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A new poker machine has such smart artificial intelligence that players are hooked even though the house always wins. About 200 machines across the country, called "Texas Hold ‘Em Heads Up Poker," use knowledge gained from billions of staged rounds of poker fed through neural networks, and the result is an unpredictable poker player that can win almost every time. Three different banks of knowledge are used depending on the gameplay scenario, but the basic idea behind its play technique...
(UK).- As has become traditional Novomatic will host the largest booth at the upcoming ICE Totally Gaming. The Austrian company extends a warm welcome to visitors to see and try for themselves the very latest product and service innovations that mark new horizons for the world of gaming. The firm has a new floor layout this year in a massive 4,500 sqm of booth space. From February 4th – 6th London’s Excel will, for the second time, be the host...
Two casinos in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada will become the first establishments of their kind to accept bitcoin as currency.Effective Wednesday, customers of both The D and the Golden Gate casinos on Sin City’s famed Freemont Street will be able to spend bitcoins to buy goods and services.Neither facility will accept bets being made with the emerging digital 'cryptocurrency' in lieu of fiat money, but will allow visitors to conduct transactions using bitcoin at certain casino-run businesses on site. The...
Running alongside ICE Totally Gaming, the 8 premium ICE Conferences are designed to create a targeted environment and an opportunity to network and learn from specialists in particular field. This is an opportunity to meet the key decision-makers and to hear all the latest developments from top operators and suppliers across all walks of the industry.ICE Conferences: Monday 3rd February- International Casino ConferenceTuesday 4th February- World Regulatory Briefing- CRM, Loyalty & Retention- Mobile GamingWednesday 5th February- Next Generation Lotteries- Game...
(US).- The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has released its first online gambling revenue report since online operations launched in late November. Total online gambling revenue for the month of December came to USD 7.388 million, with USD 3.35 million of that credited to the Borgata. The Borgata is 50/50 owned by Boyd Gaming and MGM Resorts, and has teamed with European online operator Bwin.party digital entertainment. Caesars Interactive NJ ran a distant second to the Borgata, coming in...