Maurice Hawkins Wins 2016/17 WSOP Circuit Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,675 Main Event

by November 22, 2016

Maurice Hawkins made history last night at Palm Beach Kennel Club in West Palm Beach, Florida by becoming the first player in the WSOP Circuit’s thirteen seasons to have won three Main Events within the same year. Winning the $1,675 tournament on Monday, the player also scooped h ...

NYX Gaming Extends UK Footprint with Rank Group Casino Content Deal

by November 22, 2016

Developer and provider of online gambling content NYX Gaming Group announced that a selection of its casino titles has gone live with UK gambling operator The Rank Group.Under a previously signed agreement, NYX Gaming would deliver gaming content developed by its in-house Ne ...

PokerStars Casino Summons Players with First TV Ad Campaign

by November 22, 2016

PokerStars Casino, the online casino vertical of the popular card room, launched on Monday its first-ever TV advertisement. The ad will be played on digital stations and video advertising displays around the UK.Simplistic but in a cutting-edge manner, the 30-second clip show ...

David Peters Wins $50,000 Aria Super High Roller 13

by November 21, 2016

Another Aria High Roller event was completed and another world renowned high roller player left the Aria Resort and Casino premises with a smile on his face, a trophy in his hand, and a significantly boosted bankroll.David Peters has just won the latest $50,000 Aria Super Hi ...

China Arrests Formally Crown Resorts Staff Members

by November 21, 2016

China has officially arrested the seventeen Crown Resorts employees who have been held in custody since mid-October for allegedly being involved in gambling-related crimes. The staff members are to remain detained for at least several more months until their case is handed to cou ...

Ole Schemion Wins 2016 MCOP €25,000 Super High Roller

by November 20, 2016

German poker pro Ole Schemion has made another statement of his proficiency as a high roller player by winning the 2016 Master Classics of Poker Amsterdam €25,000 Super High Roller. Schemion collected €160,875 in prize money, a special MCOP winner’s plate, and a huge Heinek ...

Ali Fazeli Wins $25,000 Aria High Roller 50

by November 19, 2016

Ali Fazeli seems to have grown quite fond of the $25,000 Aria High Roller tournaments that regularly take place at Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the player has cashed in eight such events and has won three of them since the beginning of the year.Little is ...

Philippines Casino Revenue Is on the Rise in Q3

by November 16, 2016

Philippine casinos generated a total of PHP34.2 billion in gross gaming revenue for the third quarter of the year, PAGCOR, the country’s gambling regulator, said earlier today. The reported figure reflected a 12.4% increase from the same three months of 2015.Gross gami ...

PokerStars Launches ‘Beat the Clock’ Timed Online Tournaments

by November 16, 2016

PokerStars has introduced new ‘Beat the Clock’ timed tournaments for its desktop client and mobile app, turning to football star Cristiano Ronaldo to promote the new product.The ‘Beat the Clock’ tournaments are five-minute, four-handed Zoom ones that o ...

Ivan Banic Wins 2016/17 WSOP Circuit King’s Casino Rozvadov €1,650 Main Event

by November 16, 2016

King’s Casino Rozvadov has established itself as a must-visit poker destination and this is why it is barely a surprise to anyone in the poker community that the gambling venues has played host to some of the top tournament series in the world.Most recently, King’ ...

PokerStars Prepares for Upcoming Portugal Launch

by November 16, 2016

Online poker room PokerStars is expected to go live in Portugal anytime now, Poker Industry PRO reported. It seems, however, that the poker brand will launch its operations with a segregated liquidity pool.Although segregated liquidity may take different forms, depending on ...

Atlantic City Casino Revenue Numbers Down Slightly in October

by November 16, 2016

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement released on Tuesday financial information about the performance of the state’s casinos in October. Including Trump Taj Mahal, which closed doors on October 10, total gaming win amounted to $203 million for October, down 0.7% yea ...

Amaya Reports Revenue Growth on Proactive Poker Ecosystem Changes

by November 15, 2016

Canadian gambling giant Amaya Inc. registered a 9.5% in revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2016, as the company said in its latest quarterly report. Group revenue for the period totaled $270.8 million, up from the amount of $247.4 million. Revenue for the nine month ...

Dan Wagner Wins 2016 CPPT Seneca Fall Poker Classic $1,000 Main Event

by November 15, 2016

Dan Wagner from West Seneca was crowned the latest Card Player Poker Tour champion. The player outlasted a field of 300 entries to earn the coveted first-place prize of $64,882, the tournament trophy, and the accolades that every winner deserves.Wagner emerged as the winner ...

Sun International Readies Business for Latin American Expansion

by November 15, 2016

South African hotel and casino operator Sun International is eying expansion across Latin America to extend its global footprint and capitalize on the opportunities offered by the region’s highly attractive gambling market.Completing a merger with local operator Dreams SA, Su ...