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Blexr announced Friday it has won its fifth award in three years after being chosen Best Casino Affiliate at the EGR Operator Awards, which were held at the Grosvenor Hotel in London on November 25. This is the second time the company has been granted this award since 2019.  The EGR Operator Awards is an event that has been described by its organizers as “the Oscars of the iGaming world”. Its judges deemed Blexr to have “quality products” with world-wide coverage.  Blexr’s Head of HR Michael Betts Based in Malta, Blexr is a remote-first company that operates in the iGaming…

iTech Labs, an Australia-based global testing and certification laboratory for online gaming systems, has confirmed its participation in upcoming regional events in Latin America, most notably the Brazilian iGaming Summit, set to be held December 1-2 in São Paulo, as the company invests to expand in the LatAm market. Several months ago, iTech Labs appointed gaming sales expert, Karina Moral, as Business Development manager for LatAm. As a global test lab for online gaming products, iTech Labs, like much of the iGaming industry lately, has identified the LatAm iGaming market as one of “immense growth potential.” “As such, extra attention…

After a $760 million expansion and three years under construction, Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel, California, will be hosting a grand opening ceremony for its luxury resort on December 13. The news was confirmed by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, which has called the opening “a historic milestone.” The ceremony will be a VIP invitation-only celebration for Tribal citizens and special guests. Located in Highland, the venue, formerly known as San Manuel Casino, is now ready to unveil its new 432-room hotel, its latest addition. The new 17-story hotel tower, which includes 127 suites, adds to…

iGaming aggregator and solutions provider, Slotegrator, announced it has entered a distribution agreement with Triple Profits Games (TPG). All of the studio’s games are now available for single-session integration via Slotegrator’s dedicated solution, APIgrator. TPG is an established iGaming studio, delivering online casino games since 2014. Its catalogue includes over 90 titles between slots, tables, keno-style casual games; and fishing titles. The list of TPG’s hits includes “88 Fortune”, “King of Seven”, “TPG 777”, “Gold Dragon 360º”, and “4D Fishing Fortune”. All of TPG’s games are developed in HTML5 and employ a GLI-certified random number generator. In addition to games,…

EGT Interactive announced the release of its new video slot, “Hot Deco”, which, according to the company, “combines the classic fruits with a glamorous layout” and adds an “artistic twist” to the experience with the Art Deco style.  The game offers reels full of lucky Seven and rewarding stars. It is a 3-reel, 27 pay ways video slot that, according to the company “is not an ordinary product but a dazzling, attractive and modern game”.  The “Hot Deco” slot includes Multipliers, which are activated when 9 symbols of one kind land on all reels, multiplying the win by x2. The…

Casino shares in Macau have fallen following a series of “illegal gambling” arrests in the Chinese enclave. Local police arrested 11 people over alleged money laundering and illegal cross-border gambling. The news came after authorities said they were questioning prominent gambling industry leader Alvin Chau Cheok-wa, chief executive officer of Suncity Group Holdings Ltd. Chau is accused of heading a cross-border gambling syndicate, local media reported. Although at first it remained unclear whether Chau was among the 11 people arrested by the police, it has now been confirmed he is. A Hong Kong newspaper, the South China Morning Post, quoted…

MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa near Lake Tahoe will now change its name after being purchased by Bally’s Corp. It was confirmed last week that the property has started its rebranding process into the new Bally’s Lake Tahoe Casino & Hotel.  The property-wide rebrand will replace the interior and exterior signage, dice, cards, gambling chips and table game layouts, and is expected to be complete in the first half of 2022, according to a news release by the company.  The 438-room MontBleu was originally known as Caesars Tahoe when it was expanded to its current footprint in 1979, and was…

This week’s SBC Summit North America is set to see executives from the biggest brands in sports betting and igaming gather in New Jersey to share their experiences of the growing markets in the U.S. and Canada, exchange ideas, and take a first look at the next generation of industry technology. The event will take place at the Meadowlands Exposition Center from November 30 – December 2. Rasmus Sojmark, Founder and CEO of SBC, said: “The opportunities for operators, suppliers and affiliates as new markets open across the U.S. and Canada and existing ones mature are huge, and also the subject of intense…

