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San Jose, Costa Rica – July 29, 2015 – Americas Cardroom's $1.5 million poker tournament series kicks off on July 30th and includes the Million Dollar Sunday, the next installment of Americas Cardroom's popular...
After being found guilty of playing part in an illegal gambling operation dealing with multi-millions in cash, Glen Cobb has now been sentenced. Cobb was sentenced to a year of probation just yesterday and will...
After speculating another offer might be in the works last week, GVC Holdings started this week off strong, sending in a proposal to acquire bwin.party for $1.55 billion. An offer was accepted by the board of b...
According to the Washington, D.C. based National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), the U.S. Indian gaming industry recorded its fifth consecutive year of gross gaming revenue (GGR) for the 2014 fiscal year, coll...
Charles Fernandez, Antigua’s Minister of International Trade and Foreign Affairs believes that the United States may be ready to settle their 12-year WTO (World Trade Organization) dispute. He states, “We’re go...
Italy’s Minister of the Interior Angelino Alfano (pictured) has announced that in a pre-dawn raid police have confiscated $2.2 (U.S.) billion in assets and issued 41 arrest warrants for persons involved with il...
The Manhattan U.S. Attorney announced on Tuesday that three men in Florida and Israel had been charged in a penny stock scam with international reach. Three Israeli residents, one an American citizen who remain...
Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL oppose legalized sports betting, but that may change in the near future for the business that generated a whopping $7.2 billion in national revenue in 2014.
The argumen...
It was just a few days ago that 888 Holdings announced they were set to acquire bwin.party for $1.4 million. 888 was up against stiff competition for the purchase of the major online gambling brand including GV...
The state of Delaware, one of the few states that offer legalized online gambling, has experienced a two month decline in revenue for the three locations in the state where regulated online poker is legal. Harr...
New Jersey legalized online gaming in November 2013 and gambling establishments were eager to launch online poker operations to capture a piece of the gaming market which was thought to be extremely lucrative. ...
Despite a slightly richer offer from GVC and Amaya, 888 Holdings of Gibraltar has pulled ahead in a deal to purchase Bwin.party (including PartyPoker) for US$1.4 billion (£898.3m).
Bwin.party shareholders wi...
It was just a short time ago that Ladbrokes, a top bookmaker based in the United Kingdom, decided to offer a new featured titled Quickcall in Australia. The new service allowed in-play betting to take place via...
The Indian Premier League (IPL) which was founded in 2008 took the cricketing world by storm. The league format allowed millions of dollars to be traded as international cricket players from around the world w...
Roxy Palace is an online casino first founded in 2002, offering more than 500 online casino games. The site offers all the favorites including roulette, slots and video poker. With over 230,000 registered membe...