Delegates returned to the ExCeL today by the thousands to continue their journeys throughout the ICE London expo floor. The vibe was busy and buzzing away as it always is on the Wednesday of ICE.
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Conference fever has officially kicked off for the iGaming industry with ICE London and LAC both taking place today and plenty more coming up quick as 2019 pushes on. iGaming conferences are one of the most cherished aspects of our industry, so cherished that as one event is taking place, delegates are already asking each other, “At what event will I see you next”?
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Maryland poker player Joseph Stiers has reached a settlement with Caesars Entertainment over a case that involved his disqualification from the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event. Stiers was […]
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Per usual TNT has the NBA national TV doubleheader on Thursday, but the most-watched part of the night’s action might come before the two games. That’s because starting at 7pm ET TNT will broadcast the All-Star Game draft for the first time.
Odds courtesy of OddsShark.com
It’s the second year of this format but the league didn’t televise it last season, which drew widespread criticism. Various sportsbooks have odds on which player LeBron James will choose first overall (among other props); he picks first as the leading All-Star vote-getter, and the other captain is Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo.
As for on the court, the first game features LeBron’s Los Angeles Lakers visiting the Boston Celtics as underdogs on the NBA odds in what is arguably the league’s best rivalry between its two most storied franchises. It’s LeBron’s first taste of Lakers-Celtics.
Martin Gaudreault-Remillard has won the CAD 1,650 buy-in WPTDeepStacks Montreal Main Event at the Playground Poker Club, for only his second ever live tournament score.
The World Poker Tour (WPT) has burned through another event, brushed the ashes into a golden urn, and thrown them into the parking lot at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal.
One thing I don’t miss from my live reporting days is having to repeatedly hammer names like Martin Gaudreault-Remillard into my keyboard when they run deep, and you don’t get much deeper than the #1 spot.
Gaudreault-Remillard has just taken down the CAD 1,650 buy-in WPTDeepStacks (WPTDS) Montreal Main Event, conquering a field of 686-entrants, to win the $182,790 first prize and a seat into the WPTDeepStacks Championships worth $3,000.
Atlantic City’s Ocean Resort Casino’s latest ownership change took a step forward Wednesday, despite compliance failures by its existing owner and doubts over the property’s future success.
Wednesday saw the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (CCC) meet to discuss the proposed sale of Ocean Resort Casino (ORC) to New York-based hedge fund Luxor Capital Group LP. The deal was announced late last month by the property’s current owner, Colorado developer Bruce Deifik.
The Press of Atlantic City reported that the CCC approved a divestiture trust agreement between Deifik and Luxor Capital that will enable ORC to remain open while Luxor’s principals undergo vetting by the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) for interim casino authorization.
Only after successfully clearing this interim hurdle, which could take up to four months, will Luxor be subjected to the more rigorous poking and prodding to determine its suitability to hold a full New Jersey gaming license.
Nevada biggest casinos reported an overall net loss in their most recent fiscal year, and Caesars Entertainment’s bankruptcy restructuring got most of the blame.
On Wednesday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board (GCB) released its Nevada Gaming Abstract 2018, which covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. The report tracks the performance of the 289 state gaming licensees that grossed $1m or more in gaming revenue during the reporting period.
The report shows these 289 venues generated gross revenue of $27.1b in the most recent fiscal year, around $900m (3.4%) higher than the 12 months ending June 30, 2017. That’s a slightly slower growth rate than the 3.7% reported the previous year but marks the eighth straight year that revenue has posted a year-on-year rise.
However, those 289 casinos reported a net loss of $1.17b in the most recent report, a big swing from the $1.56b profit in fiscal 2017 and snapping the state’s two-year streak of annual profit increases. Total general and administrative expenses shot up by more than $3b in fiscal 2018, most of which occurred in the ‘other’ category.
FOX Sports Saturday At The Races, the live racing television program providing nationwide coverage of the best Thoroughbred racing from marquee venues around the country, continues Saturday.
After a close second and hard-fought victory in a pair of maiden starts last year at Aqueduct Racetrack, Shadwell Stable homebred Haikal will make his stakes debut there Feb. 9 in the $150,000 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes.
Two news stories from Winamax including Team Pro Michel Abécassis announcing his retirement, and a snazzy Who’s The King Bitches promotion from the French online poker darlings.
There are 300 nuclear weapons inside French borders, and it costs $4 billion to give them the occasional spit wash. A few days ago, as the dawn burst into view across the French skyline, a Rafale warplane launched a nuclear cruise missile during a simulation. The warhead remained under lock and key.
But that’s not the biggest news in France.
Not at all.
ISLE OF MAN – Rounding off a striking line-up, Microgaming will launch visitors on an intergalactic voyage to introduce Banana Odyssey, its upcoming space-themed online slot on Day 3 of ICE 2019.
