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FINAL NINE PLAYERS SET FOR THE 2025 WORLD SERIES OF POKER® MAIN EVENT® FINAL TABLE

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Out of 9,735 total entrants in the third-largest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in history, only nine players remain as the lineup is set for the 56th annual WSOP Main Event final table.

John Wasnock, Michael Mizrachi, Braxton Dunaway, Kenny Hallaert, Leonor Margets, Luka Bojovic, Adam Hendrix, Daehyung Lee, and Jarod Minghini will return to the Horseshoe and Paris in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday, July 15, with each player eyeing not only the $10 million top prize and WSOP Main Event bracelet, but a chance at forever solidifying their names in poker history. Duking it out over eight days of poker action, the resilience of the nine remaining players has earned them a seat at poker’s most prestigious final table.

Action at the 2025 WSOP Main Event final table will begin at 1:30 P.M. local time and will play down to four players, with the final day of the tournament set for Wednesday, July 16, starting at 1:30 P.M. local time. 

A historic WSOP Main Event final table that includes not only a four-time Poker Players Championship winner but also the first woman since 1995, poker fans around the world look forward to a highly anticipated conclusion to the 2025 WSOP Main Event.

2025 WSOP Main Event Final Table Chip Counts:

John Wasnock (North Bend, Washington, United States) – 108,100,000 Chips

John Wasnock, 50, is a poker player from North Bend, Washington who will be proudly representing the Evergreen state at the WSOP Main Event final table as the overall chip leader. Owning over $143 thousand in live tournament earnings, Wasnock’s largest career cash of $56,330 has been far surpassed with his performance in the Main Event.

Michael Mizrachi (Las Vegas, Nevada, United States) – 93,000,000 Chips

Michael Mizrachi, 44, is the most decorated poker player to reach the 2025 WSOP Main Event final table. A seven-time WSOP bracelet winner, Mizrachi has already had a historic summer, winning his record fourth Poker Players Championship title. On the cusp of adding a WSOP Main Event title to his already long list of poker accolades, taking down the 2025 WSOP Main Event would add $10 million to Mizrachi’s already impressive live tournament earnings total of just over $19 million.

Braxton Dunaway (Midland, Texas, United States) – 91,900,000 Chips

Braxton Dunaway, 42, lives in Midland, Texas, and is a family man who makes his living in the oil and gas industry. Already having a WSOP bracelet to his name, Dunaway won the $1,500 Monster Stack for $1,162,681 during the 2023 WSOP. Dunaway’s $1.5 million in live tournament earnings could increase tenfold by winning the $10 million top prize in the 2025 WSOP Main Event.

Kenny Hallaert (London, England, United Kingdom) – 80,500,000 Chips

Kenny Hallaert, 43, is a Belgian professional poker player residing in London, England. No stranger to success on the felt, Hallaert has racked up a number of poker tournament titles across poker tournament series around Europe, contributing to $5.9 million in live tournament winnings across his career. Still seeking his first career WSOP bracelet, Hallaert’s first title won in the United States could be the biggest one of them all.

Leonor Margets (Barcelona, Spain) – 53,400,000 Chips

Leonor “Leo” Margets, 41, is not only the last woman standing in the 2025 WSOP Main Event but is also the first woman to reach the WSOP Main Event final table since 1995. Hailing from Barcelona, Spain, Margets is not new to success at the WSOP, having won her lone bracelet in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Closer for $376,850 in 2021. With over $2 million in live tournament winnings, Margets looks to not only add $10 million to her career total but also become the first woman to ever win the WSOP Main Event.

Luka Bojovic (Vienna, Austria) – 51,000,000 Chips

Luka Bojovic, 37, is a Serbian doctor and poker player residing in Vienna, Austria. A member of the Pokercode collective, Bojovic’s largest career score of $134,617 came from his eighth place finish in the 2024 WSOP Europe Main Event, contributing to his live tournament career winnings total of over $700 thousand. Winning his lone piece of WSOP hardware by taking down the Monster Stack event at the 2024 WSOP International Circuit series in Marrakech ($45,600), Bojovic is in contention to win the most prestigious poker trophy of them all

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Evoplay brews spooky delights in mystical release Hocus Pocus Sorcery

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Evoplay, the award-winning game development studio, has launched Hocus Pocus Sorcery, where the night comes alive with glowing gems, enchanted books, and mischievous black cat.

Hocus Pocus Sorcery captures the Halloween spirit with a supernatural flair. Players are welcomed into a moonlit world of bubbling cauldrons and mysterious symbols, where each spin offers a chance to unlock powerful features and hidden rewards.

The real magic begins in the Free Spins round, triggered by 3 or more Scatters. Here, Sticky Cauldron Wilds bubble up the excitement, locking in place when they land, while each Scatter conjures +1 spin and +1 to all Wild multipliers, building intensity with every upgrade.

To stir the cauldron further, Bonus Chance boosts the possibility of triggering Free Spins, while the Bonus Buy feature offers instant access with three entry options.

Cauldron Wilds substitute for all regular symbols and can land across all reels, while whimsical visuals and a magical soundtrack create a spellbinding seasonal experience.

