Events & Reports

Caesars Entertainment Reports 3% Increase in Q3 Revenue

by November 8, 2016

Casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. provided on Monday information about its financial performance during the three months ended September 30, 2016. Quarterly results did not include proceeds from Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. (CEOC) and the latter’s subsi ...

Sky Betting and Gaming Launches Real-Money Betting Offering in Italy

by November 8, 2016

UK-based online gambling operator Sky Betting and Gaming has entered Italy’s real-money sports betting segment as part of its strategy to expand beyond its domestic market, gambling news website CalvinAyre reported.The gaming and sports betting company has recently launched ...

Hard Rock Voices Interest in Building Casino Resort in Japan

by November 7, 2016

Hard Rock International Inc. has joined the elite group of major casino operators to have recently expressed interest in operating an integrated casino resort in Japan, Bloomberg reported.Hamish Dodds, CEO of the popular US operator of an international café chain and casinos ...

Luis Cruz Wins partypoker WPT UK £2,200 Main Event

by November 7, 2016

Spaniard Luis Rodriguez Cruz has become the latest player to join the elite WPT Champions Club. Last night, he bested a field of 522 entries to win the partypoker WPT UK £2,200 Main Event for a first-place prize of £200,000 and to have his name engraved on the Champions Cup, whic ...

Nabil Cardoso Heads partypoker WPT UK £2,200 Main Event Final 6

by November 6, 2016

The partypoker WPT UK £2,200 Main Event is entering its concluding stage as the official six-handed final table is set to be played today at 2 pm local time at Dusk Till Dawn Casino Nottingham. Spaniard Nabil Cardoso is leading the final six with 4,965,000 in chips.Cardoso f ...

Jason Acosta Wins 2016 PokerStars Festival – New Jersey $1,100 Main Event

by November 5, 2016

New Jersey had been selected as the inaugural host of the newly introduced PokerStars Festival format. And Atlantic City’s Resorts Casino Hotel had been selected as the host venue to the first-ever such event. Last night, local player Jason Acosta won the festival’s $ ...

Melco-Hard Rock Consortium Wins Cyprus Casino License

by November 5, 2016

The Melco-Hard Rock Resorts Cyprus consortium has been selected as the preferred candidate for the construction of the first casino resort in the Republic of Cyprus, local media reported on Friday.Last year, the Cypriot government adopted a legislation that allowed for the e ...

Matt Betti Wins 2016/17 WSOP Circuit Harvey’s Lake Tahoe $365 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack

by November 4, 2016

Matt Betti, a California-based poker player, broke his duck at the WSOP Circuit as he outlasted a field of 322 entries in the 2016/17 WSOP Circuit Harvey’s Lake Tahoe $365 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack event. Apart from his career first gold ring, the player also collected the a ...

French Online Poker Revenue Continues Downward Trend

by November 4, 2016

The French regulated online gambling market saw a considerable increase in sports betting revenue and another quarter of a slump in poker cash games during the three months ended September 30, 2016, figures posted by the local gambling regulator ARJEL showed.Online sportsbook ...

Las Vegas Sands Reports Increase in Q3 Revenue

by November 4, 2016

Major casino operator Las Vegas Sands reported a 2.6% increase in net revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2016 to $2.97 billion. Sheldon Adelson, Chairman and founder of the gambling company, said in a Thursday statement that they delivered another quarter of solid p ...

Phil Ivey Loses Crockfords Casino Baccarat Appeal Case

by November 3, 2016

Professional card player Phil Ivey received another blow in court several weeks after a US federal judge ruled against him in a $9.6-million legal battle with Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino. Ivey lost earlier today an appeal against a London High Court ruling that dismissed his c ...

Ben Winsor Wins partypoker WPT500 at Dusk Till Dawn

by November 3, 2016

Ben Winsor won the partypoker WPT500 at Dusk Till Dawn, beating out a massive field of 1,835 entries, to scoop a first-place prize of £150,000 and the tournament trophy. The player was the last one standing on Monday when the event’s final day was played.The partypoker WPT500 ...

GVC Holdings Revenue Grows 12% in Q3

by November 3, 2016

Isle of Man-headquartered online gambling operator GVC Holdings today provided information about its divisions’ financial performance during the third quarter of the year and announced that it would pay out a special dividend of €0.1 per share for 2016 in February of the next yea ...

Slow Wynn Palace Start Impacts Wynn Resorts Q3 Income

by November 3, 2016

Wynn Resorts Ltd., a Las Vegas-headquartered operator of casino properties in Las Vegas and Macau, reported on Wednesday its financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2016. Net revenue amounted to $1.1 billion for the period in review, reflecting an increase of 1 ...

Qui Nguyen Wins 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event

by November 2, 2016

Qui Nguyen has become the latest WSOP Main Event Champion after a grueling heads-up battle against Gordon Vayo that lasted for more than eight hours. Nguyen received $8,005,310 in prize money and a special WSOP gold bracelet, crafted by Jostens for this year’s Main Event winner. ...