Monthly Archives: April 2015
Walker Replaced at Seneca by Oswell
Reid Resigns
NIGA Celebrates Successful Show
Q&A with Jonadev Chaudhuri
Chairman, National Indian Gaming
MACAU SPECIAL REPORT: Upcoming Cotai Projects
Seven exciting casino concepts
MACAU SPECIAL REPORT: Five Questions with Grant Bowie
President & CEO, MGM
Rider Gil Laiz Breezing Along at OBS
Gil Laiz is most comfortable in the saddle. It’s a good thing. The 60-year-old exercise rider breezed 76 2-year-olds during the recent under tack preview ahead of Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s spring sale April 21-24.
Warrior's Reward to Spendthrift Australia
Spendthrift Australia has announced that Warrior’s Reward, the grade I-winning son of Medaglia d’Oro, will be the first of its stallions to shuttle to Australia in 2015.
Ohio Racinos Boost Penn National Gaming
Penn National Gaming Inc. reported strong financial numbers for the first three months of 2015 that it attributed to improving regional gaming trends and contributions from new racino properties in Ohio.
Del Mar's Switch to Dirt Nearly Complete
Del Mar’s change from a synthetic surface to dirt on its main track is nearly complete, with horses expected to train on it starting in mid-May.
Taiwan’s role revealed in massive China online gambling bust
A little more light has been shed on the massive online gambling bust Chinese authorities announced earlier this month.
On Thursday, the Taipei Times reported that Taiwanese authorities had arrested 37-year-old Huang Yu-jui over his alleged role in the international online gambling operation. The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said Huang helped Taiwanese gamblers connect with the illegal online network, which Chinese authorities reported involved over 200 password-protected sites.
Chinese media had reported that the network utilized servers based in Thailand and Thai authorities arrested seven Chinese nationals working as programmers and network engineers. But the CIB said at least some of the servers were based in Taiwan and that the illegal ‘25U Online Gambling Network’ allegedly rented servers from Taipei-based data center Taiwan IDC.
Huang also stands accused of laundering profits from the 25U network. It was this money movement that reportedly prompted the Chinese Ministry of Public Security to contact the CIB about cooperating in the takedown.
$1 million Mega Millions ticket sold in Henrico County
A $1 million Mega Millions ticket was sold in Henrico County, according to the Virginia Lottery. The winning ticket for the April 21 drawing was sold at the 7-Eleven located at Williamsburg Road.
Patience the Key for Condo Commando
The connections of Longines Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) hopeful Condo Commando passed on a trip to last year’s Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park and have a fresh, strong contender at Churchill Downs.
RCI Committee Approves Cobalt Regulations
An Association of Racing Commissioners International Committee April 23 approved a testing threshold level and penalties for the mineral cobalt, a naturally occurring substance in racehorses.
Illinois to Honor State-Bred Champs May 9
The Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation 2015 Awards Dinner, honoring the state-bred champions of 2014, will be held May 9, at Arlington International.
Study: Keeneland Provides $590 Million Impact
A recently-completed University of Kentucky economic study determined that outside visitors to Keeneland race meets and sales delivered a $590 million annual impact on the Lexington economy.
Broad Horse-Protection Plan Floated by RCI
The Association of Racing Commissioners International will put out for comment a broad equine welfare proposal that would sanction anyone found to have used excessive amounts of substances to the detriment of racehorses.
A 4% Yielder Down 50%
With a collapsing share price, Wynn Resorts stock now yields an all-time high of 4.3%. Down roughly 50% in the past 12 months, the company does come with its share of concerns.
Gaming Industry Veteran Jeff Zabriskie Named Practice Director for…
Zabriskie will be workingi 1 2closely with the Applied Group’s Engineering & Operations Teams to validate current offerings and to provide overall direction and input with regards to new offerings that will significantly further Applied Group’s growth in this market. He was formerly, Vice President Infrastructure, Pinnacle Entertainment .i 1 2 In that position, Zabriskie was Responsible for the enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure with a Network and Server Engineering team to support 15 casino/hotel/spa locations, after holding the same position with Ameristar for six years.i 1 2 At Pinnacle, he managed a team supporting abut 800 Windows physical and VM servers, ~6,000 PCs and 12 iSeries systems.