The most recent acquisition deal in the gambling industry involves online gaming operator 888 buying Wink Bingo for a price tag of £60m ($77m USD). 888, which was previously outbid by PartyGaming for Cashcade, intends to have a bigger share of the UK market with the deal. The acquisition terms involve upfront payment of £11m, [...]
Horseshoe Casino, just 20 minutes from downtown Chicago, announced today they will host a once-in-a-lifetime event – the Playboy Club’s 50th anniversary celebration at The Venue at Horseshoe Casino on June 10, 2010. 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the original Playboy Club in Chicago. To honor this event, Playboy has invited [...]
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today fined Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment Inc., operator of the Parx Casino, $10,000 for providing a replacement players club card to a self-excluded person, permitting him access to the gaming floor on three separate occasions, and enabling him to play slot machines on one of the occasions without being identified. [...]
The greatest football tournament on earth will play out in South Africa this June and you can win luxury prize packages and experience all the action. With the PokerStars Soccer Safari you could be cheering on your team to glory in the final July 11 – all for free! There are an incredible 30 prize [...]
International Game Technology announced today that Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino in Eagle Pass, Texas has signed an agreement to install the industry-leading IGT Advantage casino management solution and 300 Class II bingo games. This replacement of a competitor’s system is evidence of IGT’s continued momentum as the solution operators choose for dynamic casino management. The [...]
In what fans are hoping is not the first in a long line of typical NFL offseason arrests, Cleveland nose tackle Shaun Rogers was arrested for carrying a loaded gun an in airport last week. With the offseason posing as a usual trouble spot for NFL players, and fans looking for answers, sportsbook and casino [...]
At least two major casino-based leisure and convention resorts had been building in Singapore. The resorts are developed by Las Vegas Sands and Malaysia’s Genting Group. One of them opened today, signaling the opening of the joint venture in Singapore’s gambling industry. The resorts are calculated to contribute up to 1.7 percent to Singapore’s GDP [...]
More and more, I see a growing trend in online beginners playing Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) and Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo (PLO8) without understanding the importance of pre-flop play and hand selection. Some online players believe you should never raise pre-flop, but limp with about anything. Other online players believe you should raise with any [...]
I just received notice about an awesome promotion by the guys over at PokerStars. They’re offering to take you to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup, plus spending money! Check out the email they sent me: This June, the world’s biggest football competition will take place in South Africa, and thanks to our Soccer [...]
A handful of players clearly dominated the NBA landscape this season as well as clearly positioning themselves as most valuable to their respective teams. While perennial MVP potential mainstays Lebron, Kobe, and Wade are in the conversation once again, relative newcomers in the form of Dwight Howard and Kevin Durant made their presence felt just [...]