 November 29, 2021 It seems that every time we turn around another state is setting gambling revenue records, and this time it’s Mississippi sports betting that’s handling the honors. Gamblers in the state dropped over $83 on wagers in the month of October, generating more than $9 million in revenue, which was a new record high. The previous record of $8.8 million was set in October of last year and then again in September of this year. Of course, it’s no surprise that the start of football season had a lot to do with these numbers. The National Football League…

UK’s gambling standards body, the Betting and Gaming Council announced Friday the appointment of David Willetts as new Director of Communications and Digital. He will be joining the BGC in 2022 from his current role as Press Secretary to UK Conservative cabinet minister Ben Wallace and Head of Ministerial Communications at the Ministry of Defence.  “David joins the BGC with an outstanding career across both government and journalism, having previously worked for The Sun for over a decade before joining the MoD”, the BGC stated in a press release. The new Director of Communications and Digital will be assisted by…

The Seminole Tribe’s request for a stay of a ruling invalidating sports betting in Florida was rejected Wednesday night. The tribal nation’s agreement with the state was thrown out by a federal district court judge in the District of Columbia on Monday, thus halting sports wagering operations and a planned gaming expansion. Judge Dabney L. Friedrich’s ruling earlier this week concluded the tribe’s compact violated the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which mandates state-sanctioned gambling to occur on tribal land. The Florida-Seminoles agreement allowed bettors to place wagers through mobile devices anywhere within the state as long as these were…

SOFTSWISS released Thursday a new report with statistics and insights on the development of cryptocurrencies across its Online Casino Platform, Sports Betting Platform and Game Aggregator clients. The information in the report reflects comparative data for the third quarter of 2021 and the same period in 2020, collected on an anonymous basis. The main conclusion drawn from the data obtained for Q3 2021 is that the volume of bets placed in cryptocurrency is increasing. Compared to the same period last year, the handle almost tripled 2020’s numbers. The positive trend continues throughout 2021: the increase from Q2 2021 to Q3…

Last Wednesday, Deputy Felipe Carreras’s project, which advances on the revision of PL 442/91, was announced in Brazil. The text presents some inaccuracies in relation to the modalities to be approved, and the form of exploitation of games of chance, but it authorizes the operation of casinos, bingo halls, sports betting, online gambling, and skill games, in addition to legalizing the Jogo do bicho. The project also proposes the creation of the Sinaj — National Gaming and Betting System, as a federal regulatory body for all modalities. The Working Group that reviews the text made the initial draft available on…

 November 27, 2021 Just days after a Federal Judge ruled the Seminoles sports betting deal with the state of Florida was “invalid”, the tribe has announced they will file an appeal. Judge Friedrich has concluded that the deal violates the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in that it allowed mobile bets to be accepted from anywhere in the state, not just on Tribal lands. That’s a decision which could have consequences for all online gambling. Despite this decision, the Seminoles continued to accept sports wagers and filed a “motion for stay pending appeal” alleging that the ruling would irreparably harm the…

The World Poker Tour is extending its partnership with 888poker for a new WPTDeepStacks London online series to close out 2021, both parties announced on Thursday. The festival is set to feature 28 events and more than $3 million in guaranteed prize pools. WPTDeepStacks is set to begin on November 28 with the $525 buy-in Opening Event, which comes with a $200,000 guarantee. Buy-ins range from $55 for the Mini Main Event up to $5,200 for the Super High Roller. Satellites for all events will begin at just $0.01. The highlight of the festival is the $1,050 buy-in WPTDS Main Event,…

The German Sports Betting Association (Deutscher Sportwettenverband, or DSWV) has taken aim at calls for a ban on gambling advertising in a statement issued on Thursday. The trade body rejected the idea, responding to media reports that Social Democratic Party (SPD) Senator Ulrich Mäurer had called for the imposition of said prohibition. According to German news sources, the Senator for the Interior…