A website recently popped up asking fans to nominate players for the first class of the Online Poker Hall of Fame. At the somewhat mysterious OPHOF.org, Tom “Durrrr” Dwan, Phil […]
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The race may have been labeled an allowance, but from the quarter pole to the wire July 25 at Del Mar, two of the best turf sprinters on the West Coast engaged in a top-class duel.
People have begun taking bets on the successful assassination of Donald Trump, the date of the next mass school shooting, and terrorist attack on the decentralised future forecasting site Augur according to numerous sources.
So, I learned that a podiatrist is someone who fixes your feet. I bought a new pair of trainers, size 9, and they’re too big. I can’t change them because the seven-year-old came out of me. I had to wear them because they were so fucking cool. So there I was, limping past a shop advertising a free foot examination.
Boom.
Booked.
Despite its hearty $600,000 purse and the fact juvenile champion Good Magic is slated to run a day later at Monmouth Park, the July 28 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course drew just five entrants.
Each of the 12 previous Triple Crown winners had added a new chapter to the annals of the sport; Justify rewrote the history books by venturing into uncharted territory and accomplishing feats not even the all-time greats could come close to.
One year after getting nailed at the wire by Paulassilverlining, Finley’sluckycharm got her Honorable Miss Handicap (G2) victory when she ran down Vertical Oak in midstretch and outkicked her rival by 2 1/4 lengths.
Legal sports betting in the United States showed its inexperience this week after bettors at New Jersey’s Meadowlands racetrack left the venue without being paid their winnings.
The Meadowlands’ FanDuel-branded sportsbook hasn’t been open two weeks and its growing pains were on full display Tuesday night after winning bettors attempted to cash out following the conclusion of a marathon baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.
Initial reports via bettors’ social media feeds indicated that many bettors were unable to cash out their winning tickets, allegedly due to the sportsbook not having sufficient cash on hand. This mishap occurred despite some punters claiming that FanDuel staffers had told them that winning tickets would be processed following the game’s conclusion.
On Wednesday, ESPN scribe David Purdum quoted one of the aggrieved bettors saying he’d been told by FanDuel staff that the money needed to pay all bettors was “in the vault” and couldn’t be accessed until morning. The bettor, who was flying to Atlanta in the morning, said he and other bettors in his situation “kind of left disgruntled.”
Lee Davy brings you another round-up of all the news from the Triton Poker Series in Jeju, South Korea, this time focusing on Nick Schulman’s victory in the HKD 100,000 (USD 12,500) buy-in Short-Deck, Ante-Only tournament.
At breakfast, I sat with Lex Veldhuis and his partner, chowing down on some bean sprouts and kimchi, when the conversation turned to babies. Well, I have quite an interesting baby story. You see, my Amazonian wife gave birth to our daughter in a paddling pool.
For two days, I sat with her as she went through her most painful experience. I held her hand. I mopped her brow. I helped her retain focus when it felt like Ripley’s alien was about to shear her in two.
And.
FIFA has released the shortlist for the Best Men’s Player of the Year award, and it’s missing the most expensive player in the world.
I’ve spent the past few days asking the world’s best poker players what they wanted to be when they were younger. One of them wanted to be a taxi driver, but most wanted to be an athlete of some nature, with professional footballer topping the list.
My Whatsapp message reads:
Are you enjoying yourself?
After a pair of close runner-up finishes in grade 1 turf races, the connections of Sadler’s Joy hope a return to the course of his best win gets him over the hump.
Denied first-place honors last out in the Woody Stephens Stakes Presented by Mohegan Sun (G2), Woodford Racing’s Engage will step down in class to the $200,000 Amsterdam Stakes (G3) July 28 at Saratoga Race Course.
The Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey accepted $3.5 million in sports bets in the first nine days of operation for the FanDuel Sportsbook — impressive considering that the launch period […]
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Poland’s government has opted not to establish a central registry of forbidden internet fruit, although international online gambling sites remain off-limits.
On Tuesday, Poland’s Ministry of Digitization announced that “there will be no central register of prohibited domains,” which would have expanded the country’s current blacklist of unauthorized online gambling operators to include websites that promoted or offered other “goods and services contrary to the law.”
News of the government’s central registry plan floated earlier this month, and was met with howls of protest from civil libertarians, particularly given reports that internet service providers would be compelled to provide info on individual Polish citizens’ attempts to visit any site on the forbidden list.
The Ministry’s announcement claimed the idea behind the central registry was simply to “minimize costs on the part of telecommunications entrepreneurs” but the Ministry discovered that “proposals for possible blocking of some parties were not accepted.”
The Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star Park have announced a catalog of 119 head for the upcoming Texas Summer Yearling and Mixed Sale.
Jockey Andrea Atzeni has been called up to replace Frankie Dettori on Without Parole in the Qatar Sussex Stakes (G1), but by the time the acceptors are released July 26, the Frankel colt may no longer be on the big-race favorite.
Injured jockey Victor Espinoza is making progress at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, according to his agent Brian Beach.
Justify, the undefeated winner of the 2018 Triple Crown, has been retired from racing, according to a press release distributed by his connections July 25.
Landing International Development Ltd (LIDL) says it has received provisional approval to build a $1.5b resort casino in the Philippines’ capital of Manila.
On Wednesday, LIDL briefly halted trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange pending a major announcement. Later, the company revealed that its subsidiary Landing Resorts Philippines Development Corporation had received a provisional license to establish and operate a casino within NayonLanding, the integrated resort it plans to build in Manila’s Entertainment City gaming zone.
LIDL says the provisional license agreement it has reached with the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is valid for a 15-year term from the date issued or until July 11, 2033. Landing noted that the license doesn’t permit the resort to offer video streaming or internet gambling, unless PAGCOR declares otherwise.
LIDL has committed to spending at least $1b (and likely up to $1.5b) on its Entertainment City venue, which the company hopes to open by “early 2022.” The company has scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony on the development site on August 7.
The World Series of Poker may be over for the summer, but the high stakes poker action is just getting heated up halfway across the world. Some of the biggest […]
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Sports betting technology provider Kambi enjoyed a solid boost from the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but warned investors that the returns from legal betting in the United States would be slow in coming.
On Wednesday, Kambi reported that its revenue in the three months ending June 30 was up 25% year-on-year to €17.6m, while operating profit hit €2.4m from just €300k in the same period last year, which suffered from a pitifully low betting margin. Similarly, after-tax profits went from €100k in Q2 2017 to €1.7m in the most recent quarter.
Kambi clients’ betting turnover hit a record €307m in Q2, and the World Cup matches that went to extra-time accounted for 37% of tournament turnover, which the company claims reflects its “market-leading extra-time offer.”
Kambi CEO Kristian Nylén said the company’s “very positive results” got a boost not only from increased World Cup wagering at its clients’ betting sites, but also from the launch of three new customers in three regulated markets – Stanleybet Romania, South Africa’s Sun International and Rush Street Interactive (RSI) in Colombia – in the space of a week prior to the World Cup kickoff.