Monthly Archives: July 2016

Euro 2016: Portugal Beat France Without Ronaldo

Portugal is the Euro 2016 champion after defeating the red hot favourites France despite losing their talisman Cristiano Ronaldo through an early injury.

Have you read Death of a Moth by Virginia Woolf?

It’s Woolf’s depiction of a moth as she watches it going through its death throes. A moment which is, on one hand, mesmerising and tragic, and yet so boring and mundane.

And that’s what I thought of at the end of the Euro 2016 Final between Portugal and France. A match that immortalised by a single shot of the greatest player in the world sobbing on the turf as a moth lands on his nose to see what all the fuss was about.

WSOP Day 39 Recap:  Main Event Kicks Off, Kyllonen and Dunst Win Bracelets, Ladies Event Down to Final Nine

The WSOP Main Event is the granddaddy of all poker tournaments. It’s the one event each year even the most casual poker fan simply can’t miss. Day 1A kicked off on Saturday at the Rio in Las Vegas with 764 entrants. Thousands more will register for the Sunday and Monday sessions. Like most years, most of […]

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Dutch Online Gambling Bill Makes Progress (At Last!)

The Dutch lower chamber of parliament passed a bill that will drastically reform Holland’s online gambling laws this week. The Dutch Remote Gambling Act will now, finally, go to the Senate, where it is expected to be approved and passed into law. The Act has been debated endlessly in the lower house since it was […]

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Gaming Industry News Weekly Recap – Stories You Might Have Missed

THE AMERICAS

Delaware told daily fantasy sports operators to halt real-money contests; A pair of eSports stars were exposed as owning the skin betting site they were publicly promoting prompting them to do some half-assed damage control; Vulcun shut down its fantasy eSports site; South Korea’s Netmarble Games announced its intention to bid for Caesars Entertainment’s Playtika social casino business; Sands Bethlehem launched the nation’s largest electronic table game setup; The Lotter pushed the Oregon Lottery to expand international online sales; porn baron Larry Flynt bought California’s Normandie Casino; Pennsylvania casinos’ slots revenue rose for the second straight year and Lee Davy recapped the week’s action at the World Series of Poker 2016.

EUROPE and AFRICA

The Netherlands’ lower house of parliament finally passed their Remote Gaming Bill; Betfred reported a £76m loss thanks to new taxes and lucky punters; Gibraltar’s gaming minister downplayed the impact of the Brexit vote on the Rock’s online industry; Portugal got its second licensed online sports betting site; PokerStars withdrew from Slovenia; a Cyprus resort staged a mock terror attack to promote its casino night; poker icon Tony G volunteered to replace Nigel Farage as UKIP leader; 1710 Gaming consultant Christina Thakor-Rankin explained why Africa is the next big iGaming market and Rebecca Liggero recapped the goings-on at Days One, Two and Three of the World Gaming Executive Summit in Barcelona.