Gambling News
White Potatoes In, Online Gambling and Sage-Grouse Out of Spending Bill
A “must pass” Omnibus Spending Bill is set to be sent out for a vote and should pass with flying colors. Fears among online gambling enthusiasts were that the bill would also be acting as a sort of “pork magnet”. In other words, folks in Congress had one last vehicle in which to attach their own measures, many of which are unrelated to spending per se.
Disconnects at Online Poker Rooms During Tournaments May Be DDoS Attacks
The dreaded DDoS or Distributed Denial of Service attacks may be back and affecting a number of online poker tournaments across many network sites.
Carbon Poker’s recent spate of server disruptions and disconnection issues have sparked fears of a DDOS attacker deliberately disrupting games in order to steal pots, writes Philip Conneller of CardChat.com.
Arsenal v New Castle Betting Odds
Arsenal v New Castle betting odds had Arsenal at 2/5, New Castle at 7/1 and the Draw at 7/2. 46% of the action was actually on New Castle for this Saturday matchup. All odds courtesy of Bookmaker here.
Atanas Malinov Leads at Eureka4 Prague: Down to 57 Players
There were still 57 players left on Day 3 of the biggest ever Eureka event, taking place here at the Hilton Hotel in Prague. But after eight levels, the actual composition of the final table remains unresolved until tomorrow, for ten players will return when the blinds restart at 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante).
The chip leader is PokerStars qualifier Atanas Malinov. The Bulgarian had a real rush over the second half of the day, eliminating several players and generally causing trouble for the other players with three-bets a regularity.
Final Table Set in €50K EPT Prague Super High Roller
World champion Martin Jacobson bubbled the €50k Super High Roller leaving just seven players to battle it out tomorrow for the trophy and €771,360 first prize.
Pay Per Head for College Bowl Season, Bowl Game Betting
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3 Enter Pleas in $13 Mil Online Gambling Ring Tied to Poker Pro Paul Phua
(Associated Press) - A woman and two men from China pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Vegas to minor roles in what prosecutors say amounted to a $13 million illegal Internet gambling operation that was broken up by an FBI raid at high-roller suites at Caesars Palace.
Equity Poker Network and PokerHost Call it a Day
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles – The EquityPokerNetwork.com (“EPN”) today confirmed the end to their business relationship with online poker room, PokerHost.com (“PokerHost”), effective as of midnight on Tuesday, December 9th, 2014.
Jury to Begin Deliberating Fate of Tiffany Stevens in Murder-for-Hire Case
A jury will begin deliberating the fate of a Connecticut woman accused of trying to arrange the murder of her husband.
Antonin Duda Leads 57 Players Into Eureka 4 Prague Day 3
EPT9 Barcelona finalist Antonin Duda bagged 1,740,000 chips at the end of day 2 to overtake the chip lead in the Eureka 4 Prague Main Event.
Silkroad Founder Accused in Six Murder-for-Hire Plots: PokerStars to Offer Bitcoin?
With online gambling sites only now beginning to jump on the Bitcoin bandwagon (quite possibly PokerStars among them), some of the earlier Bitcoin startups are currently facing scrutiny, the most notorious of them all being drug bazaar Silkroad.
And now the founder of that underground company, Ross Ulbricht, is alleged to have set up at least six murder-for-hire plots.
FantasyDraft.com Debuts: Apologizes to Players Over Rough Rollout
One of the newest Daily Fantasy Sports sites, FantasyDraft.com on the Web debuted this week but the rollout didn’t exactly go as planned.
FantasyDraft.com hopes to be one of the premier sites of its kind on the Net, providing an alternative to the sector’s dominating players: FanDuel and DraftKings.com.
Ivan Sochnikov Leads EPT Prague €50K Super High Roller
Russian player Ivan Soshnikov is leading the 32 players left at the end of Day 1 of the €50 unlimited re-entry Super High Roller. A total of 41 players entered and seven fired off second bullets including Team PokerStars Pro Online’s Isaac Haxton (still in) and WCOOP ME champion Fedor Holz (no 3rd bullet, so far). Soshnikov, 24, who won the €10k High Roller event here last year, was multi-tabling both the €1,100 Eureka Main Event AND the Super High Roller until he was moved in Eureka and couldn’t find his new table.
Pfizer Australia Confirms Settlement for Drug That Caused Gambling, Sex Addictions
Pfizer Australia has confirmed it entered into a settlement agreement to compensate those individuals who claimed they developed gambling and sex addictions after taking a Parkinson’s drug developed by the company. A court still needs to approve the agreement.
Feds Dispute Claims That Hockey Star Thomas Vanek Lost $10 Million Betting
Lawyers for a Rochester, New York man accused of running an illegal sports betting ring have stated that National Hockey League player Thomas Vanek owed the defendant nearly $10 million in gambling debts.
"It was monopoly money," Matthew Parrinello, who represents bookmaker Joseph Ruff, said Tuesday. "Was he ever going to pay? No. Did they expect him to pay (the entirety he owed)? No."
