Monthly Archives: July 2015

Gaming Industry News Weekly Recap – Stories You Might Have Missed

THE AMERICAS

Yahoo launched its new daily fantasy sports service while DraftKings’ embrace of automated scripts caused a storm of controversy; Washington politicians considered a sneakier way of preventing the spread of intrastate online gambling; four New Jersey online gambling sites were targeted by a DDOS extortionist; the PowerBall lottery jackpot became a lot harder to win; New York’s latest casino tender attracted just one bidder; Toronto city council approved a full casino expansion at Woodbine racetrack; Slotschoice.com’s David Newsttead laid out a slots license wish list; Rafi Farber cast a critical eye on the stock performance of Churchill Downs Inc. while Tatjana Pasalic and Lee Davy continued their stellar coverage of the World Series of Poker 2015.

EUROPE

Bwin.party confirmed it’s weighing a £900m acquisition offer from GVC/Amaya and GVC CEO Kennth Alexander said he’d be “staggered” if the deal doesn’t happen; Unibet acquired Stan James Online operations; 666Bet operator Metro Play Ltd. was ordered into compulsory liquidation; PokerStars banned the controversial Skier_5 HUSNG software; NetEnt’s profits rose nearly two-thirds in a “very eventful” Q2; Danske Spil acquired a majority stake in fantasy sports operator Swush while Ladbrokes pulled out of the “very fierce” Danish online gambling market; Romania posted its first online gambling blacklist; the Greek half of Cyprus finally approved its casino legislation; Evolution Gaming entered the Georgian market via a deal with Adjarabet; NagaCorp broke ground on its Russian casino project; Winamax inked a football shirt deal with Olympique de Marseilles; Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium inked a 10-year deal to host NFL games and Becky Liggero quizzed AskGamblers.com’s Marko Antonijevic on the state of the affiliate business.

Lottery's year down by $9M for education

Scholarship funds raised by Arkansas’ lottery fell by $9 million in the past fiscal year to $72.4 million, even though ticket sales barely declined. In this photo taken July 1, 2014, Sen. Jimmy Hickey, R-Texarkana, attends a meeting of the Senate Committee on State Agencies… Fiscal 2015 is the third- consecutive year that the lottery’s revenue and net proceeds raised for college scholarships have declined.

Lottery winners were sent email while on holiday but couldn't log in to check

Billion dollar wedding nearly ruined by a Bentley: Nicky Hilton gets $75k dress stuck before marrying Rothschild heir at Kensington Palace where guests dined on mac and cheese, mini pizzas and caviar ‘Middle school girls are hot’: Friend of Jared Fogle claims Subway spokesman told her MULTIPLE times that he was interested in underage girls EXCLUSIVE: Etiquette expert reveals details about the high society training course Nicky Hilton’s American wedding guests took ahead of her wedding to British banking heir James Rothschild Is a mini ICE AGE on the way? Scientists warn the sun will ‘go to sleep’ in 2020 and could cause temperatures to plummet Doctor who plunged hundreds of patients into bankruptcy by falsely diagnosing cancer and prescribing $35m of unnecessary chemo is jailed for 45 YEARS EXCLUSIVE: Scott Walker is NOT against gay marriage, say lesbian friends of GOP hopeful who was … (more)

WSOP Day 46: The Money Bubble Breaks With Brian Hastings And Philip Stark

The World Series of Poker Main Event is officially into the money. Shortly before 10 pm on Friday night, the last 1,000 players in the tournament found out that they had clinched one of the most desired prizes in the poker world: a cash in the WSOP Main Event. As the bubble approached coming out […]

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