Responding to the increasing demand for online poker alternatives, The National League of Poker (NLOP) announced the formal launch of its completely free online poker portal NLOP.com. The announcement includes the launch of the NLOP Spring Series, a 6-week promotion that will award over $30,000 in cash and prizes including 6 seats to the 2006 […]
Monthly Archives: April 2006
Jacobs Entertainment, Inc., an owner and operator of multiple gaming properties, today announced audited financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2005. Net revenues for the fourth quarter of 2005 were $65.6 million compared to $49 million in the fourth quarter in the previous year. Net income for the fourth quarter […]
VendingData(TM) Corporation (Amex: VNX) today reported financial results for its fiscal year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2005. Gross revenues for the full year 2005 totaled $3.1 million, compared to $3.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. Sales declined as a result of the discontinuation of the SecureDrop(R) product line, disrupted sales […]
The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany declared the state monopoly on sports betting unconstitutional in its widely publicised ruling on March 28th 2006. Operating the monopolistic “Oddset” without even minimal checks and balances to prevent addictive gaming was declared a violation of the constitutional right of freedom of occupation for aspiring sport betting bookmakers. The […]
Robert Varkonyi, the 2002 World Series of Poker Champion, is accustomed to keeping his cool under pressure, but today’s InterPoker.com Extreme Poker Challenge forced him to heat things up in order to stay alive. In a dramatic come-from-behind victory, Varkonyi sent chills through his competitors Peter Larsson of Sweden, Ulrik Jensen of Denmark, Rene Christensen […]
Tom Schneider, host of Texas’ first and only televised poker tournament series, TrueTexasPoker, outlasted a field of 589 players to earn a spot on the televised final table at the World Poker Challenge in Reno, NV. “I believe that we are witnessing a star in the making,” said Karridy Askenasy, TrueTexasPoker’s Creator and Executive Producer. […]
The crown jewel in the Choctaw Nation’s collection of casinos, Choctaw Casino Durant, has joined an elite group of Class II operators in North America to implement the Gaming Standard Association’s System-to-System (S2S) protocol. The protocol implementation went live last week and is interfacing systems from eight different vendors, allowing the casino to provide world-class […]
Wells-Gardner Electronics Corporation (Amex: WGA) announced that their LCDs have been approved for use in IGT machines by the Nevada Gaming Control Board, the Division of Gaming Enforcement in New Jersey and the leading independent third party regulatory agency, Gaming Laboratories International. Wells-Gardner LCDs are approved for IGT machines in Nevada, New Jersey and the […]
This Sunday, the curtain rises on the 2006 Major League Baseball season with the boys of summer returning for the sport’s 137th season. With the first pitch of the baseball season coming this weekend, PinnacleSports.com today announced updated odds to win the 2006 World Series. The Internet’s largest sports betting site, PinnacleSports.com originally opened wagering […]
The International Gaming Conference & Expo (IGCE), slated for April 9th-11th in San Jose, Costa Rica, has announced that it has exceeded all of its early projections regarding attendees and exhibitors. “With only one week to go before we gather in Costa Rica for our conference,” indicated Chris Dauer, Director of Conferences for The Sports […]
Because of overwhelming public interest in gaming facilities proposed for the Philadelphia area, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will add a fourth day of hearings on the applications, Anne LaCour Neeb, Executive Director of the PGCB, said today. The new date, which will be announced when details are complete, is in addition to the previously […]
Slot machines based on “Wheel of Fortune” and “Men in Black” are apparently going to be around for awhile. A recent survey of slot floor managers by a Wall Street investment house shows casinos are reluctant to replace and update gaming machines that aren’t more than a few years old. Still, enhanced gambling technology could […]
In the most unpredictable NCAA basketball tournament ever, Americans are betting predictably, which is to say, they don’t know which of the four teams to bet on to win the championship on Monday night. With upsets and Cinderella teams wreaking havoc throughout the tournament no clear favorite has emerged with bettors at Sportsbook.com. Despite a […]
Singapore’s first casino could become one of the most expensive gaming projects ever constructed, based on statements released Thursday by two of the four companies competing to build a resort complex on a 50-acre waterfront location near the financial district. Las Vegas Sands Corp. said it would invest $3.6 billion to build the Marina Bay […]