Looking to replicate V. E. Day’s success last year in the Curlin Stakes as a springboard to an upset victory in the Travers Stakes (gr. I), a field of seven has been entered for the July 31 test at Saratoga Race Course.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Playboy Poker Closes Down for Second Time
The Playboy Mansion is still hosting wild parties, and the Playboy magazine is still being bought (for the articles!) by millions worldwide. But Playboy Poker is shutting down for the second time in its history, announcing that Monday would be the final day of operation for the latest incarnation of the poker site. The original […]
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Durkin Named TCA Honored Guest
Tom Durkin, one of racing’s great race callers, has been selected by the board of directors of the Thoroughbred Club of America as the 2015 Honored Guest, TCA president Shannon Arvin announced July 27.
Florida to tribe: Prepare to end blackjack games at casinos
Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida seem headed for a showdown about the operation of the tribe’s successful casinos. A deal authorizing blackjack and other types of card games at casinos such as the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa expires Friday.
New York Lawmaker Writes Op-Ed Against RAWA
As the Restoration of Wire Act continues to wait for potential action in Congress, it has become clear that state lawmakers are pretty much on one side of the issue. Nearly every time we hear of a state-level politician weighing in on RAWA or other federal bans on Internet gambling, the state officials are clearly […]
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UW Enlists Consultant to Help Find New President
University of Wyoming trustees are about to choose a consultant to help with the search for the next university president. The trustees will hold a teleconference at 4 p.m. Monday to select a consulting firm.
Square: New Hitman on digital an organic decision, Steam Machines 'wait and see'
New technology has been the name of the game, for lack of a better term, in the gaming industry over the past few years, and with several VR releases upcoming, don’t expect that to change. Not only will we see VR enter the market in 2016, but we will see the arrival of Steam Machines and the emergence of alternative business models.
Allergy Technologies' chief executive buys 50,000 shares
The chief executive of Allergy Therapeutics bought new shares in the company few days after releasing a positive trading update. Manuel Llobet purchased 50,000 shares for an individual price of 24.45p, spending a total of A 12,225.
Belmont Average Handle, Attendance Declined
Average daily handle and attendance declined during the 59-day meet at Belmont Park that was highlighted by American Pharoah becoming the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.
FT challenges Nikkei's values
It’s a bleak day for journalism. Mr. Market and his idea that everything and anything can be bought if you pay enough has triumphed: Even so, news that the U.K. company Pearson has accepted 844 million in cash from Japan’s Nikkei for the Financial Times is depressing.
GVC Upstages 888 Holdings With New Bwin.party Takeover Bid, Sans Amaya
GVC Holdings will make a bid of just under £1 billion ($1.5 billion) for bwin.party, as it attempts to drive rival 888 Holdings out of the pot with the mother of all 4-bets. The company has secured debt financing for the bid from Cerberus Capital Management, a US private equity group. Cerberus is part of […]
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Boys and Girls Club Families Receive Tickets to Daddy of Em' All
Members and families of the Boys and Girls Club of Cheyenne graciously accept tickets to lunch and a show at this year’s Daddy of Em’ All. Holly Frontier, who has been a major supporter of the Boys and Girls Club over the past five years, presents tickets to eight families affiliated with the Boys and Girls Club.
F-T Moves Midlantic December Sale to 2016
Fasig-Tipton is moving its 2015 December sale into the new year. The company’s Midlantic division will conduct its mixed auction in Timonium, Md., Jan. 31, 2016.
French Bloodstock Agent Moquet Dies at Age 46
French bloodstock agent Jean-Marc Moquet died July 24 at his home in France at age 46.
Reports of Mares Bred Due by Aug. 1.
The Jockey Club is reminding stallion managers to submit their Reports of Mares Bred for the 2015 breeding season by Aug. 1.
Sunday newspaper round-up: Bwin.party, Scotland, Greece
The owner of Sportingbet has teamed up with an aggressive American hedge fund to roar back into contention for Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment with a A 1bn takeover bid. GVC, an online gambling company listed on AIM, the junior London stock market, is understood to have joined forces with Cerberus Capital Management to launch a new offer for Bwin, the owner of Foxy Bingo.
Moneysupermarket.com appoints departing Pearson CFO as non-exec director
Robin Freestone has been appointed as a non-executive by Moneysupermarket.com, the financial services group confirmed on Monday. Freestone, who is to step down from his current role as chief financial officer of publishing company Pearson at the beginning of next month, will step into his new role on 1 August, the FTSE 250 group said.
$188 million lottery winner arrested on marijuana charges
North Carolina single mother Marie Holmes, who won the $188 million Powerball lottery in February, was arrested on July 23 for marijuana possession. Officers also arrested three other people from her home in Shallotte, North Carolina.
The 'Financial Times' sale – the deal few in London saw coming
It was the deal no one expected. For years there have been sporadic rumours that the Financial Times, Britain’s stately grand dame of journalism, was on the auction block, but for 16 years, Marjorie Scardino, CEO of owners Pearson Plc, stoutly rebuffed all suggestions, saying the salmon-pink FT would be sold “over my dead body”.
LeoVegas Granted UK Remote Operator Licence
24th July 2015 – Online and mobile casino operator LeoVegas has been granted a remote operator licence by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). Under the new licence, which became effective on July 23rd, LeoVegas will continue to focus on branding and acquisition within the UK market.
LeoVegas had been required to obtain the new licence under a new set of regulations that were introduced in the UK late last year, having previously operated in compliance with UK regulations set by the UKGC.
Johan Styren, LeoVegas CEO, said: “It is gratifying that LeoVegas has received a license in the UK. The UK is one of the key markets for us so it is natural for LeoVegas, as one of the leading online and mobile gaming companies in Europe, to operate under a local license in the UK market. We have made a clear footprint as the King of Mobile Casino, and with the operator license now in place, we will keep investing in the market.”
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