WPTDeepStacks Thunder Valley Day 2 Kicks Off with 88 Hopefuls

WPTDeepStacks Thunder Valley Day 2 Kicks Off with 88 Hopefuls

by April 7, 2019

Tuan Nguyen leads 88 survivors into the second day of the WPTDeepStacks Thunder Valley with a commanding chip leadWith just a few stops left over just under two months, the WPTDeepStacks season is approaching its end. Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California is cur ...

Sri Lanka Casino Entry Fee to Only Apply to Nationals

Sri Lanka Casino Entry Fee to Only Apply to Nationals

by April 7, 2019

The government of Sri Lanka has clarified that a previously proposed $50 casino entry fee would only apply to nationals, Finance Minister saysInternational visitors would not be required to pay the levy in order to be admitted to the nation’s casinos.News about Sri Lanka ...

Local 54 Reaches Deal on Hard Rock Atlantic City Workers Unionization

Local 54 Reaches Deal on Hard Rock Atlantic City Workers Unionization

by April 6, 2019

Nearly 1,800 Hard Rock Atlantic City hospitality workers will be represented by Local 54 of the UNITE HERE! labor unionHard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City and Local 54 of the UNITE HERE! labor union have successfully negotiated a unionization contract for more than 1,7 ...

Florida Lawmakers, Seminole Officials Hold Talks over New Gambling Compact

Florida Lawmakers, Seminole Officials Hold Talks over New Gambling Compact

by April 6, 2019

Florida legislators are holding behind-the-scenes talks with the Seminole Tribe in a bid to agree a new gambling compact between the state and the tribe, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reportsA key provision in the agreement between the Seminoles and Florida from 2010 expired ne ...

Hard Rock Snatches JACK Cincinnati Casino in $745 Million Deal

Hard Rock Snatches JACK Cincinnati Casino in $745 Million Deal

by April 5, 2019

Hard Rock International is expanding its portfolio of gaming properties with the addition of JACK Cincinnati Casino, the gaming and hospitality giant announced todayHard Rock, together with real estate investment trust VICI Properties, has agreed to purchase one of Ohio’s pre ...

Microgaming Slots Now Live with 888casino

Microgaming Slots Now Live with 888casino

by April 5, 2019

Microgaming’s content is now live with 888casino in the UK, Scandinavian rollout of the provider’s games with the major operator coming nextMicgrogaming announced Thursday its online casino content has gone live with 888casino in the United Kingdom. The milestone agreement be ...

Bill Requiring Addiction Warnings on Lottery Tickets Reappears in Florida Legislature

Bill Requiring Addiction Warnings on Lottery Tickets Reappears in Florida Legislature

by April 5, 2019

A bill requiring lottery vendors to place a warning message about addiction risks on lottery tickets is gaining momentum in the Florida LegislatureThe measure – House Bill 629 – survived on Thursday a vote in the House Commerce Committee. The bill’s approval in the committee ...

Study Reveals “Worrying” Surge in Female Gambling Addicts in Sweden

Study Reveals “Worrying” Surge in Female Gambling Addicts in Sweden

by April 5, 2019

The majority of Sweden’s gambling addicts are women for the first time ever, a recent survey by the nation’s Public Health Agency (Folkhälsomyndigheten) showsThe report found that the overall number of problem gamblers has dropped since 2015, when the last such study was rele ...

Ladbrokes Coral to Shutter Tel Aviv Office

Ladbrokes Coral to Shutter Tel Aviv Office

by April 4, 2019

Ladbrokes Coral is set to close its Tel Aviv office by the end of the year, putting around 140 marketing, tech, and other jobs at riskLadbrokes Coral is putting up the shutters of its Tel Aviv office, a spokesperson for the gambling operator’s parent company GVC Holdings told ...

Melco Looks For Staff at Third Cyprus Satellite Casino

Melco Looks For Staff at Third Cyprus Satellite Casino

by April 4, 2019

Melco’s Ayia Napa satellite casino will initially employ 35 people, the company said in a Thursday press releaseWith preparations for this summer’s opening of Melco Resorts & Entertainment’s third satellite casino in the Republic of Cyprus in high gear, the company has be ...

MassGaming Grills Wynn Resorts CEO at Critical Hearing

MassGaming Grills Wynn Resorts CEO at Critical Hearing

by April 4, 2019

Wynn Resorts CEO Matthew Maddox faced grilling questions about his leadership and claims of lack of any knowledge of recurring sexual harassment incidents at the company during the second day of MassGaming’s hearing.The critical three-day hearing will help the Massachusetts ...

Greece Casino License Application Deadline Extended

Greece Casino License Application Deadline Extended

by April 4, 2019

The license application deadline for a Hellinikon casino was pushed back due to zoning issues and pending ministerial decisionsSix weeks into the bidding process for a license for the development of a €1 billion casino complex as part of a larger €8 billion integrated resort ...

Triton Poker Off to Montenegro Bigger and Better than Ever

Triton Poker Off to Montenegro Bigger and Better than Ever

by March 29, 2019

Triton Poker readies for its Montenegro return in May with ten poker events and multiple other surprises for those in attendanceThe Triton Poker Super High Roller Series is returning to the tiny coastal republic of Montenegro bigger and better than ever before. The Maestral C ...

Ben Palmer Wins Inaugural WPT at Venetian

Ben Palmer Wins Inaugural WPT at Venetian

by March 27, 2019

Venetian Casino regular Ben Palmer took down last night the first-ever WPT at Venetian Main Event for $431,655 in prize moneyPlaying regularly at the poker tables of the Venetian proved of huge help to Ben Palmer, the newest member of the WPT Champions Club. The player, who o ...

Intralot Dumps Polish Betting Business to Focus on US Expansion

Intralot Dumps Polish Betting Business to Focus on US Expansion

by March 26, 2019

Intralot sells Polish business to focus on US expansion; Gauselmann Group secures entry into Poland’s sports betting marketGreek gambling group Intralot today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Totolotek SA sports betting business to the Gauselmann Gr ...