Ivan Kravchuk, CEO at Evoplay, said:Hocus Pocus Sorcery brings the magic of classic Halloween themes into our signature style of gameplay.

“It’s bursting with personality and packed with features that build momentum, particularly during the free spins round, where multipliers can quickly tip the scale. It’s the kind of slot that casts a spell from the very first spin.”

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TaDa Launches Slot Games in Sweden, Breaking into Established Market

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Launching a new company and new products in emerging markets takes skill and discipline to achieve success: but entering an established and sophisticated iGaming market requires an entirely different approach. Announcing receipt of the Swedish Spelinspektionen licence in June 2024 was TaDa’s first step to approaching this exciting but very crowded market.

Subsequently, the innovative content provider has been working behind the scenes to gather deep data and market understanding to ensure that launch day would be a guaranteed success. Read on to find out more about TaDa’s long-term plans for building its brand in one of iGaming’s more iconic and demanding jurisdictions.

Is iGaming in Sweden a Saturated Market?

A long-term regulated market since 1 January 2019, Sweden is an innovative hub for the iGaming industry across all verticals, making it a key destination for ambitious content providers.

But having played a very significant role in developing and popularising the industry, especially via software providers, regulations and mobile-optimised slot game design, is there any potential for new entrants?

Currently, CAGR is estimated about 3–6% meaning that by-2030, iGaming is expected to be worth around €2.0–2.3BN (SEK 22–25BN). This matches other European market estimates for steady but not explosive growth in the regulated sector and requires a specific type of content provider to be able to deliver differentiation and innovation in a very established and crowded market.

The Importance of Licencing and Certification

With clear licencing regimes and growing regulatory oversight designed to reduce legal ambiguity and deliver more stable potential revenue, regulated markets are tightening their controls against unlicenced operators. This also increases the value of being licenced and certifiedsomething TaDa has focused on across the last two years.

Consequently, anticipating that regulation across Europe and indeed globally would only increase in both scope and demands, TaDa set its go to market strategy to secure licences for regulated markets across Europe first and subsequently begin its B2B development building.

In this way, TaDa integrations are always a compliant, fully tested and secure process for its clients and deliver the right products and services for players.

Ensuring technical readiness, expert localisation and certification for all games aimed at regulated markets enables TaDa quickly to deliver highly successful engagement and retention figures for casino operators, plus scale via aggregator integrations.

Announcing TaDa’s First Integration with Videoslots

TaDa successfully received its Spelinspektionen licence in a shorter than anticipated timeframe and, following deep data mining and review of its localisation strategy, was ready to go live in May 2025. The first integration is with Videoslots with distribution through Light & Wonder Inc.

Currently home to over 7,000 games, Videoslot’s clients will now have access to TaDa’s innovative portfolio including Fortune CoinsJackpot JokerPirate Queen 2; and Devil Fire 2.

Part of the Hit the Cash™ concept, Fortune Coins is the first release in the series.

Hit the Cash™ is designed around three interconnecting mechanics of Multipliers, Lock & Respin and Jackpots. Played out on a 3×3 grid with 5 fixed paylines and 3,000x max winFortune Coins is a classic fruit slot with a twist.

Enhanced with Fortune Coins and Fortune Coin Bonus symbols, the polished visuals and crisp graphics highlight the clean interface for players without making the slot appear basic.

The gameplay is built around proven mechanics and nostalgic fruit symbols but delivers a twist in the tale as collector coins can appear in both the base and bonus games, triggering jackpots and accumulating wins, plus a random bonus game can trigger any time.

Fortune Coin symbols only appear on the 1st and 3rd reel in all rounds.

The top of the screen will display the bonus, which is the player’s bet amount x multiplier of x1, x2, x3, x5, x8, x10, and x12 the player bet.

The Fortune Coin Bonus symbol, appearing only on reel 2 is both a collector and a trigger for the bonus game. During the bonus round, multiple collector coins can be active at once, increasing the chance of accumulating higher payouts.

Players can also win one of four dynamically fixed jackpots, with the top prize reaching up to 1,000x the stake.

Keeping players on high alert, in the main game, when any Fortune Coins appear they will fly to the pile of coins on the top of the screen and can randomly trigger the Throw Fortune Coins” feature.

When triggered, the pile of coins will throw at least 1 and up to 9 Fortune Coins on to the grid, maximising a bonus win potential and definitely helping players hit the cash.

Jackpot Joker 

When the saucy Joker tells you it’s showtime, you’d better believe her. This game may seem like a classic fruit inspired slot with a 3×3 grid and five fixed paylines. But when you see the numbers, it’s a whole new story.

Multipliers, a unique free respin bonus and four fixed multiplier jackpots drive the excitement for up to 15,000x.

Each spin, there’s a chance to add a multiplier win of x1, x2, x3, x5, x10 and a very welcome x15 so the total win for that round = (total line wins or jackpot wins) x the multiplier x bet!

Even better, the multiplier obtained can also be applied to the jackpot prize. Three jackpot symbols will trigger one of four jackpots: the prize is the player’s bet x the fixed multiplier for Minor (5x-10x); Major (15x-30x); Grand (50x-200x) and a whopping 1,000x for the Joker Jackpot.

