BankrollMob News: Poker, Casino, Crypto & Betting

Everyone knows that aside from the delightful gifts one could receive during Christmas day, we can also stuff ourselves happy with sweet and delicious candies and fruits, so Pragmatic Play has put together a slot game that combines these two things together and named it the Sweet Bonanza Xmas slot.

Read more » Sweet Bonanza Xmas (Pragmatic Play)

On Monday, the Copenhagen City Council has seized DKK 26 million from a professional poker player and passed the verdict that he will be sentenced to 2 years and 6 months behind bars.

The criminal case hearing was first conducted in May and it was regarding the man's activities negatively affecting other poker players from 2008 until 2014. The defendant is convicted mainly for charges of hacking and fraud.

The illegal profits that were confiscated from him are approximately DKK 26,376,929 (approx. $3.9 million).

Read more » Danish Poker Pro sentenced to Jail for Cheating Players Out Of $3.9 Million!

It sure is a great opportunity not to be missed for Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey when they were invited to a super high-stakes game onboard a private jet with a recreational player, but the rec is no ordinary amateur as it turned out to be Tony G!

Read more » High Stakes Private Jet Game sees Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey as Big Losers

Online casinos have been around since 1994, now offering quick and easy access to hundreds, sometimes even thousands of games. The success of the industry despite the presence of brick-and-mortar venues, is incredible, with the global online gambling market set to hit $102.97 billion over the next five years.

As you would expect, the popularity and progress of these platforms hasn't gone unnoticed by similar operators in other gaming sectors. They may deal in different forms of games, but the blueprints behind some of the biggest new gaming platforms are very clearly following in the footsteps of the tried-and-tested online casinos.

Read more » How Online Gaming Platforms Have Drawn from the Storied Success of Online Casinos

Born in France on February 8, 1981, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was formerly a StarCraft supremo, who placed second in the World Cyber Games in 2001 and placed first in the Euro Cyber Games in 2003. He transitioned to poker in 2005 right after the 2003 poker boom. His very first life-changing big win was from the January 2008 $7,800+200 buy-in PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - he took home a whopping $2,000,000 prize for dominating a player field of 1,136.

Read more » BankrollMob Exclusive: Interview with Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier

888poker's latest promotion allows you to win up to $1,000 every day via their Grand Hand Snap Edition.

888poker Grand Hand Snap Edition

• Duration: November 27 to December 23, 2019
• Prize: Up to $1,000 Every Day

For the second time in tour history, the Unibet Open returns to the romantic French capital of Paris for a five-day event filled with juicy poker action from November 27 to December 1. The poker fest shall be held at the recently opened Club Circus.

Unibet Open - Paris

• Schedule: November 27 to December 1, 2019
• Venue: Club Circus, Paris, France
• Highlight: €1,100 buy-in Main Event on November 28 to December 1

International news media reported on Wednesday the arrest of Yorgen Fenech, a prominent Maltese businessman, in connection with the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta about two years ago.

Fenech was detaind by armed officers after his yacht was intercepted and raided. Galizia, an anti-corruption blogger, was killed by a car bomb in 2017.

Read more » Malta Casino owner Yorgen Fenech arrested in connection with Murder

Full House loses to Straight Flush, Twice, for $400,000 total pot

The partypoker LIVE series in the Bahamas is now in full swing. A plethora of high-stakes buy-in tournaments run round the clock from November 15 to 24, including the $250,000 Super High Roller Bowl Bahamas. With such extravagant tournaments, there's a high chance some outrageous stakes will appear somewhere.

Read more » Check Out this Worst Bad Beat ever to Happen in Live Poker, Pot Worth $400,000

A total of 22,300 players spread across two dozen tournaments joined in at 888poker's 2019 God of the Arena (PKO) Series, and the prize money awarded reached to $1,170,087!

God of the Arena PKO Series

• Duration: From November 10 to 17, 2019
• Tournaments: 24
• Highlight: $320 buy-in $300,000 GTD Main Event on November 17, 2019

Scheduled from November 10 to 17, 888poker held its yearly "God of the Arena" Progressive Knockout (PKO) Series, composed of 24 tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $8.80 up to $320 and has over $1 million in guaranteed prize pools.

Read more » 888poker 2019 God of the Arena (PKO) Series a Smashing Success

The newest slot game from Booming Games is Snail Race, where three colorful snails race their blazing shells out for the big win!

Read more » Snail Race (Booming Games)

Team partypoker pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier recently secured his second WSOP bracelet after outlasting a field of 2,738 players in the WSOP Europe Colossus €550 buy-in event in Rozvadov for €190,375. This latest win takes his lifetime live poker tourney earnings to nearly $14 million.

The French poker pro shares his sentiments about his latest victory with partypoker.

Read more » Interview with Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier on his Second WSOP Bracelet Win

Archaeologists have discovered evidence that there was a 17th century underground casino in Russia. This latest find sheds light on how gamblers who lived in 17th century Russia came up with a creative way to conceal their illegal pastime.

Read more » Archaeologists Discover 17th Century Underground Casino in Russia

The latest bank robbery-themed slot game, Take the Bank, is brought to you by BetSoft Gaming.

Take the Bank is a uniquely exciting and fast-paced special progression slot game played in rounds of 10. Every time you spin, a Master Bomb Counter counts down from 10 to zero. The Robber symbols will convert into Bombs which after the 10 spins, will all turn Wild! This game ensures you a Big Win for every 10 spins!

Read more » Take the Bank (BetSoft)

888poker LIVE shall start the 2020 poker season with a series to be spent at Madrid, Spain's capital and its most populous city. This is going to be 888poker LIVE's very first live event of the year, and it's also their first stop in the third-biggest city in Europe.

The 888pokerLIVE Madrid series is scheduled from January 23 to February 3. There's going to be a total of ten exciting tournaments, with a scrumptious €800,000 guaranteed Main Event as its cherry on top of all the poker action.

Read more » 888poker LIVE goes to Madrid, Spain for first 2020 Festival Stop

England shall face Montenegro at the Wembley Stadium in a Euro 2020 Qualifier.

About: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A
Group A of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying is one of the 10 groups to decide which teams shall qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament.

Group A is made up of 5 teams: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Kosovo and Montenegro. They will play against one another home-and-away in a round-robin structure.

The top two teams from this grouping shall qualify directly for the finals.

Read more » England vs Montenegro - Schedule, Odds and General Info on UEFA Euro 2020 Qualifier

A guitar-themed property of Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida, has officially been opened to the public last October. It is considered to be the world's first guitar-shaped hotel and casino, and how much did it cost? A whopping $1.5 billion!

Spanning 36 storeys, the guitar-shaped Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood has been graced with the likes of famous stars including Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Khloe Kardashian and Sofia Richie during the opening night on October 24.

Read more » Check out Hard Rock's $1.5B Guitar-Shaped Hotel and Casino