Monthly Archives: June 2015

WSOP Day 18: Monster Stack Kicks Off with 3,000 for Flight A

The Monster Stack lived up to its reputation, drawing a monstrous crowd for its first flight on Friday. And while no bracelets were awarded yesterday, several tournaments are close to concluding, with three at their final tables heading into the start of play for WSOP Day 18. Successful Day 1A for Monster Stack The Monster […]

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California guv’s former spokesman named chairman of Gambling Control Commission

The California Gambling Control Commission has a new chairman, albeit one with little in the way of actual gambling industry experience.

On Friday, California Gov. Jerry Brown announced that Jim Evans would replace former Commission chairman Richard Lopes, who resigned his post last month. Until Thursday, Evans served as Brown’s spokesman. Prior to that gig, Evans held a similar mouthpiece role for the state’s Business, Transportation and Housing Agency. Evans has a journalism background, having served as a reporter for newspapers including the Sacramento Bee.

Quite how any of that qualifies Evans to preside over the state’s fractious gambling industry is one of the mysteries of politics. Evans assumes control of the $139k per year job during a time of great flux in the California gaming ecosystem, which is engaged in a highly divisive fight over how to define the parameters of a regulated online poker market.

Lopes announced his resignation last month despite Brown having reappointed Lopes to the post through 2018 in January. Lopes was the second commission member to have walked away from the job in May, following executive director Tine Littleton’s similarly abrupt exit two weeks earlier.

EJ News in Trumbull sold a $1,000,000 Diamonds scratch off top prize winning lottery ticket.

EJ News in Trumbull sold a $1,000,000 Diamonds scratch off top prize winning lottery ticket.Photo: CT Lottery / Contributed Photo The Connecticut Lottery’s Twitter and Facebook pages have announced that a $1 million dollar scratch-off ticket was sold here. So others came to EJ News in the Westfield Trumbull Mall this week, hoping that some of that luck was left.

Groups argue for judge to release Las Vegas Sands report

A news organization and nonprofit group want a Nevada judge to unseal a private investigator’s report that they say may tie casino company Las Vegas Sands Corp. to organized crime in Asia. Guardian News & Media and the Campaign for Accountability recently filed motions to unseal the report, which was filed as evidence in a former executive’s wrongful termination lawsuit against the company.

A lottery winner will bank 93 million

“We await a claim and, of course, have plenty of champagne on ice ready for our latest EuroMillions multi-millionaire,” a spokeswoman said. The ticket matched the five main numbers – 5, 8, 10, 11 and 37 – plus the two Lucky Star numbers – 7 and 9. The spokeswoman added: “It’s the fourth – and largest – EuroMillions jackpot win in this country already this year, and the lucky ticket-holder enters the National Lottery rich list in sixth place.”

Middlesex man is lottery winner – and loser

When is a $10,000 lottery winner, a loser? When the funds used to purchase the $10,000 winning ticket are from a ticket the winner allegedly stole. Middlesex man is lottery winner – and loser When is a $10,000 lottery winner, a loser? When the funds used to purchase the $10,000 winning ticket are from a ticket the winner allegedly stole.

Interpol suspends cooperation with FIFA’s anti-match-fixing program

The unfolding corruption scandal surrounding the FIFA global football body has prompted global cops Interpol to walk away from a €20m deal to help combat match-fixing.

On Friday, Interpol announced it was suspending its FIFA agreement and freezing the €20m FIFA had given Interpol four years ago to fund a 10-year Integrity in Sport effort, which operated out of Singapore. Critics of the deal had voiced concern that the funding – the largest private donation Interpol ever received – raised conflict of interest issues.

These concerns had grown louder in the wake of the indictments filed against top FIFA execs last month by US and Swiss authorities. On June 3, Interpol issued wanted-person alerts for two former senior FIFA officials – including former VP Jack Warner – and four corporate executives caught up in the corruption investigation.

Interpol secretary general Juergen Stock released a statement saying his outfit remained “committed to developing our Integrity in Sport program” but Interpol had become concerned that FIFA wasn’t necessarily “compatible with the principles, aims and activities of Interpol.”