New Jersey and UK regulators in exploratory talks Talks on internet gambling player pool sharing between the New Jersey regulator and its counterpart in the United Kingdom have reached a tentative agreement, according to a weekend report in the publication Global Gaming Business. A deal could have positive implications, especially for the online poker vertical. The report quotes New Jersey...
Professional player and commentator collects his first bracelet and $339,254 in cash After many years on the professional poker and broadcasting scene the dapper Tony Dunst (31) has finally claimed a World Series of Poker bracelet and the $339,254 that went with it in the $1,000 buy-in NLHE event this week. The 2,452 entry field included some tough professional players...
More betting options through intuitive interface Station Casinos has partnered digital creative agency Miomni Gaming and sportsbook software firm Stadium Technology Group for the design and development of its new mobile sports betting app STN Sport. Miomni Gaming developed the new mobile app for iOS and Android to deliver live gaming data, provide a secure betting experience and offer its...
Legislature goes on recess leaving funding questions for budget unresolved On Monday another day passed with the question of how Pennsylvania is to fund its $1.3 billion budget deficit still unresolved as the Legislature went into recess and Gov. Tom Wolf continued to perpetuate the unusual situation of an unsigned yet unvetoed budget facing a midnight Tuesday deadline, when it...
Under pressure, the governor drops his demand that lawmakers show sustainable funding for $31.5 billion budget bill With Pennsylvania lawmakers still unable to explain Sunday how they would pay for a roughly $31.5 billion spending bill it has approved, Gov. Tom Wolf moderated his demand that they deliver a sustainable funding plan and said he would not stop it from...
Clayton Macguire wins $210,279 in $1,000 buy-in Online NLHE competition at World Series of Poker US online and live tourney professional player Clayton Maguire (47) has emerged from a field of 1,247 as the winner in the innovative mixed online and live No Limit Hold'em competition at the World Series of Poker. The online element in the event led to...
Latest reports indicate that a vote on online gambling provisions to help close the budget gap may now be postponed until autumn The cliff-hanging drama that is the Pennsylvanian annual budget and how to fund a $1.3 billion deficit gap continued Tuesday as politicians wrestled with various tax options targeting tobacco and cigarette sales, digital downloads and an expansion of...
Nine group resorts will be able to gamble with real money in tournament games The giant Nevada online gambling group MGM Resorts International announced Wednesday that it has launched a mobile platform through which customers at nine of its Las Vegas resorts will be able to gamble with real money in tournament games. Players on the new platform, branded easyPLAY...
Online gambling revenues top $16.4 million - up 40 percent year-on-year Online gambling continued to make a useful contribution to the prosperity of land casinos in New Jersey during the month of June, according to the latest statistics from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. Land operations delivered revenues 3.6 percent lower year-on-year at $197.5 million, boosted to an...
78-page court filing alleges bad decisions cost shareholders millions and that executive management violated fiduciary duties to shareholders Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands gambling group faced another court fight this week following a Clark County Court filing by shareholder William A. Sokolowski alleging that decisions largely made by Adelson and current and former board members have violated fiduciary duties to...
