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Yggdrasil exudes Halloween spirit in new Wolf Hunters Slot. The month of October is fast approaching. There’s a shivering chill in the air as the leaves take their annual turn to the vibrantly flaming shades of autumn. What was that sound? A distant howl? Is that a full moon shrouded beneath the wandering clouds?...

Betting online nowhere near cannibalizing the land-based market in 2018. For years, a lot of land-based casino operators—especially in North America and Australia—have feared that online gambling will inevitably cannibalize the real-world casino industry. The games are too convenient. The slot machines pay way better RTPs. Why wouldn’t they be afraid? Canada refuses to...

NetEnt promotes online slots games as casino affiliate. The very first, immensely successful marketing tool for the online casino industry was the affiliate business. Affiliates are third-party marketing groups—most often individuals—who maintain web pages promoting one or more internet casino operators. The business boomed in the late 1990’s, and continues to grow to this...

Quebec files appeal to IP block access to offshore online gambling sites. What’s surprising? You’re more likely to be killed by a vending machine than a shark. What’s not surprising? The Quebec Government is appealing the Supreme Court ruling that its online gambling IP blocking law is unconstitutional. The appeal stems from a piece...

Blockchain News: Cryptocurrency here to stay, made of chocolate, and fit for paying ransoms. There’s some very interesting news coming down the Blockchain highway this week. We’ll tell you about three stories that run the full spectrum of vested emotion—hilarious, enlightening, and downright terrifying. Let’s start with the good stuff, and work our way...

Habanero Slots undergo remastering, starting with 2012 Egyptian Dreams Slot. Six very long years ago, a new company took root in the realm of digital real money gambling technology. They called themselves Habanero Systems; a clever title eluding to the spicy-hot nature of their innovative online slots titles. On June 15, 2012, they launched...

Microgaming to produce The Village People Online Slot. Microgaming has long been considered a pioneer of the online casino industry. With roots dating back to 1994, the company developed the first online casino, the first online slots machine, the first mobile slots games… you get the idea. Now, instead of building something brand new,...

NASAA’s “Operation Cryptosweep” investigates cryptocurrency ICOs. For the last few years, cryptocurrencies have been all the rage. Bitcoin, created in 2009, saw its value skyrocket in 2013, jumping from $30 to over $700 in value. It created a blockchain craze with a snowball effect so frenetic that hundreds of new cryptocurrencies are appearing, with...

Apple removes mobile gambling apps for iOS from China App Store. What comes to mind when you hear the word “Apple”? Chances are, it’s not the fruit. In today’s society, the name Apple is synonymous with technology. Apple, Inc. is the creator of the first popular personal computers, the Apple I and Apple II,...

Quickspin re-releases Hidden Valley as HTML5 online slots for mobile. World class online gaming companies have been splitting up their team efforts recently. One group takes on the traditional role of developing new online gambling games, while the other is tasked with reinventing classic titles for optimization with today’s latest technology. Such have been...