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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Daniel's latest articles


Two Bitcoin ATM’s In Vancouver

In October of 2013 the world's first Bitcoin ATM was installed in Vancouver Canada, installed in Waves Coffee House Now the city is attracting headlines again, as there has now been installed yet another Bitcoin ATM this time in Quadriga CX The new Bitcoin ATM is provided by Lamassu, which is the most inexpensive and by far smallest Bitcoin ATM..
12 years ago

2013 Was a Record Year for Netent

Netent, one of the world's leading online casino providers, had a record year in 2013, seeing $979 in revenues which is a 198% increase from 2012 Profits after tax was a massive $2587 million, leaving Netent with a 291% profit margin on their overall revenue Part of the success is coming from good investments made in 2012, but also from signing..
12 years ago

Norway Allowing Live Poker From 2015

Norway have very strict regulations when it comes to gambling, but it looks like the government is looking to relax them a little The Culture Minister Thorhild Widvey has on behalf of the government made a proposition to allow regulated live poker tournaments in Norway from 2015 It has been punishable with fines and in extreme cases jail to..
12 years ago

SilkRoad 2.0 Hacked – Millions Worth of Bitcoins Stolen

It was well known that SilkRoad used to be the place to go when you wanted to buy illegal drugs online completely anonymous After they were closed down, SilkRoad 20 emerged and has been the place to go for the same crowd to buy their illegal substances Last night however, the users that wanted to go into the market place and see if they could buy..
12 years ago

Greece’s Government Issuing Warning About Bitcoins

Greece's government is one of the first European countries to break its silence in regards to the Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general and have decided to issue a warning about Bitcoins to the citizens of the economically struggling country The Bank of Greece issued a statement which included warnings about Bitcoins to their citizens about the..
12 years ago

Bengals Cheerleader Files Lawsuit Against Bengals

A Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader has filed a Class Action Complaint against the Cincinnati Bengals, unhappy about being underpaid for the many hours of work she puts in cheerleading for the team Alexa Brenneman, who was a member of the cheerleading squad from May 2013 until January 2014 claims to only receive $90 at most for each home game she..
12 years ago

Betsson to Integrate SuperLive Betting

Betsson, one of the leading European sportsbooks, has announced that they are planning to integrate Metric Gaming's SuperLive betting product into their mobile offerings SuperLive provides players with the possibility to place live bets on games currently running in all the largest sports events all over the world Betsson is planning to integrate..
12 years ago

Online Gaming Revenue Up 15% For Borgata in January

Borgata have announced that they have experienced a 15% growth in their online gaming revenues in January, on a month-to-month basis for the play based inside the state of New Jersey Borgata had a total revenue of $27 million in January, which was basis for the 15% growth from December There is no doubt that Borgata and PartyPoker are dominating..
12 years ago

VegasBerry Casino With a Fresh Approach to the Online Casino Industry

VegasBerry Casino is a newly opened online casino, who has gone new ways to reward their players in order to try and provide and new and innovative way to promote their casino Their goal is to provide players with a new and more fun way of playing online casino games and has integrated a special "secret journey" promotion, where players receive..
12 years ago

Vietnam Considering to Relax Gambling Laws

The Vietnamese government is considering to relax the gambling laws in the country in an attempt to boost tourism as well as create new jobs for the poor country according to Reuters The current law only allows casinos to accept foreigners, while people from Vietnam are not allowed to set foot inside Sources from inside the government has..
12 years ago

Unibet Beta Launching New Software February 19th

Unibet has announced that they will beta launch their new standalone poker platform on February 19th, which is slightly faster than most others had expected Unibet will be having their standalone platform along with Microgaming for a while, to make adjustments to their own platform and slowly phase out Microgaming for the players The software is..
12 years ago

Ultimate Poker Postponing Launch of Two Street Hold’em

Ultimate Poker have postponed the upcoming launch of their new and innovative two street hold'em variant, not giving any new eta on the launch The game which was created by Chris Danek, the poker product manager for UP, differentiates from regular hold'em by having only two betting rounds, pre-flop and post-flop This means that players are dealt..
12 years ago

Live Reporting of Planetwin365 100K GTD From February 28th

We are proud to reveal that we will be providing live coverage of the upcoming Planetwin365 Poker €100,000 Guaranteed poker tournament in the Portomaso Casino, Malta We will host a live blog and interviews throughout the Main Event, from the 28th of February to the 3rd of March Planetwin365 Poker hosts live tournaments several times a year,..
12 years ago

Mac App Trojan Stealing Bitcoins

SecureMac reported this Monday that there is a new Trojan out there, which they have named OSX/CoinThiefA The Trojan malware is designed to target Mac users and follows the users web traffic patterns in order to eventually steal Bitcoins from the unsuspecting users SecureMac reports that the malware has spread a lot and that they have received..
12 years ago

Bing and Coinbase in Searchable Bitcoin Conversion Partnership

Bing and Coinbase has entered a partnership together to make it possible for users to search for the Bitcoin value and Bitcoin to currency value in multiple currencies Coinbase is one of the largest Bitcoin exchange sites in the world, having more than 1 million consumer Bitcoin wallets, 4,000 API key applications and over 23,000 merchants using..
12 years ago

Michael Owen Signs as Ambassador for BetVictor

One of the leading online sportsbooks and casino sites BetVictor has announced that they have signed Michael Owen as their brand ambassador for the company Michael Owen used to be one of the biggest talents in English football and is well known across the world for his football skills Owen is said to write sports columns on a regular basis, where..
12 years ago

Apple Removing Top Bitcoin Application From App Store

Apple has removed the Blockchain application from their App store, which is by far the most popular Bitcoin application to date In total more than 120,000 users has downloaded the Blockchain application, using it as their Bitcoin wallet and to transfer Bitcoins to other users and merchants It was removed on Wednesday by Apple, with the team..
12 years ago

Pay for Your Legal Pot With Bitcoins in Washington

It is now possible for citizens of Washington to buy their legal marijuana with Bitcoins, as some of the dispensaries in Spokane, Washington has decided to accept the cryptocurrency as a payment method It is the first time that drugs can be bought with Bitcoins legally in the US and shows that places like SilkRoad may not be needed in the..
12 years ago

Scan UK Accepting Bitcoin Payments

One of the leading electronic stores in the UK, Scan, is now offering their customers the chance to pay for their goods with Bitcoins Scan UK will be the first electronics store in the UK to accept cryptocurrencies as a payment method and hope to see an increase in their sales through the new payment method Scan announced on their website and..
12 years ago

Russian Crackdown on Bitcoin Payments

The Russian Prosecutors Office General has send out a warning to businesses and individuals about the usage of Bitcoins, like the central bank did the past week The central bank announced last week that Bitcoins were not legal to use in the country and now the security agents of Russia has started to investigate Bitcoin transactions Bitcoin..
12 years ago