Tag Archives: Costa Rica
Costa Rica – Nitrogen Sports adds Baccarat to Bitcoin offering
Nitrogen Sports, a leading Bitcoin casino platform has added Baccarat to its already popular list of game offerings. The new game is now available alongside some of the most sought after casino games like Dice, 1-deck Blackjack, 2-deck Blackjack and 8-deck Blackjack. The Nitrogen Sports’ version of Baccarat offers lots of flexibility to the players,…
Costa Rica – Costa Rica puts new measures in place to regulate gaming
Costa Rica’s financial system regulator SUGEF (The General Superintendence of Financial Institutions) has proposed that it should be the new body to regulate gaming in order combat money laundering. The move aims to protect those venues operating within current laws such as Casino Fiesta in Alajuela, pictured here. It is one of a number of…
Costa Rica – IGT installs S3000 Cabinet and Sphinx 3D in Casino Club Colonial
Waco Limitada’s Casino Club Colonial in San Jose, Costa Rica is the first casino in the country to install International Game Technology ‘s award-winning S3000 cabinet and its Sphinx 3D game with True 3D technology. Additionally, Casino Club Colonial installed 14 of IGT’s CrystalDual cabinets. Jessica Luna, IGT Senior Sales Director, said: “Players around the…
Costa Rica – Costa Rica won’t investigate money laundering allegations
The government of Costa Rica’s has refused to investigate a local online sportsbook after the US claimed that it was being used for money laundering. The deputy prosecutor of the Costa Rican Money Laundering Office, Alvaro Montoya, said that the business of online gaming is legal and as such does not fit into any offense…
Costa Rica – Costa Rica casinos could be targeted to finance terrorism
Online and land based casinos have been singled out as vulnerable to money laundering for terrorist purposes according to a report released by the Financial Action Task Force (GAFILAT). GAFILAT, a regionally based inter governmental organisation that gathers 16 countries from South America, Central America and North America in order to combat money laundering and…
Costa Rica – Delay in implementation of Costa Rica’s new tax rate
The Costa Rican Tax Administration has defended the delay in the implementation of a new tax rate on the gaming industry which was first passed in 2012 by the Legislative Assembly. According to the head of the Tax office Carlos Vargas, the delay is due to the size of the project and he insisted that…
Costa Rica – Vegascasino launches with bitcoin
Vegascasino.io is a new player in the Bitcoin gambling market, boasting an experienced team of professionals behind the platform. The team comes from a fiat currency gambling background running casinos, sportsbooks and poker for over a decade. Vegascasino’s PR manager said: “It is a new and an exciting venture for us. Bitcoin popularity is growing…
Costa Rica – Cirsa becomes market leader in Costa Rica after Thunderbird deal
Spanish operator CIRSA has bought seven Thunderbird owned gaming operations in Costa Rica, including seven casinos, 21 gaming tables and 1,200 slot machines in exchange for US$33.5m. The move makes Cirsa the number one gaming operator in Costa Rica and also strengthens its market position as market leader in Latin America with a total of…
Costa Rica – Full Flush Poker confirms network DDOS attacks
FullFlushPoker.com has confirmed it recently experienced a number of disruptions to service as a result of several targeted Distributed Denial of Service attacks, known as DDOS attacks on the EquityPokerNetwork’s Games Server. EPN’s official statement earlier today outlined the issue, explaining that these concerted attacks have coincided with a growing number of industry reports currently…
