After closing down its New Jersey-facing Ultimate Poker website in September of this year, Station Casinos, the casino company announced last Friday that beginning November 17, 2014 (Monday) the Nevada-facing Ultimate Gaming poker site will cease to operate as well. Actually, Station Casinos later made it clear that the company is in fact, closing down…
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Adam Silver, who was named as the new Commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) only this year, contributed an editorial piece to the New York Times Opinion Pages, expressing his support of movements to legalize and regulate sports betting outside of the U.S. states of Delaware, Montana, Nevada, and Oregon. The latter group being…
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Last Tuesday, Martin Jacobson, a Swedish-born online poker player based in London beat Norwegian Felix Stephensen in the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) final table. Jacobson triumphantly brandished his $500,000 gold and diamond WSOP bracelet saying that the iconic jewelry is what he played for and that it is all that mattered to him.…
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The Research Institute on Addictions (RIA), which was established in 1970 by the New York State Division of Research-Department of Mental Hygiene, in collaboration with the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) recently published a report, showing the results of a more than a decade study about the effects of increased gambling prospects…
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Following a notice of inquiry served by the Philippine National Bureau of Investigations regarding allegations of conducting illicit gambling activities in the Philippines, leading UK bookmaker William Hill temporarily closed its Manila support centre last Monday to make way for any impending probe. The British corporate bookmaker maintains that the William Hill Online Manila office…
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US-based Big Fish Games Inc., known the world over as the developer of the highly engaging and top-grossing Big Fish Casino, has added the "Sweet Stacks" slot game to its collection of Luxury Slot (LS) titles. The game is the second to launch under the LS category, a follow through to the first Big Fish…
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Monmouth Park Racetrack's plans of launching its sports betting last October 26 (Sunday) was aborted, as U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp handed down a ruling last Friday, which sided with the arguments presented by the sports leagues in their legal complaint versus New Jersey Gov. Chris Christies and the Oceanport sports facility. The federal judge…
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Steve Tight, the President of International Development at Caesars Entertainment Corporation confirmed reports that he and Caesars Chairman Gary Loveman, met with Philippine President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III in San Francisco last month to discuss plans of building a Caesars' resort casino in the Philippines. According to Tight, Caesars will be collaborating with a local…
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Last October 17, 2014, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed Senate Bill 2460, which in effect lifts the state's prohibition against sports betting and therefore allows casino and racetrack operators to offer sports wagering products within the Garden State. Governor Christie believes that he and all other supporters of the move to introduce sports betting…
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The State of New Jersey plans to cash in on the popularity of social gaming as additional means of revitalizing its diminishing casino industry. The Director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE) David Rebuck, said that they have been observing the social gaming arena and its potential as a revenue earner. He…
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