Atlantic City’s hot gaming tables lift February’s casino revenue
Atlantic City casinos enjoyed an overall double-digit gaming revenue gain in February, although there were more individual casino losers than winners. On Wednesday, New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement revealed that Atlantic City’s nine casinos reported total brick-and-mortar slots and table game revenue of $196.7m in February, up 15.7%...
New Jersey’s retail sports bettors better at picking winners
New Jersey’s sports betting market took a dip in February, despite excitement over the Super Bowl and the Academy Awards. Figures released Wednesday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) show the state’s licensed sports betting operators generated wagering handle of $320.4m in February, a significant decline...
New Jersey’s online gambling revenue record streak ends
New Jersey’s online gambling market failed to set a new revenue record in February, despite online poker posting an extremely rare year-on-year improvement. Figures released Wednesday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) show the state’s licensed online gambling operators generated revenue of $31.75m in February, a...
Art Manteris inducted into Sports Betting Hall of Fame
Art Manteris, Vice President of Race and Sports Operations at Station Casinos, will be inducted into the SBC Sports Betting Hall of Fame, as the industry prepares to celebrate his contribution to sportsbook development in Nevada. With over 35 years of Nevada race and sportsbook expertise, Manteris was responsible...
The World Poker Tour to expand into Mexico after TV Azteca deal
The World Poker Tour and its sister company Allied Esports are moving into the Latin American region after cutting a deal with Grupos Salinas subsidiary TV Azteca to bring poker and Esports into the area. Donald Trump might want to build a wall between the two nations, but that...
David “ODB” Baker wins the WPT L.A. Poker Classic Main Event
David “ODB” Baker defeated two World Poker Tour Champions Club members en route to the million dollars first prize in the $10,000 World Poker Tour L.A.Poker Classic Main Event Final Table at the HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas. David “ODB’ Baker said that he was ‘overjoyed’ after taking down...
The GPI merge the APA and EPA to form the Global Poker Awards on April 5
The Global Poker Index has merged the American and European Poker Awards to form the Global Poker Awards on April 5 with PokerStars and Poker Central providing some support. It’s time to get out of the kitchen, stop eating those cookies, and start hitting the treadmill. You’re going to...
888’s profit rises as revenue falls, poker and bingo struggle
UK-listed online gambling operator 888 Holdings reported record earnings in 2018, even as business in its poker and bingo markets declined by double-digits. Figures released Tuesday show 888’s overall revenue hitting US$529.9m last year, a 2% decline from 2017’s result. But adjusted earnings improved 6% to $107.1m and adjusted...
The gambling world doesn’t need another US-controlled payment platform like Lightning network!
Bitcoin was originally designed to operate within all legal frameworks and work within regulation. This still exists in the form of original Bitcoin BSV. The Segwit BTC fork off of Bitcoin (still erroneously called Bitcoin by exchanges) has decided that it wants to move power and value away from...
Winners.bet boosts its performance with BetConstruct’s Esports
BetConstruct has signed a deal to provide Winners.bet with esports offering and Odds Feed Service. The software developer shares constant growth and improvement values of Winners.bet and this kind of like-mindedness brought the companies together. With the offering of the major championships such as League of Legends, CS:GO, DOTA2,...