Tom S. May 12, 2014 15:20:02
2014 may not turn out to be the best year for Macau’s casino operators as they look to capitalise on a strong 2013. While growth in the industry itself remains strong, the share prices of a Macau’s major players all took a nosedive as the Chinese and Macanese authorities clamped down on potential money laundering. […]
The conventional wisdom says Sheldon Adelson is opposing online casinos to protect himself from competition. The conventional wisdom is wrong. Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is held up as the embodiment of greed. A man who will do anything to make a buck, pay any price to make sure his long-term interests are protected. […]
Monica E. May 12, 2014 13:55:25
It may have been a bad football season for Manchester United, but the team still has a special trophy to put in the Old Trafford trophy cabinet. It looks like the guys at Manchester United have better luck at poker than football. Team representatives won the PartyPoker Poker Champions Cup last week, after playing against […]
Iva P. May 12, 2014 13:40:04
UK and Ireland Poker Tour in Nottingham makes a record, scoring the great number of 1,223 players, creating the outstanding guarantee prize pool of GBP 1,223,000. Ben Miller is the leader, playing for the first prize of GBP 218,300, as he was very concentrated and played as a champion, building a stack of 264,200 chips. […]
Iva P. May 12, 2014 13:22:06
Last week was not the luckiest for Phil “Polarizing” Ivey and Paul “MalACEsia” Phua, who lost big sums at the Full Tilt Poker high stakes tables. They both made it into the gambling news with the fascinating amount of money they had to part with. It seems that Phua had the worst luck, as he […]
Toni May 12, 2014 09:23:08
Schizophrenic suspect jailed after being found guilty for raiding sportsbook in Hartlepool. Marcus Davies rushed into Ladbrokes threatening with a baseball bat, as he proceeded to rob the mobile betting firm in excess of GBP 350. The court sentenced him to three years in prison, where he is expected to receive the appropriate treatment and […]
After suffering a crash in profits following the 2008 financial crisis Vegas looks to be on the way back up. Vegas took a massive hit when the recession began in 2008, having recently invested in massive projects with no consumer demand to pay for them. MGM alone lost $2 billion on an $8.5 billion project […]
Sheldon Adelson is not only the archenemy of online casinos in America, he is also one of the country’s biggest Republican donors. But he was recently defended by an unlikely figure: fellow Nevadan and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Reid said this during an interview on MSNBC: I know Sheldon Adelson – he’s not […]
Online betting is legally licensed and regulated in Canada, but there are numerous restrictions which Canadian punters should know about. The English-speaking people of the world love to wager money. From bookmaker Mecca Britain to New Zealand, home of the world’s biggest gambling losers, these countries lead the world in betting. Canada is no exception. […]
Monica E. May 11, 2014 05:49:51
Cleveland and Minnesota were both 50-1 odds, according to OddsShark.com Friday morning. Latest gambling news report that NFL championship odds remain unaffected by Johnny Manziel’s arrival in Cleveland and Teddy Bridgewater’s arrival in Minnesota, after the NFL draft. On Thursday, before Manziel was picked at No. 22, online and mobile betting sites were posting 50-1 […]
