3 percent year-on-year slide recorded Nevada regulators reported Thursday that gambling revenue for March 2016 slipped 3 percent year-on-year, with the casinos winning $951 million. The decrease was attributed mainly to lower winnings in the Las Vegas casinos. The Nevada Gaming Control Board reported that Las Vegas Strip gambling revenue was down 4 percent to $487 million last month, and...
Provisional launch date for PokerTribe set for August 1 this year With the ink barely dry on its federal court authority to start an international online poker operation from servers on its tribal lands the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is moving fast to get the show on the road. On Friday the tribe announced a timetable for the launch of...
SG to get exclusive rights to produce and distribute Slingo-branded slot machines Online gambling content developer Gaming Realms announced Thursday that it has inked a five-year content and distribution agreement with Scientific Games, although it did not provide any detail on the financial arrangements surrounding the deal. Following the agreement, Scientific Games will have exclusive rights to produce Slingo-branded [slots-bingo]...
But regulatory requirements preclude identifying the client at present GameAccount Network (GAN) continued to hoover up the land casino demand for online free-play social casino systems this week, announcing yet another US deal, this time with "one of the largest Native American casino operators in the US." The operator concerned cannot be identified until the regulators have given approval, but...
Tony Romo persuades Texas judge to issue a temporary restraining order on the NFL Dallas Cowboys quarterback and fantasy sports convention organiser Tony Romo has made a pre-emptive move to ensure that there is no repetition of the controversial last-minute cancellation of the National Fantasy Football Convention in Las Vegas last year. He has obtained a temporary restraining order from...
Should Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith write about his ultimate employer? US media reports Monday were debating a possible conflict of interest issue involving the editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal (bought by the Adelson family recently) and columnist John L. Smith, who has had a legal brush with Sheldon Adelson in the past. Following Adelson's acquisition of...
State House passes new legalising bill 44 vs. 21 The Colorado House of Representatives approved an intrastate daily fantasy sports legalisation bill HB 1404 Monday on a vote of 44 vs. 21, sending the measure on to the state Senate. The Associated Press news agency reports that the new bill requires DFS operators to register and obtain licensing from the...
Professional ace takes home $705,885 after winning at WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker professional Chino Rheem has claimed his third World Poker Tour title, and a handsome reward of $705,885 after besting a tough field in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock championship. There are only three other players who can boast triple championship title wins in WPT events - Anthony...
AB 2863 progresses through Assembly Governmental Organization Committee on an 18 vs.0 vote California Assemblyman Adam Gray's bill AB2863 proposing the intrastate legalisation of online poker survived Wednesday's two hour hearing by the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee and advanced on a vote of 18 vs. 0. Its continued progress marked only the second time in a decade-long series of attempts...
Powerful support for Assemblymen Gray's AB2863 Nine organisations representing the California horse racing industry have signalled their support for Assemblyman Adam Gray's Assembly Bill 2863, which seeks to legalise intrastate online poker in California. The state horse racing industry is apparently prepared to stay out of the intrastate online poker market if it is paid a subsidy of up to...
