CSIG frontman ranked bottom of the Republican candidates Another would-be US president with anti-online gambling positions has dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination in next year's presidential election. The Reuters news agency reports that former New York governor George Pataki (70) on Tuesday ended his long-shot bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination saying: "While tonight is...
Alliance combines the content and experience of Yahoo Sports, including its fantasy sports product, with NBC Sports Digital's growing video assets and promotional power Yahoo and NBC Sports Group have announced the renewal of a partnership that combines the content and experience of Yahoo Sports, including its fantasy sports product, with NBC Sports Digital's growing video assets and promotional clout....
Kansas is the fifth state prejudiced in insider scam The criminal fraud on state lotteries allegedly perpetrated by former Multi-State Lottery Association security chief Eddie Tipton (see previous InfoPowa reports) has widened to include Kansas. New reports by investigators Monday indicate that Tipton personally bought two tickets that won jackpots in Kansas, bringing to five the number of states where...
Vulcan Capital and angel investors ante up Matcherino, an eSports start-up seeking funds in the market, has been successful in raising $1.25 million from Vulcan Capital and angel investors, enabling it to pursue its dream of crowdfunding eSports competitions requested by fans of the vertical. Matcherino CEO Grant Farwell says the plan is to engage with fans on what type...
CEO's contract extended; CFO retires Online and land gambling supplier Scientific Games has revealed top management moves at group level, with CEO Gavin Isaac's contract extended by a year, and group chief financial officer Scott Schweinfurth on the way to a well-deserved retirement. Isaac's contract extension is a vote of confidence in Isaacs, who has overseen important acquisitions like that...
New owners offer Mike Hengel an exit package Just when most thought the extensive reportage on the change of ownership at the Las Vegas Review-Journal was easing, the news broke late Tuesday that the senior editor at the publication, Mike Hengel, has accepted an exit passage and is leaving. Addressing a stunned LVRJ newsroom less than two weeks since the...
This organisation may rail against gambling as a danger to the integrity of sport, but it's not averse to indirectly making money out of the business The National Football League in the United States says that gambling presents dangers to the integrity of sports, but it is not averse to making money from indirect activities that support gambling despite going...
Buy online poker perks up with a 21 percent month-on-month increase The development of online gambling in Delaware continued at a snail's pace in November, the state lottery has revealed, showcasing overall online gambling revenues down slightly month-on-month at $182,664 (October 2015: $182,969). The video lottery contributed 54 percent of revenues at $98,5730 (down 10 percent month-on-month), it should be...
At least four state lotteries could be involved The US lottery industry is abuzz following the news that a former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, Eddie Tipton (52), has been convicted of fraud for fixing a jackpot in Des Moines, Iowa with prosecutors claiming that his high-tech scheme extended far beyond the state. The result is an expanding...
Sen. Lindsey Graham failed to attract support in his bid for the presidency South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (60), the politician who introduced Sheldon Adelson's Restoration of America's Wire Act to the Senate (see previous InfoPowa reports) has withdrawn from the US presidential race where he was one of 14 candidates seeking the Republican Party nomination. "Today, I'm suspending my...
