Monthly Archives: May 2016

3-Barrels: Leicester Hit The Tables; WSOP Twitch Town Hall; McKeehen Supermarket Sweep

3-Barrels of pure value including triumphant Leicester City players hitting the casino, the World Series of Poker hosting a Twitch town hall meeting, and an old Joe McKeehen ‘supermarket’ post supposedly surfaces on a defunct forum.

Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha hasn’t been shy with the £130m in additional cash that is now flowing his way courtesy of the Premier League fairytale to end all fairytales.

According to reports popping up in the UK tabloids, the Thai owner took the squad out for a meal after Spurs failure to beat Chelsea led to Leicester becoming the first Premier League champions to emerge from the so-called big teams pack since Blackburn in 1994-95.

A few bottles of the fizzy were downed before the team walked cognac in hand to the local casino where the gaffer placed £10,000 worth of chips and cash into the palms of each and every one of his players.

3-Barrels: Leicester Hit The Tables; WSOP Twitch Town Hall; McKeehen Supermarket Sweep

3-Barrels of pure value including triumphant Leicester City players hitting the casino, the World Series of Poker hosting a Twitch town hall meeting, and an old Joe McKeehen ‘supermarket’ post supposedly surfaces on a defunct forum.

Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha hasn’t been shy with the £130m in additional cash that is now flowing his way courtesy of the Premier League fairytale to end all fairytales.

According to reports popping up in the UK tabloids, the Thai owner took the squad out for a meal after Spurs failure to beat Chelsea led to Leicester becoming the first Premier League champions to emerge from the so-called big teams pack since Blackburn in 1994-95.

A few bottles of the fizzy were downed before the team walked cognac in hand to the local casino where the gaffer placed £10,000 worth of chips and cash into the palms of each and every one of his players.

Gamesmart Signs Social Distribution Agreement with Ortiz Gaming

(Boca Raton, FL – USA/Israel/Brazil – May, 2016) Gamesmart LTD, the social gaming market leader in Brazil, announced the release of Ortiz Gaming video bingo titles under its Brazilian brand, the social gaming platform Doctor Bingo, exclusively on Facebook. The social distribution agreement has Ortiz Gaming’s globally successful video bingo titles offered on the social platform, including titles Six Bingo™, Triple Bonus™, and Match Mania™. The partnership kicked off with the release of Ortiz Gaming’s Ace Mania™ as the first of the games launched on the Facebook app.

“Gamesmart is a perfect partner for Ortiz and we are looking forward to seeing our games on their platform. We are confident that Gamesmart and its Doctor Bingo players will enjoy the very best Video Bingo experience that exists in the market today,” said Eduardo Tupper, COO of Ortiz Interactive, a division of Ortiz Gaming.

“We are delighted to be partnering with Ortiz; this is an agreement that helps us strengthen our business and the Doctor Bingo brand, both in Brazil and internationally,” stated Omri Adler, CEO of Gamesmart LTD.

Ace Mania was live on the gaming platform May 2nd, 2016 and is already one of the platforms top titles. New Ortiz Gaming titles will be released throughout the year strategically to provide fresh content for the Doctor Bingo fan base.

Gamesmart Signs Social Distribution Agreement with Ortiz Gaming

(Boca Raton, FL – USA/Israel/Brazil – May, 2016) Gamesmart LTD, the social gaming market leader in Brazil, announced the release of Ortiz Gaming video bingo titles under its Brazilian brand, the social gaming platform Doctor Bingo, exclusively on Facebook. The social distribution agreement has Ortiz Gaming’s globally successful video bingo titles offered on the social platform, including titles Six Bingo™, Triple Bonus™, and Match Mania™. The partnership kicked off with the release of Ortiz Gaming’s Ace Mania™ as the first of the games launched on the Facebook app.

“Gamesmart is a perfect partner for Ortiz and we are looking forward to seeing our games on their platform. We are confident that Gamesmart and its Doctor Bingo players will enjoy the very best Video Bingo experience that exists in the market today,” said Eduardo Tupper, COO of Ortiz Interactive, a division of Ortiz Gaming.

