Monthly Archives: December 2015

Brunswick lottery winner's boyfriend arrested in connection to street racing incident

The boyfriend of Brunswick County’s $188 million Powerball winner, Marie Holmes, was arrested Sunday for allegedly helping to set up illegal street racing Saturday night. According to the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to call about two cars driving recklessly in the Cedar Grove area.

Metro request: Keep bulky items away from America's Party

When 300,000-plus people invade the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday night to celebrate America’s Party 2016, law enforcement officials request that they keep bulky items off the Boulevard. Metro Sheriff Joe Lombardo, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Clark County Commissioner Larry Brown met with the media Monday morning at the Rio Hotel & Casino to address safety for the upcoming New Year’s Eve celebration.

Metro request: Keep bulky items away from America's Party

When 300,000-plus people invade the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday night to celebrate America’s Party 2016, law enforcement officials request that they keep bulky items off the Boulevard. Metro Sheriff Joe Lombardo, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Clark County Commissioner Larry Brown met with the media Monday morning at the Rio Hotel & Casino to address safety for the upcoming New Year’s Eve celebration.

India gets its First Ever 8-Figure Prize Pool Poker Tournament in January 2016

This is a guest contribution by Mukesh Choudhary, is the Editor in Chief of http://OnlinePokerNews.in. If you would like to submit a contribution please contact Bill Beatty for submission details. Thank you.

Deltin Poker Tournament Presented by Adda52.com brings INR 10,000,000 GTD in Main Event

One Crore (10 Million) in guaranteed prize pool remains no more a dream for Indian poker players as two of the biggest names in the industry – Deltin Royale Casino and Adda52.com joins hands to organize a 6-day poker extravaganza. Deltin Poker Tournament Presented by Adda52.com brings INR 1.5 Crore in guaranteed prize pool across 5 events starting 21st January. The 6-day poker fiesta to be hosted at Deltin Royale Poker Lounge aboard Deltin Royale Casino in Goa will be an extended poker holiday for Indians on the Republic Day weekend.

The tournament brings a mix of No Limit Hold’em Events in various formats like DeepStack and Bounty. The series kicks off with a 5K Warm up Event on 21st January and progresses on to the 100K Main Event on 23rd January. The organizers have kept a separate day for a satellite to the first ever 8-figure Main Event. The Main Event of the tournament will be played in 2 days, hence, crowning the champion on 24th January.  10K NLH Hangover, a Freeze-out event will also be played on 24th January giving ample poker to the players out in Goa on the weekend. Adda52 25K DeepStack tournament will commence on Monday, 25th January and the poker fiesta will culminate with 15K Adda52 Pro Bounty.

India gets its First Ever 8-Figure Prize Pool Poker Tournament in January 2016

This is a guest contribution by Mukesh Choudhary, is the Editor in Chief of http://OnlinePokerNews.in. If you would like to submit a contribution please contact Bill Beatty for submission details. Thank you.

Deltin Poker Tournament Presented by Adda52.com brings INR 10,000,000 GTD in Main Event

One Crore (10 Million) in guaranteed prize pool remains no more a dream for Indian poker players as two of the biggest names in the industry – Deltin Royale Casino and Adda52.com joins hands to organize a 6-day poker extravaganza. Deltin Poker Tournament Presented by Adda52.com brings INR 1.5 Crore in guaranteed prize pool across 5 events starting 21st January. The 6-day poker fiesta to be hosted at Deltin Royale Poker Lounge aboard Deltin Royale Casino in Goa will be an extended poker holiday for Indians on the Republic Day weekend.

The tournament brings a mix of No Limit Hold’em Events in various formats like DeepStack and Bounty. The series kicks off with a 5K Warm up Event on 21st January and progresses on to the 100K Main Event on 23rd January. The organizers have kept a separate day for a satellite to the first ever 8-figure Main Event. The Main Event of the tournament will be played in 2 days, hence, crowning the champion on 24th January.  10K NLH Hangover, a Freeze-out event will also be played on 24th January giving ample poker to the players out in Goa on the weekend. Adda52 25K DeepStack tournament will commence on Monday, 25th January and the poker fiesta will culminate with 15K Adda52 Pro Bounty.

A Year in Casinos: CalvinAyre.com’s Most Read Casino Stories of 2015

Resignations. Comebacks. Massive Employment Opportunities.

For the casino industry, particularly in Asia, 2015 was a year of dramatic change. In this end-of-the-year section, we look back on the six most read headlines in the past 12 months.

Proxy betting and the Manila casinos

With no end in sight to Macau’s gaming revenue slump, casino junket operators like SunCity Group are increasingly looking to other Asian gaming jurisdictions, where VIPs can let their high-rolling impulses run wild.

Top 5 Innovations of 2015

Looking back on 2015, it was not a big year for innovation within the larger iGaming operators and suppliers, but we saw a great deal of innovation coming from start-up companies.

ICE Totally Gaming, GiGse, EiG, iGaming Entrepreneurs and incubators such as William Hill’s “WH Labs” provided spotlights for such start-ups, creating a buzz within the online gambling industry.  CalvinAyre.com even launched a ventures program to connect solid ideas with investors, another sign creativity and innovation has been thriving in start-ups.

