verat

A list of online gambling news articles and analyses written by verat for GamingZion.
Atlantic City is Weighing Options

Atlantic City is Weighing Options

Vera T. July 9, 2015 03:10:56

People in the service industry have realized that if Atlantic City is to survive off tourism, they have to up their game. Poker winners alone aren’t going to keep Atlantic City afloat, according to the Business Insider. Thankfully, people with stakes in the city’s tourist industry have realized this and have been pushing in the […]

Coingaming To Help NetEnt With Bitcoin

Coingaming To Help NetEnt With Bitcoin

Vera T. July 8, 2015 10:10:05

Bitcoin is gaining power as Coingaming launches NetEnt gambling games. Games in mobile casinos will be going through a bit of change if they were created by NetEnt; Coingaming is launching NetEnt games on a Bitcoin-only platform. Coingaming will highly benefit form this deal NetEnt is bringing more than 150 HTML5- and more than 30 […]

Royal Baby, Strike Three

Royal Baby, Strike Three

Vera T. July 8, 2015 09:11:15

People have already made a custom of betting on the gender of the royal babies… now they’re guessing announcement times. In a short period of time, Kate Middleton gave birth to two royal babies, George and Charlotte. Naturally, the birth of a royal child always sparks the mobile betting-fan community, so bets are now on. […]

Chanel and the Casino

Chanel and the Casino

Vera T. July 8, 2015 07:06:40

Chanel decided that it was time to step things up on-stage, so they came up with a casino-like background. Online betting and mobile casino gambling were not the spotlight this time, that’s for sure. Instead, Chanel’s Fall 2015 fashion show featured an exquisite design: a luxury casino. According to StyleCaster, Chanel left the typical Parisian […]

…And Another Hacker Seeking Bitcoin Ransom

…And Another Hacker Seeking Bitcoin Ransom

Vera T. July 8, 2015 06:06:06

Four online gambling sites were overthrown for a short while by a hacker last week. Poker winners who enjoy playing on online poker sites in the US have had a rough couple of days last week. A hacker overpowered four sites with a “distributed denial of service attack,” said David Rebuck, the director of the […]

Samsung Is Losing Earnings

Samsung Is Losing Earnings

Vera T. July 7, 2015 11:10:49

A probable four percent fall in income is predicted in Samsung’s overall revenue. The South Korean tech mogul’s second quarter figures aren’t looking all that great – according to BBC, Samsung expects a 4% decrease in income. Sales numbers don’t have anything to boast about, either. Samsung users who are fans of mobile betting sites […]

Lottery Funds Embezzled In China

Lottery Funds Embezzled In China

Vera T. July 7, 2015 04:14:17

Fraudulent officials are the reason that GBP 1.7 billion has vanished from the lottery. Gambling news is blowing up with the discovery of GBP 1.7 billion missing in lottery funds in China. According to The Guardian, Chinese officials plundered the money via the acquirement and construction of office buildings and hotels. The missing money is […]

Mastercard’s Facial Recognition Trial

Mastercard’s Facial Recognition Trial

Vera T. July 6, 2015 07:53:30

New winds are blowing at Mastercard; testing for a new verification mode has begun.  The new generation loves mobile betting sites and taking selfies. And, everyone loves shopping. Each time we shop and use our cards, we have to provide some kind of verification. It’s standard security protocol. Usually some personal detail, or pin code. […]

A Trip Back In Time: Casinos

A Trip Back In Time: Casinos

Vera T. July 5, 2015 12:47:54

Live or online, casinos are wonderful. So, only one thing is left: a history lesson! Us humans were always prone to gambling. The first accounts on gambling state that 2300 BC China saw a lot of it. Form then on, historians have experienced a surge of other accounts of gambling all throughout the globe. The […]

A Trip Back In Time: The Roulette

A Trip Back In Time: The Roulette

Vera T. July 4, 2015 07:52:30

Roulette is one of the most well-known and iconic games in the gambling business, but how did it evolve? When I think of a casino, the image that immediately pops into my head is Casino Monte Carlo, with elegant people in refined clothes sipping champagne at the Roulette table. Which makes me wonder: where did […]