Wednesday, December 19, 2018

BlockChain Innovations Corp. Acquires The Games Company

BlockChain Innovations Corp. ("BCI" or the "Company"), an international blockchain technology supplier serving the regulated gaming industry, has acquired The Games Company ("TGC"), a popular provider of online casino games that is licensed by the United Kingdom Gambling Commission and Alderney Gambling Control Commission.

TGC's games are available across Tier 1 online casino operators and government lotteries, including William Hill, Bet Victor, and Loto Quebec. TGC's products, including Hippie Chicks, Cash Cowboy, and Lucky 8 Keno, are available in 30+ languages, feature a freespin promotion engine and, most importantly, offer multi-currency wagering including cryptocurrencies.

TGC's games are available in Canada, the UK, and markets served from Gibraltar with several 1H 2019 launches out of Malta also scheduled. Leveraging BCI’s blockchain technology, TGC products will become provably fair enabled, allowing players to independently ensure and verify game fairness.

BCI’s CEO Matt Stafford, said, "We are excited to acquire The Games Company. In addition to their proven success in the market, strong product roadmap, talented management and staff, and cryptocurrency friendliness; integrating BCI’s technology with TGC's casino content will allow us to showcase other examples of blockchain applications in the casino content vertical. By adding TGC's suite of casino content to BCI's sportsbook, platform, and payments solution, it further establishes BCI as a full-product suite B2B gaming platform supplier with all the advantages of running on blockchain technology.”

The Games Company founder Hans Winkelmann, said: "Joining the BCI family expands BCI's product portfolio, delivers TGC's games into new markets and on revolutionary technology. By supplying our game content and other product features via BCI's technology we can then address cryptocurrency players and the nascent Bitcoin market that has over 22 million wallets and a market cap exceeding $60 billion USD.”

Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes Have Added a Bunch of Tournaments Between Christmas Eve and New Years

Finish off 2018 on a high-note with a Knock-out Bounty tournament for Christmas Eve, a $5 $500 GTD on Christmas Day and a $1000 GTD Hyper Turbo for Boxing Day at Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes Casino.  There's even a $2000 GTD R&A on New Year's Day.

Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes Casino are known around the world for sending satellite tournament winners to amazing tournaments in Europe and the Caribbean and are the main poker rooms on the Horizon Poker Network.

You can buy-in to the Boxing Day and New Year's Day tournaments directly or win tickets to those games in satellites the day before. You can register for any of these special events under the Tournaments tab in the poker room lobby.


HOLIDAY SEASON POKER TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Christmas Eve $300 GTD Knock Out 
Monday, December 24th,7:15pm EST (Dec 25th, 1:15am CET)
Buy-in + fee: $3+$0.30
$1 bounty on each player’s head. Late reg 30 min.

Christmas Day $500 GTD 
Tuesday, December 25th, 3:15pm EST (9:15 pm CET)
Buy-in + fee: $5+$0.50
Unlimited re-entries, late reg 60 min.

Bargain Hunter – Boxing Day Satellite
3 seats for Boxing Day tournament awarded
Tuesday, December 25th, 7:05 pm EST (Dec. 26th, 1:05 am CET)
Buy-in + fee: $2+$0.20
Unlimited re-entries; late reg 60 min.

Boxing Day $1,000 GTD Hyper Turbo
Wednesday, December 26th, 5:15pm EST (11:15 pm CET)
Buy-in + fee: $20+$2
Only 2 re-buys / 1 add-on allowed. Late reg 90 min.

Old to the New $200 GTD PLO 6 Max
Saturday, December 29th, 2:15pm EST (8:15 pm CET)
Buy-in + fee: $2+$0.20
Only 2 re-buys / 1 add-on allowed, late reg 60 min.

$100 GTD New Year's Eve Madness
1 seat for New Year's Day $2,000 GTD awarded
Monday, December 31st, 4:15pm EST (10:15 pm CET)
freeroll / password protected!
password will be sent out via newsletter and Twitter
late reg: only 10min!

New Year's Day $2,000 GTD R&A (satellite)
Tuesday, January 1st, 11:05 am EST (5:05 pm CET)
Buy-in + fee: $2+$0.20
Late reg 30 min.

New Year's Day $2,000 GTD R&A
Tuesday, January 1st, 5pm EST (11 pm CET)
Buy-in + fee: $50+$5
late reg: 55min

To wrap up the holiday season, the popular poker rooms will be sending one player to the Caribbean. The champion of the Three Kings on the Beach Tournament January 6th wins a $4500 prize package to play in the $250,000 GTD WSOPC Caribbean tournament in St Maarten next spring.

Three Kings on the Beach (satellite)
1 seat awarded
Sunday, January 6th, 11:05am EST (5:05pm CET)
Buy-in + fee: $2+$0.20
Late reg: 30min

Three Kings on the Beach
1 $4500 prize package for the WSOPC Caribbean in St. Maarten awarded
Sunday, January 6th, 4pm EST (10pm CET)
Buy-in + fee: $100+$10
Late reg 120 min,

"We're always extra busy over the Christmas holidays," said Intertops Poker's manager. "It's an excellent opportunity to grab some poker time and win back some of those Christmas expenses!"

Holiday Season tournaments schedule and details:
Intertops Poker -- https://poker.intertops.eu/en/promo/430-poker-holiday-season
Juicy Stakes Casino -- https://www.juicystakes.eu/poker/promotions/poker-holiday-season