The China-based parent company of the World Poker Tour has confirmed that six employees were arrested shortly after the government in Beijing announced a position that freeplay apps constituted illegal gambling. […]
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If Untrapped can channel his best form May 18, a second graded stakes victory could be his for the taking when he faces eight others in the $300,000 Pimlico Special Stakes (G3) at Pimlico Race Course.
Atlantic City casinos broke their two-month losing streak by posting an extremely modest brick-and-mortar gaming revenue increase in April.
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) released its April casino report card on Monday, which showed the state’s seven licensed operators earning a combined $191.4m from their brick-and-mortar gaming operations in April, up a mere 0.3% from the same month last year, but hey, a gain is a gain is a gain.
Unlike the previous two months, the state’s table games really came through for AC’s casinos in April, with revenue spiking 11.4% to $54.9m, while slot machine revenue played spoiler by slipping 3.6% to $136.5m. Counting the $23m contributed by the casinos’ online gambling operations, April’s overall gaming win improved 1.3% to $214.4m.
The Borgata suffered a 9.1% year-on-year brick-and-mortar gaming revenue decline in April, but its $53.1m was still enough to outclass its competitors. Runner-up Harrah’s improved 7.8% to $29.1m, just ahead of its sister site Caesars AC, which gained 3.9% to $29m.
Phil Ivey made a triumphant return to the world of high stakes poker this weekend, winning the Short Deck Ante Only event at the 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series […]
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Within five years, sports wagering industry could exceed $120 billion in wagers each year.
New Jersey’s regulated online gambling market had its second highest revenue month in April, despite online poker’s perpetual inability to grow.
Figures released Monday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) show the state’s licensed online gambling operators generated combined revenue of $23m in April, a 10.6% improvement over the same month last year but below the record $25.6m set in March 2018.
In what has become a familiar refrain, the online casino vertical did all the heavy lifting, with revenue rising 12.7% year-on-year to $21.25m, while the online poker vertical continued its one-way ticket to Palookaville by falling 10.5% to $1.76m.
The Golden Nugget’s family of online casino sites – GoldenNuggetCasino.com, BetfairCasino.com and PlaySugarHouse.com – saw its revenue slip slightly from March’s record $8.65m but the $8.13m earned in April was still sufficient to claim top honors for the month.
New Jersey’s regulated online gambling market had its second highest revenue month in April, despite online poker’s perpetual inability to grow.
Figures released Monday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) show the state’s licensed online gambling operators generated combined revenue of $23m in April, a 10.6% improvement over the same month last year but below the record $25.6m set in March 2018.
In what has become a familiar refrain, the online casino vertical did all the heavy lifting, with revenue rising 12.7% year-on-year to $21.25m, while the online poker vertical continued its one-way ticket to Palookaville by falling 10.5% to $1.76m.
The Golden Nugget’s family of online casino sites – GoldenNuggetCasino.com, BetfairCasino.com and PlaySugarHouse.com – saw its revenue slip slightly from March’s record $8.65m but the $8.13m earned in April was still sufficient to claim top honors for the month.
Real money poker in Japan is set to become a reality once the country’s first integrated resorts open their doors to paying customers. When the Japanese government first passed legislation […]
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Following is a list of television, radio, and online video coverage scheduled for the week leading up to the Preakness Stakes (G1).
The second International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses (IFAR), with representatives from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom, concluded May 14.
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas rated Sporting Chance highly as a yearling and the colt was subsequently purchased by William Mack and Robert Barker for $575,000.
With her dominating victory in the Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1), Winx (AUS) [130] is now alone at the top of the third edition of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2018.
Lawyers for newly-formed trusts are increasingly claiming Massachusetts Lottery prizes, as big winners do what they can to avoid being publicly identified.Legal, Winner Stories, Massachusetts, General Interest, Anonymous
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal law that bars gambling on individual sporting events in most of the country, in a ruling likely to unleash a race among the states to attract billions of dollars in legal wagers.New Jersey, Legal, Gambling, Sports Betting, Sports
Monday, May 14, 2018 will forever be known as one of the most important days in US sports betting history. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court pulled the plug on […]
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A new company aims to facilitate marketing tie-ups between film and gambling companies to incorporate moviemakers’ intellectual property into online gambling games.
On Sunday, the Hollywood Reporter announced that veteran gaming industry executive Richard Clarke had teamed with Sean O’Kelly, who until recently headed up UK film producer Carnaby International, on a new online gambling film rights entity dubbed Skyrocket Entertainment.
The executive tandem announced Skyrocket’s arrival at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, promoting the new venture as a potentially lucrative new revenue stream for filmmakers and rights holders to help offset the costs of production.
The report claimed Skyrocket was actively courting clients in Cannes and the company hopes to license as many as 100 games per year between rights holders and online operators.
With trainer Bob Baffert in attendance and a gaggle of media looking on, Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) winner Justify continued his preparations for the May 19 Preakness Stakes (G1) with an energetic 1 1/2-mile gallop May 14.
After nearly seven years of legal wrangling, Monmouth Park has won its right to offer sports betting after the U.S. Supreme Court announced May 14 that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act is unconstitutional.
Tenfold put in the standard week-of exercise the Steve Asmussen barn is known for, covering an easy half-mile in :49 2/5 at Churchill Downs May 14 in preparation for his expected start in the Preakness Stakes (G1) May 19 at Pimlico Race Course.
In a decision that was largely anticipated by the horse racing industry–as well as other gaming experts–the U.S. Supreme Court May 14 found federal law that had kept sports gambling in check–largely to Nevada–to be unconstitutional.