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Fox Sports 2 has plans for six Saturday broadcasts this winter and spring that will features top stakes races from Aqueduct Racetrack, Gulfstream Park, and Santa Anita Park.
A quarantine at Belmont Park’s Barn 44, in place for more than two weeks after a horse tested positive for Equine Herpesvirus-1, was lifted Jan. 26 by NYRA and the New York State Gaming Commission, which regulates the industry.
Steve Wynn, boss of casino giant Wynn Resorts, has been hit with allegations of decades-long sexual harassment by multiple female staff members.
On Friday, Wynn Resorts’ stock shed nearly 10% of its value after the Wall Street Journal’s Alexandra Berzon reported on allegations detailing decades worth of sexual abuse by Steve Wynn against female staff at Wynn’s Las Vegas properties.
The allegations include a 2005 account by a manicurist at the Wynn Las Vegas resort who claims Steve forced her to have sex on a massage table he kept in his personal office. The manicurist ultimately reached a $7.5m settlement with Wynn over the incident.
A former massage therapist at the Wynn Las Vegas spa claimed Steve routinely exposed himself to her during massages, at one point ordering her to massage his penis to climax by saying “Don’t’ ignore it anymore.”
For the California-based trio of Hronis, his brother Pete, and their trainer John Sadler, the Pegasus will be filled with a gamut of emotions.
Longtime cryptocurrency advocate Roger Ver has expanded his online gambling site to accept Bitcoin Cash (BCH) wagering.
Last September, Ver’s cryptocurrency portal Bitcoin.com launched Bitcoin Games, an online casino platform that utilized the old legacy Segwit Bitcoin (BTC) token. The platform has now branched out with a BCH-compatible variation, Bitcoin Cash Games, offering the same online casino experience but with vastly lower fees.
As Ver’s official announcement of the launch stressed, “the BCH network and currency has proven itself to be reliable while also offering transaction fees so cheap ($0.01 or less) they are practically non-existent.”
Bitcoin Cash Games’ offering includes provably fair video poker, keno, craps, roulette, dice, slots and blackjack games, each providing a 99% expected return. There’s also a referral program that allows players to earn up to 25% of the site’s house edge by enlisting new players.
A bill seeking to regulate daily fantasy sports (DFS) in Iowa has cleared the first hurdle set by a five-member House subcommittee.
Radio Iowa reported that the bill passed the scrutiny of the Iowa House subcommittee on Wednesday, amid an intense lobbying from the conservative United Methodist Church.
The latest bill was similar to the other DFS measures that were filed and died in the state legislature.
In a nutshell, the new bill will allow Iowa’s casinos to take wagers on fantasy sports teams, but DFS operators like FanDuel and DraftKings will have to secure a state license to operate, pay the taxes, and allow state regulators to do their oversight job.
Sweden’s state-run (for the moment) gambling monopoly Svenska Spel is looking for a new leader after its longtime CEO announced his resignation.
On Friday, Svenska Spel chairman Erik Strand announced that CEO Lennart Käll had informed the company that he plans to step down from his chief executive role by the end of this summer. Strand said the hunt for Käll’s successor is already underway and a candidate would be identified by the spring.
Käll assumed the CEO’s role in 2011, and said Friday that he was proud of what he and his team had managed to accomplish over the past seven years. Käll said the company was “well prepared and look[ing] forward to competing on equal terms” with the internationally licensed online gambling operators who serve (and dominate) the Swedish market.
Sweden is in the home stretch of revamping its gambling market, which will finally allow international sites to apply for local licenses starting sometime this summer, with the official relaunch of the new liberalized market scheduled for January 1, 2019.
Giant Expectations forced owner Ryan Exline to call his travel agent by posting a front-running, 3 1/4-length triumph in the San Antonio Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park on Dec. 26.
The 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open wrapped up its two-week series on Wednesday night with the $3,500 World Poker Tour LHPO Main Event, which drew 911 entries. Darryll Fish, who […]
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Two new financial reviews by New York’s chief fiscal watchdog suggest the New York Racing Association continues to overstate the financial health of its racing operations by using VLT proceeds to make its racing business look rosier than it is.
For more than a decade, the Grammys has been widely criticized for their lack of diversity and inclusion in the major awards categories.
The last time that a non-white male artist won a best album Grammy was in 1999 when Lauryn Hill took the coveted award for her debut solo album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”.
Back then, Hill was up against four female artists in the category: “The Globe Sessions” by Sheryl Crow, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” by Lauryn Hill, “Ray of Light” by Madonna, “Come on Over” by Shania Twain and “Version 2.0” by the band Garbage, led by Shirley Manson.
Everything went back to regular programming after that year, with white male artists continuing to dominate the category–until 2017, when many artists finally said enough is enough after Adele’s “25” won against Beyonce’s “Lemonade” in the best album category.
