Bodog Opens Asian Poker Room [caption id="attachment_22237" align="alignleft" width="183" caption="Bodog 88 team player Jay Tan."][/caption] One of the reasons Calvin Ayre has never worried much about losing his toehold in the American market because he's got a whole foot in the Asian market. Early this year he launched Bodog88, a new series of gaming sites…
[caption id="attachment_21581" align="alignright" width="201" caption="MGM CEO Jim Murren"][/caption] Don't hold your breathe if you're waiting for the Federal Government to regulate online gambling. That's the gist of remarks made by MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren at the Southern Gaming Summit in Biloxi, Mississippi last week. “It won’t be here likely at a federal level…
[caption id="attachment_20192" align="alignright" width="251" caption="Nevada's favored to win the online poker race."][/caption] When the Department of justice reinterpreted the Federal Wire Act last Christmas, they also set off race amongst state governments to see who would be the first to offer legal intrastate online poker. Since then, various states have been moving forward, and trying…
The NFL is going to allow limited advertising from casinos in its stadiums for the next two years. Although there are plenty of strings attached to the deal, it's a pretty significant move from the famously anti-gambling organization. Conditions Under the terms of the new policy, NFL teams will be allowed to accept advertising from…
[caption id="attachment_19510" align="alignright" width="259" caption="Macau, the Las Vegas of Asia"][/caption] Everyone in the gaming business knows that Macau is the Las Vegas (or Monaco) of Asia. Its 33 casinos pull in more than the entire American gaming industry and business there is growing every month. There's no question that Macau is going to be the gateway to…
[caption id="attachment_18785" align="alignright" width="259" caption="Sorry, no free drinks while gambling on Facebook."][/caption] Since the announcement late last year that Facebook is considering offering real money gambling applications the gaming industry has been abuzz with excitement; and why wouldn't they? The prospect of reaching hundreds of millions of Facebook users set off a frenzy of activity…
April 7, 2011: Washington DC Legalizes Online Poker Online poker is currently well on its way to legalization in a number of US states including Nevada, Iowa and Washington; and plenty more look to follow. But the whole intrastate-poker movement started in a Washington DC, which isn't even a state at all. Last April the…
[caption id="attachment_17860" align="alignright" width="272" caption="Ayre denies any wrongdoing in the case."][/caption] When news broke of Bodog founder Calvin Ayre's indictment by Federal prosecutors in Maryland the gaming industry collectively sighed and said, "Here we go again." And who could blame them? Between web sites shuttered with the Department of Justice (DOJ) shield and indictments for…
[caption id="attachment_17768" align="aligncenter" width="228" caption="William Hill CEO Ralph Topping"][/caption] British bookmaker William Hill enjoyed a healthy $432.9 million profit in 2011 according to documents released this week. That's up a full six percent over last year and officials are crediting a 28 percent leap in net online revenues with the impressive gains. Read more about…
[caption id="attachment_17615" align="alignright" width="230" caption="What's Shel really after?"][/caption] Billionaire casino magnate Shel Adelson is one of the richest men in the world. He's a familiar figure to anyone who follows the gaming world, but he's never exactly been a household name, until recently. Adelson has been making big headlines over the past few months by…
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