The creators of the Global Poker Awards have released the shortlists for the 13-categories, and feedback on Twitter shows one or two leaks in the nomination panel process.
Poker awards remind me of mixed tapes. Sweat poured into the creation of a collection of masterpieces met by derision as some of the selected few are deemed as palatable as a charcoal sandwich.
The Global Poker Awards is no exception.
The shortlists are out, and grenade-like question marks mix with congratulatory Facebook messages and graceful nomination panel acceptance tweets.
While Game Winner maintained his spot atop the NTRA Top 3-Year-Old poll despite his first career loss March 16 in a division of the Rebel Stakes (G2), the champion 2-year-old male’s lead narrowed.
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While Game Winner maintained his spot atop the NTRA Top 3-Year-Old poll despite his first career loss March 16 in a division of the Rebel Stakes (G2), the champion 2-year-old male’s lead narrowed.
Pennsylvania’s nascent sports betting market reported handle and revenue declines in February, despite an increase in the number of casino sportsbooks taking wagers.
Figures released Monday by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) show the state’s six licensed casino sportsbooks handled wagers worth $31.5m in February, while betting revenue totaled $1.95m. The figures are below the $32m handle and $2.6m revenue the state reported in January, despite only three sportsbooks being open for the full month of January.
To put things in an even worse light, February’s returns included action taken on the 2019 Super Bowl, on which the sportsbooks in neighboring New Jersey reported handle of $35m. But the books generally came out of that game a loser, which likely explains the significant disparity in Pennsylvania’s relative declines in handle and revenue for February.
Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh earned February’s betting crown with handle of $8.1m and revenue of $627,521. Penn National Gaming’s Hollywood Casino property had a firm grasp on the other end of that scale, reporting revenue of just $13,914 last month, down from $285k in January, while handle was down more than $1m to $3.74m.
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Last seen drawing off in the stretch to a 4 3/4 length victory in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) Feb. 2 at Santa Anita Park, Michael Lund Petersen’s Mucho Gusto appears to be on schedule for his racing return March 24 in the Sunland Park Derby (G3).
Serengeti Empress, a free-wheeling daughter of Alternation and an easy winner of the Feb. 16 Rachel Alexandra Stakes (G2), is the one to catch in the March 23 TwinSpires.com Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) in New Orleans.
The Tigre de Cristal casino in Russia’s far east Primorye gaming zone reported a slight gaming revenue decline in 2018, but the company that controls the property still managed to turn a small profit.
On Monday, the Hong Kong-listed Summit Ascent Holdings – which holds a 60% stake in the subsidiary that owns Tigre de Cristal – reported a net profit of HK$4m (US$509k) in 2018 after posting a net loss of nearly HK$10m in 2017. However, the turnaround was largely due to income accrued via non-casino investments and increased cost controls.
Revenue from Tigre de Cristal’s gaming and hotel operations dipped slightly to HK$463m following disagreements with the property’s junket operators over rebate levels, which led the company to bring in new VIP promoters and refocus its attention on the premium mass segment.
VIP gambling turnover fell 17% to HK$15.6b last year, while VIP net win fell 30% to HK$484m, and the company’s share of that sum following rebates slumped 35% to HK$109m. The decline wasn’t helped by a half-point fall in VIP gambling hold to 3.11% (which is still above the theoretical win range).
Was Friday’s Bellagio poker room robbery suspect the perpetrator in the same crime at the same casino in 2017? We don’t have that answer, yet. But Las Vegas Metro police […]
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The ongoing sit & go war between Partypoker and PokerStars has taken another twist this week thanks to a new $1,500 cash giveaway from the former. Going live on March […]
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NESN, the television home of the Boston Bruins and Boston Red Sox, and VSiN (Vegas Stats & Information Network) announced today that VSiN’s Follow the Money morning show will air live on NESNplus every weekday morning from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET beginning Monday, March 18. Beginning in April, the program will re-air on NESN every weekday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET immediately following NESN Sports Update, the regional network’s regularly scheduled morning sports news program.
