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With Phil Ivey poker career alive and well, Borgata Casino demands 2-year-old $10mm judgment. Phil Ivey was once the most feared poker player on the professional live circuit. His skills on the felt were phenomenal, his poker face impenetrable. In early 2016 he disappeared from live tournaments; not without reason. That was around the...

Be true to Canadian online casinos, and they’ll be true to you! For more than two decades, countless people have questioned the authenticity and integrity of real online casinos. Not the social variety, where you can download an app and play for free. I’m talking about real, deposit to play, withdraw your winnings, casinos....

What to do if your online casino withdraw is denied. Have you requested a withdraw of winnings from an online casino, only to be denied a cashout? Unfortunately, it’s a more common occurrence then it should be. There are plenty of valid reasons why online casinos won’t pay cashouts, but only on invalid reason—the...

Universal Online Casino Rules: No multi-accounting, no exceptions! The online casino industry has experienced a great deal of universal culmination over the years. In the earliest years, operators threw rules together as they saw fit. Two decades later, through trial and error, operators now establish a standard set of rules in their terms and...

Five important tips before cashing out at online casinos. Signing up a new online casino account is the easy part. Enter all your information, press a button, and you’re all set. Even funding the account is a simple process, with more instant deposit options available than there are Las Vegas casinos. But when it...

As the digital gambling partnership grows stronger between them, will GVC & MGM ever tie the knot? They say long distance relationships rarely work out. But there’s one that has all the makings of a glorified fairy tale. A match made in Heaven, so they say. The two have been in courtship for quite...

Will inaugural ICE North America ignore Canada online gambling market? A very stimulating announcement was made last week. Clarion Gaming, host of the annual ICE Totally Gaming summit in London, UK (and others), proclaimed the inaugural ICE North America is coming in 2019. The entire iGaming industry is dizzy with anticipation. But now, a...

What makes an online casino safe for Canadian players? If you’ve visited this website before, you may have noticed by now that, what we primarily do is investigate and report on the safety, security, and overall efficacy of online gambling sites. That, and we script a good bit of gaming news relative to the...

NBA legend allegedly caught cheating at casino games in Las Vegas. Athletic superstars are often seen as role models. They inspire us. They entertain us. Most importantly, they encourage our youth that they, too, can grow up to realize their dreams. But every once in a while, those role models display a dark side,...

Notorious ruler, legendary gambler, King Henry VIII of England. Of all England’s past rulers, few are more universally recognized as King Henry VIII. His ambitious political stratagem helped mold centuries of success for the nation. His notorious execution of servants and wives, and alienation of the Roman Catholic Church, destroyed his reputation. And it...