A Hot Lotto ticket sold in Kadoka is worth $9,000 and a Wild Card 2 ticket sold in Pierre is worth $6,000 following the April 25, 2015 drawing. The Hot Lotto ticket holder matched four of five white ball numbers and the Hot Ball to win the game’s $3,000 third prize but because they purchased the Sizzler option for an additional dollar, the prize was tripled to $9,000.
Monthly Archives: April 2015
The GOP hopefuls and the billionaire donor: How their views align
In today’s political age, when candidates take a stand on an issue, they have to consider more than just how their views will play with voters. Politicians often have to weigh how their policies will go over with billionaire donors who can buoy or sink campaigns.
Kasich Weighs Odds, Money in Possible Presidential Run
Ohio Gov. John Kasich elaborated on his possible presidential run Sunday, saying that he’ll decide based on his fundraising outlook and odds of success. “I’ve taken another big step, for me, which is to create a political organization to begin to accumulate more resources so I can travel more robustly and begin to think about infrastructure,” Mr. Kasich said on CNN’s “State of the Union” show.
Alto Aims High With Materiality
Ed Harrell and Gil Moutray formed Alto Racing to participate at racing’s highest level, and they have accomplished that dream with Besilu Stables Florida Derby (gr. I) winner Materiality.
Kansas AG says Fantasy sports is not illegal in the state
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt released an opinion that states fantasy sports leagues are not considered illegal lotteries under Kansas Law, because they are games of skill.
Schmidt issued the legal opinion on Friday at the request of a Kansas House member who opposes gambling. In defining fantasy sports, the proposal says they’re [fantasy sports] contests determined by the skill of the participants. Schmidt said one key element of a lottery is that chance determines the outcome.
The opinion opposed the previously published position of the Kansas Gaming and Racing Commission (KRGC).
For several years, the KRCG had interpreted the state’s gaming law and indicated on its website that “chance predominates over skill in fantasy sports leagues” and that “if a fantasy sports league has a buy-in (no matter what it is called) for its managers and gives a prize, then all three elements of an illegal lottery are satisfied.”
Akamon expands slots offering with two new high-quality releases: “Dragon Egg” and “Wild Blooms”
Barcelona, 22 of April 2015.-Akamon Entertainment, the leading social gaming company specialising in social traditional and casino games in Latin America and Southern Europe, has released two new slots games across portal, Facebook and mobile platforms: Dragon Egg and Wild Blooms.
Dragon Egg is a 4×6 reel grid game that features a guaranteed stack on each spin that multiplies pays 2x or 3x, which is a compelling feature for high value players and a nice hook for new ones. This new slot game has been developed by Akamon’s Tel Aviv team, and is available in portal, Facebook, and mobile.
Additionally, Akamon has released its new slot Wild Blooms in its Viva! Bingo and Slots product, launching a new standard of graphics, math, and mechanics, the key feature being a very frequent multiplier feature that multiplies pays up to 15x. This game has been developed at a very rapid pace and represents a synchronized effort by a team in multiple locations. It’s also the first game developed in Akamon’s new framework, and all the development effort is directly portable to mobile.
Akamon’s CPO Alex Cohen highlights “The talent of our teams and the flexibility of our framework, which enable us to produce new high-quality slot games at a rate of over one per month, and we expect them to perform alongside our Video Bingo product line, which we are expanding at a similar rate”. “We’ve taken the best practices in design for slots and brought them into our environments, and we are excited to see their performance”, ads Cohen.
Zynga COO Downie resigns; former Genentech CFO Lavigne joins board
Zynga has announced changes in the company’s executive team as COO Clive Downie has resigned from the social gaming company while former Genentech CFO Louis Lavigne joined the board.
The move comes 15 days after the company announced that Don Mattrick, the chief executive of Zynga for 20 months, left and was replaced by founder and CEO Mark Pincus.
Downie had joined Zynga in November 2013 as chief executive of its American and European businesses and holding responsibility for its mobile gaming platform.
Downie has now joined Unity Technologies, the developer of a widely-used 3D gaming engine, as chief marketing officer.
Women's History in Aviation Exhibit Comes to Laramie County Library
Carlene Mendieta, who is trying to recreate Earhart’s 1928 record as the first woman to fly across the US and back again, left Rye, NY on September 5, 2001. Earhart disappeared without trace over the Pacific Ocean in her attempt to fly around the world in 1937.
Jackpots rise for 3 big Louisiana lotteries
The Louisiana Lottery Corp. says nobody won the jackpots in Saturday’s big drawings, so the top prizes are rising for Wednesday’s drawings. The estimated jackpot for the Powerball will be $60 million, with Lotto rising to $525,000 and Easy 5 to $180,000.
Interview with Operations Director of GoCoin Eric Benz
Rebecca Liggero talks to Eric Benz, Operations Director of GoCoin, an expert in crypto currency world. He talks about what he’s been working on for the past year in terms of working with the regulators.