“We are delighted to be partnering with Ortiz; this is an agreement that helps us strengthen our business and the Doctor Bingo brand, both in Brazil and internationally,” stated Omri Adler, CEO of Gamesmart LTD.

Ace Mania was live on the gaming platform May 2nd, 2016 and is already one of the platforms top titles. New Ortiz Gaming titles will be released throughout the year strategically to provide fresh content for the Doctor Bingo fan base.

Premier League Review: Newcastle & Norwich Are Relegated

Sunderland has won the £100m relegation battle after knocking three past Everton without reply to send Norwich and Newcastle into the Championship.

Sunderland has a lot to answer for.

The final weekend of the Premier League is a must watch for any football fan, but on Saturday, the only entertainment value is who manages to eke into the Champions League between Man City and Man Utd.

Leicester won the Premier League at a canter and Sunderland has spoiled a final day relegation cocktail party by destroying Everton at the Stadium of Light.

Premier League Review: Newcastle & Norwich Are Relegated

Sunderland has won the £100m relegation battle after knocking three past Everton without reply to send Norwich and Newcastle into the Championship.

Sunderland has a lot to answer for.

The final weekend of the Premier League is a must watch for any football fan, but on Saturday, the only entertainment value is who manages to eke into the Champions League between Man City and Man Utd.

Leicester won the Premier League at a canter and Sunderland has spoiled a final day relegation cocktail party by destroying Everton at the Stadium of Light.

England Delay Euro 2016 Squad Announcement – Who Would You Pick and Why?

After the Football Association revealed the England Manager Roy Hodgson would delay the announcement of this 23-man squad until Mon, 16 May, Lee Davy decides to choose his own.

On Monday, various online news outlets reported that Roy Hodgson’s 23-man England squad for the 2016 European Championships in France had leaked onto the Internet.

I have to admit I believed it, especially after the mess the Players Football Association (PFA) made of keeping the results of their awards ceremony discreet the other week.

The FA have neither denied or confirmed the leak, but the common consensus amongst the top dogs in the sporting media world is it was nothing but a hoax.

England Delay Euro 2016 Squad Announcement – Who Would You Pick and Why?

After the Football Association revealed the England Manager Roy Hodgson would delay the announcement of this 23-man squad until Mon, 16 May, Lee Davy decides to choose his own.

On Monday, various online news outlets reported that Roy Hodgson’s 23-man England squad for the 2016 European Championships in France had leaked onto the Internet.

I have to admit I believed it, especially after the mess the Players Football Association (PFA) made of keeping the results of their awards ceremony discreet the other week.

The FA have neither denied or confirmed the leak, but the common consensus amongst the top dogs in the sporting media world is it was nothing but a hoax.

Macau casinos fare better than junket operators in government’s mid-term review

Macau’s mid-term review of its gaming market proved anti-climactic for casino operators while promising ever more scrutiny on “problematic” junket operators.

On Wednesday, Macau’s government delivered the results of its year-long examination of its casino operators, whose gaming licenses will be up for renewal in two bunches in 2020 and 2022. However, the government said the review had no direct bearing on the renewal process and was more focused on ways to optimize Macau’s casino market.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Lionel Leong Vac Tai, Secretary for Economy and Finance, was joined by Gaming Inspection and Policy Coordination Bureau (DICJ) chief Paulo Martins Chan to announce the review’s findings. Leong said all six Macau casino concessionaires had lived up to the obligations in their initial pacts.

Leong said Macau’s market had developed largely on the strength of the VIP sector, but times change – oh, how they change – and Macau “cannot only depend on a small number of customers to generate most of the revenue. We need to have new clients.”

Macau casinos fare better than junket operators in government’s mid-term review

Macau’s mid-term review of its gaming market proved anti-climactic for casino operators while promising ever more scrutiny on “problematic” junket operators.

