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.  

EXPERTISE

  • Poker
  • iGaming
  • Affiliates
  • Casino

Daniel's latest articles


Gods of Olympus Launched in HTML5 Format

1X2gaming, one of the world's leading online casino game suppliers, announced today that they have launched their popular slot "Gods of Olympus" in HTML5 format The first release came a few months ago, in flash at the time, but due to high demand they decided to create the game in HTML5 as well The game is a 20-lin slot which features all the..
11 years ago

Boylesports Acquiring Six Tully Bookie Stores in Ireland

Boylesports, one of the leading bookmakers in the UK and around Europe, announced yesterday that they have acquired a total of six stores from the competitive bookmaker Tully Bookmaker The deal is worth an estimated €2 million and will see Boylesports having over 200 stores in Ireland Besides taking over the location of the stores,..
11 years ago

Wicomico Resident Wins $607,739 on IGT MegaHits Slot

A Woman from Wicomico County, Maryland, recently hit it big when she won one of the progressive jackpots from the Casino at Oceans Downs on January 11th The woman won a total of $607,739 on the MegaBlast MegaHits slot machine, which is part of a linked jackpot between casino and states The machine is provided by IGT who's also in charge of the..
11 years ago

Two More Million Dollar Spin & Go Winners in January

Spin & Go by Pokerstars is a very popular sit n go format for recreational players who can win a huge jackpot by playing a $5 sit n go, but it's not very popular with the regulars at Pokerstars Pokerstars has been trying to get more players to enjoy the game and has been hosting a promotion offering $1,000,000 as first prize for specially..
11 years ago

Netagio Bitcoin Exchange Accepting Credit and Debit Card Payments

Netagio Bitcoin Exchange announced today that they have started to accept credit and debit card payments in their site Netagio sells and buys Bitcoins in Euro, Dollars and Great British Pounds in their market place, where users now will be able to purchase coins even faster with their cards instead of a bank wire The move to accept credit/debit..
11 years ago

LAPT Season 8 Schedule Announced

Pokerstars announced the Latin American Poker Tour Season 8 schedule today, the biggest poker tournament series in Latin America Season 8 will feature brand new stops, as they are coming to two brand new destinations, as well as introduce new formats and increase the LAPT Main Event buy-in The LAPT Bahamas Main Event was a major success,..
11 years ago

Paddy Power Backing David Ginola as New FIFA President

Paddy Power, one of the most famous and controversial bookmakers in the world, has once again shocked the community This time it is by backing the former footballer and model, David Ginola, to become the new president of FIFA instead of Sepp Blatter who has been in tons of controversy and bribe cases lately Paddy Power has created videos with..
11 years ago

Amaya Gaming Launches Two New Slots

Amaya Gaming has been in the iGaming news a lot recently, but it seems that most of us actually forgot to write about the core of their business for a while - Casino games With the takeover of the Rational Group which included Pokerstars and Full Tilt, everything has been focused around those two brands for a long period of time So we are happy..
11 years ago

Swedish Player Wins €5.7 Million Mega Fortune Jackpot

Net Entertainment, the world's leading online casino game supplier, announced today that their famous and very popular Mega Fortune game has once again paid out several millions as a jackpot to a lucky player A player from Sweden won a massive €57 million on Mega Fortune while playing on LeoVegascom Not only was the prize very high, it was..
11 years ago

Pokerstars Launching Sportsbook in Q1 2015

Pokerstars, the world's biggest poker site, announced a few months back that they would be integrating sportsbook for their players to enjoy, but didn't specify when it was coming This has been specified a bit more now, as Amaya Gaming who owns them sent out a press release stating that it would be launched in Q1 this year This means that within..
11 years ago

Sisal and GameArt in Slots Partnership

Sisal Group SpA, the major Italian-based gaming and payments provider, announced a new partnership today with the international game-design studio GameArt The partnership will see GameArt create new slot games for Sisal and their nation video lottery terminals The agreement between the two parties has been signed for five years to begin, which..
11 years ago

Sportradar in Integrity Education Partnership With Serie B in Italy

Sportradar, the world's leading sports data and sports integrity company, announced a partnership with the Italian Serie B football division The agreement between the two parties will see Sportradar's Security Services fraud prevention specialists provide educational workshops and e-learning packages for all of the 22 Lega Serie B division..
11 years ago

Bluff’s Printed Magazines to Stop in February

Bluff Magazine has been one of the most popular poker magazines in the world since the start of the poker boom on TV, back when Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey and all the other icons began rolling out on the travel channel with the WPT tournaments Now they have pulled the plug on the printed magazines, due to the high costs of having a printed version of..
11 years ago

Sportech Appealing £93 Million VAT Ruling

Last Year, the online iGaming operator Sportech PLC had a VAT case in court regarding £93 million that they believed they paid too much in VAT to the state The first case in court at the first-tier tribunal they won the case and was repaid the funds from the Majesty's Revenue and Customs The happiness didn't last long for Sportech however,..
11 years ago

Winning Poker Network Integrates Bitcoin Deposit and Withdrawal

Winning Poker Network, one of the leading US-friendly poker networks, announced a few days back that they have integrated Bitcoin deposits as a payment method into the network, following in the footsteps of Americas Cardroom, who did that last year The US-faced skins, Americas Cardroom, BlackChipPoker, True Poker and Ya Poker, will all have the..
11 years ago

EGS First Fully Compliant Live Dealer Solution in Belgium

European Gaming Studios, also known as EGS, announced today that they are the first live dealer solutions provider in Belgium to be fully compliant with the rules and laws The Belgium Gaming Commission issued a statement earlier this month where they said that online operators offering Live Dealer Games has to make sure the games originate within..
11 years ago

Bitcoin Price Plummets Further – Lowest Level Since Early 2013

2015 doesn't seem to be the year of cryptocurrencies, as all of them more or less has come off to a bad start The Bitcoin was expected to have a great year this year, with all the money invested into Bitcoin businesses the past year, but it seems those predictions were wrong, very wrong The Bitcoin value has plummeted once again and is now at a..
11 years ago

Chance Kornuth Chipleader at PCA Main Event

The Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure is underway and while the rail has been enjoying some nice weather and food, the players at the felt has been working hard to try and go deep in the many events hosted by Pokerstars The PCA Main Event has reached its final stage, having only six players left out of 816 total starters This means that we have..
11 years ago

Cherry Gaming Integrating Europe’s Biggest Lotto Game

Cherry Gaming, Sweden's biggest casino operator and one of the leading in the EU, announced the integration of Europe's biggest lotto game today Majestic Millions is the name of the game and the daily prize pool starts at around €25 million in prizes and goes up once a certain amount of tickets has been sold Majestic Millions is run by a..
11 years ago

ZeroStopBits now Accepting Bitcoin Payments Through Coinbase

The managed web hosting provider ZeroStopBits announced today that they are now accepting Bitcoin payments for their solutions and services The payment service is in partnership with San Francisco-based Coinbase, who will take all transactions and turn them into fiat money instantly ZeroStopBits decided to integrate Bitcoin payments as a method..
11 years ago