July was another ho-hum month for poker in New Jersey, in the face of continued upticks from both live and online casino play in the state. The latest figures from […]
The post Lackluster July Numbers for New Jersey Poker, Live and Online appeared first on .
Fasig-Tipton has expanded its Midlantic fall yearling sale to two days as a result of a high volume of entries.
One year after registering a front-end victory in the New York Turf Writers Cup Handicap (NSA-1), Portrade will try to defend that title when he faces an expected 11 other runners in the 2 3/8-mile steeplechase test Aug. 24 at Saratoga Race Course.
Australian casino operator Silver Heritage Group Ltd. is injecting fresh funds for its multi-million dollar integrated resort in Nepal.
The construction delays of Tiger Palace Resort Bhairahawa has prompted the Australian-listed firm to allot additional funds for the second time this year.
This time, Silver Heritage said in a disclosure to the Australian Stock Exchange that the additional US$5 million fund, which was secured by its Nepalese subsidiary, Tiger One Pvt Ltd, will be used to “prepay US$2.0-million of the US$20-million outstanding bonds, issued to Silver Heritage Ltd on 26 August 2016, on or around 25 August 2017.”
“Being the next interest payment date of the Bonds, the Company will redeem US$2 million of Bonds at the Redemption Price of US$2,134,000,” the firm said.
Businessmen may no longer bet on the sex and gambling industry after China laid down new rules against “irrational” overseas investments.
From real estate to hotels and entertainment industry, the Chinese government is starting to become more discerning with its overseas investments ahead of Communist Party leadership transition later this year.
Analysts say that China’s new overseas investment rules were laid out in order to quell the possible spark risks and endanger national interests and security.
The Chinese government has categorized overseas business ventures into three – banned, restricted, and encouraged.
In this interview with CalvinAyre.com’s Becky Liggero, Cory Allison of Rezli shares her thoughts on how eSports tournament organizers may be able to lure female players to embrace the game.
Loading the player…
jwplayer(‘camediasplayer-343203’).setup({
file: “http://30.cdn.bit2host.eu/videos/cory-allison-esports-needs-player-diversity-video.m4v”,
The media company behind gaming industry news portal CalvinAyre.com has acquired cryptocurrency news site Coingeek.com as part of site founder Calvin Ayre’s deeper involvement in all things Bitcoin.
CalvinAyre.com was set up to address fake news in the gaming industry and CoinGeek.com’s clear intent to do the same in the Bitcoin world has impressed both Calvin himself and the team behind CalvinAyre.com. With the established financial system putting its might behind derailing Bitcoin, alarmist and inaccurate media in the space is, sadly, rife.
The plan is for CalvinAyre.com to continue to cover Bitcoin news as it relates to the gaming industry, while using its considerable resources to enable Coingeek.com to hire more technical and media personnel, thereby allowing the site to provide truly global coverage of this rapidly expanding economic instrument.
Many governments are looking into Bitcoin, with economic heavyweight Japan taking the step to officially recognise the cryptocurrency. Antigua & Barbuda are also looking to take a lead in Bitcoin-related commerce, having recently named Calvin Ayre as their specific economic envoy for Bitcoin and blockchain technology.”
7,400 former Absolute Poker & UltimateBet players will receive $33.5m in stolen funds as the Garden City Group announced the first round of remissions repayments.
7,400 petitioners are about to receive $33.5 million taken from them by Absolute Poker (AB) and Ultimate Bet (UB) circa 2011, and the decision is blowing some people’s minds.
It still blows my mind that the people who lost their money on UB on Black Friday are actually going to get their money back https://t.co/a6RAKWJZQN
— gN Doug Polk (@DougPolkPoker) August 18, 2017
888Poker continue to kill buzzkill after buzzkill after releasing Flopomania and Push or Fold Flopomania, two games that remove the sleep inducing pre flop folding parties.
Eddie’s Dad, Steve, has been playing poker for over 50-years.
I recently asked him some questions about professional poker players.
Did he know who the best player in the world was?
A round up of week two of Premier League action including 100% records for Manchester United, West Brom, and Huddersfield.
Swansea 0 v 4 Man Utd
The sight of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League used to be as ominous as tanks in Tiananmen Square.
It seems like a long time ago.
The Spanish football club, Sevilla, has agreed on a shirt sponsorship deal with Playtika that will see the World Series of Poker’s free to play poker room PlayWSOP.com branded on the first team’s shirts.
With La Liga audiences growing to the region of six billion eyeballs per season, it pays to have your brand logo on the front of one of the 20 teams who compete in the top tier of Spanish football.
That fortune has fallen into the lap of the World Series of Poker’s (WSOP) free-to-play poker game, PlayWSOP.com, after the three-time Europa League winners, Sevilla, agreed on a new sponsorship deal with Playtika.
The one-year rolling deal said to be worth multi-millions sees Playtika become the official shirt sponsor, as well as having the opportunity to advertise around the stadium, and during video segments with the players. Playtika will take advantage of the deal to market the myriad of social games that make up their roster, beginning with the online poker room.
This is not a drill.
The Philippine House of Representatives has move to clip the licensing powers of state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR).
Members of the Philippine House have been eyeing to snatch the power to issue gambling license from PAGCOR, especially in the wake of the deadly Resorts World Manila arson attack that left 38 people dead two months ago.
