Brandon Shack-Harris Wins 2016 WSOP $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 8-Handed

by July 3, 2016

Brandon Shack-Harris has become the latest player to capture a gold bracelet during this year’s edition of the WSOP. The poker professional from Chicago, Illinois triumphed in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 8-Handed to collect his career second gold bracelet and t ...

Safiya Umerova Wins 2016 WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout

by July 2, 2016

Safiya Umerova, a Russian-born poker pro now residing in Los Angeles, has become the second female player to win a WSOP gold bracelet this year. Umerova emerged victorious over the field of the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout for her first WSOP-related gold piece and top p ...

Sporting Index Rolls Out Mobile Casino Content

by July 1, 2016

London-based leading spread betting operator Sporting Index announced that its online casino offering has gone live for hand-held devices. Mobile gambling content provided by popular developers and suppliers Microgaming and NetEnt is now available to gambling customers of the ope ...

Shaun Deeb Wins 2016 WSOP $1,500 Seven Card Stud

by July 1, 2016

Shaun Deeb, a professional poker player from Upstate New York now residing in Las Vegas, has just added a WSOP gold bracelet to the one he captured this time last year. Last night, Deeb topped the field of the 2016 WSOP $1,500 Seven Card Stud, scooping the amount of $111,101 for ...

Trump Taj Mahal Employees to Walk Out during July 4 Weekend

by July 1, 2016

UNITE HERE Local 54 members who are employed at Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal are to walk out at 6 am on Friday, July 1, after they could not agree upon new health insurance and pension benefits contract with the casino’s management.Last month, it was announced ...

Vermantia Joins European Lotteries Association

by June 30, 2016

Omni-channel supplier of virtual and live sports product offering to international licensed gaming and lottery operators Vermantia announced that it has joined the European Lotteries Association as an Associate Member.Essentially, the European Lotteries Association is an orga ...

John Hennigan Wins 2016 WSOP $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) Championship

by June 30, 2016

John Hennigan or “Johnny World” Hennigan, as he is better known in the poker world, has just scooped his WSOP gold bracelet number four after winning the 2016 WSOP $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) Championship. The Las Vegas resident also collected $320,103, one of the big ...

Live Lounge Launches Affiliate Program with Income Access

by June 30, 2016

Malta-based online gaming operator Live Lounge Ltd. announced that it has partnered with Canada-headquartered iGaming technology and digital marketing firm Income Access for the launch of an affiliate program for its two live casino brands – Live Lounge and Sir Jackpot. The new a ...

Olli Sarekoski Appointed as CEO of Finland’s Newly Merged Gambling Operator

by June 29, 2016

Following the announcement that Finland’s merged gambling operator would officially be called Veikkaus as of January 1, 2017, FRV Evo Oy, the name under which the entity is operating temporarily, informed media that Olli Sarekoski has been appointed as the new company’ ...

Mitchell Towner Wins 2016 WSOP $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em

by June 29, 2016

Mitchell Towner, a Texas-born professor at the University of Arizona, has just won the 2016 WSOP $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em, one of the most exciting events on the Series’ schedule. Strangely enough, the player collected his first-ever live cash and his fir ...

Genting New York Reveals $400-Million Aqueduct Racetrack Expansion

by June 29, 2016

A 750,000-square-foot expansion is planned for Aqueduct Racetrack in New York City, with construction work on the project set to commence in December. The expansion plan has not been introduced to the New York Racing Association (NYRA) yet.The amount of $400 million will be ...

George Danzer Wins 2016 WSOP $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better Championship

by June 28, 2016

George Danzer, a Brazil-born poker pro of German origin and now residing in Austria, has become the latest 2016 WSOP gold bracelet winner, after the player bested the field of the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better Championship. Danzer captured his second title from ...

Planning Assessment Commission Approves Latest Crown Sydney Development Plan

by June 28, 2016

Crown Resorts’ project for the construction of a A$1.5-billion integrated casino resort on the waterfront of Sydney’s suburb of Barangaroo has eventually been given the green light by the New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission after years of being scorned upon ...

Income Access Powers BeLucky Affiliate Program

by June 28, 2016

Curacao-based gaming and sports betting operator BeLucky announced the launch of its affiliate program which is to be managed in collaboration with Canadian iGaming technology and marketing company Income Access. The new program has already been integrated with Income Access̵ ...

Tatts Group Sells UK Slots Business to NOVOMATIC

by June 27, 2016

Australian gambling operator Tatts Group announced the sale of its UK-based slots subsidiary Talarius to Austrian gaming equipment manufacturer NOVOMATIC for the amount of A$210 million.Tatts said in a statement from earlier today that the sale of its UK business would resul ...