A lottery industry insider allegedly fixed two jackpots in Kansas, bringing to five the number of states connected to the widening investigation. Sand says evidence will show that others claimed the prizes and half of the winnings were returned to Tipton in cash in 2011.
Major daily fantasy sports sites are preparing its allies on fantasy sports legal battle in Maryland.
In preparation to the opening of Maryland General Assembly session on Jan. 13, two of the largest fantasy sports sites Fanduel and DraftKings have joined forces to mobilize players as officials look to determine whether or not the industry should be considered illegal gambling under Maryland law.
More than 100,000 Maryland residents who played in these fantasy sports sites have received an email urging them to support fantasy sports with Comptroller Peter Franchot.
“Your ability to continue playing fantasy sports in Maryland is at risk,” the email reads. “But it’s not too late. Let state Comptroller Peter Franchot know that Maryland residents want to continue playing fantasy sports. We support regulations that reasonably and fairly protect your right to continue enjoying the games you love. But some states have banned fantasy sports, and we are concerned that Maryland may be heading in that direction. ”
Major daily fantasy sports sites are preparing its allies on fantasy sports legal battle in Maryland.
In preparation to the opening of Maryland General Assembly session on Jan. 13, two of the largest fantasy sports sites Fanduel and DraftKings have joined forces to mobilize players as officials look to determine whether or not the industry should be considered illegal gambling under Maryland law.
More than 100,000 Maryland residents who played in these fantasy sports sites have received an email urging them to support fantasy sports with Comptroller Peter Franchot.
“Your ability to continue playing fantasy sports in Maryland is at risk,” the email reads. “But it’s not too late. Let state Comptroller Peter Franchot know that Maryland residents want to continue playing fantasy sports. We support regulations that reasonably and fairly protect your right to continue enjoying the games you love. But some states have banned fantasy sports, and we are concerned that Maryland may be heading in that direction. ”
For the second time in less than a year, Penn National Gaming Inc. is bringing a new general manager to its Hollywood Casino Toledo. The company announced Monday that Rafael Verde would replace former general manager Frank Quigley, who elected to take the general manager job at Hollywood Casino Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pa.
It’s only a matter of time before sports betting is legalized in the United States. At least, that’s what Mark Cuban thinks.
In an interview with Fortune, the Dallas Mavericks team owner said it’s about time the country takes a deeper look at its sports betting laws, which he described as already “rotting in the dark ages.” In fact, the billionaire said an overhaul is “inevitable,” especially in light of the number of fantasy sports fans that continue to balloon across the country.
“It will take some time for the courts to overcome the grandstanding by a few district attorneys, but once that happens I think we will see a slow but sure availability of gambling across the country. The bottom line is that it will create needed tax revenue that states will want,” Cuban said in the interview.
Once that’s out of the way, Cuban said he also hopes to see partnerships between professional sports leagues and bookmakers formed—similar to what NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has been advocating since 2014.
It’s only a matter of time before sports betting is legalized in the United States. At least, that’s what Mark Cuban thinks.
In an interview with Fortune, the Dallas Mavericks team owner said it’s about time the country takes a deeper look at its sports betting laws, which he described as already “rotting in the dark ages.” In fact, the billionaire said an overhaul is “inevitable,” especially in light of the number of fantasy sports fans that continue to balloon across the country.
“It will take some time for the courts to overcome the grandstanding by a few district attorneys, but once that happens I think we will see a slow but sure availability of gambling across the country. The bottom line is that it will create needed tax revenue that states will want,” Cuban said in the interview.
Once that’s out of the way, Cuban said he also hopes to see partnerships between professional sports leagues and bookmakers formed—similar to what NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has been advocating since 2014.
A lottery industry insider allegedly fixed two jackpots in Kansas, bringing to five the number of states connected to the widening investigation. Sand says evidence will show that others claimed the prizes and half of the winnings were returned to Tipton in cash in 2011.
A lottery industry insider allegedly fixed two jackpots in Kansas, bringing to five the number of states connected to the widening investigation. Sand says evidence will show that others claimed the prizes and half of the winnings were returned to Tipton in cash in 2011.
