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Pokerstars Cancels Paris Leg Of French Poker Series

Closure of the host casino dislocates Paris plan This month's closure by the French police of the Cercle Cadet poker room in Paris has disrupted Pokerstars plans to hold the next leg of the French Poker Series live tournaments, prompting the online poker giant to cancel the Parisian leg. The Cercle Cadet tournament would have kicked off on November 21, bringing hundreds of poker fans to the city of light, a bonanza that the city and its hospitality industry will

By Casinomeister Oct 31, 2014

Real Gaming Poker Passes Test Period In Nevada Market

Nevada regulator approves South Point's online poker enterprise after eight-month testing phase The Nevada Gaming Commission has approved the full operation of South Point casino's online poker operation Real Gaming following an eight-month test phase that started in February this year (see previous InfoPowa reports). Real Gaming is now in full-on competition with other Nevada-regulated online poker sites operated by WSOP.com and Ultimate Poker.com, offering tournament and cash game action delivered across multiple platforms that include PC and Mac computers,

By Casinomeister Oct 31, 2014

S.a. Government To Ban Online Gambling?

After over a decade of dithering, has the Department of Trade and Industry opted for prohibition? It's taken more than a decade of expensive fact-finding trips, studies and political debate, but it appears from a Business Day report Wednesday that the South African government has decided on the prohibition of online gambling rather than licensing and regulating the industry. The decision to stick with traditional forms of gambling and eschew internet gambling includes a proposed ban on dog racing. Business

By Casinomeister Oct 31, 2014

Scientific Games' Takeover Of Bally Could Be In Trouble

Major banks delay $3.19 billion backing The proposed acquisition of Bally Technologies by Scientific Games could be in trouble following reports Monday that JPMorgan Chase & Co. put off syndicating $3.19 billion of loans to help finance the purchase. The news that JPMorgan, Bank of America Corp. and Deutsche Bank AG - hired by SG to sell the bridge loan - had failed to generate the necessary interest from investors by the October 3 deadline caused a drop of over

By Casinomeister Oct 31, 2014

September Lottery Numbers For China Continue Upward Trend

Welfare and Sports lotteries sales both well up according to latest Ministry of Finance stats The rising trend experienced last year by the lotteries (see previous InfoPowa report) has continued into 2014, with total lottery sales up 25.2 percent to $5.3 billion in September. Nevertheless, there was some slowdown compared to August 2014, when massive numbers of punters wagered 31.5 billion yuan, 28.1 percent more than the preceding August. Sports Lottery sales continued to lead in September 2014 with sales

By Casinomeister Oct 31, 2014

Skybet Mobile Punters Log In With A Fingerprint

UK operator has been incrementally introducing Apple's TouchID to mobile punters The British online and mobile gambling firm Skybet has revealed that since February this year it has been incrementally introducing Apple's TouchID technology to its punters to make logging in easier, safer and faster. The up-to-the-minute technology has been successfully integrated with Skybet's sports betting app and made available in a graduated process to some fifty percent of the company's customers, who have generally given the new technology an

By Casinomeister Oct 31, 2014

Third Grover Gaming Title Launched By Plaor

Across Facebook, iOS and Android platforms California-based CrowdGather subsidiary Plaor, Inc. has launched a third Grover Gaming title to its app on Facebook, iOS and Android platforms. The latest title is "Lucky Rubber Ducky™", which is a 5-reel video slot featuring scatter symbols and multipliers. "Grover Gaming's exciting and innovative slot games have been valued additions to our leading social casino application," commented Richard Corredera, chief operating officer for CrowdGather. Online Casino News Courtesy of Infopowa More news here.

By Casinomeister Oct 31, 2014

Unibet Doubles Net Profit In Quarterly Report

Activity and margin growth drive new all-time highs Unibet Group plc has delivered its third quarter and 9M/2014 unaudited interim results, reporting new all-time highs in activity and margin growth. Key performance highlights for the third quarter ending September 30, 2014 include: - Gross winnings revenue of GBP 80.4 million (Q3/2013: GBP 64.0 million). - Profit amounted to GBP 18.1 million (Q3/2013: GBP 9.2 million) - Profit after tax amounted to GBP 16.5 million (Q3/2013: GBP 8.2 million) - EBITDA

By Casinomeister Oct 31, 2014

Unions To Appeal Trump Taj Mahal Bankruptcy Ruling

Appeal to be launched in Delaware federal court A casino worker's union fighting against the Trump Taj Mahal termination of collectively agreed benefits in order to avoid bankruptcy has launched an appeal against a court's decision last week to allow the termination (see previous InfoPowa reports). A union legal spokesman revealed Thursday that the appeal would be lodged in a Delaware federal district court amid calls for a workers' picket of the casino Friday. The termination is a last-ditch plan

By Casinomeister Oct 31, 2014

U.s. Sports Leagues Halt New Jersey Sports Betting… For Now

No sports betting for Monmouth this weekend Hopes that a recently passed New Jersey law would allow gambling licensees in the state to offer sportsbetting starting this weekend have been crushed by federal district Judge Michael Shipp, who late Friday awarded the US national sports leagues a temporary injunction against the law. The injunction remains in force pending the finalisation of litigation between New Jersey and the sports leagues that started in Judge Shipp's court but has since been unsuccessfully

By Casinomeister Oct 31, 2014

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