May 2017 – Prague – The organizers of Prague Gaming Summit are honored to announce John Gordon(CEO at Premier Punt) as the one of the latest keynote speaker at the inaugural Prague Gaming Summit, held between between 8-9 June, 2017 in Prague at the Andel’s by Vienna House Prague.
John Gordon CEO at Premier Punt
John is a chartered Chemical & Process Engineer, specializing in design.
He studied Chemical & Process Engineering in Edinburgh along with the other founders of Premier Punt.
Grade 1 winner Pretty City Dancer will try to snap a four-race losing streak in a full field of 14 sophomore fillies May 19 in the $150,000 Adena Springs Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) at Pimlico Race Course.
Grade 1 winner Pretty City Dancer will try to snap a four-race losing streak in a full field of 14 sophomore fillies May 19 in the $150,000 Adena Springs Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) at Pimlico Race Course.
A former SkyCity Entertainment Group casino staffer who made six-figure promises to a VIP gambler that the company declined to honor has lost his wrongful termination suit.
Longtime SkyCity employee Keith Hayashi was dismissed in May 2016 after the company determined that he’d overstepped his authority in offering rebates to a high-roller without checking with his superiors.
The incident occurred in February 2016, when Hayashi was an operations manager at SkyCity Auckland. Hayashi had been informed that the table limit for certain baccarat side wagers in a specific area of the international VIP section had been capped at $25k.
An unidentified woman had been playing baccarat at the casino for nine days in a salon where bets were capped at $20k. Hayashi, who mistakenly believed the $25k limit applied to her salon, calculated that the women could have won an additional $310,400 had she been allowed to play to what he believed was the ‘correct’ limit during her entire nine-day run.
The World Poker Tour (WPT) has crowned its last champions before the World Series of Poker (WSOP) gets under on May 31. With tournament fever starting to grip the poker […]
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Police in Israel have been ordered to police their desire to gamble in casinos, whether at home or abroad.
Casino gambling is currently illegal in Israel and local police tasked with eradicating illegal gambling operations know better than to be caught patronizing such establishments. But Israeli cops have now been told that all casinos – even those located in foreign jurisdictions where gambling is legal – are explicitly off limits.
Haaretz reported that Israel Police Chief Roni Alsheich issued an order to his top brass, instructing them to inform all officers that visiting a casino is now extremely detrimental to one’s career, regardless of where that casino is located.
Understandably, Alsheich’s new order is causing some resentment in the ranks from officers who feel they’re being treated unfairly. But Alsheich reportedly believes that Israeli police need to hold themselves to a higher standard than ordinary citizens, who remain free to get their gamble on while on holiday abroad.
The stock price for 888 Holdings (LON: 888) took its biggest hit in almost a year on Monday, after an announcement that the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) was investigating one […]
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A combination of California-breds and Kentucky-breds constitute much of what will likely be Barretts’ final May 2-year-olds in training sale. The auction is scheduled for May 17 at Del Mar, beginning at 2 p.m. PDT.
Whitmore had the look of the best sprinter in the Midwest at Oaklawn Park this winter and spring and a victory in the Maryland Sprint Stakes (G3) May 20 would strengthen his case as arguably the best sprinter in the country.
German online betting operator Mybet has reached an out-of-court settlement in its decade-long legal fight with a rival operator over alleged cartel infringement.
On Monday, Mybet announced that it had reached an €11.8m settlement with Westdeutsche Lotterie GmbH & Co. OHG (Westlotto) over what Mybet insisted was the “illegal boycott of its business by the German Lottery and Pools Organization, in breach of competition law.”
In 2014, a Düsseldorf court awarded Mybet subsidiary SWS Service GmbH damages of €11.5m plus interest. Westlotto appealed the ruling, but the German Federal Supreme Court recently referred the case back to the Düsseldorf court. The settlement calls for Mybet to retract its claim, thereby ending the matter.
Mybet said it expects the €11.8m payment to be made sometime this quarter but Mybet will only receive around €4.9m of this sum, due to the requirements of the interim financing with profit participation deal the company entered into with an undisclosed third party last autumn.
