Top poker player and two time WSOP bracelet winner Hoyt Corkins’ Las Vegas home was broken into, and many of the veteran player’s prize possessions were taken. Corkins, who is currently vacationing, was just notified of the break-in within the last couple hours. This was no ’smash and grab’ job; the perpetrators must have had [...]
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Amidst the anticipation of a swelling progressive jackpot for Microgaming’s Mega Moolah video slot, it was software provider Playtech who stole the show this week by dishing out a $257,250 jackpot on their progressive slot, Lotto Madness. Struck at the popular, longstanding online casino, Casino Tropez, the jackpot was the largest big-money win taken home [...]
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It’s been a long time since I felt like the Olympics were a big deal to us Americans. Maybe the last Olympics that felt this ‘present’ in American culture was 1976. Bruce Jenner was winning decathlon Gold, Nadia Comeneci was cute as a button and America cared – deeply – about the Olympics. Boycotts, the Cold [...]
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MARYLAND — As reported by the Baltimore Sun: “Slots opponents proposed alternative language yesterday for a voter referendum on November’s ballot that would legalize slot machine casinos across the state. “Scott Arceneaux of Marylanders United to Stop Slots, a ballot committee, submitted the alternative wording in a letter to the State Board of Elections and asked [...]
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The UK Gambling Comission has published more important findings as part of their quarterly survey’s regarding remote gambling participation in the UK. With the help of ICM Research, the Commission has been gathering data to gauge the immediate and long terms effects of a liberalized gambling sector that now includes online gambling regulation and additional [...]
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If there’s one thing that’s been a constant in the casino gambling world, it’s that International Gaming Technology has been a solid performer for not only the casinos and the gamblers who love to play their unique slot machines, but just as important, for the company’s shareholders. Even with the onset of a sluggish economy [...]
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The largest slots tournament on the internet is back - and this time there is even more cash for the final big winner. The eCOGRA approved Jackpot Factory online casino, All Slots (open to U.S. players), has announced it’s $500,000 World Series of Slots - and in fact, the tournament is already underway. It started [...]
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LONDON, England — As reported by The Financial Times: “Playtech, the gambling software developer, said it had built up a war chest of more than $300m (£168m) to spend on acquisitions as it announced a 45 per cent rise in half-year pre-tax profit. “The company, whose clients include PartyGaming and Paddy Power, said it expected new [...]
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As reported by the Baltimore Sun: “Slots opponents proposed alternative language yesterday for a voter referendum on November’s ballot that would legalize slot machine casinos across the state. “Scott Arceneaux of Marylanders United to Stop Slots, a ballot committee, submitted the alternative wording in a letter to the State Board of Elections and asked that he [...]
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