Adding a twist to the excitement, if two Jackpot symbols land in a non-winning combination, the “Extra Buy” feature is triggered. After purchasing, the two reels will remain in place while the remaining reels spin once more. This feature can be repurchased until triggering the Jackpot Free Spin game.

This innovative interplay of mechanics and features for big win potential with nostalgia inducing symbols and graphics has seen Jackpot Joker take the top spot in multiple markets. 

Pirate Queen 2

Set sail for adventure and wealth with the dancing Pirate Queen who offers free spins, cascading reels and Bomb bonus multiplying multipliers that can be accumulated to give up to 5,000x max win.

A player favourite feature, cascading reels, appears in Pirate Queen 2 and can create multiple winning combinations with one spin when eight or more identical symbols land. After every spin, winning combinations are paid and all winning symbols disappear. Empty positions are replaced with new symbols until no more winning combinations appear.

Packed with winning chances in both the base game and free game, the black Bomb bonus symbols bring multipliers of 2x to 100x and wins resulting from eliminations are multiplied by the bonus multiplier! When multiple bonus symbols appear in the same game, the multiplier effect is added.

And, if that were not treasure enough, the fiery Super Bomb bonus will deliver multipliers from 200x or 500x to an incredible 1,000x that will be added to the win!

During each calculation of win points in the free game, the current prize multiplier will be retained and added to the win points multiplier effect for the next time players win with a Bomb bonus combination. No wonder the Pirate Queen is dancing!

Devil Fire 2

Smoking hot gameplay and fiery wins have made this a player favourite through 3-row, 5-reels and 40 paylines, generous free spins, multiple bonus win potential and four fixed jackpots alongside stunning animations and a heavy metal inspired soundtrack for 15,000x max win.

The Devil Wild will only appear on the central position of the three rows, five reels grid. Once free spins begin, the Devil Wild locks into position, increasing payout potential and boosting your chance of triggering one of the Mini, Minor, Mega or Grand jackpots.

Bonus symbols are padlocked and will only unlock with the appearance of the little Devil Wild who will collect all the values, add them together and apply them to your win.

He’s a very generous little Devil Wild as he can also trigger the Free Game. Throwing gold coins to the flying Piggy Banks either side of the grids, six free spins could be randomly triggered when the piggy bank swells and bursts.

Mixing quirky humour and dynamic gameplay, Devil Fire 2 is beloved by operators as well as players as its simple rules and quickfire rounds keep players engaged and ready to come back for more.

What Players in Sweden Can Expect from TaDa Gaming

With a portfolio of 200+ RNG titles to choose from and constantly growing, players in Sweden can anticipate an avalanche of diverse gaming experiences still to come.

Initially, TaDa and its partners will focus on delivering slots but according to industry surveys, gaming in Sweden is currently seeing a rise in social multiplayer formats, with 65% of Swedish gamers playing cooperatively.

Additionally, Sweden’s gaming market saw 58% of Swedish Gen Z accessing hybrid arcade and VR formats. These older digital natives are the strongest demographic making the crossover from digital to iGaming and TaDa’s fish-shooting releases have become a natural destination.

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Tom Horn Gaming expands European footprint with Mr Bit

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Leading igaming software supplier Tom Horn Gaming has strengthened its foothold in European regulated markets with Mr Bit, bringing its award-winning content to players in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The move builds on a long-standing cooperation between the two companies, with Tom Horn’s games having been live with Mr Bit in Romania since 2021.

Through the deal, players of Mr Bit’s local brand, mrbit.ba, can now enjoy a wide range of Tom Horn’s hit titles, including 243 Crystal Fruits, 81 Frutas Grandes, and The Secret of Ba, alongside the supplier’s ever-growing portfolio of engaging slot games.

The link-up underlines Tom Horn Gaming’s commitment to expanding its global reach and delivering high-quality gaming entertainment to regulated markets worldwide.

“We are delighted to have extended our cooperation with Mr Bit through their brand mrbit.ba, making our content available to even more players across Europe. Our portfolio is designed to appeal to diverse player preferences, and together with Mr Bit’s modern, dynamic platform, we are confident this partnership will drive strong engagement and growth in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” said Ondrej LapidesCEO at Tom Horn Gaming.

Mr Bit brings a fresh, localised offering tailored for a younger audience, with fully licensed online casino brands in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, and Bulgaria.

The operator provides a sleek, user-friendly experience across devices, while ensuring players enjoy themselves in a fair and secure environment. Responsible gaming sits at the heart of this approach – a value strongly shared with Tom Horn Gaming, where player protection is always a top priority in game development.

“Adding Tom Horn Gaming’s content is an exciting step for us. Their diverse selection of high-quality games fits perfectly with our mission to provide players with the best possible entertainment. We believe Tom Horn’s titles will quickly become player favourites and add significant value to our casino offering in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” said Maja KečkešHead of Marketing for BiH at Mr Bit Casino.

The partnership further cements Tom Horn Gaming’s strategy of delivering engaging casino content to players in regulated markets, while offering operators proven, high-performing titles that resonate with local audiences.

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