As reported by the Florida Sun-Sentinel: “A state appeals court handed down a potential death sentence for slot machines in Broward County on Tuesday. “But the four local pari-mutuels are still moving ahead with plans to offer the games, anticipating years of legal wrangling before a final ruling is made.”The suddenly uncertain future of slot […]
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Los Angeles-based television production company BluemoonEntertainment has withdrawn its lawsuit against online gaming operator Bodog.com due to the defendant’s offshore status and lack of U.S. assets, both of which make it very unlikely that Bluemoon could collect any potential judgment in the U.S. Filed last April in Los Angeles Superior Court, the case withdrawn todayinvolved […]
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. has completed its previously announced corporaterelocation to St. Louis and established a regional office in Biloxi, Miss.The address and phone number for the St. Louis corporate headquartersfollows: Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. 600 Emerson Road Suite 300 St. Louis, MO 63141 (314) 813-9200The address and phone number for the Biloxi […]
VendingData(TM) Corporation (Amex: VNX) announced today that it will beentering the market for gaming plaques, which are used internationally bycasinos for high stake games representing the highest monetary valuedenomination. Plaques are much larger than traditional gaming chips andtheir shape varies depending upon the casinos aesthetic preference — rectangular, oval, etc. Because they are issued to […]
When Richard Lee went on record as saying he didn’t care about the 2006World Series of Poker Main Event prize money because he already had enough,many people didn’t know what to think about the well-spoken man from Texas.The question on everyone’s mind was how could anyone say $12 million isn’tlife-changing money? The comment put many […]
These are the elimination hands from the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP)Main Event Final Table. Casino City reporter Ryan McLane will continueupdate this column as players are eliminated from the largest live pokertournament ever held. 3rd Place – Michael Binger Daniel Negreanu’s “dark horse pick” lasted longer than he should have,surviving several all-in chips […]
When Antonio Esfandiari first sat down at a PokerPro automated poker table,he was a little unsure about the technology.”I was very hesitant at first,and then I sat down, and I was like ‘Wow!’ because it really feels likepoker,” Esfandiari said. “It’s like a dream come true; it’s so awesome. Ithink it’s so much better for […]
Phil Hellmuth Jr., not one to share the spotlight, almost made good on hisquest to win his 11th bracelet Wednesday by finishing third in $1,500No-Limit Hold’em Event # 45. Earlier in the tournament, Hellmuth informedDoyle Brunson that he’d do just about anything to get number 11, includingfind one. With just three tables left in the […]
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board said Tuesday it willformally oppose a local drug company’s quest to trademark the phrase “Whathappens in Vegas does not always stay in Vegas.” Samaritan Pharmaceuticalslast summer applied to federally register the phrase to promote itsresearch-stage medical products, as well as Southern Nevada’s biotechindustry. Because Samaritan’s phrase is […]
A lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court against BodogEntertainment Group and related parties by BlueMoon Entertainment of L.A.was dismissed on Monday. BlueMoon also dropped its lawsuit against FoxSports Net (FSN). The lawsuit against both Bodog Entertainment Group (andrelated defendants) and Fox Sports Net was dismissed with prejudice, meaningthat BlueMoon cannot later re-assert its […]
As reported by the Chronicle Herald: “The province is hoping to break newground in finding the social and economic impacts of gambling in NovaScotia. “Bill Turpin, a spokesman for the Environment and Labour Department,said officials believe a socio-economic study to be completed by September2007 will be the first of its kind in Canada. “.A request […]
As reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune: “Five years after opening one ofthe region’s most remote gambling venues, the Campo Indian band is planninga 150-room hotel in hopes of moving its Golden Acorn Casino beyond aday-trip market. “The proposed three-story hotel, to be built in an arcingsemicircle from the front of the freeway-side East County […]
There is only one word – empty. Seriously, there is almost no one left atthe Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino today, especially since the ninemillionaires vying for the 2006 World Series of Poker Main EventChampionship have the day off. The vendors, who have been handing outfreebees and trying to sign people up for online poker […]
As reported by the Oregonian: “Twenty-one years ago, Oregonians spent $33million for the novelty of scratching latex off cardboard tickets to seewhether they had won a prize from the newly created state lottery. “Now,that seemingly quaint enterprise has morphed into a business and marketingbehemoth that on Tuesday announced that it had just chalked up more […]