Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: The Canadian gold mining company is merging with fellow gold mining company AuRico Gold Inc. in a deal worth about $1.5 billion. Mylan said it filed notice of its proposed buyout with antitrust regulators as it awaits a response from the generic drug company.
It happens whenever there’s a big market event and securities authorities get bored and want to feel relevant. So they go after high profile people just so they can get their names in the papers as “Administrators of Justice”. Martha Stewart went through it with the SEC, Mark Cuban thankfully escaped it, and now Amaya’s executive inner circle is trying to fend it off as well from the AMF. Insider trading, who knew what when, who traded what in response and why, and how much money did everyone make who might have, Heaven Forefend, known something?
We’ll get into where Amaya is now both regarding this investigation as well as financially and the risks ahead, but first a look at insider trading itself and its supposedly “unfair” and “criminal” nature.
Insider trading laws are like antitrust laws. They’re based on nothing objective, with very loose definitions, and swing based on hunches and the personal feelings of judges and other government officials. How can anyone determine what is insider information and what isn’t? Knowledge is never uniform. Famed investor Jim Rogers, for example, was known and is still known for physically going to places and markets he is interested to invest in, talking to the relevant people, getting a feel for what’s going on. Certainly a lot more than investors do, which is mostly look at computers (like me).
If Jim Rogers has a conversation with a CEO or some big guy in an industry or a government official somewhere who knows something about an imminent war that will rile markets, he has information that I don’t have. And he can act on it. And if he does, other people tend to follow. Is that insider trading or just hard work? Who knows?
Gov. Christie’s management of the New Jersey Lottery isn’t hitting any jackpots. The private company he hired to run the games has increased administrative costs and repeatedly fallen short of revenue targets.
Reed Exhibitions/ Global Gaming Expo and Asia Gaming Brief are delighted to announce their cooperation on the All Asia Dealers’ Championship, with the inaugural edition to take place next May concurrently with G2E Asia 2015.
The concept is for Macau to host a high quality, annual event that honors the front line of the industry and promotes responsible gaming and corporate social responsibility, according to the organizers.
Josephine Lee, senior vice president of Reed Exhibitions Chinasaid: “We are excited about this addition to the G2E Asia schedule of events which will serve to further integrate the Asian gaming industry and bring the different stakeholders together for a fun and exciting event. It makes sense to hold it during G2E Asia, which is THE meeting point for regulators, operators, suppliers, industry associations and representatives from across the region.”
“Our aim is to develop an international platform for croupiers to further develop their talent and skills as they are an integral part of the gaming industry. They need to know that the industry cares about them and is here to support them through their careers,” Rosalind Wade, managing director of Asia Gaming Brief said.
Australia is poised to become a gambling heavyweight as growing wealth in Asia, coupled with VIP gambling spending, could boost the country’s casino revenue to as much as $6.2 billion by 2020.
Market researcher IBISWorld made the claim, saying that Australia’s three new casinos – one in Sydney, two in Queensland – could act as the driving forces in bringing more of Asia’s richest gamblers to the Land Down Under. IBISWorld senior industry analyst Spencer Little told The Australian that the opening of Crown Resorts’ $1.3 billion VIP-only casino on Sydney Harbour and the two casino projects in Queensland – Aquis Resorts’ $8 billion development in Cairns and ASF Consortium’s $7.5 billion project in the Gold Coast – has the potential to jump-start Australia’s casino industry, which hasn’t had a new casino since the Reef Hotel Casino opened in 1996. Incidentally, Hong Kong billionaire Tony Fung’s Aquis Resorts was in line to purchase the casino before the deal fell through late last year.
With the opening of these new casinos, Australia could turn into a premier gambling destination in the Asia-Pacific region with the capacity to compete against the likes of Macau, Singapore, the Philippines, and other countries in Asia. Japan could also make things interesting, although it still has to deal with a myriad of issues before it can join the region’s exploding casino industry.
Despite the increased competition brought about by more casinos opening in the region, IBISWorld believes Australia can more than hold its own, thanks in large part to “high levels of domestic spending and increasing levels of foreign gambling dollars.”
Advanced payments acceptance and fraud prevention technologies boosts TAIN’s payment platform and risk management services for licensees
SafeCharge (AIM: SCH), a leader in advanced payment technologies, and TAIN AB, a leading turnkey solution provider for the e-gaming industry, today announced that they will be collaborating to offer payment services to White Label licensees and enhance eGaming payment funnel conversion.
