Mike Latour Wins 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam $200 No-Limit Hold’em

by July 25, 2016

The poker room at Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel is currently the gathering place of players from New York and the rest of the nation who would like to take part in any of the tournaments featured on the ongoing 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam’s schedule. Mike Lato ...

Rank Group and 888 Holdings Confirm Merger Talks and Interest in William Hill

by July 25, 2016

After Casino News Daily reported on Sunday that major gambling operators The Rank Group and 888 Holdings are mulling a £2-billion tie-up, the two companies confirmed in a joint statement that consolidation talks are indeed taking place. In addition, the operators are considering ...

Fedor Holz Headlines Upcoming Celebrity Cash Kings

by July 24, 2016

Although German poker pro Fedor Holz said that we will be seeing less of him on the poker circuit in future, it was confirmed that the player will headline the upcoming Celebrity Cash Kings event, set to take place at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic.The high ...

Jon Turner Wins CPPT IV DeepStack Extravaganza III $5,000 Main Event

by July 23, 2016

The Venetian Las Vegas has played host to the Card Player Poker Tour IV – DeepStack Extravaganza III poker festival over the past two months. The highlight tournament – the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event with a guaranteed prize pool of $2 million, was completed late on ...

Ainsworth Game Technology Becomes Latest iSoftBet Gaming Content Partner

by July 22, 2016

London-based provider of content for the international gambling industry iSoftBet has continued its streak of recent major partnerships. Australian manufacturer and supplier of gaming solutions Ainsworth Game Technology has become the UK-provider’s latest content distributi ...

Anthony Gregg Reaches Best GPI Player of the Year Rank

by July 22, 2016

Finishing 50th in the 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event, American poker professional Anthony Gregg improved his position in the GPI Player of the Year race, the ranking’s traditional Wednesday update showed. Gregg is currently taking 11th place, the highest one he has taken sinc ...

Tribal Casinos Report Decade’s Biggest Rise in Full-Year Gaming Revenue

by July 22, 2016

Tribal casinos across the US generated a total of $29.9 billion in 2015, the National Indian Gaming Commission said in a report from earlier this week. The figure posted represented a record for tribal gambling operations.Revenue increased 5% as compared to what was reported ...

William Hill CEO Resigns in Wake of Profit Warnings

by July 21, 2016

UK-based gambling operator William Hill PLC announced today that James Henderson is leaving his CEO post after spending two years at the company’s helm. The executive is stepping down with immediate effect. William Hill Chief Financial Officer Philip Bowcock has been named ...

Poland Introduces Further Online Gambling Restrictions

by July 21, 2016

It can now be said almost without doubt that Poland will be the next European country to regulate its online gambling market. Sadly, this will not happen to the extent operators interested in entering the local market would have liked.Earlier this week, the country’s C ...

Jason Mercier Wins 2016 GPI WSOP Player of the Year Race

by July 21, 2016

American poker pro Jason Mercier has officially become the 2016 GPI WSOP Player of the Year after collecting a total of 2195.57 points during this summer’s edition of the globally popular poker festival. Mercier cashed in 11 events throughout the Series. What is more, the p ...

Kuljinder Sidhu Wins Bellagio Cup XII $10,400 Main Event

by July 20, 2016

Although the 2016 WSOP, played at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino from May 31 to July 18, was the poker festival to attract the greatest attention for over a month, there were a number of other noteworthy poker events to have taken place in Las Vegas. The Bellagio Cup XII was indi ...

PAGCOR Posts Income Increase in H1

by July 20, 2016

Philippine gambling regulator and operator PAGCOR (Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.) posted on Tuesday financial information for the six months ended June 30. Net income amounted to PHP2.45 billion for the period in review, reflecting a 2.5% increase from the figure reported ...

Okada Raises Philippine Casino Resort Investment to $4 Billion

by July 20, 2016

Japanese gaming tycoon Kazuo Okada is planning to invest a total of $4 billion in Okada Manila (re-branded from Manila Bay Resorts) – the third integrated casino resort to open doors as part of the larger Entertainment City project in the heart of the Philippine capital.The ...

Cliff Josephy Leads 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event November Niners

by July 19, 2016

The WSOP $10,000 Main Event Day 7 has been completed and play at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino has wrapped up or at least for the summer. There are still nine players in contention for the top prize of $8 million and the gold bracelet hand-crafted exclusively for this year’ ...

Pennsylvania Full-Year Casino Revenue Up 3.6%

by July 19, 2016

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board released on Monday information about the financial performance of the state’s gambling venues in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016. Overall gross gaming revenue was up 3.6% year-on-year to $3.23 billion. Pennsylvania has reached its h ...