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888-ADMIT-IT HelpLine Breaks New Ground with Online Support Program to…

“We want to lead the way for advancing problem gambling support services available in the United States,” said Jennifer Kruse, Executive Director of FCCG. SANFORD, Fla. (PRWEB) September 20, 2021 The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling (FCCG) is launching a new, no-cost Online Program for Problem Gamblers (OPPG), created with partnership support from the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Floridians can now access online interactive support immediately, on-demand. No insurance is needed and no additional payments for in-person services are charged. Designed using the latest science, combined with data generated from

Acres Manufacturing Company Announces the Acres Wallet™

ACRES Logo LAS VEGAS (PRWEB) September 14, 2021 Acres Manufacturing Company (AMC) today announced the launch of the Acres Wallet™, a game changing mobile experience that blends cashless payments with real-time loyalty and bonusing in a live casino environment. “The Acres Wallet allows the player’s mobile device to serve as an extension of any real-time gaming experience,” said Noah Acres of AMC. “Players can fund their play, earn and redeem points and experience thrilling mobile bonuses on their own device. The Acres Wallet represents the beginning of a new era

India-based Stalwart Esports becomes first organization to completely shift to cryptocurrency

Indian esports organization Stalwart Esports has completely shifted from cash to cryptocurrency in their balance sheet, it announced in a press release today. Stalwart said that this has made it the first esports organization to officially adopt cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. All salary payments to employees and players will also be made in cryptocurrency, Zeyan Shafiq, the founder of Stalwart confirmed to Dot Esports. This move comes at a time when the Indian government is reportedly considering a ban on cryptocurrency. Despite this, Shafiq expressed confidence in the org’s decision

China roundup: Games are opium, algorithms need scrutiny

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. The question for the tech news cycle in China these days has become: Who is Beijing’s next target? Regulatory clampdowns are common in China’s tech industry but the breadth of the recent moves has been unprecedented. No major tech giant is exempted and everyone is being attacked from a slightly different angle, but Beijing’s message is clear: Tech businesses are to

Cardano DeFi Project Spores Raises $2.3 Million in Funding Round

It was a tough week price-wise in the cryptocurrency market. The total capitalization lost around $100 billion as every single coin from the top 20 is in the red. Some lost more than others, but we’ll get to that later. Kicking it off with Bitcoin. It had a relatively calm week, and even though it’s down about 3% over the period, it’s still not as bad as a lot of the altcoins. BTC was trading at around $34,000 last Friday, and apart from a brief positive spike on Monday, it

Ethereum Scaling Solution Polygon Partners Community Gaming to Support Instant Payments in E-Sports

Polygon has partnered with Community Gaming in order to enable scalable E-sports tournaments. Built for grassroots tournament organizers, Community Gaming’s platform has been designed to  make it easier to develop custom e-sports tournaments within minutes with preconfigured payments. As noted in a release shared with CI: “Without any background knowledge of how wallets or smart contracts work, tournament organizers on Community Gaming can now seamlessly deploy their esports tournaments onto the Polygon network, allowing for instant player payments.” The Polygon team has developed what they claim is the “premier” Ethereum

Cadoo gets $1.5M to gamify fitness with betting challenges

Cadoo, a US-startup that’s gamifying fitness by turning it into a betting opportunity, using the prospect of winning (or losing) cold hard cash to motivate people to get off the couch, has collected $1.5 million in seed funds from Sam & Max Altman’s Apollo VC and the student-focused Dorm Room Fund. The app itself has been around since 2018 but in March 2020 it launched a “challenge model” that lets users stake money to join a challenge related to a specific fitness goal — be it running 10 miles in