Events & Reports

A Hundred Days into Trump Presidency and No Mention of Gambling

by April 27, 2017

The election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the US was seen by the gambling community as a move that could possibly result in a federal sports betting ban being lifted and in a federal online gambling ban being enforced.A two-decade-old footage of President Trump s ...

Tennis Dominates Ninth ESSA Suspicious Betting Report

by April 26, 2017

Tennis dominated suspicious betting reports once again, according to a quarterly study by the European Sports Security Association (ESSA), the non-profit organization charged with the task to monitor betting activity and to report any suspicious betting patterns.ESSA notifie ...

iPoker Network Bids Polish Players Farewell

by April 26, 2017

More operators are leaving Poland’s newly regulated online gambling market, local media has reported. It has become known that the entire iPoker network has been closed for Poland-based players.William Hill and bet365, whose poker operations are part of the Playtech-powered ...

Report Ranks the Most Gambling-Friendly US States

by April 26, 2017

Nevada is the most gambling-friendly US state, according to a report by analysts from personal finance website WalletHub. South Dakota, Montana, West Virginia, and Mississippi are the other four states to be comprising top 5 of the recently published ranking.WalletHub resear ...

Jose Montes Wins 2017 WPTDeepStacks Maryland Live! Casino $1,500 Main Event

by April 25, 2017

Jose Montes became on Monday the latest WPTDeepStacks Main Event champion after scoring a victory at Maryland Live! Casino. Montes beat a field of 337 other entries to add another title to his former live poker accomplishments.The player won a WSOP Circuit Main Event in Choct ...

Senate Bill Gains Edge in Florida Gambling Discussions

by April 25, 2017

The Florida Legislature has less than two weeks to craft a new gambling legislation. The state’s main legislative body has two gambling bills – one sponsored by the House and the other by the Senate – to use as a material for a new framework that would regulate the provision of g ...

Gambling Mogul Teddy Sagi Takes Camden Market Owner Private

by April 24, 2017

Billionaire investor Teddy Sagi and his assets management firm LabTech Investments Ltd. have recently purchased a 29% stake in real estate company Market Tech Holdings, known to be the owner of London’s Camden Market.LabTech owned 71% in the firm, which means that after its ...

Maria Lampropoulos Wins partypoker MILLIONS at Dusk Till Dawn Casino

by April 24, 2017

partypoker MILLIONS, the largest-ever live tournament presented by the popular poker brand, concluded last night at Dusk Till Dawn Casino Nottingham. The event featured a guaranteed prize pool of £6 million and a guaranteed first-place prize of £1 million.And the first-place ...

PEZA to Ban Online Gambling Operations in Its Accredited Buildings

by April 23, 2017

The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) will not allow offices at its accredited buildings across Metro Manila and the rest of the nation to be used by online gambling operators, local media has reported.PEZA is charged with the promotion of the establishment of econom ...

US Supreme Court Rejects Phil Ivey Edge-Sorting Partner’s Foxwoods Casino Case

by April 22, 2017

The US Supreme Court rejected earlier this week a case filed by Cheung Yin Sun against Foxwoods Resort Casino. The gambling venue had reportedly refused to pay Ms. Sun and her companion players Zong Yang Li and Long Mei Fang winnings of around $1.1 million.Foxwoods is one of ...

Brazil Could Become Largest Regulated Gambling Jurisdiction

by April 17, 2017

As discussed in a previous article by Casino News Daily, Latin America has been drawing more and more attention as a region where gambling may be a particularly profitable industry. Several Latin American countries have been considering the adoption of gambling-friendly regulatio ...

Upcoming Live Poker Summer Festivals

by April 15, 2017

To many summer is the season of lazy margaritas by the pool, crazy crowded music festivals, and exotic adventures. But to a self-respecting member of the international poker community, it is the much-anticipated time for some of the world’s largest and some of the world’s longest ...

Biggest WPT Championship Winners over the Years

by April 14, 2017

During its fifteen years of existence, the World Poker Tour has established itself as a favorite poker brand to both players and fans of this thrilling game. The first-ever season of one of the world’s largest live poker tours took place in 2002/2003. That debut season culm ...

Ivey League to Stop Uploading Coaching Content due to ‘Current State of Online Poker’

by April 13, 2017

Ivey League, the poker training website founded by Phil Ivey, announced mere hours ago that it will no longer be uploading video training content as from May 1. The “current state of online poker” was pointed as the reason for the decision, although no further explanation was giv ...

Cherry AB Acquires Additional Stake in Almor iGaming Business

by April 13, 2017

Cherry AB has made one more step toward expanding further its European presence through the purchase of a 7.5% stake in Malta-based and Germany-facing online gambling operator Almor Holding Ltd.Cherry acquired 75% of the company’s shares back in 2015 with the option to purch ...