Events & Reports

Improved Mobile Sportsbook Drives Online Growth for William Hill

by November 14, 2016

Gambling operator William Hill posted trading update for the 17 weeks from June 29 to October 25, and the 43 weeks to October 25. The company highlighted the enhancements in mobile sportsbook as what had driven its online division’s return to growth. Overall group revenue grew 6% ...

Daniel Maor Tops partypoker.net WPT Montreal C$3,850 Main Event Day 1C Chip Counts Chart

by November 14, 2016

The partypoker.net WPT Montreal C$3,850 Main Event is well under way at Playground Poker Club, with the third and last starting flight being completed Sunday night. Daniel Maor was the player to collect the most chips throughout Day 1C. He bagged and tagged 179,700 last night. ...

Okada Manila on Track for December Opening

by November 14, 2016

Construction work on Phase 1 of Okada Manila, a $2.4-billion integrated resort located in the Philippine capital, is nearing completion, parent company Universal Entertainment Corp. said on Friday in a filing to the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The complex’s first facilities are set to ...

Martin Ryan Wins 2016/17 WSOP Circuit Caribbean $365 No-Limit Hold’em

by November 13, 2016

The WSOP International Circuit set foot in St. Maarten on November 3 for its first-ever Caribbean poker festival. Hosted by Sonesta Maho Resort & Casino, the event has so far proved to be a terrific success, with six gold rings and thousands of dollars being distributed to th ...

Borgata Demands $15.5 Million from Phil Ivey in Baccarat Edge Sorting Case

by November 12, 2016

Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino is seeking the amount of $15.5 million from popular card player Phil Ivey, according to a brief filed by the gambling venue earlier this week. A federal judge ruled last month that Ivey and companion player Cheng Yin Sun had violated New Jerse ...

Daniel Azancot Wins WSOP Circuit Caribbean $356 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack

by November 11, 2016

The WSOP Circuit crowned yet another ring winner and 12 players inched toward being the next one to pose as a champion at the Caribbean festival, held on the isle of Sint Maarten. Daniel Azancot was pronounced gold ring winner at the WSOP Circuit Caribbean $365 No-Limit Hold’em M ...

NetEnt Signs Retail Content Distribution Deal with Paddy Power

by November 11, 2016

Internationally recognized supplier of gaming content NetEnt today announced that it has extended its existing business partnership with major gambling operator Paddy Power. The two parties have recently penned a distribution agreement, under which NetEnt will license gaming cont ...

Online Gambling Bill Advances to Brazil’s Senate Floor

by November 11, 2016

Brazil has inched closer to legalizing the provision of iGaming services, among others. A Senate Committee approved on Wednesday a bill that would allow for the creation of a legal framework that would regulate the country’s gambling market.After being passed by the Special C ...

Michael Lech Wins WSOP Circuit Caribbean $365 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed

by November 10, 2016

Michael Lech was crowned winner at the $365 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed Event 10 of the 2016 WSOP Circuit Caribbean and walked away with the first-place prize of $6,400. This was the second and final day of the event, where nine players out of a 61-entry strong field returned to ...

Alejandro Saraintaris Steps In as Merkur Gaming Argentina General Manager

by November 10, 2016

Merkur Gaming Americas announced the appointment of Alejandro Saraintaris as General Manager of the newly incorporated Merkur Gaming Argentina, S.A., the latest addition to the gambling group’s Latin American portfolio of companies.Mr. Saraintaris brings with him extensive ex ...

Seminole Tribe Wins Blackjack Legal Battle

by November 10, 2016

The Seminole Tribe of Florida won on Wednesday a more than a year-long court battle with the state over the right to provide blackjack and other banked table games at its casinos. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled that the tribe can keep the said gambling options for the ne ...

Jean-Pierre Didier Wins First WSOP Circuit Caribbean Gold Ring

by November 9, 2016

Frenchman Jean-Pierre Didier finished first at the WSOP Circuit Caribbean $365 No-Limit Hold’em and walked away with the first gold ring. The event was held at Casino Royale, located on the sunny island of Sint Maarten, where 43 players out of a 236-entry field returned for the l ...

Spain’s iGaming Revenue Up 22.2% in Q3

by November 9, 2016

Spain’s regulated iGaming market registered a 22.2% increase in revenue generated during the three months ended September 30, 2016. According to the quarterly report published by local gambling regulator, Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), overall online gaming and ...

New Jersey Voters Say No to Casino Expansion

by November 9, 2016

Atlantic City will maintain its status of the only place in New Jersey where casino gambling is legal after state residents voted overwhelmingly against a casino expansion proposal.According to initial results, almost 78% of the votes cast in the November 8 referendum were a ...

Michael Pearson Wins 2016/17 WSOP Circuit Harvey’s Lake Tahoe $1,675 Main Event

by November 8, 2016

Michael Pearson earned his first WSOP gold ring as he emerged winner at Event #10 of the WSOP Circuit Harvey’s Lake Tahoe $1,675 Main Event. Pearson, who started playing poker at the age of seventeen as a hobby, scooped a substantial first-place prize of $153,191.The t ...