On Wednesday, Macau’s government delivered the results of its year-long examination of its casino operators, whose gaming licenses will be up for renewal in two bunches in 2020 and 2022. However, the government said the review had no direct bearing on the renewal process and was more focused on ways to optimize Macau’s casino market.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Lionel Leong Vac Tai, Secretary for Economy and Finance, was joined by Gaming Inspection and Policy Coordination Bureau (DICJ) chief Paulo Martins Chan to announce the review’s findings. Leong said all six Macau casino concessionaires had lived up to the obligations in their initial pacts.

Leong said Macau’s market had developed largely on the strength of the VIP sector, but times change – oh, how they change – and Macau “cannot only depend on a small number of customers to generate most of the revenue. We need to have new clients.”

The World Poker Fund Holdings Target $4 Billion Dollar in-Flight Entertainment Industry

The World Poker Fund Holdings Inc. are hoping to tap into the lucrative $4 billion dollars in-flight entertainment industry by being the first to offer a real money gambling solution via InSkyCasino.com.

On April 6, 1925, the world of in-flight entertainment was born when an Imperial Airways flight from Croydon Airport screened The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

50-years later, thanks to Braniff Airlines, passengers were able to play their favourite video game from the sanctity of their tiny seating space. Unfortunately, video games weren’t as advanced as today and everyone had to make do with playing Pong.

There was a problem with the Pong experiment. Everyone had to watch one person playing it. It would be another 13 years before Airvision, a subdivision of N.V.Philips, became the first company to stick a monitor in the back of the seat so people could Pong on their own.

The World Poker Fund Holdings Target $4 Billion Dollar in-Flight Entertainment Industry

The World Poker Fund Holdings Inc. are hoping to tap into the lucrative $4 billion dollars in-flight entertainment industry by being the first to offer a real money gambling solution via InSkyCasino.com.

On April 6, 1925, the world of in-flight entertainment was born when an Imperial Airways flight from Croydon Airport screened The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

50-years later, thanks to Braniff Airlines, passengers were able to play their favourite video game from the sanctity of their tiny seating space. Unfortunately, video games weren’t as advanced as today and everyone had to make do with playing Pong.

There was a problem with the Pong experiment. Everyone had to watch one person playing it. It would be another 13 years before Airvision, a subdivision of N.V.Philips, became the first company to stick a monitor in the back of the seat so people could Pong on their own.

Netherlands puts gambling apps on notice, says 18 more months to regulated market

Gaming regulators in the Netherlands have launched a purge of online gambling apps they deem to be illegally serving Dutch punters.

On Wednesday, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) regulatory body posted a notice on its website saying it would soon be posting a public list of the offending apps. The KSA said it expects both the app makers as well as app stores hosting the apps to remove the offending products from their sites.

The KSA says it has identified 49 apps that currently offer real-money online gambling to Dutch punters. The KSA expressed concern for both real-money and free-play apps, but for the moment is focusing its enforcement efforts on the real-money products.

For years now, the Netherlands has been working towards a regulated online gambling market, but legislators keep dragging their heels, leaving the KSA to keep cracking their whip in a bid to purge the market of illegality before locally licensed operators get their shot.

Netherlands puts gambling apps on notice, says 18 more months to regulated market

Gaming regulators in the Netherlands have launched a purge of online gambling apps they deem to be illegally serving Dutch punters.

On Wednesday, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) regulatory body posted a notice on its website saying it would soon be posting a public list of the offending apps. The KSA said it expects both the app makers as well as app stores hosting the apps to remove the offending products from their sites.

The KSA says it has identified 49 apps that currently offer real-money online gambling to Dutch punters. The KSA expressed concern for both real-money and free-play apps, but for the moment is focusing its enforcement efforts on the real-money products.

For years now, the Netherlands has been working towards a regulated online gambling market, but legislators keep dragging their heels, leaving the KSA to keep cracking their whip in a bid to purge the market of illegality before locally licensed operators get their shot.