Day 3 action ends with 1,084 players in the money Day 3 of the World Series of Poker main event ended in the early hours of Thursday Vegas time when officials called a halt for the day after an extra level was added to reach the money bubble. And what an exciting stage that was as players Roger Campbell and...
Next pay level is $72,514 Day 5 of the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas kicked off mid-morning Saturday on a schedule that called for five-and-a-half levels. Argentinian pro Damian Salas held the overnight chip and managed to stay with the big stacks for most of Day 5, finally bagging 8.4 million chips to claim fifth position...
FastPick has been designed to level the playing field between players Atlantic City's Resorts Casino Hotel has released further details on its new FastPick daily fantasy sports online offering, which will be operated by subsidiary Resorts Digital Gaming, revealing that it has partnered with Sport Analytics and Data Corp. and FSB Technology (UK) in designing a product that will reduce...
Three-year extension to long-standing business partnership International Game Technology PLC (IGT) subsidiary, IGT Global Solutions Corporation, has clinched a three-year contract extension with the New York Lottery. Under the terms, IGT will provide its Enterprise Series, Retailer Wizard, OnePlace and Business Intelligence lottery technology solutions, additional terminals, multimedia enhancements, and ongoing services to the New York Lottery, extending a long-term...
Resorts Casino Hotel now offering daily DFS contest branded FastPick Atlantic City land casino operator Resorts Casino Hotel has started offering a real-money daily fantasy sports contest - the first operator in Atlantic City to do so. Branded FastPick, the game allows players to bet against the house on head-to-head player matchups of real-world athletes. Resorts president Mark Giannantonio told...
Just 297 competitors left from original starting field of 7,221 Day 4 of the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event concluded Friday night local time in Las Vegas with three more former main event champions eliminated. Carlos Mortensen, Joe Cada and Scotty Nguyen all busted out, Nguyen surprisingly early in the day. Day 4 started with 1,084 players...
After five years under threat of prosecution, online gambling entrepreneur reaches a settlement In what appears to be a settlement with the US government, all charges against Canadian online gambling entrepreneur and Bodog founder Calvin Ayre have been dropped. Reporting on the development, Ayre's own website recalls that in February 2012 Ayre and three other individuals were indicted by the...
Chinese mobile gaming and social media giant Tencent will help grow poker in Asia The World Series of Poker has announced a new partnership agreement with Chinese e-commerce, mobile gaming and social media giant Tencent which will help to expand awareness of poker in Asia. Tencent Poker is already the top play-for-fun social poker app in China, and the WSOP...
CEO hints at possibility after FTC blocks merger In a media interview this week daily fantasy sports market leader Fanduel's CEO, Nigel Eccles, hinted that he may be prepared to walk away from the planned merger with rival DraftKings (see previous InfoPowa reports) following the Federal Trade Commission's vote last month to block the deal, which officials say would give...
Defeats Chris Ferguson headsup Mike Wattel has taken down the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event 72, $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship, to earn his second career WSOP gold bracelet and a $245,451 pay check. A loaded final table saw seven of the eight players previous bracelet winners but ultimately it was Wattel who emerged victorious from six-hour heads up...
