Several weeks ago, it was announced that the famous Twitch-Streamer Mizkif had allegedly turned down a deal for casino streams which would have earned him millions. According to his own statement, the 27-year-old had received an offer amounting to 10 million US-Dollar from an online casino which has not been identified to the public. In turn he was asked to produce casino streams. But why did the Twitch-Streamer turn down this lucrative deal?
A few days ago, the Novomatic subsidiary Greentube announced during a press conference the cooperation with the Poker giant PokerStars. At first the market launch will be limited to the Italian market, and further markets will be added in the near future. Does this mean that users playing at PokerStars can soon access Book of Ra and Co.?
Nearly a year after the new State Gambling Act (GlüStV) came into force in Germany, the competent authorities issued the first German casino licence for virtual slot games. Thus, the Mernov Betriebsgesellschaft mbH is now officially licensed to provide online slots. But which brands are behind this company and when will further licences for slot games be issued?
The French Canadian Twitch-Streamer “xQc“ stated that he has lost a record amount within one month whilst gambling online. As the 26-year-old admitted a few days ago in a podcast with Pokimane, just during April 2022 he lost around 1.85 million US-Dollar when gambling online. But how could he have lost so much and is the popular casino-streamer now gambling addicted?
Recently even more professional athletes and celebrities have decided to advertise for gambling providers. For example, Lothar Matthäus is advertising for the sports betting provider Interwetten and the goalkeeper legend Oliver Kahn is advertising for the industry pioneer Tipico. In Great Britain gambling advertisements from celebrities is now banned. But does a general advertising ban with celebrities make sense?
There are several myths about the fact that the casinos in Las Vegas and other gambling metropoles use “psycho tricks” to entice the guests to stay longer or to make higher stakes. But which of these tricks function - and why? We searched for the best “psycho tricks”, which are used in the casinos in Vegas.
Meanwhile the bonus programme of payback has been running for over 20 years. At first the customers could only collect the popular payback points in shops as Alnatura, dm, Rewe, real or Penny. Since some time, it has now been possible to also collect points in some online shops. But can payback points also be collected?
The Spanish government has in the past two years not only strictly regulated online gambling but also the land-based gambling sector. As it was announced a few days ago, the autonomous community of Madrid has adopted further gambling restrictions. Among these is the fact that it will soon be obligatory to have a “bouncer” at the door of every gambling hall. But do these newly adopted measures make sense?
The new gambling legislation in Sweden has brought large profits for legal providers. This is the result of an analysis carried out by the office for public administration in Sweden. However, are the legal gambling operators those who are actually making profit from this restructuring?
The archdiocese of Cologne is being criticised because it paid the gambling debts of a clergy from the special assets of the church. To be more precise, the archdiocese of Cologne seems to have paid gambling debts amounting to half a million for one of its clergies. Besides this, there is an even higher amount which was paid to the Tax Authority. But is the church actually allowed to carry out such transactions?
As the software provider BGaming announced a few days ago in a press conference the company will be extending its support measures for the people of Ukraine. The children will especially be helped in every best possible way. But which concrete support measures is the software provider offering?
An exciting interview was published a few days ago on the German Online-Content-Network Funk. A longstanding gambling addict met here a successful casino businessman. The new format “Das Treffen“ (The Meeting) talks among other things, about whether casinos manipulate the guests on papers and brings up who is to blame for a gambling addiction.
The online gambling market should grow enormously in the coming years. This information emerged from a study which was published some weeks ago by the market research company “The Business Research Company”. The turnover from the worldwide online gambling market should increase to more than 192 billion US-Dollar by 2030. But what are the reasons for the persisting positive sales trend?
A few days ago, a court in Singapore sentenced a young man to several years imprisonment, among other things for hostage taking. The 25-year-old accused seems to have captivated his online date in the hotel room and demanded around 48,000 Euro from the woman. The perpetrator had boasted that he wanted to pay his gambling debts with the hostage money.
The burden which problematic gambling puts on the economy is enormous. Several hundred million Euro are necessary year after year to help those involved. Besides this, one must consider the personal fortune of each individual gambling addict. A recently published study concluded that the costs arising from gambling addiction in Norway are around half as high as the gross player income of all legal gambling providers.
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