Месяц: Февраль 2015

The best way to start the New Year is with a substantial win and one lucky player from LeoVegas did just that when she claimed the top prize of £100,000 in a special end-of-the-year offer from the online casino.

Rewards for Loyal Players

LeoVegas Casino is known for rewarding its customers with various offers and it ran a month-long special in December that awarded daily prizes of £1,000 to active players. The event culminated with the top prize pot of £100,000, that was won by 38-year-old Sarah Pugh.

The winner was announced on the LeoVegas official Facebook page and Sarah stated that she is still in shock after finding out that she won the jackpot after only being a member with the casino for four months. The surprise hasn’t yet sunk in, according to Pugh, but plans of spending the money are already forming as the mother of three is looking forward to a nice vacation on top of ensuring a stable financial situation for years to come.

The UK Country Manager at LeoVegas Casino took this opportunity to congratulate the latest jackpot winner as well as show the company’s appreciation for loyal players.

About LeoVegas

The colorful online casino brings some of the charm of Las Vegas to the online gaming world and makes sure that players have as many options as they like. LeoVegas is powered by nine different software providers that make for an incredible variety when it comes to the games.

Furthermore, the website has been designed to make sure that it runs perfectly both on desktop and on mobile devices, so players can easily enjoy some of their favorites from smartphones and tablets. Some of the providers that make headlines with their games at Leo Vegas Casino are Net Entertainment, Microgaming, Betsoft and Play’n Go.

It is also safe to say that the prizes can get pretty big, as shown by Sarah Pugh’s £100,000 win.

Italy’s online poker market has been struggling with a constant decline since the government decided to launch a ring-fenced market and separate Italian players from the international player pool in 2007.

According to the latest figures released on Thursday by Italy’s Agimeg, the industry’s negative trend continued during December, as the holiday season did not help online poker rooms to bring in the revenues they had hoped for.

During the last month of 2014, Italy’s cash game market generated revenues of €8.5 million, a number that marks a 24 percent fall when compared to the €11.2 million generated in December 2013.

Things get even worse when 2014 numbers are compared to December 2012 when Italy’s licensed poker rooms raked in €14.8 million - roughly 43 percent higher than what the market generated two years later.

The same negative performance also hit tournament poker, as tournament revenues moved from €70 million in 2013, to €65 million in 2014, showing a 5 percent decline.

What did not change, however, is the dominant role that PokerStars has in the country, as the difference between the volume of hands and tournaments played on Italy’s PokerStars.it makes the country’s ring-fenced market almost look like a monopoly.

During December, PokerStars earned 72 percent of the total revenues generated by online tournaments, and 52.5 percent of the revenues coming from ring games.

Italy’s online casino shows good numbers
While online poker probably needs the help of the Italian legislator to find a way to recovery, things are going much better for the country’s regulated online casino market.

eGaming Review reports that the sector closed 2014 with a 24 percent rise in Gross Gaming Revenues (GGR), with operators celebrating a second consecutive year of growth.

"The growth of casino games is certainly due to the casino games supplier to stop offering their games to dot.com operators targeting Italian players," DLA Piper’s partner Giulio Corragio explained.

"Indeed, players that were accustomed to a specific type of casino game found themselves in the situation of being obliged to switch to Italian licensed platforms."

The positive performance of Italy’s regulated online casino market has been followed closely by a number of international operators that may soon apply for a license to offer their casino games to Italian players.

On Jan. 9, Finnish gambling group Paf - Play Among Friends acquired Winga, a licensed online casino and poker operator that declared revenues of approximately €10 million in 2014.

As explained by Paf Chief Executive Officer Anders Ingves, the operation was concluded to increase Paf’s international footprint by exploring the possibility to grow within the expanding Italian casino market.

"The acquisition of Winga is part of our strategy of continued internationalisation and expansion," Ingves said. "We see great potential in Winga’s well-established operational base in combination with Paf’s international industry experience and a broad range of products."

This, however, does not mean that Italian players will be allowed to play on a Paf-branded platform anytime soon, as Ingves pointed out that "as a first step, we will expand Winga’s product range to include additional casino games and betting in the next few years."

There is good news for online gamblers that like to play while on the move. Pocket Casino, a fully mobile friendly casino, has just gone live and is now accepting players. Pocket Casino provides its members with a huge range of fully mobile compatible games as well as some great promotions.

There is no need to download any special software to play at Pocket Casino. Players simply need to visit the website on their smartphone or tablet device and they can start playing straight away. Furthermore, the casino is welcoming all new players with a £10 no deposit bonus which can be used to try all the games on offer.

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Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs announced that its new bill, which will ban most forms of online gambling, will go into effect today. The bill, entitled the Remote Gambling Act, was approved by Singapore’s parliament on October 7, 2014, and will officially be enforced on February 2, 2015. Singapore’s government did not waste much time in setting the new standards of the sovereign city-state.

Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs released a statement saying the following: “The objectives of regulating remote gambling are to maintain law and order and to minimize the potential harm of remote gambling, especially to young persons and other vulnerable persons.”

The Remote Gambling Act

The bill first got off the ground in November 2014, when Singapore officials realized that the lack of regulation of online gambling was leading to illegal operations, which put the public in harm’s way.

And so, the Remote Gambling Act was drafted. The bill will ban all online casino and poker games, and only provides for limited types of online sports betting from non-profit operators based in Singapore.

The bill does not cover social games, the Media Development Authority made sure to specify. "The Act will not impede the development of legitimate social media gaming businesses and (we) will continue working with the gaming industry to ensure its continued growth and development.”

MDA also clarified that the Act will not ban leaderboards or tournaments in which players can win prizes or money; the Act only takes on “casino-style” games. Practically, this means that popular games Farmville and Candy Crush Saga will not be affected.

The passing of the bill also means that all websites that provide or even advertise remote gambling will be blocked in Singapore, as will the methods of payment.

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