Judge OKs Mechoopda Tribe’s Butte County Casino Plan

by July 19, 2016

The Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria has won a long-standing legal battle with the Northern California Butte County after a US District Judge issued a 17-page ruling in favor of the Indian nation. Mechoopda Tribe’s plan to build a casino in the area has been the ro ...

Tsogo Sun Expands Casinos in Hopes for Better Economic Times

by July 18, 2016

South African hotel and casino operator Tsogo Sun has been expanding some of its largest casino properties across the country while awaiting for better economic times to come, CEO Marcel Von Aulock said in a Friday interview for Bloomberg.This year, South Africa is expected ...

Sportech Digital President Leaves Post

by July 18, 2016

UK-headquartered provider of gambling options Sportech PLC announced today that Rich Roberts is stepping down from his post as President of the company’s US-based digital business. Mr. Roberts will stay with Sportech until the end of next month.His resignation comes sh ...

Legal Cases Against Former Full Tilt Executives Settled Quietly

by July 18, 2016

Reports have emerged that the lawsuit against former Full Tilt Poker founders and directors Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson has been settled with no fuss. The legal action was brought by four former players of what has once been one of the world’s biggest online poker roo ...

Michael Tureniec Wins 2016 WSOP $1,000 + $111 Little One for ONE DROP

by July 18, 2016

The 2016 edition of the WSOP is coming to a close. The $1,000 + $111 Little One for ONE DROP No-Limit Hold’em was the last gold bracelet event to take place this summer, leaving just the Main Event gold piece to find its owner, but as every year, this is going to happen in ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between July 18-24

by July 18, 2016

Although the 2016 WSOP is drawing to a close, there will be no shortage of noteworthy poker festivals to kick off in the week between July 18-24, with those taking place in some of the world’s most popular and highly preferred poker destinations. Manila, Rozvadov, Lille, an ...

Jerry Wong Completes 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event Day 5 as Chip Leader

by July 17, 2016

Day 5 of the 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event is history with only 80 hopefuls still in contention for the first-place prize of $8 million and a gold bracelet hand-crafted specially for the tournament’s champion. Jerry Wong from Brooklyn, New York took the lead half an hour bef ...

Bryan Piccioli Leads 251 Hopefuls into 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event Day 5

by July 16, 2016

Another day has passed by, drawing the 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event, currently played at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, to a close. Bryan Piccioli, a player from Allegany, New York with one previous WSOP-related victory, ended Day 4 of this year’s edit ...

Spokane Tribe Provides Details on New Casino

by July 15, 2016

The Spokane Tribe of Indians revealed on Thursday more details about its planned casino in Spokane County, Washington and showed members of the host community how the venue would look.The Spokane Tribe first announced that it was planning to build a casino as part of a large ...

Betfair Becomes FC Barcelona Global Partner

by July 15, 2016

Betfair and FC Barcelona have signed a three-year global partnership agreement, under which the online gambling operator would be one of the Spanish football club’s official global partners over the next three seasons.The agreement is effective as of July 1 and as a re ...

Kenny Hallaert Leads 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event Survivors into Day 4

by July 15, 2016

With an initial field of 6,737 entries, there are now only 800 players left to be contending for this year’s WSOP $10,000 Main Event gold bracelet and the top prize of $8 million. Day 3 of the tournament was played on Thursday, July 14 and was completed with Belgian poker p ...

Interwetten Reports H1 Revenue Increase

by July 15, 2016

Gzira, Malta-based online betting and casino operator Interwetten posted information about its financial performance for the second quarter and the first half of the year ended June 30, 2016.Gross gaming revenue amounted to €16.9 million in the second quarter of the year. Re ...

Gustavo Lopes Ends 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event as Chip Leader

by July 14, 2016

Day 2C of the 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event was concluded only a few hours ago. A sweeping number of 3,252 players returned from the tournament’s Day 1C. After the scheduled ten and a half two-hour levels were completed, there were as many as 1,416 survivors left. They bagge ...

New Jersey Casino Regulators Approve Borgata Sale to MGM Resorts

by July 14, 2016

The New Jersey Casino Control Commission approved on Wednesday MGM Resorts International’s purchase of a 50% stake in Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa from fellow gambling operator Boyd Gaming. The two companies have been partnering in running Atlantic City’s most profi ...

Atlantic City Casino Revenue Down 1.2% in June

by July 14, 2016

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement posted the traditional monthly report containing information about the financial performance of the state’s eight operational casinos and their Internet gambling arms. Under the current New Jersey gaming regulations, Atlantic Ci ...