Punter-friendly pledge comes as the Ladbrokes Coral Group betting exchange launches #ChangingForTheBettor campaign
Friday, January 26th, 2018 – BETDAQ has today introduced a flat-rate 2% commission as the first stage of its #ChangingForTheBettor campaign.
All current and future customers will benefit from the reduced commission that applies to all sports and markets on the platform, which matched in excess of £4bn-worth of bets in 2017.
The customer feedback-driven move marks a change to the company’s terms of business, rather than a short-term promotion, and is aimed at growing its player-base and market share.
For the first time in history, a digital token (BETR) will be available during the FIFA World Cup, the biggest sports betting event in the world, for true peer-to-peer betting with no central party, providing a robust escrow and settlement service.
BetterBetting, an innovative new secure peer-to-peer sports betting system, aims to reach its $30m hard cap limit and close its BETR token sale to the public.
The digital BetterBetting currency will be the industry standard for a transparent and provably fair sports betting system, and available for use during the World Cup in Russia, June 14th- July 15th and beyond.
There is no requirement for a regulated entity, since there is no central intermediary and there is no licensable entity (such as a bookmaker or exchange). The role of bookmaker is filled by a smart, automated system.
Dublin, Ireland – January 26th 2018 – KamaGames, the largest European social mobile poker operator today announced another successful collaboration with the recent release of Yoozoo games’ new social poker title, Poker Champions, into the Indian market.
Poker Champions is available now through the App Store and Google Play and is the first project launched since KamaGames and Yoozoo’s partnership was announced in October last year.
Based on the globally successful social poker title Pokerist, Poker Champions has adapted its graphical look and feel to appeal to the specific Indian gaming audience. In addition, the in-game mechanics, specifically the Party modes, have been made more fast-paced making the game a more exciting and familiar experience to Indian players.
“This is an especially good time for a major mobile game launch in India” said Andrey Kuznetsov, Managing Director for KamaGames Ireland. “We know that the average time Indian consumers spend on their phones has increased by 50% in 2017 and with the continued increase in smartphone penetration, it is expected to lead to a higher mobile commerce spend”.
888Poker continue to become the leading face of online poker in America after agreeing to extend their contract with Poker Central for a third successive year.
At 62-years-old, Stephen wanted more than his restaurant offered. The responsibility felt as heavy as a sack of coal. The only time he put the bag down was at the poker table. The tail would wag, and he would rub his damp nose into his two cards desperate not to flick them into the muck.
One day, during a serving of egg on toast, a businessman asked Stephen if he could buy him out. There was a number on a napkin. Stephen picked it up, read it, shook the man’s hand, and wheels were set in motion.
What would Stephen do without his heavy sack of coal?
FOBTs, obvs. Justice for Shrewd Punters! (Yet another) ‘Revolution’ & OuLaLa talk hogwash (again).
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The online casino industry has been in somewhat of a frenzy in recent months following a number of severe warnings issued by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. The warnings came after the CMA launched an investigation into “whether online gambling firms are treating their customers fairly.”
The probe followed concerns raised by the Gambling Commission about “misleading promotions and unfair terms being used by firms to block players’ payouts.” License conditions require “all licensed gambling operators to include in their advertisements any significant limitations relating to promotions to avoid misleading consumers.” However, the exact opposite was found to be the case, and as Sarah Harrison Gambling Commission Chief Executive noted: “I continue to have concerns that many of these [terms and conditions] appear to bamboozle rather than help the customer.”
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Dealer Roulette for Mobile this 2018
Vivo Gaming is stepping up their product portfolio this 2018, with the launching of their all New Mobile Roulette Interface. The all new Mobile Roulette interface has already been updated into existing clients’ games platform, and is offered as one of Vivo’s new products portfolio.
For the last few years, the HMTL5 team at Vivo has worked on the development of a fresh side of the Live Dealers software already existing in the market, making this year’s ICE 2018 London the perfect opportunity to present it to our partners and friends in the gaming industry.
New Interactive Mobile HTML5 Roulette Interface Among the most exciting features of the New Vivo Roulettes, we find an upgraded graphics interface, a resizable, movable floating video screen for player comfort, and an optimized system that allows all side bets possible and a full-screen mode for the all mobile versions.
Prague – 26 January 2018 – The leading boutique style gaming conference in Prague has announced more speaker profiles and it looks like the event will cover all hot topics of the industry.
Responsible Gambling is among the most searched topics of the online and land based industry in regulated markets of the European Union and with the Czech market regulation coming into place, the clear path towards an optimal performance has to be enlightened.
The organizers are honored to announce that the Responsible Gambling topic will be covered by Dan Iliovici, the President of the Romanian National Office of Gambling and the panel will feature important industry speakers such as Alex Henderson (The Ritz Hotel Casino London), Martin Arendts (ARENDTS ANWÄLTE), Pieter Remmers (Assissa) and a special guest from Harris Hagan.
In a recent interview, conducted by European Gaming Media and Events, Alex Henderson was asked about what social responsibilities does preventing money laundering include?