Xbox Live Gold Requirement For Free-To-Play Games Is One Step Closer To Ending
The Xbox Live Gold requirement for free-to-play games looks like it’s even closer to ending for good. Microsoft has rolled out the latest preview for Xbox Insiders, and one of the key changes is that “Omega” users no longer need Xbox Live Gold for some free-to-play games. The takeaway here is that Omega is the final “ring” in the Xbox Insider program, which suggests Microsoft may soon drop the Xbox Live Gold requirement for everyone. This follows news of that eventually happening just a few months ago.
The Omega ring (via VG247) is free and open to anyone–all you have to do is sign up for Xbox Insider program and opt in. Additionally, Omega users no longer need Xbox Live Gold to use Looking 4 Group or Party Chat features
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Ontario warned over implementation of planned ‘open license’ iGaming regime
In Canada and the government of Ontario Premier Doug Ford (pictured) has reportedly been warned that the province could lose up to $2.2 billion in public revenues over the course of the next five years if it institutes a planned 20% tax rate on online gaming.
According to a Monday report from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the caution was contained in a special January 11 investigation prepared by HLT Advisory Incorporated at the behest of local land-based casino operator Great Canadian Gaming Corporation. This confidential exercise entitled Ontario Gaming Market Assessment purportedly asserts that the province could soon be missing out on as much as $439.5 million in annual tax revenues if it institutes its proposed ‘open license’ iGami…
NIGC Targets Apache Tribe’s Oklahoma Casinos in Enforcement Action
The tribal gaming regulator has said that has flagged what it considers to be multiple offenses committed by the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma dating back to 2013 and that have to do with the annual audits of gaming operations and the Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA).
The infringements flagged by the regulator, are serious and they criticize the lack of timely and compliant financial statements by the company. The two properties that are tied to the infringements are the Golden Eagle Casino and the Silver Buffalo Casino, a now-closed property.
Apache Tribe in Hot Water with NIGC
NIGC outlined specific breaches had to do with three areas, incl…