Vanessa Rousso Interview: Poker Boot Camps, WPT & iPhone Poker App
Vanessa Ashley Rousso is a French American law student at University of Miami & a professional poker player – read this exclusive interview.
Movie Review: Out to Sea – Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau
The 1997 romantic comedy Out to Sea is distributed by 20th Century Fox. Some of its stars include Jack Lemmon as Herb Sullivan, Walter Matthau as Charlie Gordon, Dyan Cannon as Liz LaBreche, Gloria DeHaven as Vivian, Brent Spiner as Gil Godwin, and Elaine Stritch as Mavis LaBreche. The producers are David T. Friendly (My [...]
World Series of Poker 2011 Calendar of Main Events Revealed
Starting out with the original 6 poker players back in 1970 to today with more than 70,000 poker entrants, the World Series of Poker 2011 is now celebrating it’s 42nd year. The greatest event in poker is now offering more than $180 million in prizes to aspiring poker professionals – the grand prize being the [...]
Starting an Internet Casino: The Betfair Online Casino Startup Story
Betfair is one of the largest Internet success stories that few of us in the US know much about. This is because Betfair is a UK-based company that operates the world’s largest online betting exchange and does not accept bets from US consumers. Betfair completed a financing in April 2006 that set the company’s valuation [...]
Slovakia Casino Construction Controversy: TriGranit & Harrah’s Casino
Maybe you already know it: TriGranit, one of the largest property developers in Europe, in cooperation with Harrah’s Entertainment, the largest gaming company in the world, will build a large leisure and shopping complex with a large casino in Slovakia, just near the border with Hungary and Austria. Here’s a line from an article (SLO) [...]
Rise of Sin Businesses: Online Gambling, Vice Fund & Rick’s Cabaret
At 19, Eric Langan, father of one baby girl, has been through a short marriage and a divorce that left him devastated. Well-meaning friends who wanted to help him move on took him to Fort Worth, Texas, to drink in a bar and watch table-dancers. That first night was followed by many other nights until [...]
NFL 2010 Week 7 Games: Betting Odds & Top Gambling Picks
The NFL betting season seems to get more and more intriguing by the week and with so much parity, folks are having a difficult time making their week 7 NFL picks. The games on the week 7 slate feature a solid amount of even matchups and some close spreads along with other games that could [...]
Reel-TV Launches Real-Time Casino Slot Machine Advertising
Reel-TV, a Las Vegas-based technology and advertising company that serves the gaming industry, is announcing the launch of an innovative, server-based advertising platform that delivers a real-time call-to-action to patrons on the casino floor at the Palms Casino Resort. Reel-TV is the result of decades of research and product development in the area of electronic [...]
A New Guide to the Starting Hands in Texas Hold’em Poker
A big thank you goes to Todd Mummert for the research and analysis involved in this report. The key decision any hold’em player makes is whether or not to play the starting 2 card hand they are dealt. And, if so, how to play it. We present here some valuable new facts. Our Model We [...]
Mangas Gaming Purchases 60% of GigaMedia Casino Provider
GigaMedia Limited today announced that it has completed the sale of a 60 percent interest in its online gambling software business to Mangas Gaming, a leading European sports betting and online gambling group. The sale has immediate effect. GigaMedia expects to record a significant one-time gain in the second quarter as a result of the [...]
