Daniel Ortlieb Leads after WPTDeepStacks Portugal Main Event Day 1A
Vilamoura is a resort located in the Algarve region in the southern part of Portugal. It is a popular tourist hot spot. And right now it is a gathering place…
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Tropicana Casino Confirms Sports Betting Plans as NFL Season Kicks Off
Tropicana Casino & Resort in Atlantic City confirmed on Thursday plans to join New Jersey’s growing sports betting scene. British bookmaker William Hill will operate the property’s sportsbook. However, no…
Poker Masters Kicks Off at Aria Offering Quality High Roller Action
The time for one of the most exciting events on the live poker tournament calendar has almost arrived and excitement is certainly building up in Las Vegas where said event…
Is Ukraine Nurturing a Booming Illegal Gambling Market by Delaying Re-Regulation Process?
Ukrainian lawmakers recently listed poker in the country’s Register of Recognized Sports after the game was considered a form of gambling and was therefore illegal for nearly a decade. This…
William Hill Extends US Betting Footprint with Eldorado Partnership
William Hill announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell a 20% stake in its US business to Nevada-based gaming operator Eldorado Resorts and to become the latter…
Biggest EPT Barcelona Main Events over the Years
The EPT Barcelona has long ago become a staple event within the European Poker Tour. The sunny Spanish city of Barcelona has been a stop to an EPT festival in…
Macau Casino Workers Protest Against Tobacco Law Violations, Ask for Better Controls, Fines for Casinos
A group of Macau casino workers – mostly dealers – participated in a demonstration on Monday, calling for stricter control on smoking at the city’s gambling venues. The protest was…
Poland’s Piotr Nurzynski Wins Record-Breaking EPT Barcelona Main Event
This year’s EPT Barcelona Main Event was one to remember. The tournament turned out to be the largest one Main Event ever played within the EPT series and was packed…
West Virginia Lottery Director Resigns as State Launches Sports Betting
The Director of the West Virginia Lottery resigned from his post on the same day the state’s first legal sportsbook celebrated its soft opening and two days before a grand…
Haoxiang Wang Leads Final Six in EPT Barcelona Main Event
There was plenty of poker action and drama at the penultimate day of the EPT Barcelona Main Event. There were 13 players at the start of that day and just…
Disabled Ameristar Vicksburg Customers Sue Casino over ADA Violations
Two regular customers of Ameristar Casino Hotel in Vicksburg, Mississippi are suing the property, arguing that it violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, local news outlet the Clarion Ledger reports.…
Pedro Marques Leads 13 Players into Penultimate Day of EPT Barcelona Main Event
Friday was a long day of quality poker at Casino Barcelona where this year’s edition of the EPT Barcelona festival is currently running. Eyes are set on the Main Event,…
Pearl River Resort Becomes First Tribal Casino to Offer Sports Betting Outside Nevada
Pearl River Resort in Choctaw, Mississippi has become the Magnolia State’s latest casino resort to launch a sportsbook following the mid-May annulment of the federal ban on sports betting and…
Mark Buckley Leads 56 Players into EPT Barcelona Main Event Day 4
The record-breaking 1,931-strong field of the EPT Barcelona Main Event was reduced to just 56 survivors during Day 3 of the tournament. The remaining players are set to resume play…
New Massachusetts Casino Welcomes 150,000 Visitors in First Weekend
MGM Springfield welcomed 150,000 visitors during its first weekend of operation, owners of the $960-million hotel and casino resort said on Wednesday. The property, a first of its kind in…
Former EPT Champ Ben Wilinofsky Leads after EPT Barcelona Main Event Day 2
The EPT Barcelona has over the years made a name for itself as a record-smashing festival and this year showed no diversion from this trend. The brand-new edition of the…
Caesars Looking to Sell Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, According to New Round of Reports
For nearly a decade now, the Las Vegas rumor mill would, every once in a while, produce a story revolving around the potential sale of Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino,…
Benjamin Pollak Wins EPT Barcelona €50,000 Single-Day High Roller after All-French Heads-Up
Poker pro Benjamin Pollak took down the field of the EPT Barcelona €50,000 Single-Day High Roller after battling his way through a field of 69 entries and an all-French heads-up…
Michael Copeland Takes Down WPT500 Los Angeles for $181,950
The 2018 edition of the WPT500 Los Angeles is now in the books. The tournament drew 2,509 entries who challenged their luck and tested their skills against each other at…
Singapore Visitors Spend Nearly S$1.5 Billion on Gambling, Sightseeing, and Entertainment
Tourism spending on sightseeing, entertainment, and gambling in Singapore increased 6% during the first quarter of the year to S$1.498 billion (approximately $1.1 billion), according to official data released by…
Michael Copeland Holds Massive Chip Lead Into Final Day of WPT500 Los Angeles
The WPT500 Los Angeles in entering its closing stage after nine days of quality poker action at The Bicycle Casino in the Los Angeles area. The $570 buy-in tournament drew…
Silver Heritage Secures Land for Another Indian-Targeting Casino Resort in Nepal
Australia-listed boutique casino operator Silver Heritage Group Ltd. today announced that it has completed the purchase of a portion of land in Jhapa, East Nepal where it plans to build…
Dustin Gottstein Emerges as WPT500 Los Angeles Overall Chip Leader
Saturday was an eventful day at The Bicycle Casino in the Los Angeles area as the ongoing WPT500 Los Angeles finally concluded its starting flights stage. Over the course of…
Two More WPT500 Los Angeles Flights Now in the Books, Only Two More Left
Poker excitement is building up at The Bicycle Casino where the latest installment of the WPT500 is taking place. The ongoing WPT500 Los Angeles is a special one. The $570…
Mark LeBlanc and Jeff Yarchever Top WPT500 Los Angeles Days 1K/1L Chip Counts
Days 1K and 1L of the latest edition of the $570 buy-in WPT500 Los Angeles were played at The Bicycle Casino in the Los Angeles area on Thursday. The two…
Chairman of Casino Operator Landing Goes Missing, Reportedly Detained in Cambodia
The Chairman of Hong Kong-listed casino and hospitality operator Landing International Development Ltd. has gone missing in what could be described as the latest of a series of unfortunate events…
WPT500 Los Angeles Progresses at The Bicycle Casino with 10 Flights Now in the Books
The WPT500 Los Angeles is in full swing as ten of the event’s sixteen starting flights are already in the books. The most recent two were ticked off as completed…
Gaming Analyst Calls Casino REITs Attractive
Global gaming advisory firm Union Gaming has remained bullish on the casino REIT sector as a wave of consolidation is under way on the regional level and is creating potential…
WPT500 Los Angeles Days 1G and 1H End with Alexander Beleson and Aram Bedrosian Leading
Two more starting flights of the WPT500 Los Angeles are in the books now. Days 1G and 1H were played at the host facility, The Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens,…
Myanmar Lawmakers Submit Casino Legalization Bill
The Myanmar Public Affairs Management Committee submitted on Tuesday a bill calling for the legalization of casinos as the country is struggling to find sources of additional revenue to close…