666Bet to use Skrill to process payouts
Online gambling operator 666Bet has instructed its customers to open an account with online wallet Skrill in order for the company to begin processing its payments.
“In preparation for you being able to access your account and make a withdrawal can we ask that all customers who do not currently have a Skrill/Moneybookers account to please open one as soon as possible as this will be the only option open to customers in the near future.”
“666Bet would like to thank customers once again for their patience in this matter and we appreciate your understanding in what has been a very difficult period where we have been reliant on other 3rd parties”
On April 16, 666Bet said that it had been “reliably and explicitly informed on several occasions by our potential third party platform provider that they were waiting for approval from the UKGC … The UKGC have now informed us that this is not the case.”
April 26, 2015 Powerball Numbers
As a cold front sinks southward, it will spark a few scattered showers and thunderstorms across parts of the area. The best chance for showers will be in the afternoon and evening today.
Horse Racing Legend AP McCoy Retires After Picking Up His 20th Champion Jockey Trophy
Horse Racing legend AP McCoy brings his magnificent career to a close collecting his 20th Champion Jockey trophy, before a packed house at sunny Sandown.
It was almost perfect.
A sell out crowd of more than 18,000 people at sunny Sandown, a whole host of celebrities standing in line to pay their respects, and his close friends and family all in tow.
The only thing that horse racing legend AP McCoy was missing was his 4,349th professional victory. He was always the box office star, but his horse of the same name could do no better than third, as a tearful McCoy pulled down a reluctant curtain on the most amazing career.
Omaha Mavericks Fans Get The Taco Cannon Treatment
Fans of the Omaha Mavericks will be delighted to hear that they will be pelted by flying tacos after the University of Nebraska Omaha teamed up with a local eatery to fire tacos into the stand during hockey games.
Fans of the Omaha Mavericks are going to be settling into life in their new $81.6m stadium. But screw that. Who cares about any of that old nonsense? All the talk in Nebraska, Omaha is of flying Tacos.
The University of Nebraska has teamed up with local eatery, Voodoo Taco, to pelt the crowd with ready to eat Tacos during games played at the new stadium.
Firing merchandise into American sporting stadium’s fired through air powered cannons is not a new thing in American sport. Everything from t-shirts, to stuffed toys, and soft balls are flung into the crowd during matches – but food?
Can a Computer Solve No Limit Hold’em?
4 of poker’s most talented Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em players are locked in a battle of Brains v Artificial Intelligence as computer scientists use poker as a way to improve the world.
In 1957, Herbert Simon and Allen Newell, two jewels in the crown of Artificial Intelligence development, predicted that within the next 10-years a computer would beat the best player in the world at Chess.
In 1997, IBM’s Deep Blue beat the World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov (31/2-21/2). Thirty years had passed since the two experts had made their bold predictions.
Even the smartest people in the world get it wrong.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Lifted to "Buy" at Vetr Inc.
The firm currently has a $55.26 price objective on the stock. Vetr ‘s target price suggests a potential upside of 0.02% from the company’s current price.
Champ Calgary Cat Up Late in Jacques Cartier
Canada’s reigning champion sprinter Calgary Cat overhauled pacesetter Parise in the final strides and won the $132,000 Jacques Cartier Stakes April 26 at Woodbine.
Brian Lemke Wins the Borgata Spring Poker Open Main Event
Brian Lemke wins the Borgata Spring Poker Open Main Event after defeating Andy Spears, in heads-up action, to take the first prize of $276,949 in Atlantic City.
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Brian Lemke loves The Borgata.
The Pennsylvanian native has just picked up the fourth six figure score of his career, and the second earned in the venue that recently won the Operator of the Year award at the 2015 EGR North American awards.
Full Tilt to Sponsor the International Poker Open
Full Tilt has replaced Boylepoker as the headline sponsor for the low stakes buy-in event, The International Poker Open, with events promised throughout Ireland and England.
Full Tilt has thrown out a timely reminder that they still have some love for their poker arm, after signing a deal to replace Boylepoker as the headline sponsor for the International Poker Open (IPO).
Fans of Full Tilt were beginning to wonder. The word ‘poker’ was dropped from the title, and virtual poker tables put in storage to make way for the new look online casino. But the announcement of the partnership with the IPO, and the introduction of an online satellite qualification program, shows that the low buy-in recreational player is still highly thought of.
PokerStars has the United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT), and Full Tilt now has the Full Tilt IPO. The arrangement runs from May 2015 through to April 2016 with seven events already announced. Scottish and Welsh players will be disappointed, although there are more events going to be released in 2016.
It could be you! Time is running out for EuroMillions winner to claim
A Lottery winner who purchased their ticket in Leicester is being urged to come forward to claim their life-changing A 1 million prize. The winner has just two months to claim their prize, which was won on the Tuesday December 23 2014 EuroMillions Millionaire Maker game.