Online Casino News and Industry Updates

After three years, Andy Green will finally receive his big blackjack jackpot win from Betfred. The bettor was denied a £1.7 million prize after the gaming operator claimed the win occurred due to a software malfunction. A legal battle ensued, and this week, a court has ruled in the player’s favor. Details of the Ruling against BetFred Casino The Lincolnshire player won the prize…

Whether you like it or not, the mantra “the House Always Wins” is 100% true. Owning a casino is a lucrative endeavor for the simple fact that the laws of probability favour the house. While players can come in and win big now and then, the odds of anyone recording a profit in the long-term are very long indeed. (more…)

The UK Gambling Commission announced today that it has taken “widespread action” against numerous online casino operators and senior management as a part of an investigation into failings to address problem gambling and money laundering. (more…)

Three rogue casino sites may have been caught red-handed with their hands in the cookie jar, complete with pirated games and at least one fake license. (more…)

PlayOJO is on the move in Sweden. After earning its online casino license in Sweden this past January, PlayOJO has now announced it will be sponsoring all 30 episodes of this season’s Paradise Hotel. (more…)

Dunover Slots has become the latest victim of YouTube’s increasingly restrictive content guidelines. As YouTube continues its crackdown on unwanted points of view and content deemed unsafe or deceptive, more content creators are suddenly finding themselves out of work. (more…)

Swiss voters approved what appeared to be a controversial new gambling law by a wide measure earlier this month. On June 10th, the new Money Gaming Act was approved by 72.9% of voters in a referendum despite widespread opposition from a coalition of voters among various political parties. (more…)

Online casino software provider Playtech has won the exclusive contract to power Poland’s monopoly provider for online gambling. State-owned lottery provider Totalizator Sportowy chose Playtech after a public tender process to run its upcoming online gambling platform. (more…)

(Image credit: Nicolas Raymond) If you live in Poland and have been waiting to gamble online at the sole government-approved casino site, be prepared to wait a bit longer. The government revealed late last month that the state-run lottery is moving behind schedule in building its online casino and that it will not be ready until the second half of 2018. (more…)

If you’ve been around since the earlier days of online gambling, you may remember a time when new customer bonuses were chock-full of value. Back in the late 90s and early 2000s, you could earn thousands of pounds just by bouncing around from casino to casino collecting and clearing bonuses. (more…)