Jared Mahoney Wins partypoker WPT Montreal Main Event

by November 20, 2015

The WPT has just crowned its newest champion. Jared Mahoney topped the field of the partypoker.net WPT Montreal Main Event to have his name added to the WPT Champions Cup and to collect a first-place prize of C$433,410, a $15,400 seat into the season-ending Tournament of Champion ...

Station Casinos Executive Joins Rock Gaming Ohio

by November 20, 2015

Gambling operator Rock Gaming LLC said in a news release that it has appointed Mark Tricano as Senior Vice President of Operations for Horseshoe Casino Cleveland and ThistleDown Racino, both in Northeast Ohio. The company is to take over management of the two venues as well as Ho ...

The Bicycle Hotel & Casino Opens Doors on December 1

by November 19, 2015

California Gov. Jerry Brown cut on Wednesday the ribbon of The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, a hotel addition to the existing Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California. The venue will officially open doors on December 1.The Bicycle Hotel & Casino is a seven-story establis ...

Brian Shugart Wins 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood $580 No-Limit Hold’em

by November 19, 2015

Ring event number eight at the 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood was completed late on Wednesday with Texas resident Brian Shugart besting a field of 217 opponents to emerge victorious and collect the first-place prize of $27,253 and his career first WSOP Circuit gold ring. I ...

Macau Government Sees Casino Revenue Down to MOP200 Billion in 2016

by November 18, 2015

Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said that gross gaming revenue at the city is likely to further drop in 2016, after delivering his annual Policy Address on Tuesday. According to Macau’s top official, the administrative region’s casino revenue for the next y ...

James Juvancic Wins 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood $365 Pot-Limit Omaha

by November 18, 2015

Last night, yet another player grabbed a gold ring for besting the field of a 2015/16 WSOP Circuit event. The event itself was a $365 Pot-Limit Omaha one and took place at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. James Juvancic from Westchester, Illinois emerged victorious last night to co ...

Opponents of Lago Resort & Casino Rally at New York State Capitol

by November 18, 2015

The construction of the proposed Lago Resort & Casino, a $425-million venue to be located in New York’s Finger Lakes area, unleashed new waves of public discontent as Oneida and Ontario county workers rallied on Tuesday at the New York State Capitol.Protesters aim a ...

Danske Licens Spil Extends bwin.party Supply Agreement

by November 17, 2015

Gibraltar-headquartered online gambling operator bwin.party digital entertainment plc announced today that it had signed a multi-year extension of its B2B supply agreement with Danske Licens Spil, known to be the online gaming division of Danske Spil A/S.The Danske Spil Group ...

Paddy Power Reports Strong Underlying Growth

by November 17, 2015

Irish gambling operator Paddy Power issued earlier today information about its financial performance during the period July 1-November 15, 2015. The company’s overall net revenue increased 9% as compared to what was generated during the same period a year ago.Paddy Powe ...

Jason Schwartz Wins 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood $365 No-Limit Hold’em

by November 17, 2015

Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas is currently playing host to the seventh stop on the schedule of the 2015/16 WSOP Circuit. And five of all seventeen events, scheduled for the stop, have already been completed. Event #4: $365 No-Limit Hold’em was concluded ...

Phanora Prom Wins MSPT Golden Gates Casino Main Event

by November 16, 2015

The Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino $1,100 Main Event was concluded a few hours ago. Phanora Prom emerged victorious over his opponents to collect a first-place prize of $123,180.The event featured three starting flights and an additional day of play. It attracted a ...

Stride Gaming Posts Preliminary Full-Year Results

by November 16, 2015

Online gambling operator Stride Gaming plc announced its preliminary financial results for the full-year ended August 31, 2015. Net gaming revenue amounted to £27.8 million, up 227% year-on-year from £8.5 million posted for the same period a year ago.The considerable increase ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between November 16-22

by November 16, 2015

Vietnam, France, and Scotland will be among the countries that will host some of the most highly anticipated tournaments this week. They all promise quite alluring prize pools, non-monetary prizes, and a lot of excitement. Read below for more information.2015 APT – Vietnam ...

Andy Andrejevic Wins 2015 ACOP HK$500,000 Super High Roller

by November 15, 2015

The three-day ACOP HK$500,000 Super High Roller has just been completed with American poker pro of Serbian origin Andy Andrejevic topping the field of some of the world’s best high rollers to collect the first-place prize of HK$8,725,000 (US$1,112,000) and the tournament tr ...

Byron Kaverman Tops GPI Player of the Year Ranking

by November 14, 2015

With only a month and a half left before the end of 2015, there is one big question that excites poker fans – who will be this year’s GPI Player of the Year. And it seems that the current number 1 in the ranking has every chance to add the prestigious recognition to his alr ...