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Big:T;he beginning of 2015 hasn’t been good to cryptocurrencies thus far. Despite earlier predictions, the value of Bitcoin keeps hitting new lows. Following recent developments, it now stands at

big:T;he legalization of online poker and online gaming in general in South Africa has been a burning topic in that country lately and just days ago a new bill was proposed concerning the issue.

BIG:A;ccording to the Mississippi Lawful Gaming Act of 2015 that was recently introduced in the state legislature, players who get caught playing on offshore poker sites could face 90 days in jail

Legislation of online poker has been all the rage over the past several years in European countries. From Italy, Spain and France all the way to Croatia, Bulgaria and Gibraltar, the countries in

WSOP.com has been one of the leading online poker rooms on US soil since the poker legislation started in individual states and they are starting the new year with some changes to their rewards club.

BIG:W;ashington, the only state in America where playing poker is a crime punishable by jail, will hopefully authorize and legalize online poker in 2015.House Bill 1114, culmination of the efforts by

Big:E;ver since Black Friday back in 2011 and the unfortunate events in its aftermath, PokerStars has been trying to find their way back into the U.S. online poker market. For the past year or two as

BIG:A;sia Sands China Ltd. subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands that owns most of the real estate on Macau’s Cotai Strip has received approval from Macau government to build a Paris-themed resort worth

BIG:A;ccording to the Centre for Addiction and Mental health, Ontario’s new online gaming website, Play OLG.ca, will be both success and failure.Ontario Lottery and Gaming launched an online gaming

Big:O;ne of the main reasons Bitcoin hasn’t really been accepted by the wider public is its instability. That is probably the reason why none of the major poker rooms are really looking into adding

BIG :W;ynn Resorts, lead by casino mogul Steve Wynn, announced that they have finalized a $35m purchase of 33-acre site in Everett, former Monsanto chemical plant, where $1.6 billion project

BIG:T;he state reported that Nevada gaming revenue declined for the third consecutive month in October with more than 35% drop in baccarat totals and amount of the people traveling to Las Vegas

BIG:A;ccording to a recent Oxford Economics research, paid by American Gaming Association, named “Impacts of Commercial Casino Industry in Michigan”, Michigan generated nearly $2.8 billion from

BIG:E;arlier in December, state of New York approved new casinos for the Catskills, Schenectady and the Finger Lakes region, but the gaming regulators just picked three winners for the casinos.