Monthly Archives: May 2015

Champions League final set to boost Britain’s bookies

LONDON Wednesday 27th May 2015 – After a tough run of customer-friendly results, Britain’s bookies will be hoping for a favourable boost from next week’s UEFA Champions League Final.

Data collected by global payments leader, Worldpay, during the 2014 Final between fierce rivals Real Madrid and Athletico Madrid reveals that the volume of transactions processed by Britain’s online bookies spiked by a massive 23 per cent on the day of the match1.

The data also shows the extent to which football fans love to bet in-play, with transactions in 2014 continuing throughout the match and into extra-time. The Madrid clubs drew 1-1 after 90 minutes last year, which was a positive result for the industry and saw bookies benefit from thousands of additional bets being placed in extra-time. With an explosive Real Madrid quickly scoring 3 extra-time goals to eventually win 4-1, bookies would have had to give a little bit back to customers but were no doubt pleased with the overall result.

This year’s Champions League Final will be played between four-time champions. Barcelona. and two-time winners. Juventus. The match will be held in Berlin’s Olympiastadion on Saturday 6th June and is expected to draw 75,000 fans to the stadium, with an additional estimated 380 million viewers from 200 countries watching on television.

Real Madrid Sack Carlo Ancelotti And the Club President Doesn’t Know Why?

Real Madrid have parted ways with their Italian coach, Carlo Ancelotti, and their infamous club president, Florentino Perez doesn’t know why?

Real Madrid has sacked Carlo Ancelotti.

The Italian, 55, has been shown the door after only two seasons in charge. He won the Champions League and the Copa del Rey, in his first season in charge, but failed to pick up any silverware at the second time of asking.

Out you go son.

Daughter stole mother's $1 million lottery winnings: suit

Barbara Quiles became ill after she purchased the winning New York Lottery scratch-off ticket on November 27, 2012 at the Prabhu Grocery Store in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, according to the lawsuit. Quiles trusted her daughter, Linza Ford of Elmira Heights, NY, to claim the winnings on her behalf and have the money money deposited into her bank account – $50,000 a year over a 20 year term.

Can Galaxy Macau Phase 2 jumpstart Macau’s weak market?

Wednesday marks the official launch of Galaxy Entertainment Group’s Broadway Macau and Galaxy Macau Phase 2, the first new major resort Macau has welcomed in three years.

Unlike Sands Cotai Central, which was born during Macau’s boom, the $2.1b Phase 2 arrives in a time of relative scarcity. Macau has been mired in a nearly year-long revenue slump and all of the other Macau concessionaires finishing up their own mega-projects on Cotai want to see what effect Phase 2 has on the market. Will it provide more than a short-lived bounce or will it become another casino mouth feeding off an ever shrinking pie?

The new hotels at Phase 2 and Broadway Macau will bring an additional 1,570 suites and rooms online, boosting Galaxy Macau’s total number of residences to over 4k. One of the new hotels is a Ritz-Carlton suites-only property, and its president intends to target high-rollers “as much as I can.” Despite the dwindling number of VIPs currently visiting Macau, Herve Humler said he expects to enjoy around 90% occupancy in the property’s first year.

95% IS A ‘D’ IN MACAU, APPARENTLY

One week before Russian Gaming Week-2015

Russian Gaming Week, main forum in the CIS gambling industry, will kick off in just a week. The event will take place for the ninth year in a row, being a key media for gambling in CIS and global gaming market participants.

Event will gather Russian gambling segment representatives, major online casino software developers, as well as managers of international bookmaking corporations. At Russian Gaming Week, company representatives will present their player acquisition strategies, discussing the future of CIS gambling industry.

Lively dialogue at RGW is ensured by forum sponsors, including:

Title sponsor: BetConstruct, international online casino software developer. Company apps are used by more than 1500 betting shops in 20 different countries. Thus, BetConstruct is extending its offices worldwide: UK, USA, Peru, Belarus, Malta, Armenia, South Africa.

Church still has faith in Lottery repair funds bid

ST Mary’s Church is resubmitting a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund as it gears up to celebrate the 400th anniversary of its crown jewel. Fundraising for the historic church in Lydiard Tregoze has been taking place since 2011 to pay for vital repairs to the interior and medieval wall paintings which have faded and been damaged.

Marina Bay Sands takes top prize in All Asia Dealers Championship

Marina Bay Sands won the overall prize for best team in the inaugural All Asia Dealers’ Championship at the G2E Asia show in Macau.

During the awards ceremony, held on Thursday May 21, 2015, the championship, hosted by Asia Gaming Brief and Reed Exhibitions, awarded the best of the best in dealers and teams in Asia.

The championship was designed to highlight the talent among Asia’s dealers, their customer service skills and technical ability.

List of winners: