New Year’s fireworks returns to Strip roofs

New Year’s Eve visitors to the Strip and pyrotechnic gazers from around the valley received good casinos news Friday — they might actually be able to see the fireworks show this year.
The annual fireworks show will return to the rooftops of seven hotels along the three-mile stretch of the Strip that is the focus [...]

Pollack resigns as WSOP Commissioner

Saying he has accomplished “everything he had set out to do” and that he liked the online gambling idea of “going out on top,” Jeffrey Pollack resigned as commissioner of the World Series of Poker on Friday.
“The arc of my entire career has always been to move on to something different every four or [...]

WSOP finale draws 2.1 million viewers

With 21-year-old Joe Cada of Michigan setting a record as the youngest online gambling champion ever, more than 2.1 million viewers watched ESPN’s same-day coverage of the World Series of Poker, presented by Jack Link’s Beef Jerky, from Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
The telecast earned a 1.8 household coverage rating in an average [...]

Right2Bet discusses Germany and Portugal

The Right2bet blog this week focuses on the attitudes of both Portuguese and German officials regarding sports betting and casino gambling companies advertising their products. Portuguese football clubs, facing difficult financial circumstances, have this week called for a lifting of the ban on league and shirt sponsorship by betting and online casinos companies, claiming that [...]

Pennsylvania casino to hire hundreds for table games

As reported by ABC 27: “The Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course plans to add 300 to 400 ‘well-paying jobs’ once table games are added to the slot machine casino in Grantville, Dauphin County, according to online gambling company officials.
“Casino officials are confident that table games will be legalized by the Legislature and will [...]

Poll says Ohio voters split on casino proposal

As reported by the Business First of Columbus: “Polling data released Thursday by the online gambling group leading the charge to defeat a four online casino proposal for Ohio show support and opposition within striking distance of each other.
“…Conducted by Sarasota, Fla.-based Polling and Strategic Design, the poll shows that among 800 likely Ohio voters, [...]

Getting into Cyberarts could be a good move in the event of US legalisation

The respected US-based online poker software developer Cyberarts, famed for its flexible Foundation platform, is now 35 percent owned by Greek lottery and online casinos provider Intralot’s interactive subsidiary I2, which has also cornered the right to increase its involvement to a majority holding.
I2 md Andreas Papoulias said this week that the move into Cyberarts [...]