Events & Reports

GVC Holdings Reports Increase in Annual Profit

by March 23, 2015

Isle of Man-based gambling operator GVC Holdings PLC announced its preliminary financial results for the year ended December 31, 2014.The company pointed out that 2014 has been quite profitable and both organic and operational growth was posted for all of the markets it provi ...

Team Italy Wins Global Poker Masters World Cup

by March 23, 2015

The first-ever Global Poker Masters World Cup was completed late last night. The two-day event, which was held at the Portomaso Casino in Malta, a venue that also hosts the EPT European Poker Tour Season 11 Malta, gathered together the current top four players (according to the G ...

Florida Gambling Bill to Be Reviewed at Thursday Workshop

by March 22, 2015

State Rep. Dana Young released the so-called HB 1233 related to Florida’s gambling industry mere hours before the beginning of this year’s legislative session on March 3. And the proposal is about to be reviewed for the first time on Thursday, March 26, at a special worksho ...

Pennsylvania Online Gambling Debates Renewed

by March 21, 2015

Pennsylvania is among the states that have been considering the legalization of online gambling. And according to experts, it is particularly likely to join Delaware and New Jersey in this venture.Certain legislators believe that online gambling might be good for the state an ...

Napa Valley Vintners Oppose Tribal Casino in the Area

by March 21, 2015

Napa Valley Vintners, a non-profit trade association of winemakers, warned that the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians is planning to establish a casino in the surrounding counties of Napa, Sonoma, or Solano.The tribe is to work with Integrated Resort Development, LLC on the ...

New Mexico Legislature Passes Tribal Casino Compact

by March 20, 2015

The New Mexico House of Representatives voted in favor of the proposal for a new gambling agreement between the state and five Indian tribes to be signed, as the current one is about to expire in June. Thus, they will be able to keep on operating their casinos.The new compact ...

Senate Committee Approves Connecticut Casino Bill

by March 20, 2015

The Connecticut Public Safety and Security Committee voted in favor of a bill that would allow the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe to establish as many as three new casinos on the territory of the state and to operate those together.Connecticut has not ...

Gulfport Harbor Casino to Be Launched in 2016

by March 19, 2015

Rotate Black MS, LLC, the company which is in charge of the construction of a $170-million casino resort in Gulfport, Mississippi, announced that the venue is currently being under construction and will be completed in the fall of 2016.In fact, the company missed its deadline ...

MassGaming to Discuss Deadline Extension of Casino Applications

by March 19, 2015

Two major real estate executives have joined the team that had proposed the construction of casino in Somerset, a town in Southeastern Massachusetts. However, it was announced that the bid would need a bit more time and this is why its development team asked the state Gaming Comm ...

Japanese Model Yuiko Matsukawa Becomes PokerStars Ambassador

by March 18, 2015

Online poker room PokerStars announced that its team of brand ambassadors will be joined by 24-year-old Japanese model and actress Yuiko Matsukawa. She will promote the game of poker as a skill-based one across Japan.Matsukawa is the third Japanese to be sponsored by PokerSta ...

Connecticut Tribes Ask for New Casinos

by March 18, 2015

Officials from the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe, the two federally recognized tribes on the territory of Connecticut, attended a hearing held by the Public Safety Committee on Tuesday concerning the state’s gambling industry.Tribal leaders dis ...

iGame to Extend Its Portfolio with NYX Gaming Content

by March 17, 2015

Gaming operator iGame Group announced that it has inked a deal with NYX Gaming Group to offer a wide selection of casino titles via the latter company’s Open Games Server.Thus, iGame will be able to provide its customers with more than 60 HTML5 games such as Anubis, Hol ...

Crown Resorts Raises AU$400 Million for Property Expansion

by March 17, 2015

Australian gambling operator Crown Resorts Ltd., headed by business magnate James Packer, is raising the amount of AU$400 million to fund some of its projects, including the construction of Crown Sydney, a AU$2-billion hotel and casino resort that is to be located at Barangaroo, ...

Kerching Casino Games to Migrate to NEKTAN’s Gaming Platform

by March 16, 2015

UK-based distributor of gaming solutions NEKTAN announced the completion of a deal with online casino operator Kerching. This is the fourth partnership of this kind the gaming supplier has signed since the beginning of the year.Under the new agreement, Kerching will have to t ...

Kane Lai Triumphs in 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino Main Event

by March 16, 2015

Day 2 of the Mid-States Poker Tour Main Event, held at the Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado, was completed a few hours ago. It was local poker star Kane Lai who won the event to receive the amount of $101,365.The tournament attracted a total of 409 entries. Of thos ...