American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC rode a strong quarter at its Stratosphere property to a 5.3 percent increase in revenue and a 15.9 percent climb in cash flow. The company, which operates the Stratosphere and two Arizona Charlie’s properties in Las Vegas and the Aquarius in Laughlin, on Wednesday reported $89.3 million in consolidated net revenue for the fourth quarter, which ended Dec. 31. That compared with $84.8 million for the same period in 2014.
Thank God for Bonnie Raitt. When most of her contemporaries are coasting on their classic hits, Raitt continues to make music every bit as compelling as her Grammy-winning heyday.
Thank God for Bonnie Raitt. When most of her contemporaries are coasting on their classic hits, Raitt continues to make music every bit as compelling as her Grammy-winning heyday.
Poker is close to becoming a member of the SportAccord, an umbrella organisation for Olympic and non-Olympic games, according to an online magazine.
Poker at the Olympics?
I know what you’re thinking.
I put the wrong mushrooms in my tea.
Poker is close to becoming a member of the SportAccord, an umbrella organisation for Olympic and non-Olympic games, according to an online magazine.
Poker at the Olympics?
I know what you’re thinking.
I put the wrong mushrooms in my tea.
The charity of choice for many professional poker players, Raising for Effective Giving is a community of liked-minded individuals that use science and rational decision-making to maximise expected value of charitable donations, when helping reduce suffering in the world. The charity was co-founded by 2014 female poker player of the year, Liv Boeree, and Global Poker Index’s top ranked player, Igor Kurganov .
Matchbook, a peer-to-peer betting service, says it has been searching for a partner that embodies its spirit of community and value for money, and has found an ideal match in REG, an organization that prides itself on cost-effective, efficient, high impact giving.
Matchbook’s Brand Manager, Danielle Desroches says, “REG is smart, innovative and gives its donors great value, making them a perfect fit for Matchbook. We want our customers to get more from their betting experience and collaborating with a highly effective charitable partner like REG is just one of the ways we can give them more.”
“Both Matchbook and Raising for Effective Giving are designed for the margin-minded individual”, adds REG’s Executive Director Ruairí Donnelly. “We’re excited to be able to introduce the concept of maximizing expected value in charitable giving to Matchbook’s audience, especially as their community is already used to identifying how to get the ‘biggest bang for their buck!’”.
The charity of choice for many professional poker players, Raising for Effective Giving is a community of liked-minded individuals that use science and rational decision-making to maximise expected value of charitable donations, when helping reduce suffering in the world. The charity was co-founded by 2014 female poker player of the year, Liv Boeree, and Global Poker Index’s top ranked player, Igor Kurganov .
Matchbook, a peer-to-peer betting service, says it has been searching for a partner that embodies its spirit of community and value for money, and has found an ideal match in REG, an organization that prides itself on cost-effective, efficient, high impact giving.
Matchbook’s Brand Manager, Danielle Desroches says, “REG is smart, innovative and gives its donors great value, making them a perfect fit for Matchbook. We want our customers to get more from their betting experience and collaborating with a highly effective charitable partner like REG is just one of the ways we can give them more.”
“Both Matchbook and Raising for Effective Giving are designed for the margin-minded individual”, adds REG’s Executive Director Ruairí Donnelly. “We’re excited to be able to introduce the concept of maximizing expected value in charitable giving to Matchbook’s audience, especially as their community is already used to identifying how to get the ‘biggest bang for their buck!’”.
The season-ending World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions will include a 30-second action clock and $200,000 in additional cash and prizes to the winner.
When the World Poker Tour (WPT) confirmed its intention to cull the WPT World Championships and replace it with a rather expensive Invitational, the string pullers knew they had to spice it up for the new dish to become palatable.
The first of the new ingredients are coming off the chopping board.
There are promises of more to come.
Larger affiliates in the online gambling space often catch the urge to launch their own casino brand. The transition makes sense as it’s a new and exciting venture with the potential for huge return if done properly, not to mention a big affiliate knows how to drive traffic.
What some of these affiliates fail to realize is the enormous amount of time and effort that goes in to launching and running an online casino brand and even if done well, the financial returns won’t come immediately. However, if all these factors have been taken into account in advance, the successful launch of an online brand can be an extremely rewarding experience and also quite lucrative.
