Monthly Archives: March 2015

Teen lottery winner who bagged A 1 million on her first ticket finds new job – in chip shop

Jane Park, who was just 17 when she won in 2013, got through her first shift on Thursday night despite being “scared” of the new start One of Britain’s youngest lottery winners has taken a battering online after declaring she had taken a job in a chip shop. Jane Park , who won A 1 million in 2013, got through her first shift in the chippy on Thursday night after tweeting she was “scared” of the new start.

Game developer sues IGT, alleges violation of licensing agreement

Game developer High 5 Games said slot machine giant IGT – International Game Technology violated numerous conditions of a licensing agreement and failed to pay the company royalties from gambling features used on 81 different game titles. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, New York-based High 5 Games said IGT used its licensed game features on some of the manufacturer’s more popular slot machines.

California man misses out on $1 million lottery prize over lost ticket

A Southern California man came forward to claim a $1 million lottery prize but was sent home emptyhanded after saying that while he bought the winning ticket he later misplaced it, a lottery official said on Friday. On Thursday, the six-month deadline passed for a ticket holder to claim the $1 million Powerball prize in the drawing that took place on Sept.

A Broken Water Main Floods part of the Las Vegas Strip

A Las Vegas Valley Water District spokesman told the Las Vegas Sun that a contractor working on a construction project struck the pipeline Wednesday morning. The agency says nearby resorts and commercial properties including the MGM Grand and Monte Carlo both owned by MGM Resorts would get their water from another water line.

RAWA Hearing Rescheduled For March 26

RAWA, the Restoration of America’s Wire Act, is finally going to have its day in Washington, DC. After its original hearing was postponed earlier this month due to a significant snowstorm, the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security will take on RAWA Thursday, March 26th. The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) […]

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Tycoon's fury at ex-wife's A 2million 'lottery' divorce jackpot court claim

Dale Vince, 53, who will have to award ex-wife Kathleen Wyatt millions, said fighting the case had cost him more than A 500,000 Court battle: The Supreme Court have decided Kathleen Wyatt is entitled to a pay out from Dale Vince despite divorcing him more than 20 years ago The millionaire ex-husband of a woman seeking almost A 2million more than 20 years after their divorce has said her claim is like cashing in “a very old lottery ticket”. His ex-wife, Kathleen Wyatt, 55, won a Supreme Court bid on Wednesday to claim money from Mr Vince, who is worth an estimated A 107million and has an OBE.

Lower trigger for jackpots seen as costly for casinos

A Wall Street gaming analyst calculated that individual casinos could lose roughly $530,000 per year under a proposed Internal Revenue Service change that would lower the reporting rules for casino customer winnings. The suggested move to reduce the trigger from $1,200 to $600 on jackpots for slot machines, keno and table games, was soundly criticized by gaming industry leaders as unnecessary and burdensome.

European Commission approves Poland’s amended gambling law

The European Commission has approved Poland’s plans to amend its gambling laws, including lifting the requirement for international operators to establish a local subsidiary.

The amendments to the Polish Gambling Act were intended to accomplish two goals. First, they resolve the EC’s criticisms that Poland’s gambling laws ran counter to European Union edicts on the movement of goods and services between EU member states. Second, they lift the requirement for operators to create a “permanent establishment” in Poland, which operators had protested as an unnecessary expense.

Despite having opened up its online sports betting market to international firms in 2011, Poland has so far issued just four licenses to Fortuna Entertainment, Milenium, STS and Totolek.

Not to say that international operators aren’t interested in the Polish market. According to the Supreme Audit Office, the number of international sites targeting Polish punters rose from 86 in 2012 to 156 last year. Association of Polish Bookmakers spokesman Pawel Rabantek told Polish daily Rzeczpospolita that these international sites had “conquered” 91% of the online betting market. Rabantek said these sites’ annual turnover topped PLN 5b (€1.2b) and that Poland was missing out on hundreds of millions of zloty in lost tax revenue each year.

WSOP 2015 First-Ever Online Event to Now Include Final Six Live Table at the Rio

WSOP 2015 is taking on exactly what makes sense for the operator that is the heart and soul of Nevada’s online poker industry: an Internet event that will ultimately morph into its live counterpart at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas during this year’s tournament series. The World Series of Poker loves […]

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