State Senate Regulatory Reform Committee vote anticipated Senate Bill 889 will be centre stage before the Michigan Senate Regulatory Reform Committee later today (June 8) following an earlier and positive hearing before the committee early last month. The bill is authored by Sen. Mike Kowall, who is reportedly confident that his bill will be advanced to the Senate floor. Provisions...
Land gambling giant comments as Bonacic bill advances in the state Senate With Sen. John Bonacic's online poker legalisation bill making progress in the New York state Legislature's committee stages, the US land gambling giant MGM Resorts International has come out in support. The Nevada-based group commented Thursday that the Bonacic measure recognises that millions of New Yorkers play online...
Kyle Julius celebrates his first winner's bracelet at poker's top tournament Illinois poker pro Kyle Julius (29) is among the first to bag a World Series of Poker winner's bracelet this year after scoring a vistory worth $142,972 in the $1,000 buy-in Top Up Turbo no-limit hold'em event, in which 667 entries were recorded. WSOP organisers developed an innovative live-and-online...
$300,000 buy-in epic competition ends in victory for Rainer Kempe German professional poker player Rainer Kempe is probably still celebrating his epic $5 million win in the just-completed $300,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl competition after besting a formidable field that included some of the planet's top professional players. 49 players anted up the massive buy-in to compete in the...
$565 buy-in Casino Employees event won by Caesars Palace sportsbook staffer The first event in this year's World Series of Poker festival has been completed at the Rio in Las Vegas, with Chris 'CJ' Sand (45) claiming the honours and the $75,157 first prize after besting a field of 730 other hopefuls. Sand works for the sportsbook division of Caesars...
Takes down the $10,000 buy-in Seven Card Stud Championship Poker pro Robert Mizrachi (37) is off to a great start in this years' World Series of Poker, emerging victorious in the $10,000 buy-in Seven Card Stud Championship to take home his fourth WSOP winners' bracelet and the main prize of $242,662. Mizrachi bested 87 other entrants on his way, many...
Expectations go unrealised as six starting flights fail to deliver better numbers The first major disappointment has been reported from this year's World Series of Poker in Las Vegas with the news that despite six starter flights and an increased winner's reward the much-publicised Colossus II event failed to beat last year's entry of 22,374. After starting two heats every...
Sponsorship deal goes sour, and DFS operator's defence will do little to enhance the industry's reputation In a sports sponsorship deal that has turned sour, the Minnesota Wild hockey club (an NHL member) has sued Emil Interactive Games - parent group of daily fantasy sports provider DraftOps - for breaching a sponsorship agreement by not paying the club $1.1 million...
National Council of Legislators from Gaming States to meet in Boston Daily fantasy sports and sports wagering in general feature high on the agenda for the summer annual meeting of the National Council of Legislators, taking place in Boston this year on July 29. Other topics on the agenda include problem gambling, casino saturation, the future of lotteries, Indian gaming...
Assemblyman Ralph Caputo is busy this week New Jersey Assemblyman Ralph Caputo is having a busy week in the state Assembly, pushing legislation that compels land operators with online gambling sites to identify their involvement and do their bit in promoting Atlantic City and driving a daily fantasy sport legalisation measure. Caputo chairs the Assembly's Tourism, Gaming and the Arts...
