Renovated Bordertown Casino & Arena Opens Doors in Oklahoma

by April 3, 2015

The renovated Bordertown Casino & Arena in Seneca, Oklahoma opened doors on Thursday. The property is owned and operated by the Eastern Shawnee Tribe and features as many as 500 slot machines, rodeo arena, mechanical bull, dance floor that can hold up to 1,000 people, a chuck ...

Rock Ohio Caesars Disapproves of Elimination of Promotional Casino Credits

by April 3, 2015

Earlier this week, Ohio Sen. Bill Coley (R-Liberty Township) announced that a legislation aimed at preventing casino operators from receiving tax deduction on promotional gaming credits has been proposed.Rock Ohio Caesars LLC (ROC), one of Ohio’s casino owners, released ...

Phil Ivey’s Court Troubles Continue

by April 2, 2015

Phil Ivey is a name that even people who are not particularly interested in poker have heard. The player, who is known to be one of the best in the world, is a ten-time WSOP winner and one-time WPT champion. He currently ranks 3rd in the US all-time money list with $22,482,691 in ...

Century Downs Racetrack and Casino Opens Doors in Calgary

by April 2, 2015

Century Downs Racetrack and Casino officially opened doors in the Canadian city of Calgary on April 1. The first horse races are set to begin on April 25.The venue is located not far from the Calgary International Airport and the CrossIron Mills mall, which is known to be one ...

Anthony Zinno Drops Two Spots in the GPI Ranking on April 1

by April 1, 2015

The Global Poker Index is a weekly leaderboard ranking that assesses players’ performance in live tournaments over a certain period of time. Three main things are taken into consideration by compilers of the ranking – the number of tournament entries a given player has comp ...

Ohio Might Cut Non-Taxable Gaming Credits

by April 1, 2015

Ohio Sen. Bill Coley argued that the state’s gambling venues have failed to deliver on the initially promised tax revenue and due to this, they need to have their non-taxable gaming credits capped or even nullified.Ohio’s gambling industry was legalized in 2009 af ...

Larry White Triumphs in HPT Vicksburg Main Event

by March 31, 2015

The winner of the HPT Vicksburg Main Event was announced a few hours ago after a total of 26 levels of play. His name is Larry White and he was awarded the sum of $32,678.The event was held at Ameristar Casino Hotel in Vicksburg, Mississippi and attracted 73 players. The ent ...

Brockton Casino Zoning Proposal Submitted to City Council

by March 31, 2015

Developers of the proposed $650-million hotel and casino property in Brockton, Massachusetts announced that certain changes have been made to the initial zoning plan.An updated zoning ordinance submitted to city authorities last week suggests that the multimillion project wil ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between March 31 and April 6

by March 30, 2015

It seems that the first week of April is going to offer poker players some exciting tournaments to take part in. Dublin will host the 2015 PaddyPower Irish Open, HPT will stop at St. Louis Missouri, and Seoul will welcome everyone who wants to enter the APPT Season 9. Here is som ...

Chad Willett Wins MSPT Meskwaki Main Event

by March 30, 2015

The Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Main Event kicked off on March 27 and was completed a few hours ago. It attracted a total of 371 players from across the country. Of those, only 36 were to be paid. The event was held at the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel in Tama, Iowa.It was p ...

South African Casino Industry Loses Major Operator

by March 29, 2015

It was announced more than a week ago that Sun International, South Africa’s second-largest casino operator, would purchase its competitor Peermont Group for the sum of R9.4 billion.De Wet Schutte, an Avior Research analyst, commented that the deal was not a surprise, as Sun ...

Taj Mahal Owners with Showboat Conversion Statement

by March 28, 2015

Trump Taj Mahal owners released a statement late on Friday, in which they questioned Stockton University officials why they spent $18 million on the shuttered Showboat Atlantic City, despite the fact that it could not be legally converted into a campus.Stockton University acq ...

Meet Jack Salter – European Breakout Player of the Year

by March 27, 2015

The 14th annual GPI European Poker Awards took place on March 25 at the Portomaso Marina Hilton Hotel in St. Julians, Malta, where currently, Season 11 of the European Poker Tour is being held, as well. The ceremony gathered together some of the biggest names on the European poke ...

Court Rejects Perth Residents Appeal Against Crown Property Expansion

by March 26, 2015

The Supreme Court of the state of Western Australia has rejected the appeal filed by Perth residents against the approval of the expansion of the local Crown Casino, yet another property owned by business magnate James Packer.Residents of Burswood, the Perth suburb where the ...

Mixed Reactions to RAWA at First Hearing

by March 26, 2015

The Restoration of America’s Wireless Act or HR 707, as it was submitted to the House, was finally reviewed by the Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on March 25, 2015. Initially, the proposed legislation that would ban online gambling on the territory of the Uni ...