MGM Springfield Denied Request for Animated Parking Garage Sign

MGM Springfield Denied Request for Animated Parking Garage Sign

by August 15, 2018

MGM Springfield’s request for an animated parking garage sign was denied by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission during a Tuesday meeting. Gaming commissioners voted 5-0 against the use of animations citing public safety and distracted driving concerns, local news outlet MassLive ...

Brandon Eisen Takes Down 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $5,250 Championship

Brandon Eisen Takes Down 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $5,250 Championship

by August 15, 2018

The 2018 edition of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $5,250 Championship is now in the books. The tournament drew a massive field of 914 entries but it was Brandon Eisen who was crowned as the victor. The player collected $771,444 and the accompanying guitar pick trophy for outl ...

Resorts Set to Open Physical Sports Book on August 15

Resorts Set to Open Physical Sports Book on August 15

by August 14, 2018

Resorts will become Atlantic City’s fifth casino to be operating a physical sports book, the property itself has confirmed in a press release. Its betting facility is slated to open doors on Wednesday at 11 am, pending approval from New Jersey gambling regulators.Earlier thi ...

Adam Ross Wins First WSOP Circuit Season 2018/2019 Main Event at Harrah’s Cherokee

Adam Ross Wins First WSOP Circuit Season 2018/2019 Main Event at Harrah’s Cherokee

by August 14, 2018

Adam Ross became the first WSOP Circuit Main Event champion of the popular poker series’ new season. The player topped a behemoth field at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina for his biggest career score of $295,970, his first WSOP Circuit gold ring, and a seat into next year’s W ...

Matt Ernst Leads 21 Players into WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee Main Event Day 3

Matt Ernst Leads 21 Players into WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee Main Event Day 3

by August 13, 2018

Day 2 of the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee $1,700 Main Event was played Sunday at the host casino to see a start-of-the-day field of 219 players be whittled down to just 21 survivors. Matt Ernst will be leading the final 21 into the last day of the tournament with a massive stac ...

LINQ Casino Slot Machines Go Down during DEF CON Hacker Convention

LINQ Casino Slot Machines Go Down during DEF CON Hacker Convention

by August 13, 2018

Dozens of slot machines went down at The LINQ Casino in Las Vegas over the weekend and speculations quickly emerged that those might have been hacked, Mashable reports citing information from a person who was on the gaming floor at the time of the odd occurrence.It is intere ...

WSOP Circuit Kicks Off New Season with 1,056-Person Harrah’s Cherokee Main Event

WSOP Circuit Kicks Off New Season with 1,056-Person Harrah’s Cherokee Main Event

by August 12, 2018

It was just a few days ago when the 2017/2018 season of the WSOP Circuit ended with Warren Sheaves claiming the WSOP Global Casino Championship title and the accompanying gold bracelet. It is now time for the popular poker series’ new season and not only its first stop has ...

Poker Tournaments Starting August 13-19

Poker Tournaments Starting August 13-19

by August 11, 2018

For many, summer is all about fun in the sun. But an avid poker player would always be looking for a nice spot to play their favorite game. Here are some of the places where there will be some exciting poker tournaments over the next week or so. They are all designed to bring sum ...

Brady Holiman Tops WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event

Brady Holiman Tops WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event

by August 8, 2018

Brady Holiman is the brand new WPT champion after the player outlasted the 755-strong field of the WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event for his career’s largest cash of $469,185 and the chance to compete in the season-ending Tournament of Champions.Holiman entered the officia ...

Brady Holiman Leads WPT Choctaw Main Event Final Table, Zinno Eyes Fourth Title

Brady Holiman Leads WPT Choctaw Main Event Final Table, Zinno Eyes Fourth Title

by August 7, 2018

Brady Holiman is leading the final table of the WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event after building a formidable stack during Day 3 of the tournament. The player is well ahead of his opponents with 10.84 million in chips and Timothy Domboski being his nearest fellow competitor with 5.3 ...

Stockton University Could Buy Shuttered Atlantic Club Casino

Stockton University Could Buy Shuttered Atlantic Club Casino

by August 7, 2018

New Jersey’s Stockton University is considering the purchase of the ill-fated Atlantic Club Casino Hotel as part of its expansion into Atlantic City, the Press of Atlantic City reported Monday.It was understood that the university’s Board of Trustees will discuss the potenti ...

New Jersey Gambling Industry’s Eventful Year Continues with Massive Sports Betting Expansion

New Jersey Gambling Industry’s Eventful Year Continues with Massive Sports Betting Expansion

by August 6, 2018

The US Supreme Court struck down a long-existing federal ban on sports betting in mid-May to finally give the green light to a big change to the nation’s gambling industry at a time when it seemed that little was happening in the US gambling space.The SCOTUS ruling tha ...

WPT Choctaw Main Event Winners over the Years

WPT Choctaw Main Event Winners over the Years

by August 6, 2018

The WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event is currently under way at Durant, Oklahoma’s premium poker destination. Players from here and there flocked to the place to participate in one of the hottest summer events to be taking place in the US.And while they are battling for the ...

Poker Tournaments Starting August 6-12

Poker Tournaments Starting August 6-12

by August 6, 2018

August has arrived with all the happy days full of cold drinks and barefoot beach walks. But a poker player would, among other things, be interested to know where the hottest poker events will take place. The upcoming week has a lot to offer in that regard and Casino News Daily h ...

Casino Boss Kazuo Okada Detained in Hong Kong on Fraud Charges

Casino Boss Kazuo Okada Detained in Hong Kong on Fraud Charges

by August 6, 2018

Japanese tycoon Kazuo Okada was reportedly arrested in Hong Kong on fraud charges, according to Chinese media outlets. Mr. Okada was the founder and Chairman of pachinko and slot machine manufacturer Universal Entertainment Corp., but was ousted from the company last summer after ...