Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas to Close Doors during Virgin Transformation

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas to Close Doors during Virgin Transformation

by December 20, 2018

Transformation of Hard Rock Hotel into Virgin Hotel Las Vegas to begin in late summer of 2019, owners promise splashy opening partyHard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas will close doors for four months during its renovation and transformation into Virgin Hotel Las Vegas, ...

Kevin Johnson Wins Final WSOP Circuit Main Event of 2018

Kevin Johnson Wins Final WSOP Circuit Main Event of 2018

by December 20, 2018

Johnson wraps up a busy poker year with a victory in the WSOP Circuit Biloxi $1,700 Main Event for $127,319 and first gold ringKevin Johnson emerged as the final WSOP Circuit Main Event winner of this year just a few days ago. The player took down the 382-person field of the ...

Pennsylvania’s First Sportsbook Handles $1.4 Million in First Two Weeks

Pennsylvania’s First Sportsbook Handles $1.4 Million in First Two Weeks

by December 19, 2018

First released numbers show Keystone State residents are hungry for sports betting action; Hollywood Casino records betting handle of $1.4 million in first two weeksFirst two weeks of legal sports betting in Pennsylvania saw revenue of more than $500,000 on betting handle of ...

World Poker Tour to Kick Off 2019 with a Bang at The Gardens Casino

World Poker Tour to Kick Off 2019 with a Bang at The Gardens Casino

by December 19, 2018

As 2019 is just around the corner, the WPT is gearing up for another massive poker festival with televised Main Event final table taking place at Esports Arena in mighty VegasThe World Poker Tour is heading off to a strong start of what we all hope will be a great year for li ...

Bridgepoint-Led Consortium Makes $1-Billion Bid for Gambling Group Cherry

Bridgepoint-Led Consortium Makes $1-Billion Bid for Gambling Group Cherry

by December 18, 2018

British private equity firm Bridgepoint makes a SEK9.19-billion bid for Cherry weeks before the reorganization of the Swedish gambling marketA consortium led by London-headquartered private equity investor Bridgepoint Advisers Limited has offered to acquire Swedish gambling g ...

GVC Removes PayPal as Payment Option across Germany-Facing Casino Brands

GVC Removes PayPal as Payment Option across Germany-Facing Casino Brands

by December 18, 2018

The Isle of Man gambling powerhouse has decided to remove PayPal as available payment option for casino players in GermanyGambling giant GVC Holdings has announced that PayPal will no longer be available as a payment method for all of its casino products in Germany. In an ema ...

Online Casino Operator L&L Europe Receives Swedish Gambling License

Online Casino Operator L&L Europe Receives Swedish Gambling License

by December 17, 2018

Lotteriinspektionen issues five more gambling licenses ahead of the reorganization of the Swedish gambling marketThe Swedish gambling authority, Lotteriinspektionen, has given the nod to five more gambling companies to operate in Sweden’s reorganized gambling market, th ...

Corentin Ropert Wins EPT Prague €25,000 Single Day High Roller

Corentin Ropert Wins EPT Prague €25,000 Single Day High Roller

by December 17, 2018

Ropert satellited into the €25K tournament to eventually take it down for his largest cash from a live poker tournamentFrance’s Corentin Ropert won over the weekend a €25,000 Single Day High Roller at the ongoing EPT Prague for his career’s largest cash of €277,56 ...

Dylan Linde Crowned the Latest WPT Five Diamond Champion

Dylan Linde Crowned the Latest WPT Five Diamond Champion

by December 16, 2018

Dylan Linde bests the WPT Five Diamond in Vegas for first WPT title and more than $1.6 million in prize moneyDylan Linde has had major success in the EPT, WSOP Circuit, and PCA, but he has never won a WPT Main Tour title until last night. Not only did the player lock up his f ...

Scott Brewster Claims First Gold Ring in WSOP Circuit IP Biloxi $600 No-Limit Hold’em Big-Blind Ante

Scott Brewster Claims First Gold Ring in WSOP Circuit IP Biloxi $600 No-Limit Hold’em Big-Blind Ante

by December 15, 2018

Scott Brewster entered the tournament on a whim, but eventually took it down for first WSOP Circit gold ring and a nice five-figure payoutScott Brewster entered the $600 No-Limit Hold’em Big-Blind Ante at the WSOP Circuit’s IP Biloxi stop hoping to just do well in ...

Quapaw Nation Targets Early 2020 Arkansas Casino Opening

Quapaw Nation Targets Early 2020 Arkansas Casino Opening

by December 14, 2018

The Quapaw Nation of Oklahoma awaits license receipt to proceed with the construction of its first Arkansas casinoQuapaw Nation’s casino in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, could open doors as early as 2020, it became known earlier this week. The tribe has revealed plans to build ...

Mo Arani Leads 45 Players into WPT Five Diamond Day 4

Mo Arani Leads 45 Players into WPT Five Diamond Day 4

by December 14, 2018

Mo Arani surges into WPT Five Diamond Day 3 chip lead, leads 45 hopefuls into penultimate day of contentionThe giant 1,001-person field of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic was whittled down to just 45 hopefuls after three days of play. Mo Arani bagged the largest stac ...

Steven Spunt Becomes Latest WSOP Circuit Bicycle Casino Main Event Champ

Steven Spunt Becomes Latest WSOP Circuit Bicycle Casino Main Event Champ

by December 13, 2018

Recreational player Steven Spunt tops a field of 547 entrants to win the WSOP Circuit Bicycle Casino Main EventSteven Spunt, a recreational player from Southern California, joined last night the elite club of WSOP Circuit Main Event champions. The player was crowned the victo ...

Two More Pennsylvania Casinos Join US Sports Betting Revolution

Two More Pennsylvania Casinos Join US Sports Betting Revolution

by December 13, 2018

Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh and SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia to go live with sports betting later todayTwo more casinos are set to join Pennsylvania’s sports betting mix in just a few hours and nearly a month after Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course beca ...

Russell Sullivan Wins Second Career WSOP Circuit Gold Ring at IP Biloxi

Russell Sullivan Wins Second Career WSOP Circuit Gold Ring at IP Biloxi

by December 12, 2018

Russell Sullivan won his first WSOP Circuit gold ring nearly two years ago, last night he beat 152 entries for gold piece number twoRussell Sullivan from West Columbia, South Carolina, finally ended last night a dry run of nearly two years and captured his second career gold ...