Gambling News
Massachusetts Won’t Make Decision on Boston Casino This Week
BOSTON (Associated Press) — State gambling regulators say they'll hold off making a decision on the lone Boston-area casino license this week.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Wednesday said it will break off deliberations until Wynn Resorts and Mohegan Sun have a chance to respond, by Friday, to a series of conditions the panel is considering imposing on their proposals. The commission says it'll reconvene Monday with the hope of awarding the license by Wednesday.
Revel has $90 Million Offer to Buy Closed Casino
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — (Associated Press) - A Florida developer has offered $90 million for the Revel Casino Hotel that shut down last week, lawyers for the resort said Wednesday in court documents.
The casino said in the bankruptcy court filing that Glenn Straub's Polo North Country Club, Inc., made the cash bid for the $2.4 billion resort. The casino also wants a judge to set an auction for Sept. 24 if any higher bids are received by Sept. 23. A bankruptcy court judge would have to approve any sale.
What are the Best Online Sportsbook Bonuses for College Football 2014?
A number of Gambling911.com endorsed online sportsbooks are offering top bonuses for College Football. These are given out after a certain number of bets are placed (called a rollover requirement). Some are paid out in cash, others are paid out in the form of free bets.
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AP Source: Law Enforcement Agent Says NFL Received Ray Rice Tape Back in April
ATLANTIC CITY (Associated Press) — A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive three months ago, while league officers have insisted they didn't see the violent images until this week.
Trump in Other Battles to Get Name Off of Troubled Properties
Real Estate tycoon Donald Trump recently sued to get his name off of two troubled Atlantic City casinos, the Trump Plaza and the Trump Taj Mahal. This wouldn’t be the first time the Donald has been embroiled in lawsuits to disassociate himself with properties that feature his name.
Trump had previously aligned himself with one Jody Kriss, licensing his name to a failed development in South Florida, The Trump International Hotel & Tower.
That lawsuit turned ugly though a judge eventually found Trump “not guilty” of deceiving potential buyers.
Poker Princess Molly Bloom Fielding Offers to Turn Book Into Movie
In an interview with PokerNews.com, the so-called “Poker Princess” Molly Bloom discusses how she is currently fielding offers to turn her book “Molly’s Game” into a TV film.
The book takes readers inside the poker matches that Bloom ran in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Las Vegas featuring big name celebrities and sports figures until it all came crashing down around her when she was indicted and ultimately plead guilty last year.
Poker Pro Guy Laliberté Preparing for ET
Guy Laliberté, the billionaire who founded Cirque du Soleil and the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop may be waiting for a drop of another kind, the landing of extraterrestrials.
Antigua Fires Attorney Mendel in Online Gambling Dispute With US: Had Links to WSEX
The Caribbean island of Antigua has fired attorney Mark Mendel, who for many years represented the tiny island in its dispute with the United States over online gambling.
It also made a new dramatic offer to the US Government for compensation awarded to it by the World Trade Organization.
Finalists for the Poker Hall of Fame 2014 Announced: Daniel Negreanu Makes the Cut
This year’s finalists for the Poker Hall of Fame have been announced with Daniel Negreanu making the list for his first year of eligibility.
Negreanu is the biggest money earner in poker, having taken in nearly $30 million at live tournaments to date. He is just 40 years old.
Christie, Sandoval Talk Combining Online Poker Players: No Sports Bets at Caesars
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval discussed possibly combining both states online poker player pools during a gaming conference in the Garden State on Monday.
VictoryLand Trial Gets Under Way: Can Alabama Keep $223k Seized From Casino?
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Associated Press) -- A lawyer for the closed VictoryLand casino in Shorter is arguing that other businesses in Alabama are still operating the same gambling machines VictoryLand had.
A civil trial opened Tuesday in Montgomery over whether the attorney general can destroy gambling machines seized in a 2013 raid.
VictoryLand attorney Joe Espy says electronic bingo games like the ones from VictoryLand are operating at two locations in Greene County and one in Houston County.
Bookmaking Outsourcing at $10 Per Head
PayPerHeadAgents.com has just moved into a new state-of-the-art facility and are offering a bookmaking outsourcing package that starts as low as $10 per head (*Prices vary based on service options).
PayPerHeadAgents.com is heavily pushing its online casino platform with the understanding that it is the casino that helps supplement bookie revenues.
New Jersey’s Monmouth Park Racetrack to Begin Taking Sports Bets on Sunday
Within hours after Gambling911.com first broke the news that New Jersey’s Attorney General, John Hoffman, issued a directive no longer enforcing the prohibition of sports betting in that state, one of New Jersey’s largest race tracks announced it intends to start taking sports wagers as early as this Sunday.
Breaking News: Trump Atlantic City Casinos File for Bankruptcy, Taj Could Close
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) — Trump Entertainment Resorts filed for bankruptcy Tuesday and threatened to shut down the Taj Mahal Casino Resort, which would make it the fifth Atlantic City casino to close this year.
California Man Turns $200 Into $74000 at HPT Main Event
Rancho Mirage, CA (September 8, 2014) - Monday morning, Raffi Der Gregorian listed his total career poker earnings at $0. By the end of the day, the Glendale, California man outlasted the field in the Heartland Poker Tour Main Event at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa to join the elite club of HPT Champions. He can now adjust his earnings total to $74,276.
Woman Who Killed ‘Elvis’ Due in Court: Popular Poker Dealer Shot Dead
Joseph 'Elvis' Levine, 56, nicknamed for his uncanny resemblance to the late singer Elvis Presley, was fatally shot last week in his Las Vegas home. Now his killer has appeared in court.
