California Assemblyman Mike Gatto has made amendments to his Golden State online poker bill, scrapping the widely criticized clause that demanded mandatory in-person registration at land-based casinos. Under the initial proposal of Bill AB 9, new players would only be able to create an online poker account by visiting the poker site’s affiliated land-based cardroom, a […]
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California Chrome’s victory in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) was voted the 2014 National Thoroughbred Racing Association Moment of the Year.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission’s frustration with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals practically spills off the 27 pages summing up its investigation of the Steve Asmussen stable.
It’s a little early to proclaim a Cinderella story in the making, but Old English Rancho does seem to have a nice colt in its homebred 2-year-old Acceptance.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has made an arrest in the four-year-old case involving a winning Hot Lotto ticket worth more than $16 million. Eddie Raymond Tipton, 51, of Norwalk, was arrested on Thursday.
The 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is officially in the books and this year’s edition is heralded as a complete success. Despite the controversy surrounding re-entry events, both high roller events shattered records for entries and prize pools. Also, Kevin Schulz walked away with the PCA Main Event title and $1.49 million.
Kevin Schulz Wins PCA Main Event for $1.49 Million
The 2015 PCA Main Event drew a solid field of 816 players but for most of the first four days, the poker world was obsessed with the man known as Ronaldo. The retired Brazilian footballer went deep in the Main Event, ultimately finishing in 26th place. Once the obsession over Ronaldo died down, we could focus on who would take down the $1.49 million first place prize.
The final table of this event started with Chance Kornuth as chip leader and American pro Kevin Schulz second in chips. Kornuth would fall in third place, leaving Schulz to battle Diego Ventura for the title.
As part of its extensive investigation into Steve Asmussen stable following allegations of horse mistreatment from an animal rights group, the KHRC compiled safety numbers in which the trainer fared well
Sometimes it’s easy. Sometimes it’s not. The voting for 2014 Horse of the Year fell into the latter category, and the outcome surely will be debated for quite some time.
Her 2011 debut solo recording, SHiNE grabbed the ear of a Cirque de Soleil producer, who invited her to Las Vegas to join the musical ensemble for Cirque du Soleil as cellist and mezzo-soprano for KA , the gravity-defying production by Cirque at the MGM Grand. Tucker balances her indie artist career with her continuing role for Cirque du Soleil, splitting her time between Durham and Las Vegas.
The Koh Puis Investment Group has set its sights on building an exclusive resort and casino project in Cambodia. According to multiple reports, the company is already lining up investors for the project and is targeting the Morakot Island off the coast of Sihanoukville, Cambodia as the location of the resort.
Plans call for the company to develop one six-star resort, two five-star hotels, a four-star casino hotel, a VIP casino, a marina yacht and Beach Club, and a slew of entertainment facilities, including bars, restaurants, a spa and fitness center, and a marina village, among other things.
The location was largely unknown as recently as the past decade. Access was difficult back then and the only people who frequented the area were backpackers enjoying adventures off the beaten path. But with a new international airport within the vicinity, the island has become a popular attraction among locals and tourists, making it an intriguing site to develop a world-class integrated resort and casino.
An investment report by Ptolemy Capital hinted at the enormous potential of the site, calling an untapped goldmine that’s ripe for development. “The secret is out and the past five years land prices have trebled and quadrupled as the international airport now makes the location easy to reach and double digit growth on the tourist numbers every year,” the report said.
The Koh Puis investment group has so far spent $126 million on the project, including building a 985-meter bridge from Koh Puis to the mainland. In addition, it has also obtained in-principle approval from the government for the casino, a construction permit, and an assessment of environment and social impacts.
The firm has also inked deals with both the Ritz Carlton and Renaissance to operate the island hotels.
Over in Saipan, Alter City Group has taken significant steps forwards with its plan to build an integrated resort and casino in Tinian. According to the Marianas Variety, the Macau-based investor has lined up three Chinese construction firms, including China Construction Group, to discuss construction details of the proposed resort and casino at Puntan Diablo.