The Australian Football League (AFL) starts the 2016 season with a ban!
The AFL has released details of planned gambling restrictions on league’s accredited media effective this year’s season.
Starting March 24, the first game of the 120th season of the Australian rules football competition, media personnel will be banned from gambling on AFL matches.
Instead of a blanket ban on all matches and events, media will have a partial ban in them at a time when they are “working or present” at a game and during a two-hour period before matches or during the game itself.
The Australian Football League (AFL) starts the 2016 season with a ban!
The AFL has released details of planned gambling restrictions on league’s accredited media effective this year’s season.
Starting March 24, the first game of the 120th season of the Australian rules football competition, media personnel will be banned from gambling on AFL matches.
Instead of a blanket ban on all matches and events, media will have a partial ban in them at a time when they are “working or present” at a game and during a two-hour period before matches or during the game itself.
MACAU – Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) presented by the American Gaming Association and Reed Exhibitions, the leading Asian trade event and the largest regional sourcing platform for global gaming and entertainment products, has won the Branded Exhibitions Award at the inaugural Macao Convention and Exhibition Commendation Awards, organized by the Macao Convention & Exhibition Association. The 2015 edition of these awards will be the first held to celebrate high quality MICE events in Macau. G2E Asia, together with other category winners will be crowned on 17 December 2015 at the Macau Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The Branded Exhibitions Award is one of four award honors to be presented to events that took place between October 1, 2014 and September 30, 2015. The other categories in which winners will be recognized include the Brand Convention Award, the Innovative Exhibition Award and the Bid Convention Award. Using diverse selection criteria, a judging panel of MICE industry experts have selected the winners from entries from across the Macau MICE trade, in recognition of outstanding performance in elements characterized by exhibition settings, coordination, service quality and effectiveness.
G2E Asia has grown by more than threefold in size since it was first launched in Macau. The number of international visitors has also skyrocketed in the first part of this decade by 340% since 2010. Accompanying this growth has been a burgeoning reputation for G2E Asia as the continent’s most important and credible gaming event and a major networking platform for gaming and entertainment professionals in the region.
Josephine Lee, Senior Vice President of Reed Exhibitions Greater China, organizers of G2E Asia, said, “We’re thrilled to be one of the first winners of the Macao Convention and Exhibition Commendation Awards. This achievement is a testament of G2E Asia’s excellence and position at the forefront of Asia’s gaming sector. We focus our energy and efforts on understanding the needs of our exhibitors and visitors so as to ensure that G2E Asia consistently delivers value that meets their needs. We also pride ourselves on designing a comprehensive program that engages gaming professionals from every sector. We’re very thankful for this award. It will serve as a big encouragement to our team and we will work even harder now to live up to the expectations set by our achieving this honour.”
MACAU – Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) presented by the American Gaming Association and Reed Exhibitions, the leading Asian trade event and the largest regional sourcing platform for global gaming and entertainment products, has won the Branded Exhibitions Award at the inaugural Macao Convention and Exhibition Commendation Awards, organized by the Macao Convention & Exhibition Association. The 2015 edition of these awards will be the first held to celebrate high quality MICE events in Macau. G2E Asia, together with other category winners will be crowned on 17 December 2015 at the Macau Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The Branded Exhibitions Award is one of four award honors to be presented to events that took place between October 1, 2014 and September 30, 2015. The other categories in which winners will be recognized include the Brand Convention Award, the Innovative Exhibition Award and the Bid Convention Award. Using diverse selection criteria, a judging panel of MICE industry experts have selected the winners from entries from across the Macau MICE trade, in recognition of outstanding performance in elements characterized by exhibition settings, coordination, service quality and effectiveness.
G2E Asia has grown by more than threefold in size since it was first launched in Macau. The number of international visitors has also skyrocketed in the first part of this decade by 340% since 2010. Accompanying this growth has been a burgeoning reputation for G2E Asia as the continent’s most important and credible gaming event and a major networking platform for gaming and entertainment professionals in the region.
