Centerbridge and Deutsche Telekom among Reported Bidders for Tipico

by April 13, 2016

Private investment group Centerbridge and Deutsche Telekom have joined forces to bid for sports betting and gaming operator Tipico, according to media reports. The auction for Germany’s largest privately-owned sports betting and casino group is set to end next week.It w ...

Ontario Gaming East LP Seeks Approval for Peterborough Casino

by April 13, 2016

Ontario Gaming East Limited Partnership, which was selected as the service provider for Ontario’s East Gaming Bundle in September 2015, announced on Tuesday that it is to move forward with the proposed establishment of a new casino complex in Peterborough. If the venture pr ...

Vimy Ha Wins Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown $570 No-Limit Hold’em Double Black Chip Bounty

by April 13, 2016

The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown is currently taking place at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, with the $3,500 Main Event with a guaranteed prize pool of $2 million set to kick off on April 15. Although there are two more days to go before the start of the highlight tournament, ...

New York State Senate Approves Madison County Casino Revenue Sharing Bill

by April 12, 2016

The New York State Senate approved on Tuesday a bill, under which Madison County would receive 25% of the slot machines revenue Yellow Brick Road Casino contributes to the state.Although the proposed legislation met certain opposition by the Oneida Indian Nation, which manag ...

Joint Investigative Team to Fight Money Laundering at British Columbia Casinos

by April 12, 2016

The British Columbia government and the province’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, known to be combating local organized crime activities, have joined forces to investigate and fight money laundering and illegal gambling at local gaming venues.The announcement ...

Maurice Hawkins Wins 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs $1,675 Main Event

by April 12, 2016

It was only a few days ago when poker professional Maurice Hawkins from West Palm Beach, Florida topped the field of the 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs $365 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em event for his fifth WSOP Circuit gold ring and a payout of $19,477. And ...

Sky Betting & Gaming Announces Internal Promotions

by April 11, 2016

Leeds-headquartered online gambling operator Sky Betting & Gaming has announced several important internal promotions across a number of core divisions.Lee O’Donnell has been promoted to IT Infrastructure and Security Director. Paul McCormick has been moved to the r ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between April 11-17

by April 11, 2016

Spring has come, bringing series of exciting poker tournaments with even more exciting opportunities for players to win a share of considerable prize pools as well as different other prizes. Here are some of the major festivals scheduled to start between April 11-17 and all the i ...

Usman Siddique Wins UKIPT Season 6 London £770 Main Event

by April 11, 2016

The UKIPT Season 6 London stop was completed last night with the end of the £770 Main Event. Usman Siddique won the event to scoop the first-place prize of £84,100 and the tournament trophy.The tournament began on April 6 and featured three starting flights and two more days ...

Jake Schindler Moves Up in GPI Leaderboard

by April 10, 2016

It has been yet another quite week in top 10 of the GPI leaderboard, with Irish poker pro Steve O’Dwyer still ranking 1st with a total of 4,377.17 points collected over the past 36 months. The player has been maintaining his top position for thirteen weeks now.O’ ...

Joshua Turner Wins 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs $580 No-Limit Hold’em

by April 9, 2016

The 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs is running towards its end with only two gold ring events left. And it was last night when another well-known player among WSOP Circuit fans enriched his collection of gold rings by adding one more coveted piece. Joshua Turner fro ...

Steve Wynn Announces First Ambitious Project on Strip since Encore

by April 8, 2016

Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn revealed plans for the establishment of a lake resort right behind its famous Las Vegas Strip hotel and casino complexes Wynn and Encore. Wynn Paradise Park is to be built at the site of the Wynn Golf Club and would provide paddle-boarding and wa ...

Greentube to Offer Inspired Virtuals Content

by April 8, 2016

London-headquartered provider of virtual sports, mobile casino games, and server-based gaming solutions for video lottery Inspired Gaming Group Ltd. announced that Greentube, known to be NOVOMATIC’s online gambling division, has become its latest content partner. Under the ...

Maurice Hawkins Wins 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs $365 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em

by April 8, 2016

Maurice Hawkins, a poker professional from West Palm Beach, Florida, has just added another gold ring to his more than impressive collection of WSOP Circuit gold pieces, after besting the field of the $365 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em at Horseshoe Council Bluffs. The play ...

Steve Wynn May Be Summoned as Witness in Everett Casino Land Federal Trial

by April 7, 2016

Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn, whose company Wynn Resorts is to build a multi-million-dollar hotel and casino complex in Everett, Massachusetts, has been listed as a potential government witness in a case targeting three of the former owners of the land where the said resort ...