French authorities are still trying to track down the armed men who staged a daring robbery on a casino near Marseilles on the weekend.

Early Saturday morning, four masked men armed with Kalashnikov automatic rifles entered the Pasino venue in Aix-en-Provence, a small city a few miles north of Marseille on France’s southern coast.

The men, who were wearing balaclavas, fired several warning shots into the ceiling. Coming so soon after November’s Islamic terror attacks in Paris, the crowd of around 700 inside the casino panicked and stampeded for the exits.

One of those present at the time told France 2 television that many of the panicked guests were “trampling over those who had fallen over, it was the behavior of animals.”

French authorities are still trying to track down the armed men who staged a daring robbery on a casino near Marseilles on the weekend.

Early Saturday morning, four masked men armed with Kalashnikov automatic rifles entered the Pasino venue in Aix-en-Provence, a small city a few miles north of Marseille on France’s southern coast.

The men, who were wearing balaclavas, fired several warning shots into the ceiling. Coming so soon after November’s Islamic terror attacks in Paris, the crowd of around 700 inside the casino panicked and stampeded for the exits.

One of those present at the time told France 2 television that many of the panicked guests were “trampling over those who had fallen over, it was the behavior of animals.”

According to Spanish online gambling regulators Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), 2015 full year gross gaming revenue results results were up 26% with sports betting handle leading the way.

The Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), Spain’s regulated online gambling market, released their full-year 2015 report with a thumbs up as revenues increased by 26% year-on-year.

Before moving on to those full year results lets bring you up to speed on Q4 figures: gross gaming revenue (GGR) was up 40% to €94.7m. The breakdown was €53.5m (sportsbook), €22.6m (casino), €14.5m (poker), and €2.1m (bingo).

Back to those 2015 results in full and the DGOJ posted gross gaming revenue of €319.6 million, with turnover exceeding €8 billion, an increase of 28% year-on-year (€6.7 billion).

According to Spanish online gambling regulators Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), 2015 full year gross gaming revenue results results were up 26% with sports betting handle leading the way.

The Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), Spain’s regulated online gambling market, released their full-year 2015 report with a thumbs up as revenues increased by 26% year-on-year.

Before moving on to those full year results lets bring you up to speed on Q4 figures: gross gaming revenue (GGR) was up 40% to €94.7m. The breakdown was €53.5m (sportsbook), €22.6m (casino), €14.5m (poker), and €2.1m (bingo).

Back to those 2015 results in full and the DGOJ posted gross gaming revenue of €319.6 million, with turnover exceeding €8 billion, an increase of 28% year-on-year (€6.7 billion).

Sweden’s regulated online gambling market grew faster than international Swedish-facing operators last year, according to the country’s gambling regulator.

Preliminary stats for 2015 released by Sweden’s Lotteriinspektionen gaming overseer said the regulated market boasted turnover of SEK 45.6b ($5.3b), up 1.5% from 2014’s total. Total gaming revenue was also up 1.5% to SEK 16.7b.

Total online gambling revenue last year came to around SEK 8b, up around 7% from 2014. Lotteriinspektionen estimates that international operators serving the market without a Swedish license – mainly because Sweden doesn’t currently issue licenses to bloody foreigners – claimed around SEK 4.4b of this sum.

The international operators’ share eclipsed the SEK 3.6b collected by the state-owned betting monopoly Svenska Spel, but the monopoly’s share was up 8% year-on-year while the international sites grew only 6%.

Sweden’s regulated online gambling market grew faster than international Swedish-facing operators last year, according to the country’s gambling regulator.

Preliminary stats for 2015 released by Sweden’s Lotteriinspektionen gaming overseer said the regulated market boasted turnover of SEK 45.6b ($5.3b), up 1.5% from 2014’s total. Total gaming revenue was also up 1.5% to SEK 16.7b.

Total online gambling revenue last year came to around SEK 8b, up around 7% from 2014. Lotteriinspektionen estimates that international operators serving the market without a Swedish license – mainly because Sweden doesn’t currently issue licenses to bloody foreigners – claimed around SEK 4.4b of this sum.

The international operators’ share eclipsed the SEK 3.6b collected by the state-owned betting monopoly Svenska Spel, but the monopoly’s share was up 8% year-on-year while the international sites grew only 6%.

