State Senate has scheduled a September hearing to discuss VGTs The issue of whether video gaming terminals should be permitted in Pennsylvania pubs and clubs as part of the long-delayed funding package for the state budget continues to rumble on, with the Senate and the House clearly still divided - the House apparently for inclusion and the Senate against it....
Long-serving state Rep. Marc Gergely pleads guilty to counts of conspiracy and accepting an illegal campaign contribution Seven term Pennsylvania Rep. Marc Gergely has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and accepting an illegal campaign contribution in a Pittsburgh court, avoiding felony charges which have been dropped. Gergely was convicted of using his political influence to benefit an illegal gambling ring and...
Best live tourney pay day yet for Sean Yu US poker pro Sean Yu beat a field of 124 players this week to claim the honours, a World Series of Poker winner's bracelet and the $296,941 pay day in the $10,000 buy-in Global Casino Championship at Harrah's Cherokee in North Carolina. Yu's winner's share of the $1,090,000 prize pool was...
Online revenues up 19 percent y-o-y...and poker even improved! Figures released Monday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show that once again online gambling boosted land revenues in July, recording revenues from internet sites up 19 percent y-o-y at $20.6 million. Since legalisation in 2013 online gambling has delivered over $619 million in New Jersey revenue, with the...
Martin Kozlov takes home $754,083 after a gruelling 13-hour final table Australian poker pro Martin Kozlov has eclipsed his best ever career win of $665,709 in a WSOP bracelet event last year, besting 887 entrants in the $5,250 buy-in Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Florida this week to take home $754,083. Among the 113 players who cashed were formidable...
Stakes a claim on evolving US market US betting technology firm, Newgioco Group, Inc. has launched its new Betting Platform Technology, 'ELYS', designed by Odissea Betriebsinformatik Beratung GmbH. Following the platform's successful launch on August 1, 2017, NewGioco's sports betting operations are now processed in-house through ELYS while skill games, lottery, casino, poker and other entertainment products will continue through...
Tribal casino launches supplier's Evolve in-venue mobile solution International b2b gaming solutions provider Nektan plc has taken its first real-money wager in the United States following the launch of its Evolve in-venue mobile games solution with a tribal casino in California. Through Nektan's US subsidiary Respin Games LLC, the California casino has gone live with Rapid Games, the certified Class...
Sen. Mike Kowall's S.203 under discussion despite legislature recess Reports that Sen. Mike Kowall's latest attempts to legalise online gambling in Michigan had fizzled out in the state Senate have proved to be premature following confirmation by the senator's staff that bill S.203 is still very much alive and the subject of discussions that could come to fruition this autumn....
Online casino operator partners with Game Account Network (GAN) and cash-out front-runner Colossus Bets Betfair New Jersey has unveiled the Colossus Fracpot, which it bills as the world's first cash-out slot, on its New Jersey site. The US company revealed that it has partnered with leading gaming provider Game Account Network (GAN) and cash-out pioneer Colossus Bets, bringing cash-out to...
Budget funding hiatus could continue into the autumn The latest information from Pennsylvania is that the budget funding crisis remains unresolved, mainly due to lassitude or deliberate stalling tactics in the state House. InfoPowa readers will recall that the legislature is struggling to find consensus on a funding package to pay for the state budget of $32 billion, where a...
