Free from the likes of Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) runners Exaggerator, Danzing Candy, and Mor Spirit, Uncle Lino broke through for his first stakes win April 30 in the inaugural $150,000 California Chrome Stakes at Los Alamitos.
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Toews On Ice Glides to William Walker Win
Mike Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman’s Toews On Ice took command at the head of the stretch and cruised home by two lengths over Entertainer to win the second running of the William Walker Stakes April 30 at Churchill Downs.
Alert Bay Holds Tough in San Francisco Mile
Alert Bay shook off pacesetter G. G. Ryder in the stretch and dug in to repel good-closing graded winners Gabriel Charles and Bal a Bali to win the $100,000 San Francisco Mile (gr. IIIT) April 30 at Golden Gate Fields.
A Derby Rookie's First Churchill Morning
“I don’t know if I’m still taking it in, it’s still sinking in that we’re here,” Desormeaux said. “It is one of those subconscious goals that all trainers hope to achieve, but now that I’m here it’s just a culmination of what we’ve put in.”
A Derby Rookie's First Churchill Morning
“I don’t know if I’m still taking it in, it’s still sinking in that we’re here,” Desormeaux said. “It is one of those subconscious goals that all trainers hope to achieve, but now that I’m here it’s just a culmination of what we’ve put in.”
CalvinAyre.com Featured Conferences and Events: May 2016
Brazilian Gaming Congress (BgC)
After a three year hiatus, the second Brazilian Gaming Congress returns to Brasilia to build on the inaugural 2013 event. While this promising market is moving forward with online gambling regulation, there are still a number of uncertainties and the BgC provides a gathering point for key stakeholders to meet and discuss the way forward.
What: Brazilian Gaming Congress
When: May 11-12, 2016
CalvinAyre.com Featured Conferences and Events: May 2016
Brazilian Gaming Congress (BgC)
After a three year hiatus, the second Brazilian Gaming Congress returns to Brasilia to build on the inaugural 2013 event. While this promising market is moving forward with online gambling regulation, there are still a number of uncertainties and the BgC provides a gathering point for key stakeholders to meet and discuss the way forward.
What: Brazilian Gaming Congress
When: May 11-12, 2016
Ward Sends Three Fillies in Kentucky Juvenile
Trainer Wesley Ward has entered three winning fillies against males in the $100,000 Kentucky Juvenile Stakes Thursday, May 5 at Churchill Downs.
Ward Sends Three Fillies in Kentucky Juvenile
Trainer Wesley Ward has entered three winning fillies against males in the $100,000 Kentucky Juvenile Stakes Thursday, May 5 at Churchill Downs.
Nyquist Ships to Churchill Day After Work
Trainer Doug O’Neill said Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) favorite Nyquist “looked good and sound” April 30, a day after his one-mile breeze at Keeneland in his final prep for the May 7 classic and his van trip to Churchill Downs.
Gaming Industry News Weekly Recap – Stories You Might Have Missed
THE AMERICAS
California’s online poker bill got unanimous approval from an Assembly committee but the ‘bad actor’ impasse remains unresolved; DraftKings and FanDuel agreed to halt real-money daily fantasy sports activity in Alabama; US regulatory inertia was blamed for GAN’s £3m loss in 2015; Boyd Gaming made its second major Las Vegas acquisition in a week; Massachusetts regulators rejected Rush Street Gaming’s proposal for a Brockton casino; a federal court in Kentucky tossed a trademark lawsuit against a historical racing operator; March Madness helped Nevada sportsbooks set another betting handle record and Lee Davy examined the effectiveness of the latest World Series of Poker improvements.
EUROPE
CVC Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in German betting operator Tipico; GVC Holdings said it was schooling Bwin.party execs on the need to actually earn bonuses; Bet365’s founding family made the top-25 on the Sunday Times Rich List; Unibet set another revenue record in Q1 and formed its own poker network; NYX Gaming Group doubled revenue but still lost money in 2015; Italy’s online market rose more than one-fifth in Q1; Gala Coral Group was penalized £880k for shoddy AML and KYC procedures; Paddy Power Betfair mulled merging their media spend into a single agency; a medical official blamed betting shops for Britain’s obesity epidemic; Cozy Games’ Sreeram Vanga explained why affiliates need to embrace gamification and Media Skunk Works’ Paul Reilly said affiliates needed to realize that Google is not stupid; former footballer and Colossus Bets ambassador Michael Owen offered his picks for Euro 2016; eSports skin betting was said to be a $5b market and Becky Liggero offered her top-five takeaways from the eSports Conference Europe’s betting panels.