Developed exclusively for Microgaming by Slingshot Studios and due to lift off later in the year, Banana Odyssey was the winning game from Microgaming’s Games Concept Day, which invited multiple operators to pitch their game ideas to the leading software supplier in sessions that took place in Malta and Gibraltar.
Following two astro-chimps on an exhilarating space-race towards the Banana Planet’s fabled riches, the 5×3 reel slot is packed with thrilling features, including expanding wilds, respins and free spins, to take players on an immersive mission across the galaxy in search of big wins. Developed by Slingshot Studios, Banana Odyssey will be launched exclusively to Twin players for a two-month period.
To celebrate the upcoming game, Microgaming will unveil Banana Odyssey to the public with an out-of-this-world performance at the Microgaming Bar at 11:00 and 14:00.
Johannesburg, South Africa – 2019 is officially in full swing with the African gaming industry taking big steps in January. With regulatory uncertainty in Southern and Eastern Africa and the massive growth in West Africa, it’s imperative for operators and service providers to meet with regulators and government officials to seek clarity on these regulatory developments and to be updated on cutting edge technologies, and player acquisition and retention strategies to sustain your growth throughout 2019.
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Two news stories with a foundation in Las Vegas as a poker player banned from the 2017 World Series of Poker settles with Caesars Entertainment in court, and Faded Spade extends their partnership with Solve For Why.
Two stories with a Las Vegas link, beginning with a scoop from Brian Pempus over at USBets.
Joe Stiers, a poker player in his mid-30s from Maryland, has settled with Caesars Entertainment in connection with his ban from the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.
According to Pempus, Stiers was in a decent spot during Day 3 of the WSOP Main Event, when tournament officials removed him from the competition and kicked him off the property.
The camp of casino magnate Kazuo Okada insisted that the fight to regain control of his company is not yet over, saying the Tokyo decision regarding the agreement between his two children is not yet final.
In a statement issued by the casino magnate’s lawyers, they said Okada’s daughter, Hiromi, plans to appeal the Tokyo decision in the complaint filed against her by brother, Tomohiro.
“Until the decision becomes final, the fight is not yet over and Kazuo Okada remains in control of Universal Entertainment Corporation (UEC) as 99 percent owner of Okada Holdings Limited,” the lawyers said.
Okada Holdings Limited (OHL) owns 68 percent of UEC, the parent company of Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment, Inc. (TRLEI), the operator of Okada Manila.
PokerStars Ambassadors, Jaime Staples and Jeff Gross, have announced the end of their PokerStars contracts two days apart.
PokerStars is light in the ambassadorial department after Jeff Gross and Jaime Staples walked away from the largest online poker room in the world, high heels in hand, looking towards the horizon, hoping for something better to come along.
As is standard at times like these, PokerStars left it to the pros to break the news via social media, and the first to throw his patch into the dirt was Jeff Gross.
Gross joined PokerStars ahead of the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at a time it looked like his Poker Flow Show was heading to 888Poker.
Russia has added more online gambling operators to its payment processing blacklist, but it remains to be seen what success this tactic will achieve.
On Wednesday, Russian gambling affiliate Bookmaker Ratings reported that the Federal Tax Service (FTS) had added 16 names to its list of companies with which Russian financial institutions are forbidden to do business. The FTS announced last month that the Curacao-licensed online casino Azino777 was the first company added to this list.
The newly blacklisted names include four locally familiar gambling faces: Baltsport NV (Baltbet), Betcity Network NV (Betcity), Pari-Match NV (Parimatch) and Leon International Ltd (Leon). All four hold Russian online sports betting licenses but also operate internationally-licensed sites that offer casino, poker and other gambling products that remain illegal in Russia.
Betcity’s Russian-licensed site ranked fifth on the country’s 2018 online bookmaker web traffic report, while Parimatch (6th), Baltbet (7th) and Leon (8th) also scored above-average positions.
The second and final day of the Goffs February Sale heated up Feb. 6 with two bold plays by Moran Stud Farm manager Kieran Sheehy.
The British Horseracing Authority announced late Feb. 6 that racing at “all British racecourses” Feb. 7 will be canceled because of an outbreak of equine influenza.
An estimated field of 670 entries will compete for nearly $2.9 million in cash and awards, and horse racing’s official title of “Horseplayer of the Year,” at this weekend’s 20th NTRA National Horseplayers Championship
Madaket Stables, Tom Coleman, Team Hanley and Norton Herrick’s multiple graded stakes winner Rymska will be the horse to beat when she kicks off her 5-year-old campaign in Saturday’s $150,000 Suwannee River (G3T) at Gulfstream Park.