While there are only five start-ups listed below, we’d like to salute all the entrepreneurs for innovating and pushing forward new ideas in our industry throughout 2015 and encourage the same momentum, if not more, for 2016.

5) Lottoland

Lottery windfalls make dreams come true for two Maple Ridge winners

A vacation, home renovations, a new house, and a blue Corvette are on the wishlists for two Maple Ridge residents who won big in the lottery just ahead of Christmas. Maple Ridge’s Clarke Hillier won a $1-million Maxmillion prize on the Lotto Max draw Dec. 18, while Leah Montague, also from Maple Ridge, won half a million a few weeks earlier – also on Lotto Max.

Lottery windfalls make dreams come true for two Maple Ridge winners

A vacation, home renovations, a new house, and a blue Corvette are on the wishlists for two Maple Ridge residents who won big in the lottery just ahead of Christmas. Maple Ridge’s Clarke Hillier won a $1-million Maxmillion prize on the Lotto Max draw Dec. 18, while Leah Montague, also from Maple Ridge, won half a million a few weeks earlier – also on Lotto Max.

CalvinAyre.com’s Top 6 most read sports stories of 2015

Now that the year is almost over, we look back at CalvinAyre.com’s most read sports stories of 2015. From a billion dollar boxing match to a topless way to promote Scottish League One football shirt, without further ado, here’s our top six.

6)  Nigel Benn vs Chris Eurbanks – Let’s hope they don’t get it on

The boxing world got giddy with reports that two British boxing greats, rivals Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn, are set to come out of retirement and do a battle for third and the final time but our writer Lee Davy thinks it shouldn’t happen.

Their first two fights in 1990 and 1993 were huge box office events and a third fight would pull in millions of viewers and millions of pounds. These latest fight rumors were ignited when Eubank who has boosted his profile by appearing on ITV’s Live I’m A Celebrity show. He baited his rival in the jungle and and Benn’s comments on Twitter seem to suggest that the fight could happen.

CalvinAyre.com’s Top 6 most read sports stories of 2015

Now that the year is almost over, we look back at CalvinAyre.com’s most read sports stories of 2015. From a billion dollar boxing match to a topless way to promote Scottish League One football shirt, without further ado, here’s our top six.

6)  Nigel Benn vs Chris Eurbanks – Let’s hope they don’t get it on

The boxing world got giddy with reports that two British boxing greats, rivals Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn, are set to come out of retirement and do a battle for third and the final time but our writer Lee Davy thinks it shouldn’t happen.

Their first two fights in 1990 and 1993 were huge box office events and a third fight would pull in millions of viewers and millions of pounds. These latest fight rumors were ignited when Eubank who has boosted his profile by appearing on ITV’s Live I’m A Celebrity show. He baited his rival in the jungle and and Benn’s comments on Twitter seem to suggest that the fight could happen.

NFL Star Invests in eSports Start-Up Matcherino

NFL star Russell Okung believes that watching video games could one day be as popular as watching NFL, as he contributes towards the $1.25m in seed funding raised by eSports start-up Matcherino.

Seattle Seahawks offensive tackle Russell Okung believes one-day people will pay to watch video games, in the same way, they pay to watch NFL matches.

Extreme?

I’m not too sure.

NFL Star Invests in eSports Start-Up Matcherino

NFL star Russell Okung believes that watching video games could one day be as popular as watching NFL, as he contributes towards the $1.25m in seed funding raised by eSports start-up Matcherino.

Seattle Seahawks offensive tackle Russell Okung believes one-day people will pay to watch video games, in the same way, they pay to watch NFL matches.

Extreme?

I’m not too sure.

The Top 6 Most Viewed Poker Articles of 2015

With the year drawing to a close, Lee Davy, takes you for a stroll through his six most popular articles of 2015: starring Brian Hastings, Dan Bilzerian, and Daniel Negreanu.

As a writer, there is a disheartening discord between your best work and your most shareable work. Prodigious talent is often swept away by a wave of scandal, celebrity and sexuality, as was the case in 2015 when I put my fingers to good use and started tapping away.

In reverse order of popularity, here are my Top 6 most viewed poker articles of 2015.

#6 PokerStars Sign Yuiko Matsukawa; Jackie Glazier Gets The Gig as Poker SA Ambassador

The Top 6 Most Viewed Poker Articles of 2015

With the year drawing to a close, Lee Davy, takes you for a stroll through his six most popular articles of 2015: starring Brian Hastings, Dan Bilzerian, and Daniel Negreanu.

As a writer, there is a disheartening discord between your best work and your most shareable work. Prodigious talent is often swept away by a wave of scandal, celebrity and sexuality, as was the case in 2015 when I put my fingers to good use and started tapping away.

In reverse order of popularity, here are my Top 6 most viewed poker articles of 2015.

#6 PokerStars Sign Yuiko Matsukawa; Jackie Glazier Gets The Gig as Poker SA Ambassador