End-of-the-month kick off for the world's most prestigious poker tournament Fasten your seat belts and tune in to Las Vegas as the 47th edition of the World Series of Poker kicks off today (Tuesday May 31) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. With 69 events, the festival of poker runs through July 18, with the celebrated Main Event scheduled...
Latest app features news, updates and highlights from competitive video games Yahoo Sports, already well-known for its fantasy sports apps, has extended the product range with the launch in iOS format of new app devoted to the booming eSports vertical. Launched Friday, the Yahoo ESports app serves as a centralised hub for news, updates and highlights on anything to do...
Five years too late, say some Howard "The Professor" Lederer offered his general apologies this week to former Full Tilt Poker players... five years on from the debacle that saw the company fold and the news broke that player accounts had not been segregated and protected. Lederer, a former director of the company before it was rescued and players paid...
This exercise is sounding more like a PR stunt every day For the last three weeks would-be international online poker operator World Poker Fund Holdings has been riding the crest of a publicity wave that started when US rapper Soulja Boy claimed he had inked a $400 million social gaming deal with the company, potentially ranking him with the top...
GameRail subsidiary targets free-to-play lottery and casino product on 120 million Americans Shoutz Inc., a marketing, technology and gaming company headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, has announced the launch of its GameRail subsidiary, which offers a comprehensive, free-to-play social-lottery experience to the 120 million adults that play U.S. lotteries. GameRail features more than 50 free-to-play games based on popular themes...
State House rejects omnibus gambling expansion bill... but all is not lost yet In a surprise move Tuesday a proposal to legalise online gambling that morphed into a wider gambling expansion bill was shot down by Pennsylvanian lawmakers in a House vote that went 107 vs. 81 against the measure. The good news is that there is now talk of...
Live and future social casino games included in content agreement Ruby Seven Studios and Genesis Gaming have inked an agreement to licence Genesis Gaming's content for use in live and future social casino games developed by Ruby Seven Studios. A Ruby Seven spokesman said in a statement this week that the deal will grow boost his company's inventory of slot...
Merged group reports strong interactive growth in North America International Game Technology plc has reported its Q1-2016 financial results, highlighting: * North America Gaming and Interactive division recorded revenues of $339 million (Q1 2015: $30 million); *Adjusted EBITDA of $460 million, up year-on-year by 43 percent; * Strong global lottery growth, especially in North America and Italy, and resilient global...
Competitive Enterprise Institute appeals for a fresh look at gambling laws The indefatigable Michelle Minton of the non-profit public policy organisation Competitive Enterprise Institute has produced another study on the apparent hypocrisy of US online gambling laws, titled Game Changer and appealing for a fresh look at the inconsistent nature of existing legislation. Reporting on the new study over the...
Federal agent David Hubbard wins first WSOP ring Texan recreational player and soon to be retired federal agent David Hubbard has taken down the last $1,675 buy-in Main Event of the season in the Big Easy earning his first Circuit ring, a seat into the Global Poker Championship, and a payday of $235,500. "My first ring, it feels really good....
