Dealer, Player Arrested for Bad Beat Jackpot Cheating

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Bad beat jackpots have been in the news lately and today we continue that trend with not one, but two BBJ-related articles. In this first one, a poker dealer and player were arrested in Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish for conspiring to rig the Boomtown Casino’s bad beat jackpot. The Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations Gaming… Read more »

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Poker Central Renews Key Partnerships

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Poker Central has renewed partnerships with both 888Poker and the NBC Sports Group, announcing the deals in two separate press releases in the past week. Poker Central, having struggled to establish itself as a true 24/7 poker television network, has successfully revamped itself as an online digital video subscription service for poker. It surprised the… Read more »

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Long Dormant Revel Casino in Atlantic City Sold

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Atlantic City’s Revel Casino, which has been closed since September 2014, has been sold. Bruce Deifik, the founder of Integrated Properties in Denver, confirmed Monday that he purchased the ill-conceived property for $200 million through his business AC OCEAN WALK from Florida developer Glenn Straub. The Revel was designed to be a luxury casino property… Read more »

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New York-New York Casino Cashier Robbed

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Another Las Vegas casino was hit this week, as a cage at New York-New York was robbed in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. At the time of this writing, about 24 hours since the robbery, the suspect has not been captured. At about 1:00am January 10th, a man armed with a handgun approached a… Read more »

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Las Vegas’ WNBA Team Has a Great New Name

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When the news broke in October that the San Antonio Stars of the WNBA were purchased by MGM Resorts International and moved to Las Vegas, a few things popped into my head: a) that stinks for fans in San Antonio, b) how interesting that a gaming corporation acquired a professional sports team, c) Las Vegas… Read more »

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Ohio Legalizes DFS

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Ohio became the 18th state to legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports (DFS) Friday as Governor John Kasich signed House Bill 132 into law. The Ohio Casino Control Commission will oversee the industry’s regulation. The bill, which exempts daily fantasy sports from the state’s gambling laws, was supported by a good portion of Ohio’s professional… Read more »

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GVC Holdings to Buy Ladbrokes Coral Group

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Merry Christmas, Ladbrokes Coral Group shareholders. Last week, GVC Holdings, the parent company of partypoker, announced that it has come to an agreement to buy UK gaming powerhouse Ladbrokes Coral in a deal that could be worth as much as £4 billion. “In its relatively short time as a merged entity, Ladbrokes Coral has demonstrated… Read more »

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Massive NFL Survivor Pool Shut Down by Feds

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I know sports betting is illegal in most of the United States, but dammit, it still really grinds my gears when a sports betting or betting-related enterprise, event, or site that otherwise isn’t hurting anyone gets busted. That’s what happened last week when federal agents shut down Ron & Mike’s Football Pool, seizing money and… Read more »

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Caesars Sells Harrah’s Las Vegas for $1.14 Billion

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Caesars Entertainment Corporation has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell Harrah’s Las Vegas to VICI Properties for $1.14 billion. If this sounds rather shocking, you may be relieved to know (or not really care, as the case may be) that it is all part of a plan. In mid-November, Caesars announced… Read more »

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Bellagio Poker Cage Robbed at Gunpoint

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Las Vegas police are still searching for a man who robbed the Bellagio poker room cashier cage at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon. In a brief news conference, Las Vegas Metro Police Capt. John Pelletier said that his department is “comfortable and confident” that they have enough information that will eventually lead to the thief’s capture. Other… Read more »

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William Hill, Paddy Power Betfair Competing to Acquire CrownBet

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Gambling industry consolidation talks have started up again, this time with Australian bookmaker CrownBet as the acquisition target by both William Hill and Paddy Power Betfair. CrownBet is 62 percent owned by Crown Resorts – Crown Melbourne is the host venue of the popular Aussie Millions poker series – which is itself part of James… Read more »

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FanDuel Co-Founder Nigel Eccles Leaves Company

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Nigel Eccles, co-founder and CEO of daily fantasy sports (DFS) giant FanDuel, announced that Monday was his last day at the company. Matt King, the CFO of FanDuel from 2014-2016 will step into Eccles’ vacated role. Between his previous stint at FanDuel and now, King was equity partner and President of Regional Operations and Corporate… Read more »

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Libratus Poker AI Wins Prestigious Computing Award

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Libratus, the artificial intelligence powered by a multi-million dollar supercomputer that crushed teams of poker players in No-Limit Hold’em twice this year, was honored with the 2017 HPCwire Readers’ Choice Award for Best Use of AI last week. The Libratus Poker AI was developed by Tuomas Sandholm and Noam Brown at Carnegie Mellon University. I… Read more »

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UKGC Establishes Three-Year, Five-Point Strategic Plan

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The United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) unveiled a five-point strategy on Tuesday designed to make the gambling market “fairer and safer for consumers.” Forward-looking through 2021, the strategy looks to balance consumer safeguards with industry growth. The report opens by citing a few select statistics about gambling in the UK. Of the 50 million people… Read more »

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The Stars Group Owns PokerNews.com, Per PokerNews.com

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PokerNews.com, one of the longest tenured poker news sites in the industry, admitted yesterday what was really a poorly-kept secret: it is owned by PokerStars. The revelation, which was surprising in that iBus Media – PokerNews’ corporate name – pretended like nobody really knew, was made during an internal conference call and then posted as… Read more »

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