Curacao-licensed online casino GoCasino.com has announced that one lucky American player recently hit its progressive jackpot and is now richer to the tune of almost one million dollars. The California-based player, known as ‘Catherine M’ was playing the site’s Red, White And Win progressive slot and hit the progressive jackpot of $990,529 off of a wager of only $7.50. “This is not the first progressive win at GoCasino.com but this is certainly the biggest one in our history,” said Danny Michaels, Promotional Manager for GoCasino.com. “Our progressive jackpots were over two million dollars before Catherine’s hit, so there’s still over [ Read More ]
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The announcement Tuesday that the Ontario provincial government will enter the online gambling sector in 2012 appears to have triggered renewed interest in the possibilities for the Saskatchewan province. CBC reports that the provincial government is “very interested” in the idea of online gambling, and quotes the Minister of Gaming, Ken Cheveldayoff, who revealed that the Saskatchewan Gaming Corp., is “cautiously looking at” doing the same thing in order to harvest revenues that would otherwise accrue to offshore online gambling operators. If Saskatchewan decides to enter the market it will be joining regulatory efforts by other Canadian provinces such as [ Read More ]
The Boston Red Sox bullpen turned in a stellar performance to earn a series split on the road versus the New York Yankees. The temperature reached a sultry 92 degrees, but the Boston relievers stayed cool to hold on to a 2-1 victory. MLB betting lines had set the Yankees as the favorite to take the series finale. Red Sox starter Jon Lester was in the midst of a career worst four-game losing streak. The southpaw went 6 1/3 innings, striking out six and only allowing four hits. He left the game in Daniel Bard’s hands after loading the bases, [ Read More ]
Phil Laak, also known as the Unabomber to most poker fans and players, has recently been hospitalized after having a bad run on an ATV. The widely successful poker pro had been out on a camping trip with some friends and fellow poker players, including Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari. During their outing they had decided to ride some ATVs. Laak had been injured during the ride, and Esfandiari had been doing updates on Laak’s condition over Twitter. According to Esfandiari, Laak had broken at least seven bones and suffered a laceration on one of his eyes. A long recovery is [ Read More ]
The online poker offering from Ladbrokes.com is offering customers the chance to go head-to-head against six-time World Champion snooker player Steve Davis in a series of monthly bounty tournaments. London-born Davis is one of the snooker world’s greatest living players and will be appearing once a month at Ladbrokes.com beginning on August 18 from half-past seven o’clock in the evening London time. Ladbrokes.com revealed that the ‘Ginger Magician’ will also join some cash tables and take part in a sit-and-go tournament after being eliminated from the bounty competitions with the player knocking him out being rewarded with a cash prize [ Read More ]
The Macau Daily Times reports that, following a small slump in gambling revenues in June 2010, the operators on Macau enjoyed soaring revenues again in July, continuing the region’s impressive progress. Data from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) shows that the casinos brought in MOP 16.31 billion, 19.6% more than in June, and up a stunning 70.4% on the same period in 2009. Analysts were expecting market growth in the casino sector “to resume” after the FIFA football World Cup, which finished on July 11. Hopes are even higher for the current season, according to Deutsche Bank analyst [ Read More ]
A home based poker game in Nanuet, New York, was robbed this weekend. Roughly $15,000 in cash was stolen, as well as other items. At approximately 12:30 AM, police traveled to a home on Avalon Gardens Drive after receiving a 911 hang up. police were told that five Hispanic males, each wearing hoods and bandannas, has robbed the nine poker players. According to police reports, $15,000 in cash, electronics, and jewelery were taken in the heist. Thankfully, no one was hurt. The report went on to say that when one of the players walked outside to smoke a cigarette, the [ Read More ]
July 30 – The largest share of 51.64% of the London Stock Exchange listed merged entity will be owned by Bwin while PartyGaming (operators of sites like Party Poker) will hold 48.36%. Bwin has a current market capitalisation of 1.4bn, and PartyGaming has a market cap of 1.1bn. The two Chief Executives, Jim Ryan of PartyGaming, and Norbert Teufelberger of Bwin, will become joint chief executives of the merged company. Current Bwin co-chief executive Manfred Bodner will become a non-executive director on the board of the enlarged group. According to Ryan: "This is a transformational opportunity for both our companies [ Read More ]
A good casino bonus can help you enjoy your early time at an online casino and make playing the games more fun. After all, spending money is always more fun when it’s not your own. Right now William Hill has a good welcome bonus for their casino. The casino bonus at William Hill comes in multiple parts. First, new members receive a 100% match bonus on their first deposit, with a maximum bonus amount of 150. That bonus must be wagered at least 20 times before being withdrawn. The casino bonuses don’t stop with your first deposit, though. William Hill [ Read More ]
Late Tuesday night, multiple law enforcement agencies got together to take down an underground poker tournament in Texas. The poker tournament took place in a shopping center in Houston. According to authorities, one of the stores was being used as a front for the poker tournaments. At approximately 10:30 PM, undercover FBI agents and deputies from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office raided the store and made 14 arrests. According to ABC’s Houston affiliate, those arrested were suspected of working at the poker room, rather than being players. They also stated that an undisclosed amount of cash was also confiscated. Gambling [ Read More ]
