New initiative will help ensure a convenient parking experience for all visitors while also improving infrastructure

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 2016 — Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) today announced that it will launch a paid valet and self-parking initiative intended to improve the parking experience for guests, local residents and Total Rewards loyalty program members at eight of its nine Las Vegas properties.  The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino will not be included in this program and implementation dates will vary by location.

“Our priority is to ensure that our hotel guests, local residents and Total Rewards loyalty members have an improved parking experience,” said Bob Morse, President of Hospitality at Caesars Entertainment. “Guests who stay, game and shop at our resorts have said that parking spaces and valet services have become increasingly scarce, so we believe that implementing a paid parking program while also investing in LED parking guidance systems will help address these issues.”

Local residents with proper identification and Total Rewards loyalty members rated Platinum and above will continue to self-park for free. Complimentary valet will also be available for all Total Rewards loyalty members rated Platinum and above.

After Troy Quenneville wins $620,000 at the World Poker Tour Caribbean Main Event and the partypoker Millions, Lee Davy, asks a selection of poker pros their thoughts on flow.

Nobody remembers the runner-up.

So, when Niall Farrell locked up part two of the Triple Crown with victory at the partypoker sponsored World Poker Tour (WPT) Caribbean Main Event, I didn’t care who finished second.

A few days later, and I was scouring through social media, looking for something to write about, when I saw the name, Troy Quenneville. A bell was ringing.

After Troy Quenneville wins $620,000 at the World Poker Tour Caribbean Main Event and the partypoker Millions, Lee Davy, asks a selection of poker pros their thoughts on flow.

Nobody remembers the runner-up.

So, when Niall Farrell locked up part two of the Triple Crown with victory at the partypoker sponsored World Poker Tour (WPT) Caribbean Main Event, I didn’t care who finished second.

A few days later, and I was scouring through social media, looking for something to write about, when I saw the name, Troy Quenneville. A bell was ringing.

London, England.

Innovative UK online casino house Casino Kings has expanded its gaming catalogue with the addition of a selection of slot titles from Blueprint Gaming.

Casino Kings has increased its market share in 2016 with a series of expansions across the provider’s website and increasingly popular mobile offering. This latest round of development has seen the site’s slots portfolio reach close to 250, with casino and casual games bolstering the overall tally by a further 29 games. The Casino Kings mobile site offering – m.casinokings.com – has increased from 144 to 199 games since September 2016, boosting Casino Kings’ mobile portfolio by over 38%.

The seven Blueprint Gaming titles that make up this expansion are the Top Cat online slot, together with Caspar’s Mystery Mirror, Wild Antics, Jungle Jackpots, Jewel Strike, Slots O’ Gold and Fortunes of Sparta.

London, England.

Innovative UK online casino house Casino Kings has expanded its gaming catalogue with the addition of a selection of slot titles from Blueprint Gaming.

Casino Kings has increased its market share in 2016 with a series of expansions across the provider’s website and increasingly popular mobile offering. This latest round of development has seen the site’s slots portfolio reach close to 250, with casino and casual games bolstering the overall tally by a further 29 games. The Casino Kings mobile site offering – m.casinokings.com – has increased from 144 to 199 games since September 2016, boosting Casino Kings’ mobile portfolio by over 38%.

The seven Blueprint Gaming titles that make up this expansion are the Top Cat online slot, together with Caspar’s Mystery Mirror, Wild Antics, Jungle Jackpots, Jewel Strike, Slots O’ Gold and Fortunes of Sparta.

Steve Miller and the team at ShareMyPair are offering players the opportunity to represent the brand in a selection process designed to reward talented players with a sponsorship deal.

Chicken Soup For The Soul co-creator, Jack Canfield, told me that I could do anything that I wanted to do. At the time, I was working as a manager in a rail freight company, and I had to admit, if I had been rubbing a lamp I wouldn’t have requested to be the best railwayman in the world.

At the time, I loved poker, so I rubbed my imaginary lamp and asked for a career playing cards. I think it was defective because I never did get to play cards. Instead, I ended up writing about other people playing cards.

But I didn’t complain.

Russian bookmakers have been forced to publicly deny that their customers’ sensitive information has been hacked and offered for sale to the highest bidder.

