Events & Reports

Mobile Drives Continued Growth for NetEnt in Q2

by July 14, 2016

Swedish provider of software for the international gambling industry NetEnt posted its financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2016 and the first half of the year. The company reported significant growth in revenue and other key performance indicators during both pe ...

Valentin Vornicu Leads 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event Day 2A/B Survivors

by July 13, 2016

The beginning of the WSOP $10,000 Main Event traditionally marks the end of the poker festival. It has been so since 1970, when the world’s most highly anticipated annual poker tournament was first held. This year’s $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship kicked o ...

Playtech Expands Regulated Market Presence with Best Gaming Technology Acquisition

by July 13, 2016

Supplier of software and related services for the international gambling industry Playtech announced today that it has acquired fellow gambling provider Best Gaming Technology (BGT) for the amount of €138 million. The acquisition comes as part of Playtech’s strategy to expa ...

Guy Laliberté Announces €1-Million Big One for One Drop Invitational

by July 13, 2016

This year, the Big One for One Drop poker tournament will not be held as part of the WSOP festival in Last Vegas for the very first time since its inception back in 2012. Instead, the event will take place within its own festival – the Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza. Casino de ...

Vote on Pennsylvania Online Gambling Bill Delayed Until Fall

by July 13, 2016

Pennsylvania may not legalize its online gambling industry before the end of the year after it became clear that a gambling expansion bill would not be voted on this week as it had been expected. Sponsored by Rep. George Dunbar, the proposed legislation was part of a bigger reven ...

Lottomatica Enhances Retail Offering with Vermantia Content Management System

by July 12, 2016

Provider of content for lottery, gaming, and sports betting operators Vermantia announced that it has launched a new system for retail content management across Italy’s BETTER betting shops. Here it is important to note that BETTER is a chain of retail betting venues, owned ...

Jason Mercier Tops 2016 GPI WSOP Player of the Year Ranking

by July 12, 2016

As the $10,000 Main Event is currently running at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, this year’s edition of the World Series of Poker is entering its closing stage. For the second year, the WSOP and the GPI have joined forces to honor the player who emerges as the leader of th ...

New England Developer Confirms Interest in Revel Casino

by July 12, 2016

Real estate developer Centerplan Companies LLC is discussing a potential deal to join the efforts for the revival of Atlantic City’s former Revel Casino, CEO Robert Landino confirmed. The executive revealed that talks on the matter have been going on for a year now but emph ...

Ohio Casinos Contribute $1 Billion in Tax Revenue Since 2012

by July 12, 2016

Following the recently released report on the quarterly distribution of tax revenue generated by Ohio’s four casinos in the three months ended June 30, 2016, the Ohio Casino Control Commission posted information about the amount contributed to the state since 2012, when the ...

Fedor Holz Wins 2016 WSOP $111,111 High Roller for ONE DROP

by July 11, 2016

Apparently, German wunderkind Fedor Holz will never get tired of winning high roller events. The 2016 WSOP $111,111 High Roller for ONE DROP has become the latest prestigious tournament to be taken down by the young poker pro. Holz collected his debut gold bracelet and the first- ...

UK and New Jersey Gambling Regulators Discuss Online Poker Liquidity Sharing

by July 11, 2016

The United Kingdom may well become the first jurisdiction the state of New Jersey is to partner to share online poker liquidity with. Numerous reports based on an original article by Global Gaming Business have emerged, saying that gambling regulators from the Garden State have d ...

Courtney Kennedy Wins 2016 WSOP $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship

by July 11, 2016

Courtney Kennedy, a poker dealer from Detroit, Michigan, won this year’s $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship, scooping her first-ever WSOP-related cash of $149,108 and her first gold bracelet, respectively.In her post-victory interview, the player said th ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between July 11-17

by July 11, 2016

The 2016 WSOP has entered its closing stages and although Rio All-Suite Las Vegas Hotel & Casino will be an interesting place to be at this week, there will be other noteworthy poker locations where some of this season’s most exciting tournaments are set to take place. ...

Jens Kyllonen Wins 2016 WSOP $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed)

by July 10, 2016

Jens Kyllonen from Finland has joined the prestigious club of WSOP gold bracelet winners after the player topped the field of the 2016 WSOP $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed). Apart from capturing his first WSOP-related gold piece, the Finn also received a top prize o ...

Ryan Fee and Doug Polk Win 2016 WSOP $1,000 Tag-Team No-Limit Hold’em

by July 9, 2016

Ryan Fee from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Doug Polk from Las Vegas, Nevada have become the champions of the brand new $1,000 Tag-Team No-Limit Hold’em, a tournament format introduced for this year’s edition of the WSOP. The two players collected a total of $153,358 ...