Matt Alexander Earns 2nd Heartland Poker Tour Title in Iowa
Altoona, IA - Two friends found themselves heads up for the cash and a Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Title at a marathon Final Table from Prairie Meadows Racetrack Casino Hotel. In the end, it was Matt Alexander who bested his pal Kou Vang for the $69,043 payday.
New Management Team Announced at Paddy Power
Paddy Power's new CEO, Andy McCue, has announced a new management line-up that includes Johnny Hartnett, who has been appointed 'managing director, Paddy Power online' and Christian Woolfenden has been appointed 'managing director, retail (UK & Ireland)'.
Woolfenden replaces McCue following his promotion as Chief Operating Officer.
Peter O'Donovan has been named the company’s new chief product officer. His role will include heading up the technology and product development departments.
Sources Say Boehner Gives Thumbs Down to Adelson Online Gambling Rider
With passage of a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill necessary to pass in Congress in the coming days, some media reports suggest that casino magnate and GOP mega donor Sheldon Adelson intends to have his online gambling prohibition inserted as part of that “must pass” legislation.
Record 1738 Players at Eureka 4 Prague: 542 Return for Day 2
Eureka 4 Prague Main Event field attracted 1,738 players (including 8 no-shows) and as we denoted before, it smashed previous records.
The field increased by 423 players in comparison to last year's tour stop in the Czech capital, and easily surpassed Vienna's 1,432-entry field. Today's day 1b brought the biggest flight with 1,263 entries including 8 no-shows (to reach a 4-figure number for the very first time in a single day). Altogether, the season 4 counts impressive 3,662 attendants, which is 1,236 more than last in season 3 despite taking off one stop.
Murder-for-Hire Trial Features Sex, Drugs, Gambling, Trannies and $50 Million Child
A Hartford murder-for-hire trial is now drawing interest from around the globe with Gambling911.com beginning to cover the story last week.
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Art Dealer With Russian Mob Connections Helly Nahmad Out of Prison
Just five months into a thirteen month sentence, high end art dealer Helly Nahmad has been released from prison.
The New York Observer reports that Nahmad has been transferred from a New York State prison to a halfway house in the Bronx.
Houston Area Raid Nets Nearly 100 Slot Machines
RICHMOND, Texas (Associated Press) - A Houston-area raid has led to the seizure of nearly 100 illegal slot machines and one arrest.
The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office says the case involves illegal gambling at a game room near Richmond.
The sheriff's office on Monday said 49-year-old Rene Valdez of Rosenberg has been charged with gambling promotion. Valdez was freed on $750 bond following Saturday night's raid.
Poker Playboy Dan Bilzerian Reportedly Kicks Woman in Face at Nightclub
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Nets Fan, Poker Pro Says Being Tossed From Game Like ‘Being Abducted by Aliens’
Nets super fan and a former poker player, Jeffrey Vanchiro (AKA Jeffrey Gamblero), says he is recovering from a humiliating incident last week in which he was physically removed from the Madison Square Garden by security without his prosthetic leg. Vanchiro was accused of being unruly though others who were sitting nearby the super fan dispute these claims, taking to Twitter to defend him. He compared getting tossed from the arena like “being abducted by aliens”
Tomas Fara Seizes Top Spot at Eureka 4 Prague by End of Day 1A
It was a very fresh start of the EPT Prague Poker Festival; record-breaking 475 players attended day 1a of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event making it the biggest ever day 1a in tour's history (surpassing Vienna's 457 players). With almost 800 players already registered for tommorow's day 1b it might be once again time for Prague to set up the new strongest Eureka field as well as it happened in both previous years.
NFL Ratings Helped Along By Daily Fantasy Sports, Sports Betting
Despite a number of blowouts and fewer games this season being decided by a score or less (8 points), NFL ratings continue to hold their own with Sunday Night Football the highest rated program each week.
Fantasy Sports and a loyal fan base help make NFL ratings success a reality.
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Chat With Americas Cardroom CEO Phil Nagy Live Wednesday Night
Want to know anything there is to know about one of the fastest growing online poker rooms geared towards players in North America, Americas Cardroom?
ACR CEO Phil Nagy will be available Wednesday December 10 (starting between 7:30 pm and 8 pm EST) to talk about his site and the online poker industry in general. Please note that we initially published that this event would take place Tuesday night
Eureka 4 Prague Hits 475 Players on Day 1A
Final stop of the Eureka Poker Tour season 4 kicked off with a record-breaking mood here in the Hilton Prague; 475 players entered the €1,100 Main Event, making it the biggest day 1a ever held in tour's history (besting Vienna's 457-player field).
Adelson’s Quiet Attempt to Quash Online Gambling Got Too Noisy
Is it possible to spend too much money in politics and have it backfire? Sheldon Adelson is about to find out.
Slate asks the Million Dollar Question (or should we say BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION?).
Adelson, in case you didn’t know, is among the biggest GOP donors. He’s also one of the richest men in the world and doesn’t believe online gambling can coincide with his brick and mortar casinos.
