Pokies Archive

With most of today’s live and online pokies being rather monotonous in nature, it takes an added level of entertainment and feature innovation to grab and hold our attention. The software developers at NetEnt specialize in that, and it really shows in their new online pokies release, Wild Wild West: The Great Train Heist....

If there’s one thing the state of Nevada relies upon, its income from casino gaming activities. Las Vegas is the unrivaled gambling hub of North America, where even the airports are decorated with aisles upon aisles of slot machines. Thus, it’s incredibly rare that the Nevada Gaming Commission would move to revoke the license...

A slap on the wrist rarely teaches criminals to part ways with bad habits. One judge was fully aware of that when he sentenced a Connecticut woman to nearly four years in federal prison, plus 3 years probation, for stealing at least $1.7 million from her employers to fund a gambling addiction. But the...

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and waddles like a duck, it must be a duck. So goes the quintessential argument of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who’s filed documents in federal court to have the Alabama-Coushatta bingo hall in Livingston, TX, Naskila Entertainment, shut down for operating electronic bingo...

The wait is finally over. The world’s first real-money, virtual reality casino has come to life on the internet, thanks to Slots Million. For the last two years, the primary focus of the online casino has always been to provide customers with the largest game variety – especially in the interactive slots category (they...

For the last 20 years, the Tule River Indian Tribe has been operating the Eagle Mountain Casino in Porterville, CA. The gambling facility has grown immensely over the last two decades, in both size and popularity, and if the tribe gets the approval its seeking, another expansion could see the California casino relocated and...

They say in life, timing is everything. Waiting outside the doors of a department store before it opens to grab that perfect gift that’s going to be marked 90% off today only; bumping into your future soul mate on an elevator; catching the boss in a good mood during your dream job interview. Such...

For the purpose of this article, we can classify much of the world’s adult population into three distinct categories – those that don‘t play poker machines, those that love to play the pokies, and those that love them too much. The latter group is what we commonly refer to as problem gamblers; those with...

Gambling is one of the biggest businesses in the world. In the UK, thousands of shops host fixed odds betting terminals – aka slot machines – where patrons can walk in, sit down, and play the games to their heart’s content. Now, two of those betting shops are under fire for failing to stop...

On Monday, playing slots was a perfectly acceptable pastime in Rwanda. On Tuesday, their legality came to a screeching halt, at least temporarily. The government has decided to suspend the operation of slot machines, due to a blatant disregard for the regulatory guidelines set forth in 2011. KTPress reported on Tuesday that the operation of slot machines...