Life is about to get more complicated for Caesars Interactive and online gambling. Their CEO, Mitch Garber, wouldn’t have it any other way. With the World Series of Poker nearing the end of its six-week run at the Rio, Garber’s attention will focus on launching the tournament’s pay-to-play regulated web based gaming website in Nevada. Caesars Interactive is also moving forward with online gambling prospects in New Jersey. The casino operator owns one-fourth of the Atlantic City gaming market. Garber’s division also handles Playtika, Caesars expanding free-play social gaming operation. Meanwhile, Garber’s duties will soon include CEO of Caesars Growth…

One of the most popular global and local website ranking systems, can you use Alexa for SEO? Despite the fact that the Alexa ranking does not reflect web traffic 100% accurately, it is still very important for webmasters to improve their rank *depending*. Advertisers look at their rank to offer advertising prices. And while that may not be Alexa for SEO in its purest form, many advertising networks set a minimum Alexa rank that websites must meet in order to join. Alexa ranking is even more important for e-commerce sites because better ranking means the websites have more credibility, more…

From Poker Fuse Ivey Poker has finally launched its first product. The IveyPoker app for Facebook launched on Sunday morning, and offers all the bells and whistles you would expect of “social” free-play poker games. The lobby offers cash games, Sit and Go and multi table tournaments (MTT). On registering, players receive 3,500 free chips and can buy more for real money: 15m chips for $19.99, up to the “best deal” of 150 million chips for $99.99. Alternatively players can build their stack for free at the lower limits and gradually move up in stakes. Special graphical images such as…

Billionaire real-estate tycoon Donald Trump wants to rule online gambling in New Jersey. To that end, he is teaming up with the online gaming company, Ultimate Gaming, to operate a range of real-money casino games in New Jersey. The deal comes after Governor Chris Christie signed a bill into law last month, making New Jersey the third state in the U.S. to legalize internet gambling. Legalized online gambling in New Jersey is expected to bring about the largest expansion of legalized wagering in the state since the first casino began operating in Atlantic City in 1978. And now, Trump wants…

From iGaming Business – Integrated gaming and transaction processing systems developer and supplier Intralot SA has signed a deal to provide Greek gaming operator OPAP SA with a new central system. Athens-based Intralot stated that the five-year agreement, which will also see it supply the operator with support and maintenance services, will see it commission and install a new central system featuring all of the necessary software in preparation for the start of live operations and user licences in Greece and Cyprus. “The duration of this agreement is for two years with three one-year renewal options,” read a statement from…

The billion-dollar global casino game development industry is looking to outsourcing as a way to cut costs — and one of the newer countries it is considering is India. But while the country is increasingly becoming attractive as a destination, it faces stiff competition from other Asian countries who have been in the business longer. Ten years ago, the game development industry was not even considered one where a person could make a career. However, prospects have become brighter in the last decade. In 2012, India’s game development sector was worth $277 million. It is projected to reach $776 million…