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In the world of casino affiliation, online casinos work with the affiliates to essentially advertise and promote that online casino. One of the most effective ways of doing this is through writing reviews of online slots. Reviews have the power to shape and influence someone’s opinion, so naturally, they are a great way to promote the product. More recently, there have been debates across the affiliation industry if these reviews have been taken seriously or just thrown together for a quick payout. With debates varying from laziness on the part of casino affiliates to others arguing that online slot reviews…

 July 30, 2021 As the new Delta Variant of the Coronavirus surges, multiple jurisdictions within the country have issued a Las Vegas travel warning. Earlier this past week, cases in Nevada showed nearly a 25% jump over the previous week, with hospitalizations rising seven percent. Even worse, the weekly average for new cases per day in Clark County was up 74% from two weeks ago. Local governments in California, Illinois, and Hawaii have issued a Las Vegas travel warning for their residents. Even the White House has now added Sin City to its “areas of concern” list as a sustained…

DIMENSION 49 has ranked number one Top Indexing Cabinet – Portrait for the 3rd month in a row K onami Gaming’s DIMENSION 49 video slot cabinet has ranked the industry’s number one Top Indexing Cabinet – Portrait for three consecutive months, according to Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, and Fantini Research. DIMENSION 49 is a core cabinet with a 49-inch flat portrait display in a 4K ultra-high definition (UHD) and 27-inch video topper. Part of the DIMENSION series, it features the same standard base design as Konami’s award-winning DIMENSION 49J premium cabinet. DIMENSION 49’s game series Fortune Mint has appeared in the…

ISO 27001, following an extensive third-party audit and evaluation of its framework I nspired Entertainment announced on Thursday that the company has successfully achieved ISO 27001 certification, the world’s most prestigious information security management system (ISMS) certification. ISO 27001 was developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as a technology-neutral, vendor-neutral international standard for information security. Inspired earned this certification, which is recognized worldwide, after an extensive third-party audit and evaluation of its framework to establish, implement, maintain and improve its information security at all levels. Steve Beason, Inspired’s Group Chief Technology Officer, said: “As a leader in the…

S OFTSWISS has gained a foothold to operate in the regulated Greek market, as the brand recently received the Greek gaming license for Online Casino operations from the Hellenic Gaming Commission. The Greek gaming license, the latest in a series of national licenses awarded to SOFTSWISS, was received earlier last month with the company already finalizing its very first project N1CASINO.GR on the Greek iGaming market. The license allows for local operation in Greece for players with Greek passports and IDs as well as those holding local Greek bank accounts. N1CASINO Greece is the first project announced to launch soon…

With limited space, Encore Boston’s former poker area is currently occupied by its highest-performing slots A senior Encore Boston Harbor casino staffer received backlash from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday regarding its continued delay to bring back poker, as the commission has seen a complaint rise over its disappearance. Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Encore Boston Jacqui Krum, said: “To be clear, we did not say ‘never’ to poker. We have said, ‘just not at this time. We’re constantly readjusting offerings based on guest demand.” The commission tends to receive only about five complaints a month, however…

ed Rocks is starting to make a quick recovery after amid the economic storm caused by COVID-19. During the second quarter the Company continued to operate its Red Rock, Green Valley Ranch, Santa Fe Station, Boulder Station, Palace Station and Sunset Station properties, together with its Wildfire Properties, while Palms Casino Resort, Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho and Fiesta Henderson remained closed during the quarter. While second quarter 2019 results are included below for comparative purposes, the 2019 results include, among other things, the results of our four currently closed properties in addition to the properties which operated in the second quarter…

R ush Street Interactive, operator of BetRivers sportsbook; and GTG Network, a data insights, gamification and technology company, announced Thursday that they have inked a multi-year, co-exclusive deal to offer GTG’s iSport Genius data facts and insights. iSport Genius is now live in every state where RSI operates its online sportsbook, which includes Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Colorado, Iowa and Virginia.  In the co-exclusive partnership, RSI is only one of four U.S. Sportsbook that will have the rights to offer the sports data information service to its bettors.  The facts displayed on the BetRivers sportsbook cover all major sports including…

