Gambling
Powerball Drawing Nears Record Level at Over Half a Billion
(Associated Press) - Less than 10 months after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory once again.
Should nobody pick the correct six numbers, the prize money will roll over to next week's drawing and almost certainly eclipse the $656 million doled out to winners in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland in the Mega Millions game in March 2012.
Judge Rules That Atlantic Club Casino Can Seek New Buyer
(Associated Press) - After paying an $11 million advance to a struggling Atlantic City casino it intended to buy, the parent company of the world's largest online poker website was left with nothing for its troubles Friday when a judge ruled the casino had the right to scrap the deal.
Superior Court Judge Raymond Batten said The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel could terminate the contract it signed with The Rational Group, the British parent company of PokerStars, when the company failed to get New Jersey's preliminary approval by April 26 to own a casino.
iGaming Super Show Amsterdam 2013 Lands GCB’s AG Burnett as Speaker
iGaming Business have announced that AG Burnett, Chairman of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board (GCB), will be speaking at the iGaming Executive Conference. This C-level, invite only event is one of the seven concurrently-held conferences that take place on June 12th as part of the iGaming Super Show, which is being held in Amsterdam on the 11th – 14th June 2013.
Tim Tebow Twitter Followers Odds Now Up
Carrie Stroup here with the latest odds offered by Sportsbook.com.
They are now offering odds on the number of Twitter followers Tim Tebow will have by June 30, 2013. The OVER/UNDER is 2,305,200.
Ware is he Now: Former WSEX.com Owner Lives in German Brewery
A co-founder of now defunct World Sports Exchange (WSEX.com), Hayden Ware, is living quite the intoxicating life, Gambling911.com can report.
Hidin' Ware?
Ware and his German-born wife now reside in a converted German brewery.
The Wares paid around 655,000 euros (about $890,000) for the 3,230-square-foot space located in Berlin.
Whether any of that money belongs to players of WSEX.com is unknown as Ware’s involvement in the shuttered online gambling company during its later years remains somewhat of a mystery.
Atlantic City Revel Casino Gets Reprieve
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) — Revel was given a second chance Wednesday from New Jersey casino regulators, and now it’s seeking the same thing from customers.
In winning a reprieve, the bankrupt casino acknowledged several big mistakes, including preventing its guests from smoking; not paying enough attention to slots players; and booking too many hip acts at the expense of other forms of entertainment.
Macau New Resort Casino Approved
HONG KONG (Associated Press) - Macau casino operator SJM Holdings has received official approval to build a new resort in the world's biggest gambling center.
SJM said its contract for land in the Cotai district was published Wednesday in the official government gazette. The company is racing to catch up with rivals like Wynn Resorts and MGM.
The new projects are centered on the Cotai Strip, a patch of former swampland intended to be Asia's version of the Las Vegas Strip.
Iovation Investigated by Nevada Officials: Company Linked to Poker Cheating Scandal
Nevada State Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett has stated in an email that regulators are looking into identification verification firm Iovation and its relationship to licensed online poker company UltimatePoker.
Iovation had ties to an insider cheating scandal at UB.com, a now defunct online poker site.
Verdict Reached in Las Vegas Sands Case
LAS VEGAS (Associated Press) — A Las Vegas jury has reached a verdict in a Hong Kong businessman's breach-of-contract lawsuit against the Las Vegas Sands, potentially bringing nine years of litigation to an end.
Richard Suen sued the casino giant run by multibillionaire Sheldon Adelson for $328 million in 2004. He says the company owed him for his help securing a lucrative gambling license in the Chinese territory of Macau, the only place in that country where casino gambling is legal.
Blue Monday’ Online Gambling Beneficiaries Jailed, Forced to Resign
It’s been nearly two years since close to a dozen online gambling domain names were seized as part of a payment processing sting operation.
Spate of Casino Kidnappings has Officials, Gamblers Worried
The number of casino crimes in Macau jumped during the first quarter of 2013. These include a rise in kidnapping reports.
From Macau Business Daily:
John L. Smith: Allowing Sports Betting Investor Groups in Vegas Carries Some Risk
John L. Smith, a columnist for the Las Vegas Review Journal, offered his assessment of a planned move to allow investment groups or syndicates to place large wagers in the state of Nevada.
Nevada Gambling Revenue Up 7 Percent in March
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Associated Press) — Three-quarters of the way through the fiscal year, gambling revenue at Nevada casinos is running nearly 3 percent ahead of last year.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Friday casinos statewide won more than $914 million in March, a 7 percent gain over March 2012. That pushed the fiscal year-to-date total to nearly $8.4 billion, 2.8 percent more than last year.
5WPR Finalist for American Business Awards 2013 PR Agency Of Year
A longtime friend to Gambling911.com and oft-used source 5WPR has been named a finalist in the Public Relations Agency of the Year category by The 2013 American Business Awards. The 5WPR Nomination was entitled Re-writing the Rules of PR: 5W Builds an Agency for a New Media Landscape.
Additionally, Ronn Torossian, the founder of the firm was named a finalist in the Communications, Investor Relations, and PR Executive of the Year category.