Multiple grade 1 winner Shaman Ghost looks to add another graded stakes win to his resume May 19 when he takes on nine others in the $300,000 Pimlico Special (G3) at Pimlico Race Course.
Royal Mo successfully underwent surgery to repair a fractured sesamoid in his right-front leg, trainer John Shirreffs said May 15.
After nine years of the November Nine, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is bidding the concept of holding off on Main Event final table play until the fall adieu. […]
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Kenyan sports betting operator SportPesa has confirmed its new shirt sponsorship with English Premier League footballers Everton FC.
On Monday, SportPesa confirmed rumors that have swirled for months regarding the company’s tie-up with Everton. The club’s new kit, which will be unveiled on Tuesday, will feature SportPesa’s brand on its front as of June 1.
Terms of the five-year deal weren’t disclosed, but the club called it the “biggest commercial partnership” in its 140-year history. In January, Everton CEO Robert Elstone told investors that the new shirt deal represented a “threefold” rise over the club’s previous deal with Thai brewery Chang, which was worth £16m over three years, suggesting SportPesa could be paying up to £9.6m per year.
Elstone hailed SportPesa as “an ambitious and growing global company” that is “committed to significant investment not only into Everton through this partnership but also in the city.” SportPesa recently announced plans to shift its European HQ to Liverpool, a move that is expected to create around 100 local jobs.
On May 20 Fireman will attend his first Triple Crown race, pulling into Pimlico Race Course as the owner of Senior Investment, a longshot entry in the 142nd Preakness Stakes (G1).
Lookin At Lee, the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) runner-up, and stablemate Hence turned in their final works for the Preakness Stakes (G1) the morning of May 15 at Churchill Downs.
Australian online betting operator SportsBet is catching heat for an advertisement that critics claim makes light of athletes’ use of performance enhancing drugs (PED).
Sportsbet debuted a new 90-second television commercial this weekend featuring former sprinter Ben Johnson, the Canadian who won gold in the 100m sprint at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, only to have his medal rescinded days later after drug tests revealed the presence of anabolic steroids in Johnson’s system.
The ad (viewable below) promotes Sportsbet’s new “juiced up” Android app, which the voiceover hails for “putting the ‘roid in Android,” while Ben himself hails the app for “testing positive for speed.”
The spot also features a blazingly fast American cyclist who may or may not be intended to remind you of drugs cheat Lance Armstrong, along with a surprisingly buff female swimmer (complete with visible Adam’s Apple) and a weightlifter who doesn’t want anything going up his back passage.
After some calm, controlled training through his first week or so at Pimlico Race Course, Always Dreaming was back to his energetic, hard-to-handle self May 15 in Baltimore.
The New Zealand Racing Board is pleased to announce that it has approved the selection of OpenBet (OB, a NYX Gaming Group company) and Paddy Power Betfair (PPBF) to deliver the technology solution and supporting data for its Fixed Odds Betting (FOB) business.
The investment will enhance NZRB’s current fixed odds betting business, to meet ever-increasing customer demand and enable NZRB to better compete with international wagering organisations.
OpenBet will provide NZRB with access to a first-class FOB engine, used by many of the major wagering organisations across the world, and partner NZRB with an organisation at the forefront of international wagering growth and innovation,” says NZRB Chair, Glenda Hughes.
“Both partner organisations have strengths in digital, sport and in-play wagering, which are three of the biggest growth opportunities for NZRB.”
ISLE OF MAN – May brings four new online slots from Microgaming, and there’s something for everyone!
Candy Dreams is a 720 ways to win, variable reel game. Players spin on a colourful reel area filled with candy treats, as they play towards enticing bonus triggers.
There are two different scatter symbols that trigger two dynamic features. 12 free spins are activated by three or more special scatter symbols, during which there is a special wild that sends extra wilds onto the reels to create new winning combinations! The Candy Planet bonus is awarded when three or more bonus scatters land, which is a pick until you pop feature, awarding cash prizes.
With wins up to 110,000.00 credits available, this slot is a sweet addition for players. Watch the game promotional video here.