A leading City foreign exchange broker has gone bust after its clients suffered massive losses from the Swiss franc’s sudden trashing of the euro yesterday. Alpari UK – which sponsors Premiership football club West Ham United – has applied for insolvency after the Swiss National Bank sent currency markets into turmoil by unexpectedly removing a cap that held the euro at 1.20 Swiss francs or stronger.
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Many iGaming industry workers are planning to hit London for the combined iGaming conferences ICE and the London Affiliate Conference (LAC), which is why we decided to ask our readers, “Which Conferences will you be attending?”
47% voted, “ICE” 6% said, “LAC” and 47% said, “Both.”
The 9th London Affiliate Conference will be held from January 31st to February 3rd at Olympia National, London at Hammersmith Road.
Optimal Payments Plc. announces that its NETBANX iGaming payment solution is now fully integrated and operational on Ontario States’ newly launch PlayOLG, following the announcement of a five-year agreement between OLG and Optimal Payments on April 22.
PlayOLG offers online interactive lottery, casino and poker games for Ontario residents.
“We are as committed as OLG to provide responsible and sustainable online gaming,” said Danny Chazonoff, COO of Optimal Payments. “Offering regulated services in this sector is highly complex and we shared our expertise and experience with OLG. This helps the company achieve its goal of responsible play while supporting community and charitable programs.”
Optimal Payments provides OLG the ability to deliver an enhanced customer experience while maximizing conversions, which PlayOLG.ca needed as it faced several issues since its launch on January 8, leaving its customers frustrated.
The website received complaints regarding the difficult registration process, requiring customers to put all their information as it exactly appears on their government identification documents.
PlayOLG.ca received further criticism as several functions of its customer support were not working, including live chat and email support.
Some of its customers even used social media channels to report issues such as games’ loading times and glitches in geolocation access services, not allowing some customers to register with the gambling portal.
UNDATED Nobody won the Powerball jackpot last night, so it goes up to $194-million for the next drawing on Saturday night. Wisconsin players did not have much luck.
Casino mogul Steve Wynn, in his first public appearance in Massachusetts since winning the lucrative Boston-area gambling license, promised on Thursday that his $1.6 billion resort for the Everett waterfront will echo the “grand hotels” of the past, offering the largest hotel rooms outside of Las Vegas and other luxury amenities. “It’s the non-casino things that people get on airplanes and put up with body searches and stuff like that for,” he said at a real estate industry seminar at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
Casino mogul Steve Wynn on Thursday evening told a gathering of more than 2,000 real estate developers and other professionals that he is confident his planned casino on the waterfront in Everett will became a major economic engine in Massachusetts, while also taking the opportunity to gently chide those who could slow him down. Wynn spend most of his twenty-minute speech reminiscing about his family roots – both his parents were from Revere – and promoting his plans to build a $1.75 billion casino resort.
Gillian Bayford bagged her EuroMillions huge windfall in 2012 and declared herself a “lucky girl” after her motor dealer boyfriend Alan Warnock went down on one knee A lottery winner who bagged a huge A 148million jackpot is getting married to a car salesman who sold her a fleet of luxury motors. The 42-year-old millionaire declared herself a “lucky girl” after her motor dealer boyfriend went down on one knee.
Chuck Panozzo, Ricky Phillips, Todd Sucherman, Tommy Shaw, James “J.Y.” Young and Lawrence Gowan. Portrait shoot at Macon City Auditorium on October 4, 2014 in Macon, Georgia.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has made an arrest in the four-year-old case involving a winning Hot Lotto ticket worth more than $16 million. Eddie Raymond Tipton, 51, of Norwalk, was arrested on Thursday.
KCCI 8 News …”> It’s a story that’s been going on for years! Tonight, breaking news in the hot lotto mystery. This investigation started back in 2010, when a lottery ticket was bought at a Quicktrip store in Des Moines.