“NESN has long been a leader in regional sports television, and there is no better partner to reach sports fans throughout New England,” said Brian Musburger, founder and CEO of VSiN. “As regulated sports betting expands across the country, VSiN will continue to partner with innovators like NESN to help inform the rapidly growing number of Americans wagering on sports.”
Follow the Money is hosted by Mitch Moss and Paul Howard. The three-hour show is an informative and entertaining sports talk show that blends actionable betting information with irreverent commentary, humor and legendary stories. Next week, the show will include expert insight and analysis around March Madness, the annual NCAA basketball tournament which gets underway on Tuesday.
“Sports-wagering regulations are changing quickly and with these changes, we anticipate an increased interest in obtaining relevant and reliable sports information,” said Rick Jaffe, NESN’s vice president of programming and production. “VSiN has both the experience and expertise to deliver the most up-to-date gaming data and analytics to New England’s sports fans.”
Follow the Money will also air live on NESN National, the network’s national programming service available outside the network’s New England territory via select TV providers.
Americans plan to wager $8.5 billion on this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, with 1-in-5 adults placing a bet, according to a new survey released today by the American Gaming Association (AGA).
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Key findings from the survey, conducted by Morning Consult, include:
47 million American adults will wager $8.5 billion on March Madness;
$4.6 billion will be wagered on a collective 149 million brackets by more than 40 million people;
Nearly 18 million people will wager $3.9 billion at a sportsbook, online, with a bookie or with a friend;
4.1 million will place a bet at a casino sportsbook or using a legal app;
2.4 million will bet illegally with a bookie; and
5.2 million will bet online, likely at illegal offshore sites.
The plurality of bettors favors Duke (29%) to win, followed by Gonzaga (9%), North Carolina(8%), Kentucky (7%), Virginia (5%) and Michigan (5%).
“During this year’s tournament – the first in post-PASPA America – sports fans are expected to bet 40% more than they did on this year’s Super Bowl,” said Bill Miller, AGA’s president and chief executive officer. “Unlike any other sporting event in the country, March Madness attracts millions who fill out brackets, make casual bets with friends or wager at a legal sportsbook, which Americans can now do more than ever before.”
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in May 2018, more than $5.9 billion has been wagered in the now-eight states with legal, regulated sports betting, enabling consumer protections and generating valuable tax revenue for state, local and tribal governments across the country.
“These results indicate there’s still work to do to eradicate the vast illegal sports betting market in this country, and we’re committed to ensuring sound policies are in place to protect consumers, like the 47 million Americans who will bet on March Madness,” continued Miller.
A merger that has been in the works for almost 4 months now was finally completed on Friday with the stockholders of Gaming Partners International (GPI) agreeing to the merger with Angel Holdings. This fully completed the merger which was first reported by our site on November 29 of last year.
After GPI reported a net profit of over $2.5 million in the second quarter of last year, it was announced shortly afterwards then an agreement had been reached between Angel Holdings and GPI to merge the two companies. The increase in revenue led to an increase in value for GPI, which gave them a more solid position in relation to the merger deal.
According to the terms of the deal, Angel was to pay $13.75 per share, with all of that being paid in cash. The total cost of purchase to acquire the shares would be over $110 million, with all of it being paid immediately.
The merger seemed like a common-sense decision. Angel is the manufacturer and supplier of cards and card games both in the gaming industry as well as in retail markets across the globe. GPI is the manufacturer and supplier of casino table game equipment that is licensed to casinos across the globe. That a playing card manufacturer would merge with a card table game manufacturer seemed like a no-brainer.
Manchester City is 1/3 on to win a second domestic cup competition of the season after coming from behind to beat Swansea in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup as rivals Man Utd lost away at Wolves.
When Ole Gunnar Solksjaer got the call to don his cape and fly to Manchester, he would have slipped into bed that night dreaming of the computations required to make his visit a permanent one.
A top-four finish and the FA Cup must have ranked highly, and after such an excellent start to his “will they/won’t they” United managerial career, it looks like those dreams have been eaten alive.
Last week’s 2-0 defeat at Arsenal means United’s chances of making the Champions League cut is no longer in their own feet. Sure, they can qualify by winning the thing, but a Lionel Messi inspired Barcelona are a formidable impediment.
