PKR, a major 3D online poker site, is bringing its third head honcho of the year on board, leading to speculation about what’s happening internally in the gaming operator’s politics. Former Sportingbet executive Neil Alexander is leaving his post as chief executive for unknown reasons to make way for incoming ex-bwin.party poker director Chris Welch […]
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The brokerage presently has a $53.60 price objective on the casino operator’s stock. Vetr ‘s price target would indicate a potential upside of 13.18% from the company’s current price.
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As he does every August, Brian Greenspun is taking some time off and is turning over his Where I Stand column to others. Today’s guest columnist is Jan Jones, former Las Vegas mayor and executive vice president of Caesars Entertainment Corp. As a woman who’s been involved in government and corporate America for several decades, I’ve been speaking and writing about the role of women in government and corporate America for almost as long.
THE AMERICAS
New Jersey lost its sports betting legal fight for the umpteenth time; Gamblers Anonymous pondered adding daily fantasy sports to its official list of no-no’s while DraftKings spent nearly $10m on TV ads in a single week and hired poker pro Jason Somerville as spokesmodel; advance deposit wagering site Xpressbet claimed ‘cyber terrorists’ were behind its weekend shutdown; researchers suggested playing Tetris could help reduce problem gambling cravings; a Canadian court rejected a high-roller’s bid to avoid paying his Asian casino debt; Resorts World New York became the state’s first racino to add video blackjack while Maryland casinos got permission to reduce slots payouts; a hotel chain asked to be let out of its Baha Mar contract while the project’s developer attempted to screw over its Chinese contractor; Florida resumed gaming compact negotiations with the Seminole tribe; Nevada casinos’ baccarat handle fell one-third in July; a federal judge told Caesars and its creditors to prep for a trial; Two Plus Two forum publisher Mason Malmuth talked up the importance of gamifying poker to attract new players and Phil Ivey claimed Atlantic City’s Borgata casino uses booze and breasts to gain an edge over gamblers.
EUROPE
News of a proposed Paddy Power – Betfair merger surprised the gambling industry; Bwin.party eked out a rare profit; 888 said its earnings were “impressive” given market conditions; GVC Holdings said its boffo numbers showed why its Bwin.party bid should prevail; Playtech’s H1 earnings report downplayed its grey- and black-market revenue; Evolution Gaming inked a deal with Genting Alderney and said conditions are “exceptionally good” to take over the live dealer world; online gamblers in the Netherlands are smarter than the overall population; Cherry AB’s H1 growth was all down to its online operations; Twitch got some competition as YouTube launched a dedicated gaming channel; PokerStars was forced to drop youthful spokesman Neymar Jr. from a UK promotion while Full Tilt hired ex-Betfair marketing man Mark Ody; a Spanish poker player staged a bogus kidnapping plot to pay his gambling debts; Becky Liggero offered pointers on how iGaming affiliates can avoid being screwed over; Dice London CEO Gwen Andrieux explained why marketing gambling isn’t like marketing soap and Wink Bingo’s Eitan Gorodetsky studied RedBus Bingo’s personalized marketing approach while Entiva Group’s Alex Fletcher examined the growing popularity of eSports betting.
In fiscal year 2014, the CT Lottery achieved sales of $1.112 billion, returning a record $319.5 million to the state’s General Fund. State Rep. Pam Staneski along with a few other state legislators toured the Connecticut Lottery Corporation at their Rocky Hill headquarters.
A postal worker from Raynham won a $4 million jackpot from the Massachusetts State Lottery, just one day after getting married, The Boston Globe reports. Timothy Sullivan and his new wife Tanya collected the cash prize Friday, which after taxes totalled $2.6 million, according to the Globe .
Macau’s priciest boutique casino is sending its staff to Paris for butler training.
The Louis XIII boutique casino hotel isn’t slated to open until July 1, 2016 – or “mid-2016” according to recent filings – but its owners are taking steps to ensure that none of its very-VIP customers run the risk of getting slack service from frontline staff.
