Las Vegas Metro police on Tuesday confirmed that Friday’s Bellagio poker room robbery suspect committed the same crime at the same place in November 2017, closing the books on a […]
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The Stronach Group has started to put new equine safety policies in place, as its Maryland Jockey Club sent a text message to all horsemen March 15 informing them of changes to pre-race exams.
With the introduction of the Horseracing Integrity Act March 14 in the United States House of Representatives, BloodHorse online editor Frank Angst caught up with Congressman Andy Barr.
A colt by first-season sire Spill The Beans and a filly by Better Than Ready shared top honors after being sold for a session-topping AU$170,000 during the final session of the Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale March 19.
As millions of people prepare to fill out their NCAA tournament brackets, the Duke Blue Devils are coming into March Madness as the biggest favorites since the Kentucky Wildcats in […]
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Sam Houston Race Park is proud to host Texas Champions Day on Saturday, March 23.
The Minnesota Racing Commission has appointed David Hooper, David Smith and Stanley Bowker to the Canterbury Park Board of Stewards for its 2019 race meet.
Romania’s online gamblers are starting to feel the negative effects of their government’s new tax rules.
Shortly before last Christmas, Romania’s government issued a surprise announcement that, starting early this year, locally-licensed operators would now be required to pay a 2% tax on their gambling turnover, with the first payment to be delivered to the government as of February 25.
But shortly before that deadline arrived, the government announced a change of heart. The wildly unpopular ‘tax on greed’ would now be applied to customer deposits, not operator turnover. A reprieve of sorts for the country’s couple-dozen online gambling licensees, but bad news for Romanian gamblers, whose deposits would no longer go as far as they once did.
As of March 13, the Kindred Group’s Romanian-licensed Unibet and Vlad Cazino brands became the first online operators to inform their local customers that their deposits would now be subject to the 2% deduction at source. This reportedly came as something of a letdown for Romanian punters, some of whom had held out the hope that operators would eat this cost rather than pass it on to their customers. Ah, to be young and foolish again…
Trainer Elliott said 9-year-old came out of Cheltenham in good form
Long-time Turf writer and publicist Jeff Lowe has joined West Point Thoroughbreds in a communications and marketing role.
With the Kentucky Derby less than 50 days away, NBCSN presents exclusive live coverage of the $1 million Louisiana Derby this Saturday, March 23 at 5:30 p.m. ET from Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana.
For Synchrony to extend his perfect Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots turf record when he starts in the Muniz Memorial Handicap (G2T) March 23, the Pin Oak Stable homebred will have to defeat this season’s active earnings leader Bricks and Mortar.
The Global Poker Index released on Monday what turned out to be controversial nominees for its April 5 Global Poker Awards ceremony (live on PokerGo). Two categories – Streamer of […]
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With 1,221 entries, the catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales 2019 Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training April 23-26 is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com.
Finnish gambling operator Paf has taken the bold step of publishing its annual player statistics, while pledging to further reduce the volume of business it generates from its high-value customers.
This week, Swedish-language gambling operator Paf, which serves Finland’s autonomous Åland Islands region, published its players’ annual wins and losses over the past two years, part of the company’s quest to reduce its reliance on revenue generated from high-rolling gamblers.
Paf’s figures show the company generated a ‘total gross gaming surplus’ (aka customers’ losses of their own money) of €98.1m in 2018, up a mere €262k from 2017’s result. But the average loss per customer fell nearly one-fifth to €522 last year, in part because the percentage of Paf players who finished 2018 in the black rose 7.3 points to 31.6%.
Last September, Paf began rolling out fixed annual loss-limits for its online customers, imposing a hard cap of €30k that CEO Christer Fahlstedt claimed at the time would reduce the company’s annual income by around 5%.
PokerStars’ promo team has hit back at its rivals over at Partypoker with a new series of Spin & Go satellites for EPT Monte Carlo. In what’s becoming one of […]
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Silver Dust, coming off a victory in the Mineshaft Handicap, has a recency advantage as he seeks to double up in graded stakes action at Fair Grounds in the New Orleans Handicap (G2) going nine furlongs
BetConstruct seals a significant strategic partnership with the NOVOMATIC Interactive division Greentube. The Greentube content will roll out with BetConstruct’s own casinos and operators.
With over two decades of industry experience, Greentube Internet Entertainment Solutions has propelled itself to the iGaming Olympus. As a result of this new partnership, the online game developer will be enhancing BetConstruct’s RNG library with 400+ slots. This will make the library one of the richest and most diversified in the industry.
Daniel Lechner, Greentube Head of Sales, added: “We pride ourselves in delivering the best interactive and most diversified portfolio that the iGaming sector has to offer and our new partnership with BetConstruct will further strengthen the connection between consumers and Greentube games in both Armenia and across the world. We eagerly anticipate the great things to come as a result of our new partnership and look forward to an exciting collaboration with one of the world’s leading betting and gaming solutions providers.”
Vigen Badalyan, BetConstruct Founder and CEO, commented: “We chose the content for our industry-leading gaming catalogue with a single objective – to deliver the opportunity for business growth to our operators and to ensure their players get the biggest and best selection of games. Adding Greentube’s games to our platform serves both goals in an excellent way and we look forward to our mutually beneficial and productive partnership.”
Vilnius – 19 March 2019 –
It has been reported by industry media that Latvia’s parliament has decided to ban gambling halls throughout the country. The representatives of the political parties have stated that amendments are needed and that casinos can only be located in luxury hotels.
