Daniel Allermand

Daniel Allermand

iGaming.org Reporter
Daniel Allermand is a freelance writer, with more than 14 years of experience in the industry as an operator, affiliate and poker player. Daniel has decided it was time to try and bring more coverage about the industry to the general public by writing articles about everything from poker to casino.  

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  • iGaming
  • Affiliates
  • Casino

Daniel's latest articles


BitPay Hires Tim Byun as Chief Compliance Officer

The leading online Bitcoin payment processor Bitpay announced today that they have hired Tim Byun as their Chief Compliance Officer, starting immediately Byun has been working for VISA as their Anti-Money Laundering/Anti-Terrorist Financing Officer for several years and also worked for the Federal Reserves as Examining Manager, so it's a guy with..
12 years ago

Isle of Man Welcomes Bitcoin Businesses to Their Island

Isle of Man is well known across the world as being one of the best regulators in terms of iGaming and financial businesses and now they also welcome Bitcoin businesses to their island, as long as those can ensure that they will follow the rules and regulations that will be put on their companies "Our stance is intended to welcome those who can..
12 years ago

Rocky Gap Casino Resorts Increases Profits in May

Lakes Entertainment's Rocky Gap Casino continues to increase their profits as they once again in May saw an increase in both revenues and profits from their casino In May the Rocky Gap Casino had a total profit of $3,770,606 generated from slot machines, table games and poker the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency reported If you take the..
12 years ago

Jamaican JustBet Believes Brazil Will Win the World Cup

Despite not having the best national team in the world, demonstrated the other night where the Jamaican national team lost 8-0 to France, the reggae happy nation also have a big passion for football With limited betting companies in the country, the biggest company released new and updated odds on the World Cup for their customers The most..
12 years ago

Man Wins $3.6 Million Progressive Jackpot at Barona Casino

The Barona Casino and Resort in San Diego, California, had their biggest jackpot win in the history of the casino this weekend, as a man from San Pedro visited the casino and won a massive $36 million The jackpot was won on the Megabucks progressive slots, which covers multiple casinos and paid out a total of $3,617,318 to Thomas K as the winner..
12 years ago

Ted Gillis Wins WSOP Event #19, $1,500 No Limit Hold’em

The World Series of Poker event #19, $1,500 No Limit Hold'em was yet again a tournament with a massive amount of players as the small buy-in attracts such a wide range of players In total the tournament reached 2,086 players which created a total prize pool of $2,816,100 to be split among the players finishing in the money The tournament took..
12 years ago

Kory Kilpatrick Wins WSOP Event #20 $3,000 NL Hold’em Shootout

The World Series of Poker Event #20, $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout, has just finished and it was American Kory Kilpatrick who could call himself the winner, take home the bracelet and a first prize of $254,891 Kilpatrick played three days of solid poker before reaching the final table and beat 389 to win the title The medium sized buy-in..
12 years ago

Intertops Expecting Brazil to Win Opening Match

But they aren't sure that they will actually win the World Cup, despite having a home field advantage and one of the best teams in the world Brazil has won the world cup five times, which is more than any other team in the world, but can they handle the pressure from their own crowd and fulfil their expectations of winning everything Only time..
12 years ago

WinADay Celebrates 6th Birthday With Special Promotions

London based WinADay casino celebrates its 6th Birthday this month and have chosen to give their players some extra value while playing with tons of extra promotions for everyone WinADay casino is not the biggest or most well known casino in the world, but instead of going the direction that other casinos do and simply integrate games from a..
12 years ago

Dan Heimiller Wins WSOP Event #17 Seniors Championship

After three long days of play we could finally crown the champion of the World Series of Poker Event #17 - $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship Dan Heimiller was the best senior to participate in the tournament and won a massive $627,462 for his first prize, along with a traditional WSOP bracelet Heimiller is no stranger to cashing large..
12 years ago

Paddy Power’s Amazon Picture Fake, Created for Attention Towards Cutting Down Trees

Paddy Power became extremely unpopular yesterday, when a picture of the Amazon rainforest was tweeted from their official Twitter account, where it showed that trees from the Amazon rainforest had been cut down to write "C'mon England PP" The followers of the profile were quick to go and show their disgrace as you can read here, despite nothing..
12 years ago

DogeVault to Reimburse Lost Dogecoins After Recovering Them

Around a month ago the online Dogecoin wallet DogeVault was attacked and hacked by malicious criminals, who stole a massive 280 million Dogecoins from their hot wallet As all wallet companies do, Dogevault promised to investigate into the matter the best they could and try to find a solution for the users having lost their Dogecoins But unlike..
12 years ago

Oracle Casino in Malta to do €500,000 Refurbishment

The Oracle Casino in Malta is the smallest of the three located on the island, which taking its 400,000-500,000 population into consideration, is quite a lot of casinos placed within a radius of 30 kilometers The casino is owned by the Tumas Group who also runs the biggest casino in the island, The Casino at Portomaso, and is located in a tourist..
12 years ago

George Danzer Wins WSOP Event #18 Seven-Card Razz Championship

The 18th event at the World Series of Poker has found its winner after three days of play and it was the German George Danzer who took the bracelet, title and first prize of $294,792 Seven-card razz is not a discipline that many amateur players truly master, so the 112 entries in the tournament had lots of prominent names such as Brian Hastings,..
12 years ago

Paddy Power With New PR Stunt – Real or Fake?

Paddy Power is well known to do PR on the edge of what is acceptable among many, but it seems that they may have crossed the line this time, should the picture above proof to be real and done by them It all started when the official Paddy Power tweet "Get Behind Roy's Boys" with a picture of a forest, assumingly the Amazon Forest, having trees cut..
12 years ago

Cloudbet Promises 100 Bitcoins for Guessing the Perfect World Cup Outcome

The world cup is above us and with only a few days left before it starts, the bookmakers from all over the world are doing what they can to attract players to their platforms as the world cup is the event in the world that generates the most revenues and wins for the bookies In the Bitcoin betting industry it is no different and one of the..
12 years ago

Todd Bui Wins WSOP Event #16, His First Bracelet and $124,510

Event #16, $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball, has come to an end at this year's World Series of Poker and once again a bracelet virginity was taken as Todd Bui won the event and the first bracelet of his career Things turned out well for Bui in the end, but when he reached the final table it didn't look like that would be the case as he had the..
12 years ago

Bally Technologies Taking Over Dragonplay

Bally Technologies, the online casino and technologies provider, has acquired the social gaming company Dragonplay after finalizing the agreement between the two Bally will have to pay around $51 million upfront for the company as well as the net working capital which has to be paid to the shareholders of Dragonplay in exchange for the equity The..
12 years ago

Betfred Betting Shop Robbed at Gunpoint

A busy Betfred betting shop was robbed at gunpoint by two men  yesterday, the Birmingham Mail reports The shop which is located on Saltwells Road, Netherton, was robbed in daylight at around 1600 hours and the robbers got away with cash with from the bookie The police have now opened up an investigation into the matter, after the staff at..
12 years ago

Nick Kost Wins WSOP Event #14 and $283,275

Day three of the World Series of Poker Event #14, $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Low has just ended and we have found our winner of the tournament Nick Kost beat a massive player pool of 1,036 players and made it to the top, where he beat Kal Raichura heads up for the title, bracelet and first price of $283,275 Raichura was controlling the final table..
12 years ago