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Florida Poker Pro Wins W.p.t. Bounty Scramble

$421,068 pay day for Van Sanford It's been a good, bank account-boosting week for 21-year-old Florida professional poker player Ryan Van Sanford, who cleaned up in the World Poker Tour Bestbet Bounty Scramble in Jacksonville to claim a first prize worth $421,068. The $5,000 buy-in event featured forty players carrying a head bounty of $2,500 and a million dollar guaranteed prize pool that attracted 461 entrants, more than doubling the size of the pool. Poker ace spotters reported that big

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

Former Bodog Poker Exec In New Venture

Brown Marlin Gaming Technologies set to compete in California Jonas Odman, the former Bodog and Ongame online poker exec widely acknowledged as one of the pioneers of the recreational - anonymous player business model now well-established in the industry, is set to compete in the hopefully emerging legalised Californian online poker market with a new company branded Brown Marlin Gaming Technologies. Reporting on the launch of the company, the poker information site Flushdraw reveals that Brown Marlin will expand Odman's

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

Gala Coral Merges Online Divisions

Gala Interactive and Coral Interactive merged under a single management team The Gala Coral Group has announced that it is merging its two online divisions, Gala Interactive and Coral Interactive, under a single management team. The combined business will also work more closely with the Coral retail division in order to take advantage of continued multi-channel growth, a statement from the group advises. The changes have resulted in John O'Reilly, managing director of Coral Interactive, deciding to step down, although

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

Gala Coral Releases Prelims

Good FY growth reported The UK land and online gambling operator Gala Coral has posted a credible set of preliminary results covering the 12 months to end September this year and highlighting: * Full-year turnover up 14 percent at GBP 1.2 billion up 14% on a year-on-year basis; * Gross profit up 9 percent to GBP 890.1 million; * Group EBITDA up 7 percent to GBP 263.9 million. The company's fourth quarterly ended September 27 2014 saw the achievement of

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

Germany's Quoss Takes Down A.c.o.p. High Roller

$670,000 pay-day for German poker ace German poker pro Fabian Quoss is the Pokerstars Macau high roller king after besting 82 other players in the 2014 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) High Roller event. Opposing Quoss on the internationally talented final table following elimination of luminaries like Phil Ivey, Sam Trickett, and Sorel Mizzi, were Yiang Lu (chip leader), Rono Lo, Aaron Lim, Davidi Kitai, Ivan Shoshnikov, Anatoly Filatov, Zhapar Sultanov, Phanlart Sukonthachartnant and Isaac Haxton. The survivors embarked on

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

Growth Continues At Mr Green Online Casino

Less dependent on the Nordic market as wider strategy unfolds The latest Q3-2014 results from the Swedish online casino operator Mr Green AB show that the company's strategy to widen its penetration in Europe has resulted in less dependence on the Nordic market. During the first nine months of 2014 to end September, Mr Green continued to grow substantially, both in terms of sales and earnings, once again outperforming the market in Q3 and continuing to capture market share. The

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

Grupo Mga Take Slots Online

On Facebook in partnership with GiGames Spanish gaming operator Grupo MGA is first out of the gate with the launch of online slot content from Conei Corporation (GiGames). "La Mina de Oro" is now active on Grupo MGA's TodoSlots facebook platform following an agreement with GiGames. The game is a three-reel, 5-payline slot offering a "Map of Mine" mini game as a base feature and three others titled Convoy, Golden Staircase and Wheel of Fortune as the game progresses. "For

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

Huge Progressive Slot Hit On Mega Moolah

Player banks $3,390,332.58 jackpot Mobile punter IR scored a major progressive slot win of $3,390,332.58 at the Golden Tiger online casino this week after experiencing a premonition that fortune was about to smile on her. "I had a feeling I was going to win big and I was telling my friends that one day I would win a house - this is even bigger than a house!" she told casino management. IR was betting relatively small amounts on the Mega

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

I.g.t. Fy And Fiscal Q4 Results Posted

Interactive division continues to flourish with social gaming revenue up 28 percent International Game Technology has posted what will be its last FY report before being acquired by GTech (see previous InfoPowa reports), with total revenues declining but the interactive division maintaining growth. Fiscal 2014 results (compared to last year) show: * Total revenue fell 12 percent to $2.1 billion due to declines in product sales and gaming operations, partially offset by an increase in social gaming revenue; * Social

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

Is Pokerstars' New Jersey Market Entry Being Deliberately Delayed?

Accusations that state governor is implicated in political delay The impatiently awaited entry into the New Jersey online gambling market of Pokerstars and Full Tilt has resulted in more recriminations this week. Commenting on the delays in licensing approval for new owners Amaya Gaming, New Jersey state senator and online gambling supporter Ray Lesniak took to Twitter this week, accusing New Jersey's Republican governor Chris Christie of holding back the licensing for political reasons. The senator suggested that the governor

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

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