Full Tilt’s new rewards program featured a lot of changes, but the major incentive for players to buy into the plan was “The Deal,” an instant win game that offers a variety of prizes. Last week, the site saw its first jackpot winner in the new game, as a Canadian hockey coach walked away with […]
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New York State isn’t going to see online poker in 2015, and it’s realistically further off from passing a bill than other states like California or Pennsylvania. But that’s not stopping at least one lawmaker from continuing to revise his Internet poker proposal to give the game the best possible chance in future legislative sessions. […]
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British stallion Compton Place, whose best offspring include two-time Nunthorpe (Eng-I) winner Borderlescott, has died at the age of 21 after suffering a severe bout of colic.
The Georgia Lottery says an instant ticket worth $2.5 million was sold in Dalton. Favorite Market #3620, located at 2112 Cleveland Highway in Dalton, sold a Lucky Loot instant ticket with a $2.5 million top prize.
The winning ticket was bought in Norwich for the draw on Friday, August 28, but with no-one claiming the prize until now, Camelot put out an appeal last week for the winner to come forward. A National Lottery spokesperson said: “We’re delighted that the winner of this amazing prize has now come forward and we hope that they will enjoy their win.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s decision to fire its lottery operator isn’t spooking Indiana, which relies on one of the same companies to run its gaming system, despite the fact that both states have experienced less revenue than they once hoped for after turning over their lotteries to private companies.
Richard Martin, 43, who drives a truck delivering flooring products to stores in Iowa, and his wife, Elizabeth, 40, a receptionist at a health clinic, claimed their $1 million Powerball prize at Iowa Lottery headquarters Monday. Their net proceeds were $700,000 after federal and state taxes were withheld, according to lottery officials.
Iowa’s latest $1 million Powerball winners told Iowa Lottery officials their lucky purchase was a spur-of-the-moment decision on the way out of a local convenience store. “I was in a hurry because I was on the way to mass,” Richard Martin of Pleasant Hill said as he and his wife claimed their prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Clive.
Officials say an ex-priest who won more than $1 million in the New York Lottery 30 years ago has been charged with a sex crime. The Journal News reports the charges suggest Faraone is accused of engaging in sexual conduct with a person younger than 15 years old or with a person incapable of consent due to a mental disability or incapacity.
Thomas J. Young has acquired grade III winner Cigar Street and will stand him at stud in 2016 at his Sandringham Farm in Bourbon County, Ky.
Millionaire Smart Bid, a two-time graded stakes-winning son of Smart Strike, has been relocated to stand the 2016 breeding season at Milky Way Farm near Temecula, Calif.,for a fee of $3,500.
Cyber Secret, winner of the 2013 Oaklawn Handicap (gr. II) for Charles Cella, will move from Journeyman Stud near Ocala, Fla., to Dr. Linda Robbins’ Starfish Stables near Hot Springs, Ark., for the 2016 breeding season.
Commerce Lexington Inc., a member-driven organization promoting economic development, job creation, and overall business growth in Lexington, has been named an official partner of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.
The gaming industry is fraught with misunderstanding – especially in South Africa. Chances are you didn’t even know there’s a Cape Town based animation house servicing the land-based and online casino industry.
The brokerage presently has a “neutral” rating on the casino operator’s stock. Nomura’s target price indicates a potential upside of 8.26% from the company’s previous close.
A chestnut filly by Curlin brought $975,000 Sept. 21 during the seventh session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
LITERATURE Wales, the national company for the promotion and development of literature, has announced the next round of writers’ bursaries are open for application. The bursaries, which are funded by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Wales, enable writers of all genres and backgrounds to take time out to write.
A Powerball lottery ticket sold at a Des Moines convenience store in the past few days is worth $1 million. Iowa Lottery officials say the ticket sold at a Git-N-Go store in Des Moines matched five numbers in Saturday’s $211.5 million drawing, but failed to match the Powerball number.
Allergy Therapeutics PLC , a pharmaceutical company specializing in allergy vaccines, reported a drop in full year profit but said it made significant progress towards becoming a global provider of allergy solutions. Pretax profit for the year to June 30 fell to 654,000 pounds compared with GBP1.1 million in the same period last year.
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah returned to the worktab for the first time since his runner-up finish in the Aug. 29 Travers Stakes (gr. I) when he breezed an easy half in :50 at Santa Anita Park.