Elaborate scheme A former Jacksonville Jaguars employee who stole over $22 million from the organization has been sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced on Tuesday that U.S. District Judge Henry L. Adams also ordered 31-year-old Amit Patel to pay full… Read more »
Internet gaming company Entain is reportedly looking to sell online poker room PartyPoker, this according Sky News. Entain has retained the services of Oakvale Capital to work on a possible sale. Other than that, any details are few and far between, as it sounds like Entain is just in the preliminary stages of a prospective… Read more »
Roundball Rock Online sports betting went live in North Carolina at noon on Monday, March 11, just in time for March Madness. With both men’s and women’s conference tournaments in full swing (some are already done), sports fans in one of the basketball-craziest states in the country have plenty of opportunities to throw a few… Read more »
Hedge fund Standard General has made an offer to buy gambling Bally’s Corporation for $15 per share, equating to a company valuation of $648 million. Standard General is already the largest Bally’s shareholder, owning 23% of the company. Monday’s offer was a substantial 41% premium over Bally’s share price at Friday’s close. The offer is… Read more »
Blanket ban In an effort to curb both rising credit card debt and problem gambling, Pennsylvania State Senator Wayne Fontana has said he plans to introduce a bill which would prohibit the use of credit cards on online gambling sites. “Online gaming and sports betting is growing exponentially, especially with young adults,” Sen. Fontana said… Read more »
In most areas, playing a penny-ante game of poker is not a major criminal action. There are some occasions, however, when the poker game gets too big and law enforcement cracks down on it. In one of the preeminent retirement communities in Florida, an employee’s decision to shut down a poker game that got a… Read more »
The Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA) has been a boon to internet gaming, otherwise known as iGaming, in the States of America. It has allowed smaller states, such as Delaware, Nevada, and West Virginia, to join forces with some larger states to support larger prize pools and player fields. Now, one of the larger states… Read more »
In an exciting conclusion to their latest event, the PokerGO Tour put the wraps on their 2024 PGT Mixed Games Series. The $25,000 Ten-Game Championship Event proved to be a test of poker skills for the men who came out for the battle. As that battle played out, the race for the overall championship came… Read more »
It has been an exciting week of mixed-game poker magic at the PokerGO Studios in ARIA Las Vegas, but it is beginning to wind down. Ahead of the start of the Championship Event on Thursday, veteran player Dan Shak was able to notch a victory in Event #8, the $10,000 Big Bet Mixed tournament. That… Read more »
The Alabama Senate Tourism Committee has approved a bill to expand gambling in the state, but in the process, stripped most of the features out of a constitutional amendment and companion bill that the state House passed overwhelmingly in February. The constitutional amendment authorized a state lottery, up to seven new casinos, and sports betting.… Read more »
Joint venture never worked Online gaming giant 888 Holdings has announced that it will undertake a “strategic review” of its business-to-consumer (B2C) operations in the United States. The end result could result in the company selling its US B2C business, exiting the US market, or any of a number of other moves, whatever it feels… Read more »
No give, all take? One aspect of the professional poker world that you won’t find in most other industries is that players frequently loan money to one another. And while this certainly comes with its benefits, the clear downside is that when it comes to gamblers, sometimes someone is left holding the bag. Recently, some… Read more »
When you were a kid, did you check for monsters under your bed before you went to sleep? Did you check for monsters ON the bed? No? Well, consider yourself lucky if you have gotten this far in life without being attacked by a creature in your sleep, as this is exactly what happened to… Read more »
Ohio and, most recently, Maryland have both prohibited sports books from offering individual college player prop bets. The decisions resulted largely from a request by the NCAA. The Ohio Casino Control Commission (OCCC) announced its decision on February 23, giving operators until the end of the month to reach full compliance with the order. Maryland’s… Read more »
Iowa’s Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) screwed up and the state knows it. On Friday, March 1, Assistant Story County attorney Benjamin Matchan filed a motion to dismiss illegal gambling charges against four former Iowa State University student athletes because DCI investigators used geolocation software inappropriately. Former football players Isaiah Lee, Jirehl Brock and Eyioma… Read more »
It has been a long road from the U. S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn PASPA, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, in 2018. In that time, many states have enacted laws regarding iGamng, while others have gone the full route and passed online casino regulations, online poker, and sports betting. So, with the… Read more »
The 2024 PokerGO Tour Mixed Games Series is into its weekend action, but there was a throwback to years past with the victor in Event #2, the $5000 Eight-Game tournament. Demonstrating some of the skills that earned him millions on the felt and a place in the Poker Hall of Fame, John Hennigan showed that… Read more »
