Silchester International Investors Gambles on William Hill

Silchester International Investors Gambles on William Hill

by August 21, 2017

Investment management firm Silchester International Investors has purchased a 5% stake in gambling operator William Hill, The Telegraph reported earlier today. William Hill shares currently stand at £239.9, well below their four-year high of £465.The London-based hedge fund ...

Cherry Reports Largest Online Gambling Revenue Growth in Q1

Cherry Reports Largest Online Gambling Revenue Growth in Q1

by August 21, 2017

Swedish gambling operator Cherry AB was the company to register the biggest increase in online gambling revenue during the first quarter of 2017, a report by Munich-based industry research firm MECN showed.Cherry, which operates both land-based and online gambling services, ...

New Gold Coast Casino Plan Faces Severe Criticism

New Gold Coast Casino Plan Faces Severe Criticism

by August 21, 2017

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate’s new plan for a casino resort on the city’s waterfront has met severe criticism from Southport MPs and other involved parties, local media reported.The Gold Coast Bulletin revealed late last week that the city Mayor had sent a letter to Queensland ...

Oklahoma’s Comanche Nation Sues Federal Government over Rival Casino

Oklahoma’s Comanche Nation Sues Federal Government over Rival Casino

by August 20, 2017

Oklahoma’s Comanche Nation has filed a lawsuit against the US Department of the Interior for allowing the Chickasaw Nation to build a new casino close to the state’s border with Texas, local news outlet NewsOk has reported.The Comanche Nation claims that larger f ...

Interested Parties Pitch Responsible Gambling Ideas at Osaka Casino Hearing

Interested Parties Pitch Responsible Gambling Ideas at Osaka Casino Hearing

by August 19, 2017

A second of a total of eight hearings on the construction of Japan’s first casino resorts was held in Osaka on Friday. The topics discussed included the number of casinos to be built in the country and their locations as well as the potential social ills that could emerge f ...

Guaranteed $10-Million $5,200 Main Event Shines in 2017 WCOOP Schedule

Guaranteed $10-Million $5,200 Main Event Shines in 2017 WCOOP Schedule

by August 18, 2017

The 2017 World Championship of Online Poker, hosted by PokerStars, is set to kick off a little more than two weeks from now. One of the world’s most prestigious online poker festivals first took place in 2002 when it featured nine events only.Fifteen years later, it has turn ...

New Casino Plan Emerges for Gold Coast’s Southport

New Casino Plan Emerges for Gold Coast’s Southport

by August 18, 2017

A new proposal for the construction of a multi-billion casino resort in Gold Coast has surfaced a little more than two weeks after a similar plan was rejected by the Queensland government.State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said back then that the opportunity for a project o ...

New South Wales May Scrap Regular Casino Licensee Investigations

New South Wales May Scrap Regular Casino Licensee Investigations

by August 17, 2017

A review commissioned by the New South Wales government recommended that a mandatory probe into the activities of the state’s casino licensees be scrapped, local media reported today.The above-mentioned review was conducted after Australian casino operator Crown Resorts was ...

RakeTech Online Gambling Affiliate Website Slapped for Use of Children-Related Content

RakeTech Online Gambling Affiliate Website Slapped for Use of Children-Related Content

by August 17, 2017

Online gambling company RakeTech Group has been found to have used a website with children-oriented content to refer potential customers to online gambling operators, Swedish news outlet Breakit reported earlier today.In addition, RakeTech seems to have used a domain similar ...

Catena Media Ordered to Cease Dutch-Targeting Online Gambling Promotional Activities

Catena Media Ordered to Cease Dutch-Targeting Online Gambling Promotional Activities

by August 16, 2017

The Dutch gambling regulator – Kansspelautoriteit – issued on Tuesday a cease and desist order to performance marketing company Catena Media, after the latter had been found out to have advertised different iGaming brands in a manner that had violated the Netherlands’ gaming regu ...

Cara Delevingne Is Bookmakers’ Favorite for Next Bond Girl

Cara Delevingne Is Bookmakers’ Favorite for Next Bond Girl

by August 16, 2017

Despite previous comments that he would rather slash his wrists than play James Bond again, Daniel Craig confirmed last night that we will see him as the famously smug British Secret Service agent in the upcoming 25th installment of the popular movie series.Craig has starred ...

PokerStars and Usain Bolt Partner for Branded Online Poker Product

PokerStars and Usain Bolt Partner for Branded Online Poker Product

by August 15, 2017

PokerStars presented on Monday the result from its brand-new collaboration with Usain Bolt. To celebrate the end of the world-renowned athlete’s spectacular career, PokerStars has developed a branded product bearing the sports celebrity’s name.Players at PokerStars are now a ...

Biggest Sports Betting English Premier League Sponsorship Deals

Biggest Sports Betting English Premier League Sponsorship Deals

by August 15, 2017

The English Premier League was created in early 1992 and at a time when English football had just emerged from a rather long period of mediocre popularity. Since established, the league has evolved not only into a national phenomenon, but also into a global one, reaching audience ...

Las Vegas’ Highest Rated Casino Resorts on TripAdvisor

Las Vegas’ Highest Rated Casino Resorts on TripAdvisor

by August 14, 2017

Las Vegas – a city that never sleeps, a place that promises immense opportunities for entertainment, a venue for escapism from the mundanity of everyday life, a dot in the world where even the most well-composed and well-behaved people could easily be convinced to awake the dorma ...

Sweden’s State-Run Gambling Operator Demands Fair Competition Rules upon Market’s Regulation

Sweden’s State-Run Gambling Operator Demands Fair Competition Rules upon Market’s Regulation

by August 14, 2017

The results from a year-and-a-half-long review of Sweden’s gambling industry were published this spring, recommending the replacement of Svenska Spel’s monopoly over the provision of licensed iGaming services with a more liberal licensing system that would admit international ope ...