This week, Louis XIII Holdings announced that it had arranged a “specialized training session” for the casino’s would-be butlers with MCM Palace Consultants in Paris. A selection of Macau staffers were put through their paces by the MCM team, learning the finer points of service, etiquette and entertaining. The trainees will receive additional instruction from the Guild of Professional English Butlers.
Louis XIII plans to cater to only the ritziest of high-rollers, with a top hotel room rate of $130k per night and jewelry shops where the cheapest trinket will set you back a cool $1m. A year ago, the property ordered $20m worth of pimped out Rolls Royce Phantoms to ensure its guests’ luxury experience starts the minute they get off their private jet.
Rigging the lottery to win $14 million? It sounds like the plot of a fictional “Ocean’s Sixteen.” However, it actually did occur, but in Iowa, not Vegas.
Legendary Australian trainer Bart Cummings, who conditioned a record 12 Melbourne Cup (Aus-I) winners in career spanning six decades, has died at age 87 in Sydney.
Dacita delivers grade I winner Tepin her second consecutive tough beat at Saratoga.
Island Town sat just off the pace and pounced at the quarter pole to claim his second graded stakes score in the $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes (gr. III) Aug. 29 at Parx Racing.
They say it was a good run for Penn National Off-Track Wagering in Exeter Township. The iconic Exeter Township location plans to close its doors this weekend.
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. will welcome guests to Monarch Casino Black Hawk on August 29-30, 2015, for a grand opening celebration marking the completion of the property’s extensive redesign and upgrade. Reflecting the Company’s efforts of the past three years, the facility’s ambiance and finishes now feature the quality and atmosphere of its ongoing master planned expansion which will transform Monarch Casino Black Hawk into a full-scale casino resort.
A 16-1 shot who had not won for Donegal Racing since breaking his maiden last September, Keen Ice upset American Pharoah by about three-quarters of a length Aug. 29 at Saratoga after a prolonged stretch battle.
Mrs. P. K. Cooper’s Photo Call grabbed the lead coming off the turn and repelled the late run of Cushion (GB) to tally her first stakes win in the $100,000 Violet Stakes (gr. IIIT) Aug. 29 at Monmouth Park.
A California Lottery winner arrested in 2012 for allegedly abusing horses on his 40-acre ranch near Sanger entered pleas on 11 counts of felony animal cruelty on Friday, the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office said. Jose Francisco Romo, 51, faces a maximum sentence of nine years and eight months in prison, a $20,000 fine and mandatory counseling.
National Lottery staff called to alert Ruth and Pete Doyle to their A 1m EuroMillions winnings after they thought they’d won just A 25 Pop the corks: Ruth and Peter Doyle didn’t know they’d scooped A 1million on the EuroMillions A jubilant couple have told how it took TWO MONTHS for them to find out they had won 1 million on the Lottery. So they ignored a lotto email in June telling them they had a winning ticket – and did not bother to check their online account.
Juddmonte Farms’ homebred world traveler Flintshire put his class on display Aug. 29 when dominating the Sword Dancer Stakes (gr. IT) at Saratoga, earning another chance at the Breeders’ Cup Longines Turf (gr. IT).
A spike in casino-related crime has Macau casino operators fearing for the safety of their high-value customers – and the casinos’ own legal liability.
This week, Macau Judiciary Police revealed that casino-related crime has shot up more than one-third in the first half of 2015. The stats were driven by a 112% rise in the number of unlawful detention cases, in which gamblers who can’t pay their debts are held against their will while friends and/or relatives scramble to find the sums necessary to spring their loved ones.
On Saturday, the South China Morning Post reported that Macau’s casino and hotel operators were querying insurance companies regarding the potential for specialized risk policies to mitigate the potential fallout of some sort of kidnapping incident involving any of their high-rolling clientele.
Such policies would protect casinos from legal liability from suits filed by either the victim or their relatives. They also allow casinos to deploy crisis responders to attempt to defuse the situation before it escalates to a point of no return.