Will County Officials to Limit Video Gambling Expansion

by March 6, 2015

Yesterday, March 5, a public hearing was held in Will County, Illinois, during which residents of the county and its executive committee discussed issues related to the constantly growing interest in video gambling.Reportedly, the county has never before opposed the Illinois ...

European Poker Awards Nominees Announced

by March 5, 2015

The nominees for the 14th annual GPI European Poker Awards have just been revealed. As previously reported, the event is to take place on March 25 at the Portomaso Marina Hilton Hotel in St. Julians, Malta.The nominees in most of the categories were determined by a specially ...

Bankruptcy Judge Rules on Several Caesars Motions

by March 5, 2015

Chicago Bankruptcy Judge Benjamin Goldgar said during a hearing, which took place on Wednesday, that Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. (CEOC) can use part of those $847 million it has available for the next five weeks or so.CEOC is a division of gaming operator Caesars Ente ...

Jesse Mills Wins the WSOP Baltimore Event #2 $365 No-Limit Hold’em Re-entry

by March 4, 2015

The World Series of Poker Circuit is currently visiting the Horseshoe Baltimore Casino for the first time ever. Event #2 $365 No-Limit Hold’em Re-entry was completed mere hours ago. It attracted a total of 2,403 players and thus, became the largest one to have ever taken pl ...

Suffolk Legislators Support Medford Casino Project

by March 4, 2015

Yesterday, legislators from Suffolk County nixed a bill under which Suffolk Off-Track Betting Corp. would have been required to get the nod from Brookhaven officials, so as to be able to build a mini-casino property in Medford.The 18-member lawmakers panel voted 10-7 against ...

Poker Tournaments in the Beginning of March

by March 3, 2015

The fact that poker is one of the most popular games in the world explains why so many poker tournaments are taking place daily and weekly. And here is a list of some of the major events that are set to commence in the week between March 3-10.partypoker WPT ViennaThe tour ...

New Mexico Casino Compact Backed by Legislative Committee

by March 1, 2015

Yesterday, February 28, a New Mexico legislative committee voted in favor of a casino compact that five local Indian tribes negotiated with Gov. Susana Martinez.The five tribes are Acoma Pueblo, the Mescalero Apache Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Jicarilla Apache Nation, and J ...

New York Casino Board Reopens Southern Tier Bid

by February 28, 2015

The New York Gaming Facility Location Board released an 800-page report on its decision to back only three of all sixteen bidders for casino licenses on the territory of the state during a meeting, which took place yesterday in Manhattan.The Board stated that some of the main ...

Zynga Ends Partnership with bwin.party

by February 27, 2015

It has just became clear that Zynga, a San Francisco-based provider of a wide selection of social games, is expected to shut its real money gaming operations on the territory of the United Kingdom in the weeks to come. All the poker and casino products the company has developed i ...

Jouny Hanna Leads on Day 1A of the 2015 Unibet Open Copenhagen Main Event

by February 27, 2015

2015 Unibet Open Copenhagen is currently taking place at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel in the capital of Denmark. Last night, Day 1A of the tournament’s Main Event was completed with Jouny Hanna as the chip leader.A total of 167 players entered yesterday’s game. Of ...

Adam Kalmanson Reveals Details about the Future Plans of Omni Casino

by February 26, 2015

Casino News Daily has always aimed at providing its readers with the latest news and objective analyses from the casino industry. We are particularly interested in the way online gaming develops and this is why we have asked representatives of some of the biggest providers of onl ...

Playtech Announces an Increase in Annual Profit and Sales

by February 26, 2015

As the gaming software development giant Playtech predicted in January, both its annual revenue and adjusted cash income met the initial analysts’ forecasts. The company has announced a “strong start” for 2015 after revealing that it had set a record with its full-year reve ...

Casino Free Tyre Appeal Rejected by Court

by February 26, 2015

Yesterday, February 25, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, seated in Rochester, ruled against Casino Free Tyre’s attempt to prevent the construction of the so-called Lago Resort & Casino in the Finger Lakes area.As previously reported, Casino Free Tyre is a gro ...

The ASA Scolds Casino Classic for a Misleading Advertisement

by February 25, 2015

The Advertising Standards Authority has publicly rebuked Casino Classic, a subsidiary of online casino operator Apollo Entertainment Ltd., for misleading its customers by sending them emails as part of a promotion campaign for its casinoclassic.co.uk online platform.Players w ...

The American Poker Awards to Take Place on February 27

by February 25, 2015

With the winners from the 2014 British Poker Awards being announced only two days ago, we could say that we are well into the awards season. Now, it is time for the first ever American Poker Awards. The event is organized by the Global Poker Index to honor the best North American ...