Reinvested winnings score a $10 million lottery win The stars were certainly aligned just right for a Californian lottery punter last week, who won $1,000 on a scratchcard, reinvested the winnings, and moments later scooped a $10 million jackpot. Modesto, CA resident Rodney Meadows said he initially bought one of the $30 California Lottery 30th anniversary scratch cards from his...
Kenny Schrub is a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive expert This weekend saw the second edition of the eSports Game Awards unfold, hosted at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles before a noisy audience. French Team EnVyUs and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive maven Kenny Schrub was voted the Player of the Year, besting some of the world's top e-gamers like Syed Sumail Hassan,...
Racetrack and online betting operator Stronach Group claims California laws have been breached The fantasy horseracing operator DerbyWars.com is being sued in the US District Court for Central California by racetrack owner and operator of the Xpressbet online wagering site, Stronach Group. Stronach claims that DerbyWars owner, Kentucky-based Horse Racing Labs (also known as Immerse), breached the federal Interstate Horseracing...
Nevada regulators have opined that DFS is gambling, and an industry veteran has therefore applied for a licence Vic Palermo, an experienced entrepreneur and gambling operator who founded American Wagering Inc (subsequently sold to William Hill plc) has surfaced in the midst of the daily fantasy sports furore in Nevada, applying for a state off-track, pari-mutuel sports system operator's licence...
DraftKings and FanDuel to participate in informative forum organised by Massachusetts Gaming Commission Daily fantasy sports companies will address Massachusetts gambling regulators in an informative forum Thursday, with market leaders DraftKings and FanDuel both on the speaking list. The Associated Press news agency reports that former state Attorney General and Democratic candidate for governor Martha Coakley is among those expected...
Inmate of a state correctional facility was running an illegal online betting operation Litigation filed in 2013 against a USA Today newspaper president was finally consigned to the trash bin as "utterly frivolous" this week by a panel of judges in the Delaware Superior Court; the only surprise is that the case lasted as long as it did. Back in...
Preference for regulation over banning apparent with committee members If Rep. Jason Chaffetz's ambition was to reignite his languishing Restoration of America's Wire Act proposal at his House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing Wednesday, he will be a disappointed man; widespread media coverage showed almost unanimously that the preference that emerged from the rather rambling affair was one...
Only eight state AGs support the latest attempt to marshal enforcement support for controversial online gambling bill Poker Players Alliance executive director John Pappas tweeted this week that only 8 state Attorney Generals have signed up to support a call to Congress to vote the Restoration of America's Wire Act into federal law. That's a significant drop from the 15...
Assemblyman Dean Murray wants a fall-back position if the New York judiciary rules that DFS is gambling A bill introduced recently by New York Assemblyman Felix Ortiz seeking to licence and regulate daily fantasy sport operators in New York state (see previous InfoPowa report) has been followed by another legislative proposal, this one from Assemblyman Dean Murray. Murray's Bill AO8587...
Casinomeister USA to serve American online players One of the industry's longest established and respected gambling information portals, Casinomeister.com, has announced the launch of its new US website CasinomeisterUSA.us, detailing its mission as the provision of information on properly licensed US online casinos, crucial player tips and advice and "the resources to make waves (politically speaking)." Bryan Bailey, founder and...