But it was only early this month when Congress finally decided to take away the licensing powers from PAGCOR by filing a bill that will make the government-controlled corporation “purely regulatory.”
The Bob Baffert-trained stablemates went at it on the front end, but it was Zatter who got the best of St Patrick’s Day Aug. 20 at Del Mar.
As part of its ongoing investment in technology, UK’s Leading Online and mobile casino, Monster Casino has released its Android app on Google Play Store giving its players the flexibility of being able to play their favourite mobile casino games on the move.
The highly secure app, which has cutting-edge technology and a highly sensitive authentication system has been developed by leading experts in the Mobile Casino industry who have also worked with other leading Online Casino websites in the UK.
While explaining the security features of the mobile app the spokesperson said: “We take the privacy of our players very seriously and therefore all the personal information of the players is secured using 128-bit SSL encryption method. Also, secured payment methods are offered to the players so that they do not have to worry about their privacy and security while making the deposits and withdrawals at our mobile casino app. The app has been approved by the UK Gambling Commission and has also been tested by renowned third party auditors”
The marketing manager at Monster casino commented: “Monster Casino is committed to offer our players with innovative gaming experiences. We always strive to offer better services to our players and the mobile app is just one of the many innovations that we plan to offer to our customers. We want to make use of this opportunity to further our position as a leader in the online casino industry.”
On October 11, London will host the major conference, ICO Event London 2017, dedicated to a popular investment generation tool called Initial Coin Offering.
The event will involve blockchain and cryptocurrency experts, venture investors, lawyers and startup founders, raising a great startup capital due to the ICO.
ICO Event London 2017 is one of the first major events dedicated to the new investment method. Not coincidentally, London has been selected to host this event: it is a center of investments and financial hub with a plenty of young companies.
Analysts call the UK a highly active state on the cryptocurrency and ICO market. One has established here a regulatory environment for testing fintech projects, while the blockchain potential is officially recognized by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Al and Sandee Kirckwood’s homebred Blackjackcat’s has met every class challenge since the summer began and continued to improve Aug. 20 for his first graded win in the $200,000 Del Mar Mile Handicap (G2T).
Philippine-listed gaming technology provider PhilWeb Corp. will soon be back to business after it has finally secured the nod of the state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.
The Philippine Star reported that PAGCOR has issued a Provisional Certificate of Accreditation as an Electronic Gaming System (EGS) service provider to PhilWeb after the firm has satisfied the conditions set by the state regulator.
The news is definitely a welcome development for PhilWeb, which has seen its net income plunged 134.2 percent to PHP297.7 million (US$6.01 million) in 2016 from PHP869.6 million ($17.55 million) in 2015 due to the expiration and non-renewal of its Intellectual Property License and Management Agreement (IPLMA).
Stock traders, meanwhile, are also bracing themselves for the possible demand for PhilWeb shares once the Philippine bourse opens on Tuesday.
From a simple bedroom project to a buzzing show that has doubled in size over three years and shows no signs of plateau: this has been our humbling journey so far; a roller coaster that has connected many entrepreneurs and gained a bit of respect from the elite of igaming. 2017 is the very first year where we’re embracing the challenges and opportunities of a global show, with growing interest from the heavyweights of the industry across continents.
Shortly after SiGMA16 we took heed of your feedback and will be introducing some interesting upgrades, including, but not limited to the following:
1. Conferences: The conferences worked marvels in 2016, with a number of partnerships and a new cabaret-style layout room – the hall was packed from 9am to 6pm. We plan on establishing more partnerships, and apply even stricter guidelines for the best speakers. We’re also changing the way content is presented by reducing the run-of-the-mill panel, at times mind-numbing discussions with more engaging content. Come SiGMA17, expect more fish bowls, speed dating and better interaction between speakers and audience using latest technologies and apps available. Harsh as it may sound; we’re even tempted to have the speakers rated live – power to the audience!
2. 1,000 Free Flights: Inspired by the movie 300, last year we gave 300 flights to affiliates. The initiative went down very well with affiliates and operators, so this year we’re stretching our budgets by inviting 500 NEW affiliates and also 500 top C level executives, mostly CTOs, CPOs, CEOs, COOs – to keep the B2B side of the business equally busy with a fresh bloodline of potential customers. Exhibitors are encouraged to invite VIP guests, flights on us, and throw a string of hospitality events around SiGMA. After all, Malta lends itself quite well for hospitality.
Glück Games confirms the appointment of Rafael Razim as its new CTO.
Glück Games, the Gibraltar and Berlin-based ‘casual-real money games’ developer, aggregator and technology provider, has announced the appointment of Rafael Razim its new, full-time Chief Technology Officer.
Razim has significant experience in the iGaming sector and is recognised as one of Berlin’s top CTOs. He previously co-founded Berlin-based GimiGames, a VC-backed multiplayer skill-gaming platform, and a real-money poker-company in Malta. He joins Glück Games as “late co-founder” and part of the management team.
The appointment comes after 18-months of strong successes for the young, rapidly-growing iGaming developer based in Berlin and Gibraltar. Glück Games specialises in producing real money gaming content for the broad, lottery-playing demographic. Its games are now hitting an annualised sales run rate of circa €45million within twelve months of going live with operators including Lottoland and Lottohelden.
Bill Mott’s hot summer continued when his English Channel 3-year-old Channel Maker fought through the lane to deny a comeback bid by Final Copy and won the $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes at Woodbine Aug. 20.