Super Bowl Shutout for Delaware?
Sunday, February 1, 2009, is Super Bowl Sunday, and two states in the USA have legal wagering on the National Football League (NFL)–Nevada and Delaware. That day will be the busiest football betting day of the year in Nevada–and the most profitable–but in Delaware all will be quiet and nary a penny’s profit will be turned. That’s because [...]
Quiet Day To Close 2009 For Las Vegas Sands Stock
Las Vegas Sands The end of the year came with no big surprises for US gaming stocks. Las Vegas Sands and other casino companies had a quiet day to end 2009, and now look to rebound in the new year.Sands stock was at $15.02 just minutes before the close of the trading day. Sands [...]
New York Times: Vegas Sportsbooks Go Wireless
Matt Villano, www.newyorktimes.com LAS VEGAS – For decades, sports bettors in this city have queued up at sports book windows and handed over cash in exchange for paper tickets formalizing their bets. But on a recent Sunday in the sports book at the M Resort in nearby Henderson, gamblers seeking action on professional and [...]
Blotter: Poker playing priest gives thanks for $100k
In other news from last week’s PokerStars.Net Million Dollar Challenge, another runner-up is getting big press for his final round finish. Father Andrew Trapp first made gambling industry headlines when he won $100,000 in the first round of the challenge in October. Last week he boarded another plane to Los Angeles in hopes of winning [...]
Casino Industry: Outlook: Unfavorable
By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL The impact the recession had on the casino industry in 2009 has not been completely accounted for, but by all measures the year will go down as the worst on record. Through October, gaming revenues have declined more than 12 percent both on the Strip and throughout [...]
$1 Million up for Grabs at Online Poker Room
The leading online poker site’s UBOC Satellites and STEP Tournaments are up and running, with four new UBOC contests dealing out more cash prizes and tournament entries than ever. The festive mood continues at UB.com with the return of UBOC 4, the leading online poker site’s Championship tournament series, from January 20th through 31st, [...]
Colleges Need to do More About Gambling Addiction
The links between problem gambling and other mental health and addiction issues are manifold. "Gambling disorders tend to be highly co-morbid with other disorders such as alcohol abuse and so on," says Reilly. "And we know that kids who binge drink also gamble a lot, for example. There are a lot of connections." Recently, [...]
WPT Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond World Poker Classic
It’s fitting that in a tournament named in his honor, Doyle Brunson would take the spotlight. Heading into Day 3 of the Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond World Poker Classic, Doyle Brunson holds 283,000 chips, and is just a handful of spots away from the top prize in the $4,761,450 tournament.The Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond [...]
Hearing on Online Gambling without vote
Yesterday the hearing for legalization of online casino gambling took place in the House Financial Services Committee in the U.S.. Experts in the field of online safety, consumer protection and online gambling told the committee why regulated Internet gambling and consumer protection ensures the security of online transactions. Chairman Barney Frank introduced the Internet Gambling [...]
