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Poker May 12, 2025

Las Vegas Player Wins $376K Pai Gow Poker Jackpot on Star Wars Day A fortunate player at a Las Vegas casino has walked out hundreds of thousands of dollars richer after drawing one of the most powerful hands in Pai Gow poker. The win happened on May 4, which is internationally recognized as Star Wars Day. The Player Drew One of the Rarest Hands Possible The win in […]

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Poker May 5, 2025

Hawk Tuah Girl Attends Las Vegas Celebrity Poker Tour Hailey Welch, widely recognized as “The Hawk Tuah girl,” has reemerged in the spotlight following a three-month break, making an appearance at a celebrity poker tournament held at Aria in Las Vegas. The Hawk Tuah Girl Attends CPT Poker Tournament The Celebrity Poker Tour Game Night VI, held at ARIA’s PokerGO Studio, was a single-table […]

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Poker April 24, 2025

Pennsylvania Joins MSIGA as Its Sixth and Largest Member Pennsylvania has officially joined the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA) for poker, making it the agreement’s sixth member state. As a result, online poker players will now be able to participate in games and tournaments featuring competitors from other MSIGA member states. Pennsylvania Becomes MSIGA’s Largest Member Pennsylvania joined the MSIGA on April 23 as […]

Poker May 1, 2025

ACR Poker’s OSS XL Series Is “Flexing Harder Than Ever” Winning Poker Network member that promotes a friendly environment for global poker players, ACR Poker, is going all-in this spring with the return of its largest online tournament series to date. The Online Super Series XL (OSS XL) kicks off May 11 and runs through June 3, offering a staggering $50 million in guaranteed prize […]

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Poker April 18, 2025

Poker Pro Steve O’Dwyer Slams Late Reg Abuse as Soft Cheating Most poker tournaments are fairly tolerant of latecomers and would sometimes even allow a player to register once the late registration period has closed. Not everyone is on board with this, however, as one poker pro vented his frustration about players who abuse this tolerance. O’Dwyer Says Being Late on Purpose Is “Soft Cheating” Steve […]

Poker April 30, 2025

Toronto WSOP Circuit Event Gives Out Over $7.5M The World Series of Poker made its return to Toronto for the second edition of the WSOP Circuit festival, building on the success of its inaugural event held in the spring of 2024. Event Awards Millions of Dollars The Toronto WSOP Circuit Event ran from April 10 to 22 and saw more than 8,200 entries across […]

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Poker April 9, 2025

ACR Poker Returns with $12M GTD Dual Venom Events In just a few days’ time, popular US-themed online poker site ACR Poker will hit the refresh button on the much-anticipated Dual Venom tournament, one of the most lucrative series of the year. With a jaw-dropping $12 million guaranteed across two headline events, the event that had its debut in 2019 with $5 Million Venom […]

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Can the Gambling Industry Be Sustainable? The gambling industry, like any other, has the potential to be sustainable, if it is managed and regulated properly. But what does ‘sustainability’ actually mean? Let’s first try to agree on its meaning before finding out whether it can indeed be sustainable. Sustainability is not the same as corporate social responsibility or ESG (environmental social […]

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The Power of Influencers and How They Are Transforming the iGaming Industry It’s no secret that influencers are becoming increasingly important for brands in any industry, the iGaming industry included. Whether you think this is true or not, there is something special about influencers. Jimmy Donaldson, perhaps more known as Mr Beast, is one of the most known influencers today. Surpassing over 120 million subscribers on YouTube, […]

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iGaming’s Regulated Future with Johan Törnqvist As the company behind blockbuster slot games including Book of Dead, Play’n GO titles are enjoyed by online casino players in more than 25 regulated markets around the world, including the UK. Chief executive and co-founder Johan Törnqvist explains why sensible regulation is the only way to ensure a sustainable and safe future. Q: Why […]

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Responsible Gambling: Where Business Meets Ethics I founded the harm minimisation gambling charity, BetBlocker. The investment to develop the software came straight out of the small business I owned at the time. It later was broken off as a charity because the service became very popular, and the business could not sustain the continued growth of a free service. We did […]

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Stronger Together: Raising Awareness of Safer Gambling The theme of this year’s ICE London event is Stronger Together, which could not be more apt when referring to the ongoing challenge we face in raising awareness of safer gambling and reducing gambling harms. Gordon Moody is a charity founded over 50 years ago by the Reverend Gordon Moody himself. Mr Moody had already […]

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GamCare and Consumer Protection Q: Are gambling companies overall getting better at protecting consumers? What we have seen over the past few years is more investment and resources being applied to player protection. Yet we know there is still a long way to go. In 2021, we conducted a survey with YouGov, and it was clear that the public […]

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Striking the Balance between Player Freedom and Consumer Protection Getting the right balance between player freedom and consumer protection arguably remains the holy grail of the gambling industry. I’ve always felt that having what I call a ‘healthy tension’ between regulators and industry is needed to ensure industry continues to raise standards in responsible and safer gambling whilst allowing industry freedoms to innovate and […]

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GamblingNews Talks Regulation with GeoComply SVP Operations, Gaming Chad Kornett (Podcast #19) GamblingNews and GeoComply’s Senior Vice President Operations, Gaming Chad Kornett, explore how the company is making sure gaming operators function within the limits established by regulators. Compliance with regulations ranks at the top of the list of priorities for gaming regulators. This is true in any jurisdiction, particularly in the US. The structure of the […]

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Connective Games CEO Serge Mukhanov: “We Bring Our Offer to a Global Audience and Add Innovation to the Industry” Connective Games is a respected name in the online poker industry with more than 15 years of experience in building localized poker products and powering some of the biggest brands in the market. The company operates in more than 12 countries and has developed 500+ gaming solutions to cater to all tastes and player preferences. […]

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GamblingNews Discusses iGaming and Sports Betting with 888 Holdings’ SVP Yaniv Sherman (Podcast #7) The GamblingNews podcasts continue to provide valuable insight into what’s going on in the gaming world, and one of the most recent guests is an original pioneer in the space. 888 Holdings took time out from its negotiations with Sports Illustrated and Caesars Entertainment so its senior VP and Head of US, Yaniv Sherman, could […]

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GamblingNews Discusses iGaming Cybersecurity with Hedgehog Security (Podcast #5) The GamblingNews podcasts are delivering a wealth of knowledge on various aspects of the gambling industry and one aspect that can never be overlooked is security. We invited Peter Bassill, the founder and CEO of Hedgehog Security, to sit down with us to discuss how the company is helping gaming operators around the world ensure […]

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ESA Gaming Maria Malfasi: “We’re Proud of the Innovation and Creativity We Bring to the Table” ESA Gaming has had a busy year so far in 2021. Hot on the heels of a new partnership with iSoftBet, the company’s sizable footprint is growing. As one of the premier developers of iGaming products, ESA has sought market entries in multiple jurisdictions around the world, from Europe to Latin America and it has […]