Who says politics don’t bring people together? Feuding poker players Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk found something they have in common: respect for the recently deceased long-time US Sen. John […]
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Fasig-Tipton has cataloged an initial 445 entries for its Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale, to be held Oct. 1-2. The sale is at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md.
A mass shooting at a Madden 19 esports tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday left two innocent people dead and at least 11 others wounded in a horrific event that was […]
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NYRA and NYTHA have announced the return of the “Per Start Credit” program for owners and trainers to further enhance horsemen participation and help offset workers’ compensation costs during the 2018-19 winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Crews working overnight at Ellis Park fixed the water main break that forced the track to close Sunday, Aug. 26.
Veteran jockey Gerald Almodovar secured the 2,000th victory of his career when he guided No Refunds to victory in the seventh race Aug. 24 at Timonium.
Barretts’ final Select Yearling Sale at Del Mar is slated for Aug. 28 at the Surfside Race Place, commencing at 2 p.m. (Pacific Time).
Kenya’s gambling operators may yet receive their long-awaited tax relief while possibly facing new restrictions on their ability to market their operations.
On Sunday, Kenyan media outlet The Star reported that the Kenyan parliament’s National Finance and Planning committee had recommended reducing the 35% uniform tax on all gambling revenue to 15%, while also cutting the 25% share directed towards social causes to 5%.
Media reports from June had already signaled the committee’s intentions to reduce the tax, and it’s not clear from this new report that the tax plan has actually made any concrete forward progress. That said, the proposed reduction in social cause funding won’t win the already vulnerable gambling sector any brownie points from the general public.
The 35% tax rate was imposed on January 1, despite betting operators arguing that the new rate would cut their margins by nearly half. Some operators opted to curtail their local operations while others like SportPesa withdrew their significant sponsorship of local sports. SportPesa has since renewed some of these deals, albeit at reduced rates.
John Asher, who in his role as vice president of racing communications at Churchill Downs was the public face and voice of the iconic racetrack and the Kentucky Derby (G1), died of an apparent heart attack the morning of Aug. 27 at age 62.
Portugal’s online gambling operators got a much-needed boost from the 2018 FIFA World Cup during the second quarter of 2018.
New figures from the Serviço Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos do Turismo de Portugal (SRIJ) regulatory body showed online sports betting revenue hitting €20.5m in the three months ending June 30, a significant bump over the €13.9m recorded in the same period last year and the €17.4m in Q1 2018.
Portugal’s eight licensed online operators – who collectively hold 13 online licenses – reported over 103k new customer registrations in Q2, 40k higher than signed up in Q2 2017. Of these new customers, nearly half signed up in June, in time for the first half of the World Cup tourney.
Total sports betting handle hit €89.8m in Q2, a year-on-year increase of more than €22m, although Q2’s figure marked a sequential decline from Q1’s €100.3m. To no one’s surprise, football accounted for nearly three-quarters (74.4%) of all sports wagers in Q2, with tennis (14.2% and basketball (7.2%) well back of the mark.
Five players in a UK National Lottery raffle missed out on becoming millionaires after a technical fault on its website hid winning tickets, it can be revealed.UK National Lottery, Winning Ticket Announcement, Error, Technology, Lottery Results, Raffle, Web Site
Mississippi could be inching closer to creating a lottery and leaving the list of six states that don’t offer the game of chance.Legislation, Starting a Lottery, Mississippi, Government
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27/8/2018 – Valletta, Malta – Betsoft Gaming announce their partnership with bingo and casino operator Jackpot Fortune.
Under the terms of the partnership, Jackpot Fortune will be offering Betsoft’s entire Slots3™ collection and mobile ToGo games to its players.
“Jackpot Fortune have spent over two years building their own bespoke and highly flexible bingo and gaming platform,” said Annamaria Anastasi, Marketing Director for Betsoft Gaming. “We are excited by the potential of merging our best content with Jackpot Fortune’s growing customer base.”
“Betsoft’s games bring a depth and richness to the overall play experience,” said Richard Grant, Managing Director of Jackpot Fortune. “These games belong in a class by themselves, with their superior quality and huge range of themes, each with exciting bonus features that really capture the player’s attention and keeps them having fun.
Another snippet from the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona as Lee Davy stands alongside Maria Konnikova to pester her brain about reading, stoicism and Harvard.
As the violins sweep through my head sending the cobwebs onto the dancefloor, I stare out across the ocean and think about what to write. You see, this isn’t any old poker article. It’s an article about a New York Times Bestseller.
It feels like my reputation is on the line.
Like every word has to mean something.
CalvinAyre.com’s Becky Liggero catches up with Better Collective co-founder and CEO Jesper Søgaard to talk about the company’s prospects in the years to come.
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YouTube star, and occasional poker player, Doug Polk admits poker is ‘boring to him’ after achieving his $100 to $10,000 bankroll challenge goal.
Fedor Holz.
Vanessa Selbst.
James Obst.
A round-up from the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona including victories for Michael Soyza and Jean-René Fontaine, and another stellar final table in the €100,000 Super High Roller.
They called me Hoodie Melo.
I just Googled the guy.
I had no clue who Melo was, and didn’t want to lose any of my perceived coolness by asking.
Match Day 3 of the English Premier League sees Man City drop two points at Wolves, and Liverpool capitalise with a victory over Brighton to take them to the top of the league.
Wolves 1 v 1 Man City
After watching Manchester City’s Amazon Prime documentary All or Nothing, you can’t help but get caught up in the romanticism of the rise of the Blue half of Manchester.
Under Pep Guardiola they look like a side capable of bettering the glittering array of stats created by Sir Alex Ferguson at his pomp. And this is why it was a shock to learn that City had only come away from the Midlands with a point this weekend.
A casino operator out of South Korea is possibly looking to open operations in Russia. Asia Gaming Brief (AG Brief) reports that K International Incorporated has been discussing the possibility of opening a project with the state-owned Primorsky Krai Development Corporation (PKDC), the entity managing the Primorye Integrated Entertainment Resort (PIER) zone near Vladivostok.
K International reportedly wants to build a $263.6-million hotel and entertainment complex in the PIER. The complex would include the hotel, a casino, a shopping center and a duty-free zone to the area and would be built on a 49-acre parcel of land.
The PIER is a casino-friendly project established by the Russian government. It already has seen the completion of the Tigre De Cristal resort, built at a cost of $144 million, and NagaCorp Limited’s Naga Vladivostok resort is in the works. Additionally, the $900-million Selena World Resort and Casino, a project planned by Russia’s Diamond Fortune Holdings company, will soon see the opening of its first phase.
Of the land that was allocated for the PIER zone, 118 acres are still available. K International’s resort would consume a large chunk of this land and the company has been considering launching a project in the area for some time.