The PokerStars Dream Team Collection, the online operator’s latest promotion, has come to an end after over a month of online action. The promotion culminated in a Golden Ticket All-In Shootout, whereby ‘Stars players were forced to go all-in every hand to have a chance of bagging a cool million. Ultimately, online player “solik1968” took […]
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Thailand’s government is denying reports that it plans to introduce a Chinese-style ‘great firewall’ to block objectionable internet content, including international online gambling sites.
Last week, word surfaced that Thai authorities were planning to create a single entry point for international internet traffic, through which all existing gateway facilities would be required to route their services. An official report from a cabinet meeting said the gateway would allow the government to “control inappropriate websites and the influx of information and news from overseas to Thailand.”
Public reaction to the proposal has been stridently negative and Thailand’s Minister of Information and Communication Technology Uttama Savanyana has attempted to dampen the outrage, saying the gateway was intended to “serve basic economic needs, not for national security purposes.” Uttama told the Bangkok Post that the government wouldn’t force existing gateways to share facilities “but will ask for voluntary access to the gateway.”
On Monday, Agence France Presse quoted a ministry spokesman saying the Thai public would be updated on the proposal soon. The original cabinet document, which was finalized in July but only published last week, specified a target date for implementation by the end of the current fiscal year, which closes out Sept. 30.
Gambling firms would do well to include more stereotypical examples of masculinity in their marketing, as researchers have concluded that men take greater financial risks after exposure to such material.
Francesco D’Acunto, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, conducted a series of experiments designed to examine if risk-taking behavior can be manipulated by priming test subjects with examples of gender identity. D’Acunto’s research showed men were far more likely than women to take greater risks after exposure to such material.
D’Acunto ran a series of tests in which subjects were asked to play a lottery-style game with varying degrees of risk and reward. Male subjects were then asked to read blocks of text containing stereotypical examples of how a masculine person behaves, while female subjects read examples of stereotypical feminine behavior, and control subjects read text describing ayurvedic principles for a healthy lifestyle.
The subjects were then presented with another round of lottery games. The men who’d been primed with examples of manly men doing manly things were found to be more risk-tolerant in their lottery choices, while the effect on women was negligible.
Partypoker’s PokerFest has been postponed due to “performance issues,” according to the operator. The 80-event tournament series, which was due to kick off on Sunday September 27th at partypoker.com, and offered $2.5 million in guaranteed prizes, will be postponed for one month. Party said the festival will be rescheduled for Sunday, October 25th, with a […]
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Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 39 supplemental entries in the addendum for its upcoming Midlantic fall yearlings sale.
No decision yet on whether the 2014 champion will be sold at Keeneland November.
New York lottery slot machines placed in casinos and meant to help fund education have under delivered to school children by some $1.7 billion and have instead have deepened the pockets of casino owners, according to a Buzzfeed News investigation. Sixty-percent of profits from the slot machines were originally supposed to go to schools across the state.
Wynn Resorts controls the high-end luxury niche of the casino industry, allowing them to enjoy the highest revenue and EBITDA in the industry. Wynn is positioned to participate in the long-term growth opportunity of Macau and will see an expanding room share with the opening of its property Cotai Palace.
Micromanage, a grade III-winning son of Medaglia d’Oro, will stand at Rockridge Stud near Hudson, N.Y., beginning in 2016. His initial fee will be $5,000.
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Customers for Powerball tickets trickle in at the Minute Man Shell gas station on Feb. 10, 2015, in Elmhurst, Illinois. Customers for Powerball tickets trickle in at the Minute Man Shell gas station on Feb. 10, 2015, in Elmhurst, Illinois.
Neymar Jr., PokerStars’ recent signee, is at the center of a financial crisis worth more than $47 million after a judge in Brazil froze the football star’s assets. In a ruling made on Friday, Judge Carlos Muta deemed that assets linked to the 23-year-old, his family, and certain businesses must be frozen after allegations of […]
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The Singapore Airlines International Cup and KrisFlyer International Sprint, both lucrative international group I events staged annually at Kranji Racecourse, have been discontinued, the Singapore Turf Club announced Sept. 28
Kaleem Shah’s Bayern, winner of the 2015 Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I), has officially been retired following his third-place finish as the 6-5 favorite in the Awesome Again Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 26 at Santa Anita Park.
There was no big winner for Saturday’s drawing, so the top prize is an estimated $301 million for Wednesday. Expect that number to grow before the drawing, with higher-than-average ticket sales.
Top good news stories include a local city’s video winning first place at a conference, a woman getting paid to give back, and more. If the clouds part, we’re in for a celestial treat Sunday night.
Just in time for her 92nd birthday, a Redford woman won $250,000 playing the Michigan Lottery’s KENO! game. Her winning numbers were: 05-23-24-25-34-40-53-63-76-78.
The brokerage presently has a $52.93 price target on the casino operator’s stock. Vetr ‘s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 27.08% from the company’s current price.
Macau junket operator Neptune Group has posted a net loss of HKD828 million ($103m) for the fiscal year ended June 30 due to the “spectacular slowdown” in the local VIP gaming industry.
According to its filing with Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Friday, Neptune Group Ltd’s gaming revenue is down by 33% year-on-year to HKD473.6 million, driven by the plunges in revenues generated by its three VIP rooms in The Venetian Macao, Sands Macao and Grand Lisboa, which dropped 38.2%, 32.3% and 25.2% year-on-year, respectively.
The revenues generated by its previous VIP room in StarWorld Hotel, of which the business has already ceased, also dived by nearly 60% for the year.
The decline in VIP gaming business led its EBITDA loss to reach HK$997.8 million, a huge slide of 292.8% year-on-year to HKD1.52 billion, compared to an EBITDA of HKD517.6 million last year, a loss prompting the company to think about shutting down the business.
Michel Platini’s dream to succeed Sepp Blatter is under threat as both to be under investigation by FIFA ethics committee.
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) opened a criminal investigation against FIFA president Sepp Blatter for possible criminal mismanagement and misappropriation of FIFA money.
The OAG said in a statement that Blatter made a “disloyal payment” of 2 million Swiss francs to Platini in early 2011 for work carried out between 1999 and 2002. Allegations also relate to World Cup broadcasting contracts Blatter agreed to with disgraced former FIFA vice president Jack Warner in 2005.
“There is as suspicion that, in the implementation of this agreement, Blatter also violated his fiduciary duties and acted against the interest of FIFA,” the OAG said.