Christie in Closed Door Meeting to Discuss Fate of Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY – (Associated Press) - Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that Atlantic City is undergoing a natural and necessary transformation as it expands beyond a gambling-only resort.
Christie convened a summit meeting on the resort’s future that was closed to the public and press for all but the very beginning of his remarks. But afterward, he said the changes buffeting the seaside gambling resort couldn’t be avoided.
Atlantic City began the year with 12 casinos. Three of them have already closed, and a fourth is shutting down next week.
Closure of Revel Casino May Have Helped With Release of Ray Rice Beating Video
The Baltimore Ravens organization claims they never had access to a shocking video that emerged Monday showing running back Ray Rice brutally knocking his then fiancé unconscious in an Atlantic City casino elevator.
Ravens head coach John Harbaugh re-iterated that the Ravens had only viewed the surveillance video Monday morning after TMZ.com released it on their website.
Cá Cược Tại Orange County, California: dồi dào những con bạc người Việt
Những người ghi cá độ địa phương ở vùng Orange County, California được hưởng thêm một sự khuyến khích.
Garden Grove là nhà của 47 ngàn người ngụ cư Việt Nam. Santa Ana là nhà của 23 ngàn người Việt khác. Cả hai bao gồm cộng đồng Little Saigon. Los Angeles gần đó là nhà của cộng đồng người Việt với dân số lớn thứ 7.
“Nếu bạn là một người ghi cá độ có quan hệ gần gũi với cộng đồng người Việt hoạt động trong vùng này, khả năng tốt là bạn sẽ có được một kinh doanh có lợi nhuận.” Don Shapiro của công ty Gambling911.com bình luận.
Caesars Counting on Cold Weather, New Ad Campaign to Boost NJ Online Gambling
AdWeek.com says Caesars Online Casino is counting on a reboot in the Garden State when cold weather starts to roll in this November. They will be pushing a more aggressive advertising campaign on television as well, similar to that we saw earlier in the year with the Borgata and its partner site PartyPoker. New Jersey is served by two major television media markets: New York and Philadelphia.
Breaking News: NJ AG Directive No Longer Enforcing Sports Betting Ban
Sports Betting Victory At Last! That's what NJ State Senator Raymond Lesniak proclaimed on Monday morning.
Twilight Zone: Adeslon Favors Online Poker and Wants to Throw Hat in Ring
Las Vegas casino magnate and GOP mega donor Sheldon Adelson praised lawmakers who have taken on a pro-Internet gambling position and proclaimed: "(We are) pleased that the Nevada Legislature has taken the lead in regulating internet casinos" and added, "Our hat will be in that ring.”
The Las Vegas Sun also reported:
Gambling Regulators to Select Casino for Lucrative Boston Area License
BOSTON — (Associated Press) - State gambling regulators are set to begin deliberations on awarding the lucrative Boston-area casino license on Monday, even as voters will decide in November whether to repeal the state's casino law, halting the process altogether.
The choices are down to Mohegan Sun's $1.3 billion resort plan for the Suffolk Downs horse racing track in Revere and Wynn Resort's $1.6 billion waterfront casino on the site of a former chemical plant in Everett.
More Trading Activity at Bwin.Party Raises Eyebrows
As first reported by Gambling911.com on Friday, at least one Director in publicly traded Bwin.Party bought shares immediately after earnings. Within a day of those shares purchases, the company started to buy back shares in the open market.
Helmut Kern, Non Executive Director, bought 60,000 shares in the company on the 3rd September 2014, just one day prior, at a price of 92.42p. The Director now holds 60,000 shares.
“On the surface, there should be red flags raised here,” a Gambling911.com source following the unusual trading activity suggested.
NBA Commissioner Changes Stance on Sports Betting
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver believes that legalized sports betting is “inevitable” and that the National Basketball Association should embrace this concept.
Trial Over Raid That Closed Alabama’s Largest Casino Starts Tuesday
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — (Associated Press) - A trial starting Tuesday in Montgomery could determine the future of what was once Alabama's largest casino.
VictoryLand casino in Shorter has been closed since Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange raided it in February 2013.
A civil trial starting Tuesday will determine whether the state can destroy the 1,615 gambling machines seized in the raid and keep the $223,405 in cash that was confiscated.
Strange says the games are illegal slot machines that should be destroyed.
ESPN.com Adds New Betting Guide Section for Sports in Shocking Turnaround
Is 2014 the year the US-facing sports world finally begins to embrace sports betting? It sure seems that way.
Jacksonville Firm Eyes Shuttered Show Boat Casino
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) - A Florida company that develops restaurant and entertainment complexes is interested in the former Showboat casino in Atlantic City.
Latitude 360, a Jacksonville company, said Friday the newly closed casino is one of three locations in Atlantic City it is considering for a $20 million project that would be paid for in conjunction with a financial partner. It would not involve gambling.
Company CEO Brent Brown said he has toured the former casino, which closed on Sunday, and has been in talks with its owner, Caesars Entertainment.
4 Mistakes to Avoid When Building Reputation in the Online Gambling Industry
In online gaming – and any other business, little is more important to a company than their reputation. It drives sales, brings in new customers, and allows a business to flourish.
The problem is that many businesses make several mistakes while trying to build their reputation. These mistakes sabotage their efforts, and, in many instances, lead to a reputation that is far worse than the one their company had when they began their public PR efforts.
Atlantic City Scores Gets Over 1000 Job Applicants After Casino Closures
Four casinos have either shut down or are in the process of shutting down in Atlantic City but at least one local business has scored big from these sudden closures.
SCORES Atlantic City, the legendary gentleman’s club, has realized a 40% increase in job inquiries over the past two weeks.
Nearly any position you can think of has witnessed a jump in applications including security, hostesses, bartenders, barbacks, entertainers, and DJs.
