As reported by the Evening Sun: “The Straban Township supervisorsrecommended to themselves approval of preliminary plans Thursday night for aslots parlor at the intersection of routes 15 and 30. “It might sound funny,but the supervisors were acting as the planning commission, which ordinarilymakes recommendations to the board. But they were left with the job whencommissioners […]
Monthly Archives: September 2006
As reported by the 24Dash News: “Newcastle’s bid for a super casino andregional conference centre received a massive show of support today. “A wideof range of companies and organisations threw their weight behind the bid asNewcastle City Council prepared to put its case to the Casino Advisory Panelat an examination in public (EiP) event next […]
Calvin Ayre has teamed with world-renowned animal activist Jill Robinson fora campaign aimed at raising international awareness about the horrificpractice of bear bile farming. Calvin Ayre, the billionaire business mogulbehind the Bodog.com entertainment brand, has teamed with world-renownedanimal activist Jill Robinson for a campaign aimed at raising internationalawareness about the horrific practice of bear bile […]
A major multi-media campaign is underway as Evangeline Downs Racetrack &Casino gets the word out that it wants customers to win a truck every day inthe month of September, starting tonight. The Opelousas facility has beenposting record levels of revenue in the last year. Casino officialsacknowledge that the increase magnified after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.However […]
The Gaming Standards Association is rapidly finalizing its new CertificationProgram. When complete, the program will create a network of certifiedagencies licensed to test vendor products for GSA standard compliance.Today, GSA announced it has selected The Open Group as its Testing AgencyAuthority (TAA) and Testing Suite Authority (TSA), completing one of thefinal necessary steps before implementing […]
Racingworld Technology, the operators of 123racing.com announced that the NJSports and Exposition Authority has signed on to offer its daily raceprograms to an international online audience. 123racing.com has been aninstant international success by promoting horse racing around the world ina way that has never been seen before. The NJSEA operates the world’spremiere Harness Racing meet […]
Penn National Gaming, Inc. (PENN: Nasdaq) (the “Company”) announced todaythat it is seeking certain amendments to its existing $2.725 billion seniorsecured credit facility (the “Credit Facility”). The requested amendmentsrelate to: (1) modification of the applicable covenants to enable theCompany to repurchase up to $200 million of its equity or debt securities;(2) modification of the Company’s […]
Sportsbetting.com, a recognized leader in Internet sports wagering, bringsback the US$500,000 Gridiron Pick’em — a free prediction contest on thisyear’s pro football season. Each week during the pro football regularseason, contestants pick the teams they think will win and then assign eachpick a rank based on how confident they are of that team winning. Thecontestant […]
The paddypowerpoker.com Irish Poker Open, taking place in Dublin over Easterweekend 2007, has a guaranteed prize pool of ?2 million. Regardless of howmany players enter, paddypowerpoker.com will guarantee this prize pool for?2 million. If the number of players exceeds 607, each additional player’sbuy in (?3,300 +?200 reg) is added to the prize pool, and with […]
As reported by the Daily Telegraph: “Star City Casino has been slammed foracting irresponsibly by letting a lowly bank worker gamble millions ofstolen dollars as a celebrated high-roller. “The casino shirked its moralduty when it gave high-roller status to Erick Tjandra, a ‘minor servant’ ofthe Commonwealth Bank bank who gambled a stolen $8 million, a […]
This September boating and gaming will meet like never before. FromSeptember 7-10, 2006, Atlantic City and Trump Marina Hotel Casino will bethe main stage for one of the country’s premier boating events, the AtlanticCity In-Water Boat Show. This show is the largest in the region and thesecond largest of its kind in the entire country. […]
As reported by the BBC News: “A hearing to put forward Cardiff’s bid to sitethe UK’s first super-casino has heard all bidders still have a chance. “TheCasino Advisory Panel chairman said it was ‘wide open’ between the sevenlocations hoping to win the licence to run a 24-hour Las Vegas-style venue.“Only one super-casino is initially being […]
Are you ready for some football? It’s that time of the year again – andlucky for diehard NCAA football fans – Week 1 already contains some keymatch-ups with major bowl implications. According to odds makers atSportsbook.com, the world’s largest online sportsbook and casino, NotreDame, University of Miami and University of Tennessee will all start theirseason […]
e-PokerUSA Inc., launched today its new free and skill-based game site,e-PokerUSA.com. Their first patent-pending product, Duplicate Texas Hold’emPoker, introduces a new twist to the classic online Texas Hold’em game. Theobject of the game is to beat your opponents at other tables with your sameplaying hand. This reduces the luck in the game and increases the […]