Kunal Mishra is taking on a heavy workload Spin Games, the US-based developer and supplier of land and online interactive games, has announced the appointment of a new president and chief financial officer. Kunal Mishra takes over as president and chief financial officer from Spin Games founder Kent Young who continues to serve the company as chief executive officer and...
Expands ADW to another U.S. State Webis Holding's Advanced Deposit Wagering business, Watch and Wager, has been awarded a license by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission enabling the company to accept advanced deposit wagers in Kentucky. The company began taking live registrations, deposits and wagering from residents of the State from Wednesday 14th December. The licence is conditional on a...
The edge-sorting ploy that misfired InfoPowa readers will no doubt recall the furore back in 2012 over the use of edge-sorting tactics by poker pro Phil Ivey and his talented and observant companion Cheng Yun Lin in two seven-figure Baccarat wins at land casinos in London (Crockfords) and Atlantic City (Borgata). The former refused to pay out after discovering the...
New state bill could be the wedge for online gambling blocking A Republican state representative in South Carolina, Bill Chumley, has proposed a bill that would require sellers of computers to install digital blocking capabilities in the machines, ostensibly and arbitrarily to prevent access to vice and pornography websites. The bill has wide-ranging and loosely defined implications, embracing not just...
Desert Rose online bingo site impacted by decision A federal judge in southern California, Anthony Battaglia, has ruled that the San Diego-based tribal online gambling operator, Santa Ysabel Interactive, must immediately stop offering or conducting any gambling or game of chance through internet technologies, and suspend accepting payments relating to online gambling from anyone outside its designated tribal land. The...
House Representative criticises Senate for not acting on online gambling bill One of 2016's biggest disappointments has been the failure of the legislature in Pennsylvania to finally pass legislation regulating and licensing online gambling despite two positive votes in the House, the approval of most of the land operators in the state and its inclusion as a source of state...
The 48th edition of the world's top poker festival kicks off on May 30, 2017 The organisers of the world's top poker festival - the World Series of Poker - have published the preliminary details for next year's edition, the 48th year of the tournament. The 2017 competition starts on Tuesday May 30 at the Rio Hotel and Casino in...
New York AG's office used wiretapping in extensive investigation into Costa Rica-hosted website The New York Attorney General's office has announced the indictment in a Brooklyn court of 13 individuals aged between 46 and 76 on charges related to the operation of an illegal and allegedly Mafia-associated online sports betting enterprise through 4Spades.org, a website hosted in Costa Rica. The...
791 entries, generating a prize pool of $7,672,700, set a new record for WPT 791 entries, generating a prize pool of $7,672,700; a top prize of $1,938,118; six-figure pay days for all final table players; a roster of notable poker names at the tables; and cashes right down to the seventy second finisher are all reasons why this year's $10,400...
After heads up deal with Tom Marchese German poker pro Jan-Eric Schwippert has claimed the Five Diamond World Poker Classic $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller title after agreeing a chop with Tom Marchese during heads up play. The deal saw Schwippert ultimately best a total field of 38 to win a career high of $1,439,274. It tops off a lucrative...
