Gambling News
FBI Agents Grilled in Paul Phua Sports Gambling Case Monday
(Associated Press) - An FBI agent is facing tough questions about whether investigators intentionally deceived a federal magistrate to obtain a search warrant and arrest a Malaysian businessman, his son and six others last summer in Las Vegas.
FBI Special Agent Minh Pham on Monday has repeatedly had to acknowledge inaccuracies in documents filed to gain the arrest last July of Wei Seng "Paul" Phua and Darren Wai Kit Phua.
Prosecutors say they headed an international Internet sports gambling operation.
Estrellas Valencia Champ Fabio Sperling is Chip Leader at EPT Prague Main Event
Estrellas Valencia champion Fabio Sperling is chip leader going in to Day 5 of the EPT Prague Main Event. Sperling, from Siegberg in Germany and now living in the south coast resort of Ramsgate in the UK, snagged the trophy and €77,000 first prize in the Estrellas Valencia Main Event in April, shortly after a runner-up finish in the Sunday Million 8th Anniversary bonanza.
PokerStars Parent Company Amaya Under Investigation
It has been revealed that the Quebec securities regulator Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is investigating trading activity in Amaya, the new parent company of PokerStars. The matter also involves two other companies: Canaccord Genuity and Manulife Financial.
Bookie Call Center Outsourcing for College Bowl Games, Playoffs
PayPerHeadAgents.com is one of the leading bookie call center outsourcing businesses for this year’s College Bowl games season and the highly anticipated first ever College Football Playoffs.
Evidence Arguments Set in FBI-Caesars Search Case Tied to Poker Pro Paul Phua
LAS VEGAS (Associated Press) — Lawyers for Malaysian man and his son are due to ask a federal judge in Las Vegas to throw out evidence in an international Internet gambling case because FBI agents posed as repair technicians to get into their clients' suites at Caesars Palace.
Americas Cardroom CEO Speaks on Winning Millions Cancellation
Americas Cardroom CEO Phil Nagy was to issue a statement and take questions from the chat room regarding Sunday’s cancellation of the highly anticipated Winning Millions. A Denial of Service attack was believed to have been the culprit that caused freezing and abrupt shutdowns.
DoS Attacks Cancel Winning Millions, Rescheduled Feb 22, CEO: 'Heart Breaking Decision'
Americas Cardroom’s highly anticipated Winning Millions had to be cancelled following a relentless Denial of Service attack during the tournament that caused ongoing shutouts and freezing of play. ACR confirmed last week they were the latest online poker site to be hit by the attacks now plaguing online poker.
Woman Allegedly Kicked in the Face by Dan Bilzerian Suing for Millions
A woman kicked in the face and left lying bloodied in a Miami Beach night club claims her assaulter was none other than poker player and Instagram kingpin Dan Bilzerian.
Simon Mattsson Leads After Day 4 of EPT Prague
EPT regular Simon Mattsson, third in the EPT Barcelona €2k side event in August for €37,900, is leading the 61 players who will be back for day 4 of the EPT11 Prague Main Event. The 21-year-old has 1,790,000 in chips.
EPT Prague 2014 Update: Brian Altman Leads After Day 2
Brian Altman leads the last 200 players in to Day 3 of the record-breaking EPT11 Prague. The American will return to a massive 704,100 chip-stack tomorrow (Sunday). Altman, who’s currently residing in Canada, won his seat for Prague in a €320 NL Deep Hyper Turbo on PokerStars.
EPT Prague 2014 Champ to Take Home €969,000
EPT PRAGUE CHAMPION TO GET €969,000 With a record-breaking field, creating a giant €5.3m prize pool, the EPT Season 11 Prague Main Event champion stands to win nearly €1m - € 969,000 to be precise.
There were 1,107 entries in the event –including 13 players who bought in at the start of Day 2 from scratch. There will be 159 players paid with the min-cash being set for €8,970.
‘Sports Betting Consultant to the Stars’ Adam Meyer Indicted: ‘Threatened Clients’
The so-called “Sports Betting Consultant to the Stars’ Adam Meyer, a Fort Lauderdale resident, has been indicted after allegedly scamming a Wisconsin man out of $25 million over a four year period. Meyer was arrested earlier in the week and appeared shackled before a federal magistrate Friday morning.
