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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  • Poker
  • iGaming
  • Affiliates
  • Casino

Daniel's latest articles


Peppermill Casino and Ultimate Gaming in online Partnership

Ultimate Gaming is one of three regulated poker rooms in the state of Nevada and they are trying to create more traffic on their online poker platform One of the ways of doing so is by doing partnership with land-based casinos in the gambling friendly state, which could bring the player liquidity to a new level Ultimate Gaming has made new..
12 years ago

MtGox Claims Hacked 150,000 Times Every Second

The now closed MtGox Bitcoin exchange site claims to have been experiencing over 150,000 hacker attacks a second over the course of several days This is said to be the reason for the collapse of the platform which lead to them filing for bankruptcy in February MtGox was hit with DDoS attacks, which are so called denial of service attacks Lawyers..
12 years ago

Unibet is now Official Betting Partner of UFC

UFC, also known as Ultimate Fighting Championship, is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world They are responsible for arranging all of the biggest matches and tournaments in the world, with millions of people watching from home and a huge crowd who loves a good fight Now Unibet and UFC have entered a partnership agreement..
12 years ago

Missouri’s Casino Revenues Declining – Negative Effect on Society

The casino revenues in Missouri is seeing a sharp decline, which has caused problems other places in the state Casino revenues means more taxes which is being set aside for public schools, nursing homes and similar services from the state, but now the funding are far from enough as the casinos in the state have fewer and fewer visitors The state..
12 years ago

Comedian George Lopez Arrested in Canadian Casino

The famous comedian George Lopez was arrested in a Canadian Casino last night, charged with public intoxication Lopez had simply had too much to drink that night in the casino and fell asleep on the casino floor, which Caesars Windsor's security team spotted and called the police The police arrested Lopez in a nearby bar, where they brought him..
12 years ago

Close to 150 Different Bitcoin Stealing Malware’s in Circulation

For most Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency holders, it is no surprise that hackers and other cyber criminals are targeting them and their coins This is because of the high market value that Bitcoins and cryptocurrencies as a whole has and how easy it is to get away with theft of the coins Now a study shows that there is currently close to 150..
12 years ago

Betfair Using Snapchat to Promote Odds

Betfair is one of the leading online sportsbooks and is also one of the most innovative sportsbooks that the world has seen Now they are at it again with new and special ways of promoting their betting platform, which is now being done through the social picture sharing application "Snapchat" Snapchat is a service where users can add each other..
12 years ago

FireKeepers Casino Paying $900K Jackpot on Slots

FireKeepers Casino has plenty of slots and also have many that offers a progressive jackpots to the loyal players of the casino Local Jackson resident Everett Pendergrass III can probably say that he likes the slots more than most other players, as he hit a $905,879 progressive jackpot the 21st of February while playing the "Lord of the Rings"..
12 years ago

Illinois Considering Regulating Online Poker

The state of Illinois has the possibility of reaching around $200 million in yearly revenues through poker, should they decide to regulate and legalize poker Illinois could become the fourth state to legalize poker and take advantage of the large stream of revenues that it would bring with it John Pappas, CEO of Poker Players Alliance (PPA), said..
12 years ago

Cryptocurrency Accounts Hacked by Pony Botnet

Pony Botnet stole over 2 million passwords in December of 2013 and it seems like these passwords are now being used to hack into cryptocurrency holders account's and empty them for the coins being held According to Trustware a new more advanced Botnet has hacked 700,000 accounts since September and have access to several online Bitcoin and other..
12 years ago

Mark Karpeles from MtGox Saying He’s Still in Japan

As MtGox's website was taken down the other night, speculations has been flying around the Bitcoin community towards why it was taken down, if anyone would ever see their Bitcoins or cash again as well as if the CEO Mark Karpeles was still in Japan and working on a solution   While MtGox in general has been terrible at communicating with..
12 years ago

Crisis Continuing for Manchester United

It goes without saying that Manchester United has had a terrible season after Sir Alex Ferguson left the manager job this summer Man Utd is currently residing on the 6th place in the Premier League, but can go down to 7th place if Everton gets a point in their next game Expectedly the fans of the traditional club are very upset and demands firing..
12 years ago

Net Entertainment Releasing “Wonky Wabbits” Slot

Netent, one of the leading online casino games providers, released a new online slot yesterday called Wonky Wabbits Wonky Wabbits is the latest innovation from Netent, where players get to enjoy a fun environment while playing and have several different ways of winning a huge prize Wonky Wabbits is a 5-reel slot with 15 paylines, which features..
12 years ago

Delaware and Nevada in Shared Player Pool Agreement

Governor Brian Sandoval of Nevada and Governor Jack Markell of Delaware both signed an agreement Tuesday that allows the two states to combine their two relatively small player pools at the tables, thus creating more traffic and hopefully revenue for both states With an increased liquidity the market also becomes more attractive for investors and..
12 years ago

MtGox’s Website Down – Possibly the End?

Last night at around 2300 ET, MtGox's exchange website were no longer accessible The site loads and doesn't show any error message, but once fully loaded it simply displays a blank page The timing between MtGox taking down their site and a joint press release sent out by six of the biggest exchange sites raises some eyebrows, but it is not certain..
12 years ago

Ladbrokes Closing 50 Betting Shops

The huge British bookmaker Ladbrokes have just reported that their profits have experienced a large decrease of 66%, with a annual result of £67 million for 2013 The betting giant has been tackled by tax changes on gaming machines as well as higher costs on showing horse racing CEO of Ladbrokes, Richard Glynn, made the following..
12 years ago

MGM Potentially Spending $10 Billion on Casino in Japan

MGM Resorts International announced that they are ready to spend between $5-$10 billion on building a hotel and casino in Japan The announcement comes the day after that their main competitor Las Vegas Sand Corp also announced that they will be investing in the area if gambling resorts becomes legal MGM Resorts wants to own a minimum of 51% of a..
12 years ago

Phil Hellmuth Believes GPI is Flawed

Phil Hellmuth, the player with most WSOP bracelets throughout history, complained about Global Poker Index (GPI) yesterday on twitter GPI is a ranking system over the best poker players in the world, but according to Hellmuth it has some major flaws which is probably due to him being placed on the 149th place “The GPI is very flawed I..
12 years ago

MtGox Resigning from Bitcoin Foundation – Removes Tweets

The problems evolving around Tokyo based Bitcoin exchange MtGox seems to never stop Now the exchange have resigned from the Bitcoin foundation and furthermore deleted all of their tweets on Twitter MtGox have officially resigned from the Bitcoin Foundation's board, which is the foundation that controls the Bitcoin and tries to maintain the best..
12 years ago

Euro 2016 Qualification Groups Found

Yesterday the drawings for the Euro 2016 qualification groups were made, which will lead to which 24 teams that can be followed in France in the summer of 2016  There were five different layers of seeding, with the first layer being the best teams and so forth From all the groups, the winner and the second place will go directly to the Euro..
12 years ago