Walter Misco, a retired horse farmer from Chester, New Hampshire had the good fortune of winning $2.4 million dollars from MGM Grand's legendary 20 year-old slot machine "Lions Share." It is the first major jackpot ever paid by the machine since its installation in MGM's gaming floors 20 years ago, and the largest win for…
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British PKR Poker Company is celebrating its eighth year in the online gambling business by releasing a mobile poker app that will enable PKR members to activate and engage their virtual game characters in poker play, anytime and anywhere. Initially, a PKR mobile poker app for iPhone and iPad is available for free download at…
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Last week, a tweet from Chris Grove, a known consultant to some parties with interests in the online gambling industry, conveyed that in the coming months ahead, PayPal would start processing payments for a handful of operators in the U.S. regulated online gambling market. Although PayPal has yet to confirm the information, many in the…
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Sen. Lou Correa's decision to shelve Senate Bill 1366, the online poker legalization proposal that he himself authored, had quashed hopes of seeing regulated Internet-based poker games happening in the state of California this year. The State Democratic Senator from Sta. Ana who also heads the Senate Governmental Organization Committee that screens all legislative gambling…
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Internet-based gambling in the Philippines is generally lawful, as there is no existing law that declares or prescribes punishment for engaging in online gambling or real money online casino betting. However, House Representative Samuel D Pagdilao Jr. the lone representative of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers and Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS)…
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Aussie business mogul James Packer is probably keeping his fingers crossed that the Las Vegas property he recently purchased will finally make real, his long nurtured vision of having a Crown Resort Casino in the LV Strip. After all, it is not the first time that Mr. Packer paid hundreds of millions, $792 million in…
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Online gambling hovers in Pennsylvania, as lawmakers in the state are taking the usual measured steps before working on legislations that will see the legalization of Internet-based gambling in the region. In light of the likely possibility that legislators will approve remote gambling operations within its territorial jurisdiction, Philadelphia's Parx Casino is prepping up by…
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Gambling in Crimea is now legal, as Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the bill passed by the lower house of Russia's Federal Assembly. The bill contained provisions establishing gambling zones in Crimea and for expanding the borders of the Krasnodar Gambling Zone in order to include the City of Sochi. An official statement released…
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In last week's holding of the Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Exposition (GiGse) in San Francisco, Willie Brown, a former San Francisco mayor participated in one of the panel discussions in his role as official spokesperson for Sheldon Adelson's Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG). However, the ex-mayor subsequently found himself at the center of…
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Secure Trading, a leading provider of global payment and security services based in London, has launched its ST-1 platform, the company's first end-to-end compliant transaction system that would suit the needs of U.S.-based online gambling operators. Secure Trading explains that ST-1 has the capability to manage every aspect of an online gambling transaction, from point…
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