Monthly Archives: September 2015

Shaquille O’Neal to unveil hybrid slot in Parx Casino

Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal has partnered with Dynamic Gaming Systems to release a new gaming system exclusively found at Parx Casino.

Parx announced ShaqBLACKJack, a hybrid table-slot machine featuring 24 separate live slot-like blackjack games that will be linked to a live blackjack game and dealer within a basketball-themed area on the casino’s floor.

The game, which will be unveiled on October 4, was developed over a four-year period by O’Neal and New Jersey-based Dynamic Gaming Systems.

Dynamic Gaming CEO Charlie Barksdale said the game was to make a casino game fun for everyone bringing Shaq’s brand of humor to the gaming floor

Macau visitor arrivals drop for the third straight month

Visitor arrivals to Macau are down in August as the number of tourists from mainland China keeps falling.

According to data released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) on Wednesday, Macau received 3.03 million visitors last month, up 14.5% from the previous month but down 1.7% year-on-year.

The daily average of visitor arrivals in August stood at 101,103 with the same-day visitors amounting to 53% of the total, down 3.5%year-on-year. The number of overnight visitors rose slightly by 0.4% to 1.42 million.

Mainland visitors dropped 1.7% year-on-year to 2.09 million, accounted for 69% of all visitor arrivals. Hong Kong residents made up 21.1% of the total number of visitor arrivals. Their number was up 0.8% year-on-year while those from the Republic of Korea declined by 24.9% to 43,710.

Every penny counts: Coin jar contents lead to $1M lottery win in Massachusetts

A Massachusetts man is $1 million richer thanks to a crammed coin jar, a new game from the Massachusetts State Lottery and a little bit of luck, of course. Gary Proulx of Billerica wanted to cash in the coins that had been accumulating in his jar and decided to purchase a “$10,000,000 Big Money” instant ticket, which started going on sale last Tuesday.

State Panel To Kick Off Hearings On Spending Lottery Money

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Marcia Dall New Vice President, CFO at CDI

Churchill Downs Incorporated has announced the appointment of Marcia A. Dall to serve as the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer. Dall will oversee financial reporting, financial compliance, financial planning and analysis, capital management, risk management, treasury, and investor relations efforts, according to a CDI release.

Payments, Security, Anti-Fraud & Bitcoin Conference: Top SiGMA Speakers to Watch Out For

The Payments, Security, Anti-fraud & Bitcoin conference at SiGMA 2015 is scheduled for 6 November at the InterContinental Conference Arena. This highly-anticipated track will update participants at Malta’s largest iGaming event with the latest news and developments in the fields of payment processing, data security, fraud prevention, and cryptocurrencies.

Some top professionals in these areas will be sitting on a panel moderated by Marc Kenisberg and Marc Lesnick, answering questions from the attendees and sharing their perspectives on how the remote gaming companies are affected by current and upcoming regulatory and technological changes in the way personal and financial data are handled online.

The subjects discussed during this conference include:

• The potential for Bitcoin in Gaming

DraftKings ventures into world of fantasy eSports

DraftKings is expanding the fantasy horizon. The popular daily fantasy sports site announced it will add eSports in its lineup, alongside NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL.

The Boston-based website will begin offering fantasy eSports contests on Oct. 1, with the League of Legends World Championships. This means players can draft a team of professional gamers and compete against others online for real money, much like the traditional fantasy sports like football and basketball.

Participants can play for free or pay a minimal $3 entry fee to win $25,000, among other cash prize contests.

“eSports is one of the world’s most popular spectator sports,” DraftKings CRO and co-founder Matt Kalish said in a statement.

PokerStars license delay in New Jersey linked to Amaya probe

Poker fans waiting for PokerStars to finally get a license in New Jersey will have to wait a little bit longer.

In a podcast interview with Global Gaming Business Magazine publisher Roger Gros,New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE) David Rebuck indicated that it might take a while before the company gets a license in the state due to the ongoing investigation into its acquisition by Amaya.

PokerStars has been trying to enter the New Jersey market for several years already, to no avail. In 2013, the brand’s application was suspended for two years following a federal indictment against founder Isai Scheinberg. Stars had already settled its Black Friday civil charges with the U.S. Department of Justice for a hefty $731 million in 2012, and Stars spokesman Eric Hollreiser said the department had promised to “resume the review of our application if our circumstances change.”

The company’s circumstances did change after Canada-based Amaya Gaming acquired its parent company, Rational Group, in June 2014. Following the purchase, Amaya asked New Jersey to reconsider PokerStars’ application, and Rebuck said they have been looking into the issue ever since.