A leading poker and gaming marketing agency, Above the Felt, partnered with the landmark Potawatomi Casino Hotel for the grand opening of the Milwaukee-based casino’s state-of-the-art poker room scheduled for May 2024. The partnership, bringing the flagship poker event to Wisconsin, represents a significant milestone in Above the Felt’s expansion in the Mid-West United States.

Grand Opening Festivities:

According to the agency’s press release, the upcoming poker event will bring along some of the best poker players from Above the Felt‘s talent pool and content creators and promoters. The new-age agency boasting of creating winning relationships between its talent roster and clients will use the poker room grand opening to make a conn…

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) yesterday issued a statement in which it warned officials in Germany against implementing a proposed 5.3% federal tax on all online poker and slot stakes.

The Brussels-headquartered trade group detailed that the proposition from the German Bundesrat would breach European Union laws on state aid and additionally undermine the objectives of the country’s New State Treaty on Gambling, which is set to inaugurate a completely new licensing, regulatory and taxation regime for land-based and online gaming operations.

Unplanned upshot:

The EGBA moreover stated that the suggested tax could furthermore have the unintended consequence of giving an unfair advantage to land-based gaming operations while pushing remote players awa…

The WSOP is coming back to GGPoker!

With Christmas just around the corner, GGPoker, the Isle of Man-based leading provider of popular poker games around the world, wants to give its players a whopping $150 million for Christmas as part of the WSOP Winter Circuit series of online tournaments, which will run from December 4th to January 9th. This year’s guaranteed prize pool is the richest yet.

The state-of-the-art poker content provider showed its originality with this tournament, providing players with excitement during this cold winter.

Tournament description:

Starting on Sunday, December 4th and ending on January 9th, the competition will see an extraordinary prize pool of 150 million dollars and 18 gold WSOP Circuit rings, each awarding the winner a cove…

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Asian casino giant Genting Malaysia Berhad has reportedly purchased a substantial stake in a luxury yacht enterprise as part of an effort to help save his own firm’s Genting Hong Kong Limited cruise ship subsidiary.

According to a report from Inside Asian Gaming, Lim Kok Thay (pictured) has personally spent roughly $7.9 million so as to acquire the 24.68% interest in Grand Banks Yachts Limited previously held by Genting Hong Kong Limited. The source detailed that this move forms part of an effort on behalf of the 69-year-old billionaire to boost the liquidity of the latter firm as it struggles to cope with a coronavirus-induced downturn in business.

Coronavirus calamity:

Genting Hong Kong Limited runs a trio of cruise ship…

Hard Rock Atlantic City is set to introduce its Unity loyal program today, allowing regular customers to benefit from a variety of promotions. The new program will replace the existing Wild Card program.

Unity is a loyalty scheme that is available across Hard Rock’s properties in North America. The unified scheme allows customers to enjoy the same benefits no matter which Unity-enabled venue in the region they visit.

While rates will vary depending on which Hard Rock property customers visit, they will be able to earn tier credits, comps and free play in all of the company’s properties. Hard Rock AC guests will now be able to download the mobile application and see what the fuss is all about.

Existing Wild Card mem…

The famous iGaming publisher Yggdrasil partners with the renowned Bulletproof Gaming to further expand its impressive portfolio and launch the new slot game Blackbeard Battle of the Seas. 

Thrilling battle on high seas:

This 5×3 reel slot takes the players on an exciting, high-seas adventure where huge dangers await along with great prizes. 

The players will face the enemies on the ocean while looking for the legendary treasure. The slot possesses 2…

Full House Resorts’ American Place Casino in Waukegan, Illinois, remains blocked by an ongoing legal challenge. A rival operator continues its lawsuit against the city, claiming that the bidding process had been rigged.

Development of Full House’s American Place Casino has been mired by challenges as the Forest County Potawatomi of Wisconsin continues to block the venue’s construction. The tribe was one of the candidates for a license in 2019 but sued the city after losing the race.

The Potawatomi claim that the process had been rigged and that the tribe didn’t receive a fair shot at the tender. While the lawsuit was originally dismissed, the complaint was revived in 2023, allowing the tribe to have its say.

According to the Potawatomi, the cit…

Swiss online gaming operator, Gamanza Games, announced the launch of the first in-house developed title, Air Racer, exclusively with the company’s online casino operator partners.

Another Milestone for the Business

The launch of the first certified crash game in the regulated Swiss iGaming market offers online players with jackpots.ch, goldengrand.ch, GAMRFIRST.ch, and 7melons.ch an opportunity to taste the thrill and excitement of the exhilarating action of Air Racer.

Commenting on the launch of Air Racer, Gamanza’s chief commercial officer Robert Civill …

OJK, the Financial Services Authority of Indonesia, has reportedly blocked 1,700 bank accounts for their alleged involvement in online gambling activities. The authority worked with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Kominfo) to implement the rigid measure to combat online gambling cases proliferating in the country that strictly prohibits any form of gambling to locals and foreigners.

“This is the result of cooperation with Kominfo. If you look at the data, the number of accounts that have been blocked is around 1,700 and this is still growing,” OJK Banking Supervision Chief Executive Dian Ediana Rae reportedly said on October 9, 2023.

 Indonesia Bans All Forms of Gambling:

Accord…