Jake Schindler Marches Into 2017 Super High Roller Bowl Final Day with Massive Chip Lead

by June 1, 2017

The 56-person strong field of the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl took four days and 24 levels of play to be reduced to just three finalists. Jake Schindler, Christoph Vogelsang, and Stefan Schillhabel were the three survivors to make it through Day 4 of the massive $300,000 buy-in e ...

Gambling Regulator Grants Conditional Approval to Imperial Pacific Casino Opening

by June 1, 2017

Casino developer Imperial Pacific International (IPI) may eventually launch its casino as part of larger development project in Saipan after the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Casino Commission gave conditional approval to the move.The Hong Kong investor now needs app ...

Jake Schindler Leads Final 8 after Aria Casino 2017 Super High Roller Bowl Day 3 Action

by May 31, 2017

Since introduced in the summer of 2015, Aria’s Super High Roller Bowl has established itself as one of the biggest and most highly anticipated events to be taking place on an annual basis. The tournament’s third edition is currently underway and has so far delivered and even exce ...

Justin Bonomo Bags Largest Stack after Aria Casino Super High Roller Bowl Day 2

by May 30, 2017

If Day 1 of the 2017 Aria Super High Roller Bowl was packed with action, Day 2 of the $300,000 buy-in event sizzled with action. The tournament’s field was reduced to just 19 players, all of whom ready to fight fiercely for the $6 million first-place prize and the champion’s ring ...

Malta Directs Ambitions Towards Becoming the Silicon Valley of Gambling: Interview with MGA Executive Chairman Joseph Cuschieri

by May 30, 2017

Several news outlets, Casino News Daily included, covered recently a story involving a former Malta Gaming Authority employee accusing the regulator of violating its own licensure principles by issuing licenses to companies whose hardware had not been sealed. Malta has over the y ...

Advocacy Group Challenges Atlantic City Casino PILOT Program in Superior Court

by May 30, 2017

A New Jersey Superior Court Judge is set to rule in July on the constitutionality of the PILOT program that exempts Atlantic City’s seven operational casinos from property taxes in exchange for collective annual payments of $120 million.The so-called PILOT law was introduced ...

Springfield Casino Amendment Fails in Illinois House Committee

by May 29, 2017

The plan for the construction of a casino in Springfield, Illinois is hanging in the balance after a House committee failed to add a proposed amendment to an existing casino expansion legislative piece.Said amendment to Senate Bill 7 was considered by the House Rules Committ ...

Byron Kaverman Leads Elite 2017 Super High Roller Bowl Field into Day 2

by May 29, 2017

The Aria Super High Roller Bowl, one of the biggest, hottest, most exciting poker events to be taking place throughout the year, is currently underway. Day 1 of the prestigious $300,000 buy-in tournament has been completed minutes ago and 44 players have retreated to their abodes ...

Christian Christner Wins Latest Aria Casino $100,000 Super High Roller

by May 28, 2017

German players reigned the final table of the 18th ever Aria $100,000 Super High Roller event, as there were three of them left to participate in that final stage of play. And it was a German who emerged the victor eventually. Christian Christner is now $1,454,720 richer after he ...

Spain’s Supreme Court Sides with Codere in PokerStars Illegal Operations Lawsuit

by May 27, 2017

The Spanish Supreme Court ruled earlier this week in favor of gambling operator Codere in a lawsuit against PokerStars dating back from 2011.Founded in 1980, Codere is one of Spain’s longest running and largest gambling operators with both land-based and online operati ...

Antanas “Tony G” Guoga Warms Up for Super High Roller Bowl with $25,000 Buy-In Event Victory

by May 26, 2017

Antanas Guoga, better known in the poker community as Tony G, has apparently taken a break from his political duties as a Member of the European Parliament, to make a trip to Las Vegas where poker people from all around the world are warming up for the upcoming Aria Super High Ro ...

ARJEL Confirms June Deadline for First Shared Online Poker Liquidity Agreement

by May 26, 2017

Although there were no shared liquidity updates from the recent meeting between European gambling regulators in Lisbon, Portugal, ARJEL, France’s iGaming watchdog confirmed in its recent financial report that the first online poker agreement will be signed in June.As the gam ...

US Solicitor General Briefs Supreme Court to Decline Action on New Jersey Sports Betting Case

by May 25, 2017

Acting US Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall advised the Supreme Court to refuse action on New Jersey’s sports betting case. The Solicitor General’s recommendation may put an end to the state’s long-time effort to add betting options to its racetracks and Atlantic City casinos in a b ...

Lisbon Meeting between EU Gambling Regulators Ends with No Updates on Shared Online Poker Liquidity

by May 25, 2017

Shared online poker liquidity emerged as a topic to be followed closely last summer when France amended its gambling laws in a manner that created favorable conditions for the establishment of an online poker network between several regulated European markets.Almost a year l ...

European Commission Approves Czech Republic Draft Decree on Gambling Technical Standards

by May 24, 2017

The European Commission has approved a Draft Decree prepared and presented by the Czech Ministry of Finance in relation to the technical standards for the provision of gambling services in a safe and socially responsible environment.According to media reports, the technical ...