Josephine Lee, Senior Vice President of Reed Exhibitions Greater China, organizers of G2E Asia, said, “We’re thrilled to be one of the first winners of the Macao Convention and Exhibition Commendation Awards. This achievement is a testament of G2E Asia’s excellence and position at the forefront of Asia’s gaming sector. We focus our energy and efforts on understanding the needs of our exhibitors and visitors so as to ensure that G2E Asia consistently delivers value that meets their needs. We also pride ourselves on designing a comprehensive program that engages gaming professionals from every sector. We’re very thankful for this award. It will serve as a big encouragement to our team and we will work even harder now to live up to the expectations set by our achieving this honour.”
In this interview with CalvinAyre.com’s Rebecca Liggero, NetEnt managing director Bjorn Krantz discusses the European company’s foray into the North American market via New Jersey.
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In this interview with CalvinAyre.com’s Rebecca Liggero, NetEnt managing director Bjorn Krantz discusses the European company’s foray into the North American market via New Jersey.
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Stop us if you’ve heard this one, but elections in Japan could push the prospects for passage of casino legislation to the second half of 2016 at the earliest.
In the dying days of 2015, Japanese media outlet Hokkaido Shimbun quoted some senior officials in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) saying that the upcoming elections of the House of Councilors this summer meant the country’s long-awaited casino bill would have to wait a little longer.
For years now, Japan has been toying with the idea of rewriting its constitution to authorize casino gambling, with the latest effort coming up short last summer. Initially, the required two-stage process requires passage of a so-called Integrated Resort (IR) promotion bill that would amend the constitution, which would allow for the passage of a second bill that would spell out the nuts and bolts of how the country’s casino industry would be managed.
But a senior LDP official told the Hokkaido Shimbun said there was “no chance” of the IR bill passing in the ordinary Diet session that commenced on Monday, as there was “no time for it” before this summer’s elections in the legislature’s upper house.
Stop us if you’ve heard this one, but elections in Japan could push the prospects for passage of casino legislation to the second half of 2016 at the earliest.
In the dying days of 2015, Japanese media outlet Hokkaido Shimbun quoted some senior officials in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) saying that the upcoming elections of the House of Councilors this summer meant the country’s long-awaited casino bill would have to wait a little longer.
For years now, Japan has been toying with the idea of rewriting its constitution to authorize casino gambling, with the latest effort coming up short last summer. Initially, the required two-stage process requires passage of a so-called Integrated Resort (IR) promotion bill that would amend the constitution, which would allow for the passage of a second bill that would spell out the nuts and bolts of how the country’s casino industry would be managed.
But a senior LDP official told the Hokkaido Shimbun said there was “no chance” of the IR bill passing in the ordinary Diet session that commenced on Monday, as there was “no time for it” before this summer’s elections in the legislature’s upper house.
Someone’s 2016 is going to get off to a great start. Make that a fabulous-beyond-imagination start.
Someone’s 2016 is going to get off to a great start. Make that a fabulous-beyond-imagination start.
Someone’s 2016 is going to get off to a great start. Make that a fabulous-beyond-imagination start.
Russia’s far east Primorye region saw an uptick in international tourism in 2015, with at least part of the bump attributed to the new Tigre de Cristal casino.
The Lawrence Ho-backed Tigre de Cristal opened on Oct. 8, the first of four confirmed casinos in the Primorye region outside Vladivostok. Since that opening, local tourism boss Konstantin Shestakov said over 30k tourists have made the trek to the Primorye gaming zone, one of only four regions in which Russia permits casinos.
Russian news agency Ria Novosti quoted Shestakov saying Primorye had welcomed nearly 365k foreign tourists in 2015, an 18.5% increase over 2014’s total. Despite the gains, Shestakov claimed it was too early to judge Tigre de Cristal’s actual drawing power.
Of those 365k tourists, 61% came from China, which is expected – along with South Korea and Japan – to be the prime markets from which Primorye’s casinos draw gamblers. Shestakov said Tigre de Cristal’s 121-room hotel is booked solid through the end of February. That month includes the Lunar New Year festivities, always a prime period of gambling activity for Chinese punters.