The kerfuffle began last week when Dmitry Sergeyev, CEO of bookmaker Digital Betting, posted a note to his Facebook page saying one of the country’s largest bookmakers had been hacked and that the hackers were looking to sell the customer data, including hashed passwords, for 200 Bitcoin (US $146,500).

The hacked data also included answers to security questions. The Bookmaker-Ratings.ru affiliate site claimed this narrowed the field of possible operators to Marathon, Liga Stavok, Zenit, Parimatch and Olimp, with Marathon being the most likely candidate of this group to have a 1m strong database.

Marathon, which generally ranks second on Russian online bookmaker traffic reports, publicly refuted the suggestion that its systems had been hacked, issuing a statement stressing the strength of its online security protocols and assuring customers that they need not be alarmed as to the safety of their personal data.

Affiliate programme for online sports-betting brands to be powered by Income Access affiliate software

Montreal, QC. November 2016 – Argyll Entertainment, the Switzerland-based operator of online sportsbooks BetonBrazil and Red Zone Sports, has launched the Argyll Partners affiliate programme with iGaming marketing technology company Income Access, part of Paysafe Group. The affiliate programme has integrated Income Access’ affiliate management platform.

Launched by Argyll Entertainment in Q2 2016 for the Euro 2016 tournament, BetonBrazil features former Scottish international footballer Alan Brazil as brand ambassador. The brand offers players a comprehensive sports-betting portfolio as well as podcast content to ensure strong player engagement. BetonBrazil will add an online casino to its offering later in Q4 2016.

Sister brand Red Zone Sports provides UK players with a high-quality, niche destination for betting on US sports, including NFL, MLB and NBA games.

In recent years it has become increasingly difficult for gaming companies to manage their financial and banking operations due to many new restrictions made by banks, payment companies and financial regulators around the world.

One of the outcomes of this is that gaming companies and even gaming affiliates are changing their legal structure and operations, while taking into consideration the new restrictions and options.

In this article we will see what is happening in the industry, what are the pros and cons for an offshore legal structure vs onshore and try to offer several solutions.

In the past there were no problems or difficulties for a gaming company operating online casino/betting/skill game/sports betting, etc. to open offshore corporate bank accounts in top countries in Europe. Countries such as Cyprus, Malta, Gibraltar, etc. welcomed gaming companies whether they were an operator, affiliate or marketing. Few questions were asked and there was no problem to accept and send direct wires to players.

Hong Kong-based conglomerate Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE) has submitted a formal plan to operate the unfinished $3.5b Baha Mar integrated resort in the Bahamas.

Last month, CTFE confirmed that it was in talks to buy Baha Mar from its principal creditor, the Export-Import Bank of China (EXIM). On Monday, Bahamian government representatives confirmed receiving CTFE’s formal proposal last week and said the government was in the process of reviewing it.

The Bahamas Tribune quoted Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe saying CTFE’s proposal included a shortlist of casino firms that CTFE is considering for the job of running the property’s gaming operations. Wilchcombe said the government was now in the process of performing due diligence on CTFE’s suggested operators.

Wilchcombe declined to offer specifics on what names CTFE had submitted, but said CTFE was “going to pretty much follow what they’ve done in other jurisdictions where they have major casino operators from veterans in the industry.” Wilchcombe said the government was “looking at all the components, we have to take a look at what they do now.”

Nevada casinos had a far from frightful October, as gaming revenue enjoyed a double-digit rise from the same month last year.

Figures released Tuesday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board show statewide casino gaming revenue of $887.5m in October, 11.2% higher than October 2015’s take. However, the figure failed to top the previous month’s $949m.

October’s figure was even higher on the Las Vegas Strip, which reported gaming revenue up 14% to $562.7m. While most of the major table game figures were all in positive territory, the overall numbers got a serious boost from slots revenue, which rose 10.4% to $631.6m.

Blackjack maintained its position as the top table earner, rising 18% year-on-year to $100.9m. Baccarat also had a good month, gaining 10.2% to $87.2m. Craps spoiled the party by falling 11.1% to $30.6m while roulette shot up nearly two-thirds to $30.3m.

Lee Davy takes a look at a Cognitive Behavioural Technique known as the Triple Column Method and sees how we can use it in poker.

Pete was married to Linda for 52-years when he decided to quit alcohol. It was a difficult decision. Alcohol was omnipresent. His family, his friends and Linda all thought that it was a daily part of their lives.

