage, which PokerStars players will have the opportunity to play through the Light & Wonder’s OpenGaming™ platform.

The factor that brought this new partnership to Spinomenal is the U…

From Steel to Slicing- Artistry Behind Cuttana Knives

The trip of a Cuttana blade starts with the cautious option of the raw products. Just the finest steel is regarded worthwhile of ending up being a component of these cooking wonders. The steel undertakes a thorough warmth therapy procedure, a routine that gives toughness, strength, and a knifelike side to the blade. This phase, where fire and steel combine in a ballet of makeover, lays the structure of what will certainly end up being an expansion of a cook’s ability.

The creativity does not quit with the standard kind. Each Cuttana blade is a canvas waiting to be embellished, and the craftsmens take this possibility to engrave their trademark onto the blade. The detailed patterns, whether motivated by practice or substantiated of the designer’s creativity, include a…

Surge in European igaming affiliate M&A continues

There’s been a surge of mergers and acquisitions in the internet gaming and affiliate sphere over the last two years, and one company that has made news recently is Better Collective of Denmark. The company announced yesterday that they have acquired the Pull Media network, dramatically expanding their presence in the tightly regulated French market. The company stated that they plan to use the assets of the newly acquired company to expand their reach into further Southern European territories, with Italy the most obvious.

Before purchasing Pull Media, Better Collective most recently acquired the German language website, WebbPortal and CasinoLounge, a UK focused casino review site.

Pull Media, based in Paris and founded in 2010, runs and develops a network of websit…

Tabcorp Reveals 5% Market Share Growth; Exceeds FY23 Predictions

Tabcorp, a flagship Australian gambling company/provider of betting and gaming products and services based in Melbourne, stake rose over 5% on Thursday following a report of net income $66.5 million after tax, surpassing consensus forecasts and rising share of total income for FY23 from 33.6% to 34.6%. Speaking on the matter, the company said: “We are turning around a long-term slide in market share and has killed a culture of rewarding under-performance, but we can’t provide detailed earnings guidance while we wait on the outcome of the Victorian wagering licence process.”

Retail sales as the main source of growth:

The growth was caused by a strong increase in retail sales, which was additionally caused by the reo…

Tips To Play Video Slots Game

Have you ever noticed that gamblers tend to continuously have gaming guidelines hand out to others? This is similarly accurate for anyone gambling online. Your current products haven’t, then understand the next time you visit an internet casino and you’ll swiftly discover that gamblers have hot suggestions to provide to their fellow players on everything from money management to their strategies on playing certain games. Tips for gambling online are seen just as almost instantly.

The idea is getting together the gaming enthusiasts and offering them a platform for social interaction on a topic of interest, here virtual pai gow poker. As the range is within the like-minded people from different corners from the world, gaming perspectives that emerge and transfer among …