Gambling911.com Exclusive: Lock CEO to Address Player Concerns
Lock Poker Founder and CEO Jennifer Larson has agreed to a sit down interview with Gambling911.com to address recent player concerns revolving around its new player-to-player transfer policy and payment processing issues.
Various media outlets and posting forums have expressed concerns over the solvency of Lock in recent weeks. Larson insists her company is in top financial standing and hopes to have payment processing issues resolved in the coming weeks.
In a precursor to the upcoming interview, Ms. Larson elaborated on the player-to-player transfer controversy.
New Head of E-Gaming appointed in the Isle of Man
THE Department of Economic Development has appointed Peter Greenhill as its new Head of e-Gaming Development.
Minister for Economic Development John Shimmin MHK said:
‘E-Gaming is hugely important to the Island’s economy, representing around 8% of our National Income and directly employing around 800 people. The Island is well established as a world-leading centre of excellence for e-gaming and this appointment is a vital one to help maintain and grow our successes in this sector.
Queen’s Speech: ‘All UK Gambling Companies Must Have License’
Online gambling companies will not be able to advertise their products in the UK without the proper license.
The Queen’s Speech outlined the new requirements.
Floyd Mayweather: ‘Gambling Don’t Define Who I am as a Person’
Boxer Floyd Mayweather recently sat down with Jordan Schultz of Huffington Post to discuss everything from Manny Pacquiao to Showtime to 50 Cent to gambling.
It’s no secret that Mayweather is a pretty big gambler. He enjoyed some nice-sized wins during the last football season and provided his wagering tickets to prove he actually made these bets.
Google Glass to be Banned From Caesar’s Casino
Google Glass, a wearable computer with a head-mounted display that can take pictures and videos, will not be permitted in Caesar’s Palace Casino.
A Caesar’s Palace representative released the following statement:
Top Florida Officials Named Witnesses in Internet Café Gambling Case
SANFORD, Fla. – (Associated Press) - Some of Florida's top politicians and law enforcement officials were named as defense witnesses Tuesday for a Jacksonville lawyer charged with being the mastermind behind a veterans' charity that prosecutors say was actually a gambling operation at strip malls that offered sweepstakes games across the state.
College Golfers Becoming Gambling Addicts: 21 Percent Bet on Sports
The NCAA over the past nine years has attempted to prevent college athletes from engaging in reckless behavior such as gambling.
According to data from the NCAA's quadrennial survey on gambling behaviors and attitudes, there is a noticeable uptick in gambling among college-age golfers.
Undercover FBI Agents Placed Bets on Legends.com, Won and Lost Thousands
FBI agents from the Oklahoma City office placed bets with Panama City-based Legends.com (known also as Legends.com and Legendz.com) as part of a nearly 10-year investigation leading to the indictment of nearly three dozen individuals.
US Sees Biggest Increase in Casino Gambling Since the Recession
Good news for the US casino industry as figures show gambling revenues across the board have increased the most this past year since the start of the recession in 1998.
Three Men Sentenced for Role in Running Online Gambling Site
The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut on Friday announced the sentencing of three Hartford men for their role in running an online sports betting site out of Costa Rica.
Absolute Poker Frontman Paul Leggett Resurfaces at Amaya
Former Absolute Poker COO Paul Leggett has been maintaining a low profile ever since “Black Friday”, a day in which the US Government cracked down on AP and two other big name US-facing online poker firms.
Two years later Liggett has emerged as the new head of Amaya’s online poker venture.
Casinos Brace for Internet Gambling
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) — With legal gambling now moving beyond the casinos and onto the Internet, the industry is bracing for the most far-reaching changes in its history.
A Las Vegas firm, Ultimate Gaming, on Tuesday became the first in the U.S. to offer online poker, restricting it, for now, to players in Nevada. New Jersey and Delaware also have legalized gambling over the Internet and expect to begin offering such bets by the end of this year.
Gambling on Sex Toy Races a Hot New Trend
Last month in Las Vegas during the International Lingerie Salon, Fun Factory held a gambling party that featured wagering on none other than sex toys.
The game is called “Stronic Sex Toy Race” and here is how it works, as explained by XBIZ.com:
San Francisco Examiner: WSEX Founder Killed Himself With Illegal Gun
Tom Somach reports in the San Francisco Examiner Sunday that Steve Schillinger of Word Sports Exchange, who killed himself last month, had an illegal gun and Antigua police are investigating how he got it, where and from whom he got it.....Read the Sunday edition story on Schillinger by clicking here.
San Francisco Examiner to Cover Steve Schillinger Suicide
Gambling911.com can confirm that the San Francisco Examiner,, one of America’s most prominent newspapers, will be running a feature story on the death of World Sports Exchange founder Steve Schillinger. That story was expected to be published on Sunday (May 5, 2013).
With Casinos Coming Online in US Lawyers Plot Gambling Addiction Suits
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - States and casinos racing to legalize online gaming may find some unwelcome visitors on their websites: product liability lawyers.
A group of 10 lawyers and academics with experience in prior liability cases met in Indianapolis in mid-April to discuss whether a lawsuit claiming online gaming further promotes gambling addiction has a shot at winning.
