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Scientific Games completes acquisition of Don Best Sports Odds Canada. Scientific Games sealed the deal this week on the acquisition of Don Best sports betting odds service. The deal, which was announced three weeks ago following agreeable negotiations between the two firms, officially closed this morning. The acquisition includes the Nevada-based Don Best Sports...

Bitcoin exchange in Canada hacked; all user account funds lost. The potential regulation of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has been a hot topic for the last few years. The fact that it’s not regulated means it is anonymous, making it a preferable choice from some people who don’t want their transactions being observed. However,...

BC casino scandal gets dirtier as report reveals anti-money laundering investigators got bonuses for higher BCLC gambling revenue. If you haven’t heard about the money laundering investigation surrounding British Columbia’s lower mainland casinos, you must have been living under a rock. Hundreds of millions of dollars were laundered through BC casinos over the last...

New Endorphina slots on the way, Dia De Los Muertos and Lucky Streak 1. I remember when Endorphina first entered the digital slots development space just a few short years ago. The company’s design team and creative efforts were phenomenal. So phenomenal, in fact, Endorphina immediately rose to stardom as Slots Guide’s choice of...

Ontario Lotto Max record jackpot climbs to $113 million. Ontario lottery players are getting awfully excited as the weekend approaches. The Lotto Max has climbed to a record-breaking $113 million, with $60 million set aside for the big winner, and another 53 $1 million prizes to be claimed. Will you be one of 54...

Microgaming lends its best online bingo platform to Betsson Group. For years, Microgaming has been lauded as the provider of the best online casino, poker, bingo, sports and other digitized wager-capable platforms. The company’s reputation is unparalleled, having pioneered almost every technology in the online gambling space since its inception in the mid-1990s. With...

Quickspin releases Ark of Mystery, and other new slots at Playtech casinos. It’s been a busy few months for the design team over at Quickspin. A subsidiary of Playtech, Quickspin has ramped up its digital games output lately, delivering one new online slot machine per month since August. And it looks like things are...

Cybercrime report says mobile online casino IP spoofing a rising threat. If you visit mobile casino sites from Canada, chances are you’re doing it in a perfectly legal manner. There are no local prohibitions against gambling for real money at websites regulated in Canada, or at overseas operations regulated by international jurisdictions. Thus, there’s...

Holy Grail Technology’s new Intelligent Table Management system to eliminate stealing casino chips. Who do you think the highest paid employees of land-based casinos are (aside from the big-wig executives, of course)? I’d be willing to bet members of the security team are very high on the list. It’s their job to protect the...

New 6 reel slots game is a classic fruit machine with jokers wild. Did you ever hear the phrase “It’s all in the name”? StakeLogic, a digital slots development firm with Novamatic, has taken the term quite literally. Its latest creation, released on October 1, 2018, is called Classic Joker 6 Reels. You can...