Canbet Casino will be closing its doors on 30 June 2011. The announcement came rather suddenly with a notification going out to affiliates on the same day as the planned closure. Canbet will continue to operate it’s online wagering and sports betting service and players’ accounts are fully functional. It’s only the online casino...
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BetFred gives Livedealer.org visitors a bonus boost
A little extra cash for our visitors thanks to BetFred … £100 to be exact. Visit BetFred via any of the links on this site, and instead of the standard 100% first deposit match bonus to a maximum of £200, you get a 150% first deposit match bonus to a maximum of £300. Deposit...
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Santiago Cañizares joins 888
Move over Warnie, there’s a new bleached-blonde sporting hero at 888…Spanish football legend Santiago Cañizares. Born José Santiago Cañizares Ruiz, known as the Dragón by adoring fans, Cañizares helped Valencia FC to a swag of finals (Spanish Cup, Supercup, UEFA Champions League x2) as well as titles including La Liga (2002, 2002) and UEFA...
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Bodog88 adds HoGaming live dealers
There have been quite a few changes over at Bodog88′s in the last few months. First came the cosmetic, with a site revamp and newly branded casino called the ‘Eagle Club Casino’ complete with a hot model holding a deck of cards on the landing page who you just know has never dealt a...
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Welcome aboard Betfair
This is the same organization that turned sports betting on its head with an online betting exchange that processes over 5 million transaction daily. They won’t quite be having the same impact on the live gaming industry since they’re just a licensee (Playtech is their live games software/dealers of choice) but an operator of...
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Galaxy Macau, quaint and understated
Macau’s latest and greatest casino opened last week to the usual casino fanfare. Named the Galaxy Macau (“The New Palace of Asia”) it isn’t, in case you hadn’t already guessed, quaint or understated. It’s a 450 table monster that cost its owners, Galaxy Entertainment Group HK$14.9 billion to build. It includes 3 hotels with...
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Bodog888 ups rebate on live games to 0.6%
While most online casinos will offer bonuses based on a percentage of players’ deposits (eg 50% match), since launching their live casino Bodog88 have offered a player rebate based on turnover instead. I used to think that they were trying to be a little bit different and stand out from the online casino crowd...
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Fairway casino live games now multi-language friendly
A bunch of Visionary iGaming casinos, including Fairway, Castle and Celtic now offer players the ability to play live blackjack, roulette and baccarat in either Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Greek, Korean or Chinese – in addition to English of course. The dealers will all still be speaking English (albeit in thick Central American accents)...
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Game on in Taiwan?
Back in 2009 the Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan made an amendment to the Offshore Islands Development Act that made allowance for construction of casinos on the islands of Kinmen, Matsu and Penghu. Local referendums were still required before casino licenses could be handed out and one held in Penghu that same year failed to get...
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Fortune Lounge Group expands live dealers
The Fortune Lounge Group is a marketing alliance of bunch of well known Microgaming casinos. The Group currently comprises Royal Vegas, Platinum Play, 7Sultans, Vegas Palms, Vegas Towers and Desert Dollar, some of which have been operating for over a decade now and boast a suite of over 400 games from players to choose...
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