The representative of the Ministry of Finance, Yana Salminia, stated that the streamlining of the gambling business is already underway. Politicians and other interested parties can submit their proposals, the draft consideration was already completed.
Meanwhile, the country’s gambling revenue increased by 11.7 per cent compared with 2017 and amounted to 277.701 million euros, according to the Lotteries and Gambling Supervisory Inspection of the Republic of Latvia.
Thuuz Sports, the most powerful automated video highlights production platform for worldwide sports, today announced their 2018-19 Top 10 most exciting games for the men’s basketball season. Despite not making the NCAA Tournament, The University of West Virginia, by virtue of their February 26 win over TCU, topped the list. The Mountaineers, appeared twice on the list, just behind Tennessee and Duke, who are each on the list for three games. The regular season matchup between top seeds Duke and Gonzaga also qualified in the Top 10.
Using their custom designed algorithms to measure real-time event excitement, Thuuz will provide a unique look into what games have gotten fans the most excited and engaged as 2019 rolls along.
The game excitement ratings are measured on a 0 to 100 scale and take into consideration game pace, team parity, play novelty, momentum shifts, social buzz, and historical context. The algorithms behind the excitement ratings are statistically calibrated to insure the appropriate distribution of ratings across the duration of a season or course of a tournament.
Using the Thuuz excitement measurement platform, the top ten most exciting games were:
1) West Virginia 104, TCU 96 (Big 12): 2/26/19
WVU outlasted TCU in a triple OT showdown in Big 12 conference play. WVU had 4 players play over 50 minutes in the game, led by Derek Culver who ended the game with 22 points and 21 rebounds. This is the only game in the top 10 that was between 2 teams that did not make March Madness.
2) Duke 71, Louisville 69 (ACC): 2/12/19
Louisville was winning 59-36 with under 10 min left in the 2nd half, before Zion Williamson and Duke began a massive comeback that ended in a 2-point victory. Duke freshman Cam Reddish made 2 FT’s with 15 seconds remaining to give Duke their 1st lead since they were up 21-20 in the 1st half. A defensive stand after those FT’s led to an improbable Duke victory.
3) Tennessee 76, Gonzaga 73 (NCAA): 12/9/18
A battle between two veteran-heavy teams came down to the wire as Rui Hachimura and Gonzaga came up just short against 2-time SEC player of the year Grant Williams and Tennessee. Admiral Schofield was the standout performer for Tennessee with 30 points and 6 rebounds as Tennessee picked up a great non-conference win against the #1 seed in the West in Gonzaga.
4) Duke 74, UNC 73 (ACC): 3/15/19
The two heated rivals faced off for the 3rd time this season after the Tar Heels had won both regular season games. The difference between this game and the 1st two was that Duke didn’t have their star freshman and likely #1 pick in the upcoming NBA draft, Zion Williamson. In his first full game against UNC, he posted 31 points and 11 rebounds as Duke defeated UNC and went on to win the ACC Championship, with Zion being named MVP.
5) Gonzaga 89, Duke 87: 11/21/18
A matchup between two #1 seeds in March Madness went down to the wire in what remains Duke’s only loss of the season with Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett, and Cam Reddish all on the floor for a full game. Gonzaga was led by recently announced 1st team All-American Rui Hachimura, who had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. He out-dueled Duke’s 1st team All-American duo in Barrett and Williamson, who both had 20+ points in the loss.
6) West Virginia 79, Texas Tech 74 (Big 12): 3/14/19
WVU became the only team to make it in this top-10 list twice and not be in March Madness by pulling off a major upset during the Big 12 tournament over Texas Tech. Two of the better players in the Big 12 battled it out in an entertaining matchup as Emmitt Matthews Jr (WVU) posted 28 points and 8 rebounds against likely NBA lottery pick Jarrett Culver, who had 26 points and 10 rebounds in the defeat.
7) Tennessee 82, Kentucky 78 (SEC): 3/16/19
A back and forth affair between 2 of the top 3 teams in an SEC semifinal saw Tennessee edge Big Blue Nation behind their back-to-back SEC player of the year Grant Williams. Lamonte Turner hit the game-winning 3-pointer for the Vols with 30 seconds remaining after having previously been 0-14 in 3-pointers in his 2 prior games against Kentucky.
8) Arizona State 80 Kansas 76: 12/22/18
Arizona State is one of the final teams in the field, and they can likely point to this monumental win over Kansas at home as the big reason why. Remy Martin (ASU) hit a pull-up jumper with just under a minute remaining to put ASU up 78-76 and become the 5th Sun Devil to reach double figures. That depth outlasted Kansas’ star Dedric Lawson who had an impressive 30 point, 14 rebound performance for the Jayhawks.
9) LSU 73, Kentucky 71 (SEC): 2/12/19
LSU defeated Kentucky on a controversial buzzer-beating tip-in for their 1st win over Kentucky since 2009. This incredibly close game was within 5 points for the final 14 minutes of the game, as the 2 SEC rivals went back and forth in a conference showdown.
10) LSU 82, Tennessee 80 (SEC): 2/23/19
After a crucial foul by Tennessee with less than a second remaining, LSU’s Ja’vonte Smart drained the go-ahead FT’s and as Tigers beat the Vols in OT. This was LSU’s 2nd victory in 2 weeks over a top-5 SEC team. Smart scored a career-high 29 points in the win.