Australian-listed casino operator Silver Heritage Group Limited has finally shown a glimpse of its Tiger Palace Resort Bhairahawa to the public with the soft opening of its hotel.

Silver Heritage told the Australian Stock Exchange that Tiger Palace has finally welcomed its first paying hotel guests on Wednesday, signaling that the construction of the integrated resort, which has seen several delays, is nearing its completion.

“The company is pleased to confirm that the development of Tiger Palace continues ahead of schedule and within the revised budgeted cost of US$51.8 million,” Silver Heritage said in a regulatory filing. “The first paying hotel guests are booked in for today, 20 September 2017.”

Before the soft opening, Silver Heritage co-founders Mike Bolsover and Tim Shepherd stayed in the hotel as guests on September 11 in order to observe construction defects and the dry run of the hotel operations prior to the soft opening.

Kentucky lawmakers are once again pushing for gambling expansion in the state to avert the possibility of a pension crisis.

WDRB.com reported that Kentucky is now looking at ways to shore up public pensions which they pegged at around $30 billion to $60 billion without hiking the current taxes. Among the options that these statesmen are looking at is to legalize sports betting and casinos.

Believing that casinos are the solution to plug the state budget hole, Rep. Jerry Miller mulls on pre-filing a casino gambling bill in time for next year’s General Assembly. He estimated that the state could earn $1 billion a year from casinos.

He, together with Sen. Morgan McGarvey, will make sure that the bill will be submitted before the year end.

Casino operator Genting Singapore PLC is making its presence felt in Japan ahead of the passage of an important casino legislation in the island nation.

In a disclosure to the Singapore Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Genting Singapore announced that it opened a branch office in Tokyo, Japan as the country opens its doors to big casino industry players.

Genting noted that the Tokyo office’s business purpose is (a) to develop and manage the company’s leisure and hospitality business; (b) administration and resource support, including research and market studies, investment and promotion; (c) Any and all businesses incidental or related to each of the foregoing.

“The establishment of the Japan Branch is not expected to have any material impact on the consolidated net tangible assets and earnings per share of the Company for the financial year ending 31 December 2017,” the casino operator pointed out. “None of the Directors or substantial shareholders of the Company has any interest, direct or indirect, in the establishment of the Japan Branch other than through their respective shareholdings in the Company.”

Next week on Tuesday the 26th I’ll be in Malta hosting iGaming Idol alongside Michael Caselli, an event I particularly enjoy as it celebrates my number one favorite thing in this world- people.  As we attend countless iGaming events throughout the year we’re aware of the hottest issues, the latest innovations, the best marketing campaigns, etc, but we rarely know the person or people who are behind them. 

iGaming Idol- A celebration of people 

“iGaming idol is the first industry awards event that recognizes individuals behind the products and companies that make this industry so special.  Other awards focus on the best partners, service providers, programs, suppliers or software whereas we look behind the scenes and put to the forefront the actual people that bring these important categories to life, such as product managers, marketing people, developers and designers, fraud and risk managers, compliance officers, human resources managers, online casino dealers and customer service people”, shared Jeff Buttigieg, COO of RE/MAX Malta and co-founder of MIGS Limited, the organization behind iGaming Idol. 

“We envision iGaming Idol as an International platform that will be a force in the industry that will guide employers and authorities to further invest in their employees.  We believe that its an innovative concept that has been much needed in the industry”, Buttigieg added. 

Lee Davy continues his Academy Award Winning column, Poker Routines, this time with a look at the routines and habits of Timothy Adams.

The first time I saw Timothy Adams he had blood pouring from his nose.

He was deep in the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris when the scarlet began flowing during a hand against the eventual champion Matt Salsberg.

Adams opened to 35k from the cutoff, and Salsberg joined him from the small blind. The flop was KdTs8d, and Salsberg check-called a 35k Adams bet. The turn was the 7h, and both players checked. The river was the Qh, and Salsberg led for 45k sending Adams into the tank.

Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu get into a Twitter spat over the former’s view that he is the #1 seed in any NLHE tournament, prompting the man to say Holz and co make too many mistakes.

Daniel Negreanu didn’t bag a new purple jacket at this year’s Poker Masters. He came close. And surely that means, Kid Poker still has it? Hasn’t time ossified his skills and reads ensuring he remains consistently above or on par with his peers?

If I had to rank my current skill level against the best I’d say I’m in the top 100. My goal by Jan 2018 it to crack the top 20.

— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 20, 2017