Global Poker League founder Alex Dreyfus announces a sixth player for each team during the Draft Order Selection Show, and Max Pescatori’s Rome Emperors are in the driver’s seat.

Remember when you were a kid. You were in the gym. You hated sports. The P.E teacher made you suffer the ignominy of standing with your back to the wall, knowing that you would get picked last for either team?

It’s started all over again.

Only this time we are adults.

Global Poker League founder Alex Dreyfus announces a sixth player for each team during the Draft Order Selection Show, and Max Pescatori’s Rome Emperors are in the driver’s seat.

Remember when you were a kid. You were in the gym. You hated sports. The P.E teacher made you suffer the ignominy of standing with your back to the wall, knowing that you would get picked last for either team?

It’s started all over again.

Only this time we are adults.

2016 World Series of Poker will feature a team event according to their president Gregory Chochon, and dealer auditions will begin in March.

It seems the World Series of Poker (WSOP) will be taking a leaf out of the Global Poker League’s (GPL) playbook according to an article published over at PartTimePoker.com.

According to respected scribe Steve Ruddock, the announcement was made by Gregory Chochon, director of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), when appearing as a guest on a French radio show: The RMC Poker Show.

Without making an ass out of me and you I am going to go out on a limb and say Chochon was suffering from premature ejaculation of the verbal kind. This is not the way that the greatest poker festival in the world releases news of this nature.

2016 World Series of Poker will feature a team event according to their president Gregory Chochon, and dealer auditions will begin in March.

It seems the World Series of Poker (WSOP) will be taking a leaf out of the Global Poker League’s (GPL) playbook according to an article published over at PartTimePoker.com.

According to respected scribe Steve Ruddock, the announcement was made by Gregory Chochon, director of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), when appearing as a guest on a French radio show: The RMC Poker Show.

Without making an ass out of me and you I am going to go out on a limb and say Chochon was suffering from premature ejaculation of the verbal kind. This is not the way that the greatest poker festival in the world releases news of this nature.

Casino operator Boyd Gaming posted its fifth consecutive quarter of revenue growth thanks to continued strong performance at its Atlantic City casino and a healthy rebound in its Las Vegas locals business.

For the three months ending Dec. 31, Boyd’s overall revenue increased 2.1% to $542.7m while adjusted earnings rose 13.1% to $154.2m. The company reported a net loss for the quarter of $6.9m, a significant improvement over the $32.4m loss Boyd reported in Q4 2014.

Revenue in Boyd’s Las Vegas Locals segment rose 4.8% to $158.8m, while adjusted earnings rose 10.7% to $44m. The results are the best the segment has reported since the pre-recession heyday of 2007 and the company says it expects continued progress in 2016, with both gaming and non-gaming revenue enjoying broad-based growth.

Revenue was similarly sunny in the Downtown Law Vegas segment, which improved 4.8% to $62.5m on significant increases in visitation by the segment’s loyal Hawaiian clientele. Revenue at Boyd’s Midwest and South ($201m) and Peninsula ($120.5m) segments were basically flat year-on-year.

Casino operator Boyd Gaming posted its fifth consecutive quarter of revenue growth thanks to continued strong performance at its Atlantic City casino and a healthy rebound in its Las Vegas locals business.

For the three months ending Dec. 31, Boyd’s overall revenue increased 2.1% to $542.7m while adjusted earnings rose 13.1% to $154.2m. The company reported a net loss for the quarter of $6.9m, a significant improvement over the $32.4m loss Boyd reported in Q4 2014.

Revenue in Boyd’s Las Vegas Locals segment rose 4.8% to $158.8m, while adjusted earnings rose 10.7% to $44m. The results are the best the segment has reported since the pre-recession heyday of 2007 and the company says it expects continued progress in 2016, with both gaming and non-gaming revenue enjoying broad-based growth.

Revenue was similarly sunny in the Downtown Law Vegas segment, which improved 4.8% to $62.5m on significant increases in visitation by the segment’s loyal Hawaiian clientele. Revenue at Boyd’s Midwest and South ($201m) and Peninsula ($120.5m) segments were basically flat year-on-year.