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Twitch is seeing significant competition from new streaming platforms including from Facebook Gaming and YouTube. Yet Twitch continues to lead the industry with more streamers, more viewers and more engagements than any other streaming competitor - if you're looking for a casino sign up bonus, check out Twitch. When Microsoft’s Mixer closed Facebook Gaming thought that they were going to acquire many of the former Mixer streamers but in the end, most ended up turning to Twitch.

The biggest poker controversy of the century involved an unknown, low-stakes poker pro who was accused, and ultimately exonerated, of cheating his opponents out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a live-streamed game using high-tech online casino methodologies. What people find the most fascinating is that someone could openly cheat during a live-streamed Twitch game.

Sportsbooks have been eagerly awaiting the launch of legalized Vegas casino online style sports betting in Michigan. The first month has been rocky but the numbers are cause for optimism that the state can look forward to some serious and much-needed revenue in the coming months.

Over the last decade, esports has become a cultural phenomenon. In fact, esports now rivals traditional sporting events in size and scale.  The esports brands are hauling in new players by the droves offering free bets, no deposit bonus codes, tourney competitions and more.  Sportsbooks take bets on esporting events, competitions are held in large arenas in front of thousands of fans and some esports “stars” boast millions of followers.

Game streaming viewership has almost doubled across the board over 2020 with the highest hike going to YouTube Gaming and Facebook Gaming. Twitch is still the #1 streaming platform with a majority of the market share. In 2020 however, YouTube Gaming and Facebook Gaming saw a larger growth in viewership when compared to streamers using the Twitch platform.

You don’t have to play Vegas casino video games to take advantage of the wide range of opportunities that are part of the esports industry. The industry is looking for player talent but also for support personnel in the realm of game development, training, coaching and more.

Now that online casino sports betting is legal in almost half of American states, millions of new bettors giving the casino sign up bonus sportsbooks a try. Some of these people are novices at sports wagering while others have bet in the past – either on a trip to Vegas, where sports betting was never illegal – or through some type of illegal bookie.

A number of European countries are moving to more closely regulate the online casino industry to ensure uniform compliance with accepted welcome bonus casino standards.  The countries, including England, Germany, France, Sweden and Holland are moving forward on several different laws that range from the ability of players to play with their credit cards to geographical jurisdiction limitations and rules for age verification.

Thanks to advancements in technology, the Internet and the social distancing mandates of 2020, the online casino is seeing significant growth. The growth trend is worldwide with more players playing more real money Vegas casino online games around the world.

CD Projekt Red announced in early February that hackers had gained access to its internal network, scrambled a number of its data servers and stolen source code for multiple games including Cyberpunk 2077 in an attempt to blackmail the company.  Thank goodness our Grande Vegas online casino is hacker-proof!!!