Decision now lies with Nevada Gaming Commission The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has unanimously approved a recommendation for licensure of daily fantasy sports firm Sanderina II, LLC trading as USFantasy. Utilising a pari mutuel betting system, USFantasy will provide daily and weekly fantasy sports contents covering the NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR, PGA, National Hockey League and other sports. During...
Healthy $16.5 million contribution from online gambling May 2016 gambling stats from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement were released Tuesday, revealing that Total Gaming Win from the Casino Hotels was $219.8 million in May 2016 compared to $221.1 million May 2015 ... a 0.6 percent decline. Casino Win was $203.3 million, a 2.5 percent decline from the same...
Rep. George Dunbar's HB2150 races against time as July 1 legislative deadline looms Pennsylvanian lawmakers are faced with a renewed daily fantasy sports legalisation proposal this week following the resurrection by Rep. George Dunbar of his Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act HB2150 which failed to gain traction last year. The updated bill has been scheduled for debate in the state...
Ray Dehkharghani defeats Mercier in $10,000 buy-in Razz heads up Online and live tourney poker pro Jason Mercier has been thwarted in an attempt to win his fourth World Series of Poker bracelet by high stakes cash game poker pro Ray Dehkharghani (45). Claiming his first WSOP gold bracelet, Dehkharghani stopped Mercier's advance toward a fourth and back-to-back bracelet in...
State Senator Eileen Donoghue proposes a new study on DFS and online gambling Massachusetts state Senator Eileen Donoghue has potentially thrown a spanner in the daily fantasy sports legalisation works in Massachusetts by successfully introducing an amendment to the state budget bill that calls for the appointment of a commission to further study the implications of legalised daily fantasy sports...
2,483 entries a new record for $565 buy-in event Ryan "Protentialmn" Laplante (26) a professional US online and live tourney poker player and tutor, has taken down the largest non-Hold'em tourney yet in the $565 buy-in World Series of Poker Pot-Limit Omaha event, winning his first WSOP gold bracelet and a hefty $190,328 main prize. The event attracted a record...
Preliminary investigation determines that recently acquired Bwin.Party licenses in New Jersey remain valid and there is no need for an additional transaction waiver The European-based online gambling group GVC Holdings, has announced that on June 9 the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement issued an order concluding its preliminary investigation of GVC in connection with its acquisition of Bwin.Party Digital...
With just a day left of this year's Assembly session in New York, lobbyists and lawmakers search for a compromise New York media reports indicate that lobbyists and lawmakers are currently under pressure from today's (Thursday) legislative deadline as they try to build a deal that will legalise daily fantasy sports betting in the state, Current legislation in the Assembly...
Sam Soverel claims his first winner's bracelet Twenty-five-year old Florida poker professional and high stakes cash game exponent Sam Soverel has claimed his first World Series of Poker bracelet... and the main prize of $185,317... after besting a field of 1,106 entries which created a prize pool totalling $995,400 for the $1,000 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha event, enabling 166 entrants...
Assembly Appropriations Committee fails to advance AB2863 due to unpublished amendments Uncertainty created by unpublished proposed amendments temporarily stalled Assemblyman Adam Gray's AB 2863 intrastate online poker legalisation bill in the Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing Wednesday, dashing hopes of rapid progress to a floor vote for now at least. On the bright side, it appears likely that the measure will...