A license for the full $310M casino project is still under consideration by Illinois’ regulator T he Hard Rock temporary casino in Rockford will open in October 2021. The temporary casino can be open for up to two years while the permanent casino is built. The location at Giovanni’s Restaurant and Convention Center is currently undergoing an $8 million renovation, and will hold over 600 slot machines; the Midway Bar sports bar; and the Rock River Bar and Grill restaurant. The Gaming Board gave permission to begin construction on the temporary casino at Giovanni’s on E. State and Bell School…

D raftKings and national entertainment concept, Sports & Social, announced Thursday a new partnership to create upscale Sports & Social/DraftKings sports bars beginning in Nashville (Tennessee) and Detroit (Michigan) markets, pending regulatory approvals.  The collaboration brings together Sports & Social’s market, operating dining and entertainment venues with DraftKings’ sports gaming platforms. Sports & Social is part of Live! Dining and Entertainment, a food-and-beverage-focused division of The Cordish Companies. The specific locations of Sports & Social/DraftKings venues have yet to be announced. The venues for this integration will be designed by ICRAVE, an international design and development firm. However, the concept…

P ragmatic Play has released a new cluster-paying, farm-inspired video slot, called Chicken Drop, which features progressive elements, bonus features, and cartoon-style visuals overlayed by a banjo-ridden country soundtrack. In the base game, the Strawberry is the highest paying symbol, where landing a winning cluster of 37 or more will trigger a win up to 1000x the bet. Central to the action is the tumble feature that replaces winning clusters with new symbols, which can lead to repeat wins from single spins. The Free Spins feature is triggered when four or more scatter symbols land, awarding players with up to…

The LatAm gambling operator now has over 100 bots available in Spanish, English and Portuguese I n partnership with LivePerson, the AI solutions for customer services provider company,  Betcris has played an important role in the development and launch of LivePerson’s Spanish Natural Language Understanding (NLU) machine learning (ML).  As LivePerson’s NLU relies on AI and ML, Betcris was instrumental in advancing the technology. Through the operator’s involvement,  29 new intents have been classified and created, and over 100 phrases were gathered from agents using LivePerson’s AI Annotator. More than half of those are used to train the NLU.  Betcris…

 July 29, 2021 There are many types of bonuses available for online casinos, but what do the bonuses mean for the newcomer and how do these bonuses affect the casino itself or the user on the website? You can see from the infographic that it explains to you what a welcome bonus is, it also tells you the types of payment bonuses available and what the refer a friend scheme is and how it benefits you as a consumer. However, there are more bonuses than the three listed on the infographic. There are more bonuses available like no deposit bonuses,…

 July 29, 2021 In our last episode of This Week in Gambling we told you that a Las Vegas face masks mandate had been reinstated… but only for casino employees and others working indoors and around the public. We also stated, however, that the situation was fluid and could change at any moment. Today is that moment. Nevada Governor Sisolak has signed an Emergency Directive which rolls things back to May, and makes face masks mandatory for all individuals (whether employee or tourist) to wear face masks starting July 30th. This directive comes in the midst of the latest wave…

 July 26, 2021 The 2020 Olympics were put on hold to 2021 and new dates have been set. From 23 July to 8 August, 33 sporting activities will be being played. The Olympic Games will be played in over 40 places, most of them in and around the city of Tokyo. Other sport likes game baseball, softball and football will be taken place much further away than Tokyo due to the type of stadiums and catering these sports acquire. As previously mentioned, there is a total of 33 sports being played, that’s 339 different gold medals. All athletes participating in…

M obile sports betting app from Wynn Resorts, WynnBET, and CUMULUS MEDIA, an advertising and marketing company, announced the launch of a multi-year, multi-platform partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, WynnBET will become one of CUMULUS MEDIA’s largest advertising partners. WynnBET will benefit from CUMULUS’ reach and consumer engagement across multiple touchpoints, including national exposure in Westwood One’s marquis play-by-play programming, and endorsement from preeminent sports host Jim Rome.  The companies also plan to create content both for entertainment and for the benefit of WynnBET’s consumer engagement. Local connections via advertising on Cumulus’ radio stations, studio sponsorships and brand…