TAIN, a leading technology driven company that has developed platforms and online gaming solutions since 1999, has recently opened up a number of new International markets. By utilising SafeCharge’s network of Alternative Payment Methods, TAIN will now give its White Label licensees access to a wide range of local and alternative payment methods. By adding all these new methods, TAIN will be able to significantly expand its reach, optimise conversion rates, and will bring higher revenues.
SafeCharge was selected to provide payment services and risk solutions based on the Company’s strength in fraud prevention, payment processing and rapid integration.
The Deal : Alamos Gold Inc. and AuRico Gold Inc. announced that they have agreed to merge their respective companies in a transcation valued at approximately US$1.5 billion. Alamos shares will receive, for each share held, 1 MergeCo share and $0.0001 in cash, and holders of AuRico shares will receive, for each share held, 0.5046 MergeCo shares.
EDDIE TIPTON OF NORWALK FACES TWO COUNTS OF FRAUD. HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY SOUGHT A DELAY MONDAY JUST BEFORE JURY SELECTION BEGAN SAYING NEW PROSECUTION WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE REQUIRES MORE TIME TO PREPARE.
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Great Britain’s Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association April 13 launched a significant campaign requesting industry support to prevent the decline of the British stayer.
America’s Best Racing has released episode 2 of the four-part series of digital video ads titled “The Road Less Traveled: The Road to the Triple Crown”.
William Bianco Jr., a former racing commissioner and horse owner, suffered a stroke and died April 11 in San Jose, Calif. He was 75.
Zayat Stables’ American Pharoah, part of a three-prong attack on the Kentucky Derby by trainer Bob Baffert, came out of Oaklawn race fine and wasted no time getting to Churchill Downs.
What’s really keeping Alabama from creating a state lottery? That’s the question we posed to WHNT News 19 Political Analyst Jess Brown at Athens State University on Monday. It’s been over 15 years since Alabama voters rejected a state lottery.
Ron Finlay, CEO of responsible gambling watchdog The Senet Group, is among the panel of independent judges announced for this year’s WhichBingo Awards, the biggest awards event dedicated solely to online bingo.
The expert panel, which will preside over the prestigious ‘Most Socially Responsible Bingo Operator’ award, consists of:
● Ron Finlay: CEO of The Senet Group
● Stella Dalton: Head of Education & Prevention at GamCare
Gibraltar, 14 April 2015 – Trimark is launching the first iGaming version of the much cherished Mexican bingo game, Lotería.
While Lotería originated in Italy, its popularity was cemented in Mexico after arriving from Spain more than 200 years ago. Formerly the reserve of the colonial upper classes, the game became ubiquitous to the extent that it is still ingrained in local culture. Its richly decorated playing cards depict iconic and romanticised images that give the player insight into Mexican life via puns, riddles and beautiful artwork. Scenes include gastronomic motifs such as churros, religious symbols and those that offer a satirical or philosophical view on life. The game is still played by tens of millions of players today in much the same way as it has influenced generations beforehand.
The game itself replaces classic bingo balls with the illustrated playing cards that make this game stand out from other popular bingo varieties. Although the cards are numbered, the focus is on matching the pictures on a ticket showing a pre-defined sequence of images as the caller draws them from the pack.
In the single player real-money version, the player wins by matching patterns in the paytable before the 54-card deck runs out. The earlier in the game this happens the more the player stands to win, with multiple wins on offer for matching more than one pattern on a ticket. Trimark’s production is a modern adaptation that remains true to the authentic imagery and style seen in early versions of the game. It has been designed to be humorous and fun with added achievements and social features to reward players that play time and again.
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has added GECO Gaming, Sportsradar and iSoftBet to the list of operators and service providers licensed to offer products in the UK online gambling market.
Sportradar’s subsidiary Betradar has been awarded remote and operating licenses to provide its UK-based clients with virtual sports services. This applies for the integration via XML-feed-integration as well as via Betradar’s Remote Game Server.
“We’re delighted to have met the high quality standards set by the UKGC which at the same time underlines the quality of Betradar’s products,” said Neale Deeley, Commercial Director at Sportradar. “This official license lets us look forward to expand and to offer great products and services to clients in the UK market. Being a key market this was of high importance for us and we can now target further growth.”
Wagermill and Gaming Lab’s GECO has also been awarded a UK license, plus a Category 2 license from the Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC).
MBAC Fertilizer Corp. . Fertilizer producer. Up 5.5 cents, or 68.75 per cent, to 13.5 cents on 17.4 million shares.
The 2000 movie “Lucky Numbers,” which stars John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow, depicted a con-artist duo trying to hack the lottery system. Eddie Raymond Tipton, who worked as the Director of Information Security for the Multi-State Lottery Association, was arrested last January by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations over a mysterious unclaimed Lotto ticket.