In the first week of sobriety, Linda was supportive. After a month, something bothered her about it. After two months, she turned to Pete and said, “I feel like I have lost my best friend.”

When I am not writing about poker, I try to help people like Pete and Linda. Their tale is a common one. Last night, while filming a podcast on the subject of quitting alcohol when your partner doesn’t, my guest, DeAnna Jordan, Clinical Director, New Method Wellness, suggested that Pete should take a look at something known as the Triple Column Method.

This is a guest contribution by Darren Moore of Betting Gods Ltd. If you would like to submit a contribution please contact Bill Beatty for submission details. Thank you.

Legislation surrounding sports betting is changing all the time, and this is especially true in Eastern Europe. In this blog, we will take you on a whistle-stop tour of the region and see what each country has to offer.

The Baltic states

After initially only being open to domestic operators, the Gambling Act in Estonia has now led to international sports betting businesses joining the online market. In 2012, vital legislation was introduced, meaning that international operators are no longer required to have servers on Estonian soil. Now that the market is regulated, authorities in Estonia have begun to clamp down on unlicensed sports betting companies, including horse racing. Internet gaming licences are awarded by the Estonian Tax and Customs Board.

$360 Buy-In and $500,000 Guarantee Ultimate Re-Entry Tournament Returns Following a Record-Breaking Turnout of More Than 4,000 Entries in 2016

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Nov.  2016 — Seminole Hard Rock Poker (SHRP) returns to Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. with the Lucky Hearts Poker Open (LHPO) Jan. 12-25, 2017. Marking the fifth of 10 events on the 2016-2017 SHRP schedule, the 16-tournament LHPO features two headliners – the series-opening Ultimate Re-Entry with a $500,000 guarantee event and the live streamed $1 Million Guaranteed Main Event. Both tournaments are presented in partnership with WPTDeepStacks as the year-long tour kicks off its fourth season.

Boasting a $360 buy-in and $500,000 guarantee, the Ultimate Re-Entry is a one-of-a-kind event that solidified its spot on the LHPO schedule following a then-record turnout of more than 4,000 entries during the January 2016 series. Besting a record-setting field was Thai Ha of Pennsylvania who leveraged his buy-in into more than $230,000. The event will offer eight starting flights beginning Jan. 12. Players will earn $2,500 Multi-Stack Payouts for each day they bag, after their first. Those who advance will carry their largest chip stack forward and all Day 2 players are guaranteed a payout.

The $1 Million Guaranteed Main Event starts Jan. 19, featuring a $1,100 buy-in with three starting flights. Last year’s installment drew 1,684 entries, becoming the largest Main Event in WPTDeepStacks history. Overcoming the super-sized field was Canadian Salomon Ponte who earned $344,420 for his efforts. The 2017 Main Event will be live streamed with hole cards and commentary.

Former PokerStars exec Paul Tate has dodged jail time for his role in the events that precipitated the Black Friday online poker indictments.

On Monday, Tate appeared in a Manhattan federal court, where US District Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered Stars’ former payments director to forfeit $119k but spared Tate from having to spend any time behind bars.

Tate, one of 11 individuals indicted by the US Department of Justice on April 15, 2011, was facing up to five years in prison for helping PokerStars disguise online poker payments as non-gambling transactions to circumvent the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which prohibited US financial institutions from processing online gambling transactions.

But Kaplan took it easy on Tate due to the exec having willingly left the safety of the Isle of Man to return to US shores and face his accusers. The 42-year-old Tate appeared in the same court last month where he pled guilty to operating an illegal gambling business and claimed that he and his family had “paid a heavy price” for his actions.

Playtech, lords and masters of all things gaming, has amalgamated five divisions into Playtech BGT Sports and immediately established the former BGT co-founder Dr Armin Sageder as CEO.

Playtech has merged five divisions to build Playtech BGT Sports and the former BGT Sports founder; Dr Armin Sageder is the new CEO with responsibility for business and customer operations.

Father of three, Sageder, will be based in Cyprus where he will lead a team of 600+ employees based in offices in Bremen, London, Malmo, Nicosia, Sofia and Bremen. He will report directly to Playtech CEO, Mor Weizer.

The new division sees Best Gaming Technology (BGT), Geneity, Mobenga, Unilogic and Playtech’s internal sports betting team merge into super-duper sports betting platform managed by Sageder.