Gaming Industry News Weekly Recap – Stories You Might Have Missed
THE AMERICAS
California’s online poker bill got unanimous approval from an Assembly committee but the ‘bad actor’ impasse remains unresolved; DraftKings and FanDuel agreed to halt real-money daily fantasy sports activity in Alabama; US regulatory inertia was blamed for GAN’s £3m loss in 2015; Boyd Gaming made its second major Las Vegas acquisition in a week; Massachusetts regulators rejected Rush Street Gaming’s proposal for a Brockton casino; a federal court in Kentucky tossed a trademark lawsuit against a historical racing operator; March Madness helped Nevada sportsbooks set another betting handle record and Lee Davy examined the effectiveness of the latest World Series of Poker improvements.
EUROPE
CVC Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in German betting operator Tipico; GVC Holdings said it was schooling Bwin.party execs on the need to actually earn bonuses; Bet365’s founding family made the top-25 on the Sunday Times Rich List; Unibet set another revenue record in Q1 and formed its own poker network; NYX Gaming Group doubled revenue but still lost money in 2015; Italy’s online market rose more than one-fifth in Q1; Gala Coral Group was penalized £880k for shoddy AML and KYC procedures; Paddy Power Betfair mulled merging their media spend into a single agency; a medical official blamed betting shops for Britain’s obesity epidemic; Cozy Games’ Sreeram Vanga explained why affiliates need to embrace gamification and Media Skunk Works’ Paul Reilly said affiliates needed to realize that Google is not stupid; former footballer and Colossus Bets ambassador Michael Owen offered his picks for Euro 2016; eSports skin betting was said to be a $5b market and Becky Liggero offered her top-five takeaways from the eSports Conference Europe’s betting panels.
Abashiri Sweeps South African Triple Crown
Abashiri won the South African Derby (SAF-I) April 30 at Turffontein racecourse in Johannesburg to complete a sweep of nation’s Triple Crown.
Danzing Candy Logs Final Derby Breeze
Danzing Candy on April 30 breezed through five furlongs in :59 4/5, with a gallop out to six furlongs in 1:13 2/5, in his final timed workout for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).
Danzing Candy Logs Final Derby Breeze
Danzing Candy on April 30 breezed through five furlongs in :59 4/5, with a gallop out to six furlongs in 1:13 2/5, in his final timed workout for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).
Derby Battle: Tapit vs. Uncle Mo
Both stallions will likely have three starters each in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), more than any other sires with Derby contenders this year.
Derby Battle: Tapit vs. Uncle Mo
Both stallions will likely have three starters each in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), more than any other sires with Derby contenders this year.
Cathryn Sophia Gets Early Morning Workout
Trainer John Servis was trying to beat the rain that moved through Central Kentucky April 30.
Cathryn Sophia Gets Early Morning Workout
Trainer John Servis was trying to beat the rain that moved through Central Kentucky April 30.
Tennessee guv signs daily fantasy sports bill; DraftKings, FanDuel exit Alabama
Daily fantasy sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel have announced their exit from the Alabama market ahead of the state attorney general’s deadline for doing so.
On April 5, Alabama AG Luther Strange sent letters to the two DFS operators, ordering them to cease and desist all real-money activity with state residents as of May 1. On Friday, the AG’s office issued a statement saying the operators had reached a settlement to comply with Strange’s order as of May 2.
Strange said both operators had agreed to block customers with Alabama IP addresses from accessing paid fantasy contests on their websites and to process Alabama customer account withdrawal requests within seven business days of receiving such requests.
FanDuel issued a statement to its Alabama customers maintaining the company’s belief that it had “always operated within the law in Alabama” and would be “working hard to clarify the law in Alabama with the aim of bringing our contests back to the state at some point in the future.”