Huge Overlay in Americas Cardroom Million Dollar Sunday Tournament
For anyone who loves making instant cash, as do most readers of Gambling911.com we suspect, Americas Cardroom Million Dollar Sunday is expected to feature a massive overlay. Americas Cardroom is part of the Winning Poker Network. Oh and even more reason to play: Doyle Brunson has just confirmed he will be playing in this mass
Andrey Zaichenko Leads Record-Breaking EPT Prague Main Event
Russia's Andrey Zaichenko is leading for Day 2 of a record-breaking €5,300 EPT Prague Main Event. He topped today's 750-strong field with 237,600 in chips, a stack that also beats Day 1a chip leader Russian player Dmitry Ponomarev who has 159,800.
A total of 399 players made it through Day 1b today which, combined with yesterday's 201 survivors, means at least 600 players will be here at noon for Day 2.
Mistrial Declared in Connecticut Tiffany Stevens Murder-for-Hire Trial
HARTFORD — (Associated Press) - A judge has declared a mistrial because of a deadlocked jury in the case of a Connecticut woman accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her ex-husband during a bitter child custody case.
Hartford Superior Court Judge Edward J. Mullarkey declared the mistrial Friday in the case of former Bloomfield resident Tiffany Stevens, who remains free on $1 million bail. The case is expected to be retried before another jury.
Americas Cardroom Player Turns Penny Into $1 Mil Secured Seat With Spin To Get In
Poker satellites suddenly have some new competition. Americas Cardroom has a brand new tournament entry feature called Spin To Get In that lets players win a seat in a major event without playing a single hand of poker. The slot machine-like feature invites players to spin a wheel for a chance to win a seat into a tournament for as little as $0.01.
Judge Orders Deadlocked Jury to Come Up With Verdict in Murder-for-Hire Trial
HARTFORD, Connecticut — (Associiated Press) - A Connecticut judge has told a deadlocked jury to try again to reach a verdict in the trial of a woman accused of attempting to hire a hit man to kill her ex-husband during a bitter child custody court case.
Day 3 of Deliberations in Murder-for-Hire Case Linked to Gambling, Sex, Drugs
Friday marked Day 3 of deliberations in the case of a Connecticut mother charged with attempting to arrange the murder-for-hire of her husband.
Judge Voids Revel Sale to Canadian Firm
CAMDEN, N.J. – (Associated Press) -A bankruptcy court judge has voided the proposed sale of the former Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to a Canadian firm that has since backed out of the deal.
Judge Gloria Burns on Friday granted a request by Revel Entertainment to cancel the $110 million sale to Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management.
The company had won a court auction for the failed $2.4 billion casino resort. But it backed out when it could not resolve a dispute with bondholders over debt from the construction of the casino’s costly power plant.
Golden Nugget to Sue Over Tax Rise
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — (Associated Press) - An Atlantic City casino who says its taxes would rise dramatically under a proposed tax assistance bill designed to help the struggling seaside resort says it will sue to block the plan.
The Golden Nugget says its calculations of the amount each casino would pay under a proposed payment in lieu of taxes drastically raises taxes for it, Resorts and Bally's — three of the city's smaller casinos — while giving huge tax breaks to big casinos owned or soon to be owned by billionaire Carl Icahn and gambling giant Caesars Entertainment.
Dmitry Ponomarev Leads EPT 11 Prague Main Event After Day 1A
Russian player Dmitry Ponomarev, who won the $2k NL event at the PCA in January, is chip leader at the end of Day 1a of the €5,300 EPT Prague Main Event with 159,800.
Balazs Botond Wins Eureka 4 Prague Title and €206,948
PokerStars player Balazs Botond came back for the Eureka 4 Prague final day as 9th in chips (out of 10 players), but he eventually remained the last man standing.
The Hungarian has won a €206,948 first prize after he made a 3-way deal with Ayman Zbib and Athanasios Xenodochidis to guarantee €186,948. Then he went on to win the remaining €20,000 left for the champ. It is Botond's biggest live cashout, surpassing the €154,000 payday for a 4th place finish in EPT8 Campione.
New Fantasy Site PlayMLF.com Vows to be No. 1 in Two Years
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--Fantasy sports today are where poker was 10 years ago. The scene is exploding with popularity. Huge amounts of money are being won. And new names are joining the game every week.
Poker Playboy Dan Bilzerian Arrested at LAX for Possession of Explosives
The so-called “King of Instagram” has been arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport for reportedly carrying explosives. The arrest occurred 10 pm PST Tuesday night or 1 am EST while transferring through Customs enroute from the Bahamas.
From ABC 7 in LA:
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
BigRedPPH.com is an excellent Pay Per Head for College Bowl season for agents and bookies who have an active player base during the Bowl season, which takes place over these next few weeks (December into early January).
