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


Casino Bitco Buying Bit777, Peerbet and Peerdice

Casino Bitco is looking to become a major player in the online Bitcoin casino industry and has just acquired three of the larger online Bitcoin casinos They have purchased Peerbet, Bit777 and Peerdice from Ultraplay, adding those sites to their portfolio of casino sites Casino Bitco was started in May of 2013 and offers casino games through a..
12 years ago

New Jersey Appealing to US Supreme Court to Allow Sports Betting

New Jersey is currently trying to remove a federal ban on sports betting in all states except four, having appealed to the US supreme court to declare the ban unconstitutional The federal appeals panel ruled against New Jersey  on the matter, which is why the state has gone all the way to supreme court with these two questions: Does the..
12 years ago

The Sands Hacking Worse Than Expected

Casino Giant Las Vegas Sands Corp told the press Tuesday that the hacker attack on their website and internal systems last week, was worse than previously acknowledged by them All of the sites belonging to the Sands was down for six whole days, after hackers attacked the site and posted threatening images condemning CEO Sheldon Adelson's comments..
12 years ago

Betsoft Announcing Partnership with Chumba Casino

Betsoft Gaming, one of the leading casino games provider in the industry, has announced a partnership with social gambling site Chumba Casino to get a more “innovative approach to the emerging market of social gambling” Chumba Casino will be integrating the full suite of Betsoft games, including Slots3 Series, table games and video..
12 years ago

Australian Winning $94,000 in All Slots Casino in One Month

All Slots Casino is without a doubt one of the most popular online casinos for the people "down under" and now a lucky Aussie has won $94,000 in less than a month, hitting two jackpots on the popular casino site All Slots Casino is not just popular in Australia, but also in Europe and Canada where they see a large player percentage coming from..
12 years ago

30,000 Americans Sharing $82 Million from Full Tilt Poker – First Stage of Repayments

Within the next 10 days Full Tilt Poker will begin paying out the first round of cash outs to the American players, who has had funds stuck since the room closed down This means that around $82 million will be paid out to around 30,000 different accounts, possibly creating a possible boost in the online poker economy but most importantly creating..
12 years ago

Real Gaming Live in Nevada – Third Regulated Poker Room

Real Gaming is now the third regulated poker room in the state of Nevada and has just gone live with their poker game offerings Formerly known as South Point Poker, the management decided to rebrand the room in 2013 to get a fresh start on their launch Real Gaming is currently in the soft launch phase of their operations, not having set on a..
12 years ago

Winamax 1 Billionth Cash Game Hand Promotion

Winamax, the leading online poker room in France, is about to reach a huge milestone as they have almost 1 billion cash game hands played in their platform To celebrate this astonishing milestone, Winamax have decided to do a €100,000 promotion to their players which will be awarded over the course of 101 jackpot hands From the 990 millionth..
12 years ago

Pokerstars Obtains Online Gaming License for Bulgarian Market

Pokerstars have just obtained a online gaming license for the Bulgarian market, approved by the Bulgarian State Gambling Commission Pokerstars will finalize all details with the Bulgarian Online Gambling Commission over the next couple, including all the technical requirements to be able to operate under the license provided by the Bulgarian State..
12 years ago

MtGox Resuming Withdrawals “Soon” – Created Fix for Bitcoin Issue

Bitcoin exchange MtGox send the Bitcoin on a crash course after their announcement of suspending withdrawals due to "transaction malleability" and lost a lot of credit and respect within the established Bitcoin community This bug was a problem for all Bitcoin exchange sites, but all other large Bitcoin exchanges quickly reopened for withdrawals,..
12 years ago

Betfred Partnering up With Skrill for Mobile Payment

Skrill, one of the world's largest and most popular e-wallet sites, have teamed up with the large British sportsbook Betfred, enabling the possibility for Betfred's players to deposit and withdraw directly on their mobile device Players already using Skrill's services will be able to make a one-tap payments and instantly deposit and withdraw from..
12 years ago

$50 Birthday Bonus Turned Into $1,000,000

There are days where you feel more than usually lucky and we believe that this is how the anonymous Dutch player felt when he turned the $50 free birthday bonus he received into more than $1,000,000 He didn't spend a single cent of his own money, but received $50 from Luxury Casino which he spent on his favourite game Major Millions The player..
12 years ago

Daniel “Jungleman” Cates Won WPT Alpha 8 $100K Tournament

Daniel Cates has been crowned as the winner of the WPT Alpha 8 in Johannesburg, with the modest buy-in of $100,000 Cates walked away with the first prize and $500,000 in cash for his efforts, which is well done seeing as he is a cash game player mainly WPT Alpha 8 Johannesburg was a special tournament as only 10 players participated, which were..
12 years ago

Planetwin365 100K GTD and Side Event Information

Planetwin365 Poker is hosting a €100K guaranteed live tournament in Portomaso Casino in Malta from the 28th of February to the 3rd of March Besides the main event, there will also be three side-events that players can participate in which are a Super Knock Out tournament and two regular Texas Hold'em tournament The main event is a €550..
12 years ago

Bitcoin Prices at MtGox Hitting $220 – Can they bounce back?

The Bitcoin prices at MtGox has hit a new low, trading at $220 at the lowest rate This is close to a 60% drop of the price just within the last seven days and the constant drama around the old and formerly respected Bitcoin exchange isn't exactly helping You can compare MtGox $220 rate with Bitstamp's $620 as you will see that it is clear that..
12 years ago

Is Bitcoin the Future of Online Poker?

Could the blooming Bitcoin industry be the future for online poker players Will the rooms be able to capitalize on Bitcoins success with its fast withdrawals and anonymous games We believe Bitcoin should certainly not be underestimated The Birth of Bitcoin Poker Bitcoin poker saw its first room back in early 2011, when Betcoin was founded and..
12 years ago

Ray Rice from Baltimore Ravens Arrested in Atlantic City Casino

Atlantic City Police says that they have arrested Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice at a local Casino, after an argument with his fiancé turned physical The police department told local news that Rice and his fiancé Janay Palmer were both arrested charged with simple assault charges and that both were released later the same..
12 years ago

Jackpot City Casino Launching Avalon II Slot

Microgaming announced last month that they were ready with the follow up slot to their popular Avalon Slot They also announced that most of their casino partners will gain access to the new and thrilling game, but that there would be a slight integration difference between some partners Microgaming and Jackpot City Casino have just announced that..
12 years ago

WSOP Circuit Winner Tried to Steal 25K Chip from WSOP Circuit Event

Just a few weeks back, Borgata Poker Open was the centre of attention in a fake chips scandal, making many live poker players question the security efforts from the organizers  Now a new scandal has seen the surface, this time at a WSOP Circuit in Palms Beach Florida, where the winner of one of the side-events tried to steal a 25K chip from..
12 years ago

Full Tilt Poker Guaranteeing $1 Million in MTOPS

Full Tilt Poker's MTOPS (Micro Turbo Online Poker Series) started last night and will run for two weeks, ending Sunday March 2nd The combined prize pool for all events are well over $1,000,000, so there is definitely value to get for all tournament players All MTOPS events comes with Multi-Entries, meaning that players can enter a tournament..
12 years ago