September 1st, 2010 by Renee K
It was obvious that Pennsylvania casinos would enjoy a boost in revenues after they introduced table games this summer, but the results posted recently show numbers that go beyond expectations. Local casinos took in $17.5 million in revenue from games such as poker, blackjack and other table games that were introduced in July, following changes [...]
September 1st, 2010 by Roger S
Recently, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) launched a campaign against Commerce Casino which issued a strong statement condemning attempts to legalize online gambling in the United States. The PPA’s PlayersBeforeProfits campaign called for the group’s one million members to sign a petition, asking Commerce Casino to reverse this stance.
The PPA objected to Commerce [...]
August 31st, 2010 by Roger S
This whole controversy over the UFC vs Boxing shit is really getting old. There are way too many facets of both sports to try and compare them, and the guys who do, usually have never stepped in any sort of ring.
Case in point, this weekends UFC fight between James Toney and Randy [...]
August 31st, 2010 by Matt W
Talented Middle Tennessee State University quarterback, Dwight Dasher, who is considered one of the top college football players in the United States, has been suspended from play indefinitely over claims that he used a $1,500 loan to play poker with.
According to reports, Dasher took the loan from an 80 year old retired Air Force [...]
August 28th, 2010 by Roger S
Gambling proponents in Minnesota are hopeful that the gambling industry will expand significantly after the mid-term elections in November, considering the candidates that are running this time around.
Two out of the three candidates hoping to become governor of the state have clear agendas to expand casinos in the state if they win the post, [...]
August 28th, 2010 by Renee K
Amidst reports that Nova Scotia is weighing the idea of introducing regulated online gambling to the province, finance minister Graham Steele defended the move by saying that gambling addicts would benefit from better protection than they currently receive from offshore sites.
“For those who say that the government shouldn’t be there, I just say [...]
August 27th, 2010 by Roger S
The Chief Executive of poker and casino software provider Playtech, Mor Weizer told Dow Jones Newswires yesterday that his company is well placed to enter the US market when reforms take place in the country’s online gambling legislation.
Weizer said that Playtech was getting a lot of interest from gaming operators in the United States [...]
August 27th, 2010 by Renee K
The issue of the legalization of online poker in the United States made headlines in the industry again this week, following an article published by the Reno Gazette. The piece focused on the pro-poker stance of US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and how this was seeing as “worrying” by a number of land gambling [...]
