Unibet goes it alone on poker

March 6, 2014

Unibet’s decision to cut ties with Microgaming for its poker offering in favour of a more recreational and socially oriented stand-alone enterprise (see previous  reports) took shape this week when the company completed its transition to real-money action after a two-week beta testing phase and switched the Microgaming software off. The new product is focused […]

Unibet launch independent poker product

February 19, 2014

Unibet launched its stand-alone poker product targeted at recreational players Wednesday. Estonian based supplier Relax Gaming developed the software exclusively for the Unibet and Maria brands which saw the company move from the MPN (formerly known as Microgaming Poker Network) to a standalone poker product. “The environment in the online poker industry has changed over […]

Unibet ready to launch new Relax Gaming poker product

February 14, 2014

Unibet’s stand-alone online poker offering in collaboration with Relax Gaming is set to launch within the week, according to company sources. Our readers will recall that late last year Unibet announced that it would depart the Microgaming poker network to develop a stand-alone product in partnership with Relax Gaming of Estonia, an arrangement that would […]

Dutch player triumphant in Unibet Open Riga poker tournament

December 10, 2013

Dutch poker pro Rens Feenstra has claimed the winner’s prize of $103,000 in the Unibet Open Riga poker tournament main event, further boosting a bank balance already swollen by his $205,879 victory in the recent Master Classics of Poker tournament. Feenstra started final table action as the chip leader, facing Rick Jansen, Damian Mizinski, Jens […]

Unibet to move to standalone poker product

December 3, 2013

Estonian based supplier Relax Gaming has developed software exclusively for the Unibet and Maria brands that will see the company move from the MPN (formerly known as Microgaming Poker Network) to a standalone poker product. Unibet’s involvement with Relax Gaming was further expanded by an investment of Euro 1.25 million in Relax Gaming for an […]