Sebastiaan Zwitser is a former affiliate and the co-founder of Casino Ventura, a new online casino brand in our space. Zwitser spent some time with me explaining why he and his partner decided to branch out into operator-hood, how their casino is different, some of the biggest challenges they faced along the way and shared some advice for others who are thinking of launching their own brand.
Becky Liggero: Thank you so much for joining me today, Sebastiaan. Lets start with your background in the online gambling industry and why did you decided to launch your own brand?
Dan Bilzerian has increased the stakes on his bike bet by agreeing to terms with Rick Salomon that includes his G4 jet or $250,000 depending on whether he dies or suffers from brain damage.
The Dan Bilzerian bike bet has taken another twist after the bearded boy wonder agreed to terms with Pamela Anderson’s former hubby Rick Salomon. If Bilzerian dies or suffers from brain damage during the 48-hour bike ride, then Salomon gets to keep Bilzerian’s G4 jet. If Bilzerian completes the trip in under 48-hours, he will take $250,000 from Salomon’s pocket.
“If I have a heart attack and live, or don’t make it, bet is a wash. This is getting interesting, almost a million on the line now.” Bilzerian wrote on a Facebook page that has nearly 10 million likes.
It’s not the first time the name of Rick Salomon has been dropped into the bike bet storyline. Michael Kaplan recently wrote a piece in the New York Post stating that the originator of the $600,000 dare, Bill Perkins, offered the chance first to Salomon before Bilzerian decided to put his life on the life.
Shares in UK bookmaker William Hill fell 11% on Wednesday after the company issued a profit warning.
Hills issued a statement on Wednesday saying trading in the year through March 20 had been “weaker than expected” primarily due to a 1.9 percentage point fall in gross win margins and a rise in the number of online customers taking self-imposed breaks from gambling activity.
The margin decline was blamed on unfavorable European football results and what the company characterized as “the worst Cheltenham results in recent history.” Last week’s racing extravaganza saw an unusual number of favorites live up to their advance billing, with total UK bookmaker losses estimated to be over £60m.
Hills also said its online business had experienced “an acceleration in the number of time-outs and automatic self-exclusions over recent weeks.” On a call with analysts, Hills CEO James Henderson said around 3k accounts had opted for self-exclusion since the start of the year, a 50% increase over the same period last year, cutting profit by about £2m.
CalvinAyre.com’s Stephanie Raquel brings us Day 3 summary of the iGaming Asia Congress 2016 at the Grand Hyatt Macau.
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The European poker community is vast and with most of the countries now in a high state of alert Lee Davy shares his view on how he would change his ways if he were a traveling poker player.
As I walked through the streets of Cardiff, this morning I thought everyone was a terrorist. It reminded me of the scene in The Matrix when Morpheus was teaching Neo about the danger of Agents during the ‘Woman in the Red Dress’ program.
“It’s another training program designed to teach you one thing. If you are not one of us, you are one of them,” Said Morpheus. “They can move in and out of any software still hard wired to their system. That means that anyone we haven’t unplugged is potentially an agent. Inside the Matrix, they are everyone and they are no one. We survived by hiding from them, by running from them. But they are the gatekeepers. They are guarding all the doors. They are holding all the keys, which means that sooner or later, someone is going to have to fight them.”
How can you fight something you cannot see?
It seems like Oreo is just constantly rolling out special flavors these days . . . but we’re still just giant suckers for ALL of them.
It seems like Oreo is just constantly rolling out special flavors these days . . . but we’re still just giant suckers for ALL of them.
The takeaway from a session on daily fantasy gaming at the Association of Racing Commissioners International conference March 23 in New Orleans? Racing regulators need to be prepared for a changing gaming landscape.
The takeaway from a session on daily fantasy gaming at the Association of Racing Commissioners International conference March 23 in New Orleans? Racing regulators need to be prepared for a changing gaming landscape.
Since the refugee crisis began the EU has been trying to make a deal with Turkey to keep as many people from landing on its shores as possible. Turkey, for its part, has been playing it smart – maintaining a porous maritime border with Greece which it occasionally demonstrates its ability to seal shut.
Since the refugee crisis began the EU has been trying to make a deal with Turkey to keep as many people from landing on its shores as possible. Turkey, for its part, has been playing it smart – maintaining a porous maritime border with Greece which it occasionally demonstrates its ability to seal shut.
They now have a GBX 1,150 price target on the stock. 3/11/2016 – Pearson plc had its price target raised by analysts at Credit Suisse from GBX 755 to GBX 850 .