Hitherto silent tribes write to committee chairman If you've been wondering when the tribes are going to weigh in on the surprisingly unopposed progress of California's daily fantasy sports bill AB1437 the suspense ended Wednesday when the Sacremento Bee newspaper revealed that the Morongo Band and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians have written to Assemblyman Adam Gray expressing...
SuperBowl gamblers lost $13 million to Nevada sports books Sunday Sunday's NFL Super Bowl - it's fiftieth edition - proved as entertaining and spectacular as always, and the numbers released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board on the following day show that it was profitable for the 194 licensed sports betting operators in the Nevada monopoly as well. The Board...
Developed by Miomni Gaming for punters within Nevada State lines Las Vegas Westgate Hotel and Casino has launched Android and iOS sports betting apps, developed by Miomni Gaming, to support terrestrial operations at its LVSuperbook sports betting lounge. Billed as the largest sportsbook in town, the Westgate LVSuperbook, which opened in 1986, covers more than 30,000 square feet, offers over...
While Mississippi AG releases opinion saying DFS is illegal In a week of ups and downs, the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry was dealt another blow as major online payment processor Vantiv Inc. announced it will suspend services to DFS operators as of February 29, 2016. Vantiv expressed its unease at handling DFS transactions late last year after the New...
For development of land-based titles for online and mobile UK land-based games developer, Storm Gaming Technology (SGT) has entered into a strategic partnership with Californian igaming platform provider CashBet for the development of SGT's land-based gaming content to online and mobile. The new online content will be made available to players through SGT's 'Virtual Online Pub', described by the company...
For launch of new social casino The Penchanga Development Corporation is the latest US casino operator to take on a new social casino solution from Ruby Seven Studios. Under the terms of the agreement, the social casino app developer and publisher will create, launch, and promote a new online social casino game experience for the California-based Pechanga Resort & Casino....
Members of poker community cite "moral high ground." Norwegian poker prodigy Annette Obrestad, also known online as Annette_15, has become the Ambassador of the Venetian Poker Room in Las Vegas eliciting a strong, most likely unwarranted, reaction from the online poker community. Why? Because the Venetian Poker Room is owned by vociferous anti-online poker campaigner Sheldon Adelson who has thrown...
Measure sponsored by Committee chair John J. Bonacic The New York Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee will hear SB5302B online poker bill tomorrow (Tuesday) sponsored by Chair of the Committee Senator John J. Bonacic. Infopowa readers will recall a similar bill submitted by Bonacic failed in the State Senate last year as did two others in 2014 and 2013....
And Quoss features in final four Steve O'Dwyer has bested a field of 16 in the rich AU$250,000 buy-in high roller event to take the Aussie Millions LK Boutique Challenge title for AU$1,051,959 ($744,829). O'Dwyer has had a storming start to 2016, having made deep runs in the WPTN Triton Super High Roller Series and the Aussie Millions No Limit...
Next stop, the Senate Finance Committee In an encouraging development for online poker, the New York State Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, chaired by Sen. John Boracic, unanimously voted in favour of Bill. S5302 which allows for the operation of certain interactive poker games such as Omaha and Texas hold'em - considered to be games of skill rather than luck....
