Anthony Apicella Wins Deauville Main Event 2015 for €197,000
Corsican bar manager Anthony Apicella has won the €1,100 FPS Deauville Main Event for €197,000. The 32-year-old, who only plays a few live tourneys a year, beat a 1,355-strong field to take down the event. He said: "This is a victory of love, love of my family, love of my friends, who all supported me throughout the event."
Nathan Gozlan Leads EPT Deauville Main Event at End of Day 1A
French player Nathan Gozlan is leading the 108 remaining at the end of Day 1a of the €5,300 EPT 11 Deauville Main Event. He has 148,500, just ahead of Sweden's Alexander Ivarsson with 145,800. Team PokerStars Pro Online's Ronan Monfort, Team PokerStars Pros Eugene Katchalov and Marcin Horecki plus PCA champion Dominik Panka are all still in. There were 199 entries today - and there are already 171 registered for Day 1b tomorrow.
Bitcoin Sportsbook For Super Bowl 49: The Importance of the Bookmaker News
Many fans of Bitcoin, the anonymous digital currency, may not have fully grasped the importance of Bookmaker.eu announcing its new Bitcoin sportsbook platform this past week. To say this is the biggest news related to the marriage of Bitcoin and online gambling would be an understatement.
EPT Deauville Main Event 2015 Gets Under Way: €197,000 for First
Day 1a of the €5,300 EPT Deauville Main Event is under way with at least 150 already in seats.
Ivan Luca Leads for Final Day of FPS Deauville 2015
Argentina's Ivan "Negriin" Luca leads the final 22 going in to the final day of the €1,100 FPS Deauville Main Event. The LAPT Punte del Este finalist is on an extended international poker tour after winning packages for EPT Prague and the PCA.
In Prague, he had two great cashes - runner-up in the €500 NL Deepstack Turbo for €12,000 and third in the €4k NL Deepstack 4x4 for €33,900. In January, he headed to the Bahamas (after winning a total of four packages!) where he had another great result: 33rd in the $25k High Roller for $44,540.
Phil Hellmuth Hangs With Mark Sanchez at Super Bowl Party
Poker pro Phil Hellmuth was hanging out with NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez at this weekend’s Super Bowl party just outside of Phoenix hosted by the folks at All In Magazine.
The celebrity event attracted the best from Hollywood as well as the sports and poker world.
Nevada Casino Winnings Drop to $11 Billion in 2014
LAS VEGAS — (Associated Press) - Nevada's slow and steady gambling winning streak ended in 2014 with $11 billion captured behind casino cages, down 1.1 percent from a year ago.
The places where the winnings dropped or didn't is what interested David Schwartz, the director of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' Center for Gaming Research.
The Las Vegas Strip's casinos were down 16.4 percent in December to $555 million and 2.1 percent for the year to $6.4 billion, according to Gaming Control Board statistics released Friday.
Sebastien Hattab Leads After Day 3 of 2015 FPS Deauville Main Event
Sebastien Hattab is chip leader going in to Day 3 of the record-breaking FPS Deauville Main Event. The 37-year-old Frenchman has 723,000. There are 152 players still in contention for the €197,000 first prize and all those going in to Day 3 tomorrow are guaranteed at least €2,000.
Bookmaker Offers Bitcoin Just in Time for Super Bowl XLIX
San Jose, Costa Rica –The hype for Super Bowl XLIX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks is reaching a fever pitch, and Bookmaker.eu is making its own worldwide headlines by now accepting Bitcoin for both deposits and withdrawals.
Washington State Lawmakers Want to Legalize Fantasy Sports
OLYMPIA, Wash. — (Associated Press) - Lawmakers in Washington state - home to the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks - may legalize gambling on fantasy football by classifying fantasy sports as games of skill.
Parlay Bet Pays $100K From BetDSI.com
A dramatic parlay finish led to a $100,000 winner at Diamond Sportsbook (BetDSI) on Sunday, as the Wizards' 107-105 win in overtime at Denver put the finishing touches on a winning ticket in near-miraculous style.
Vegas Sportsbooks Breakdown the Action, Bets Popularity for Super Bowl 49
One of Las Vegas’ top sportsbook heads spoke to CNBC about Super Bowl 49 betting action.
Marshawn Lynch v Katy Perry - Crotch Grab Prop Bet Twitter Winner
Sportsbook.ag has selected its winning Twitter Super Bowl 49 prop bet.
Credit to @TheCousinSal for world's greatest Super Bowl prop bet suggestion:
Who will have the most crotch grabs?
Marshawn Lynch -120
Katy Perry -120
FanDuel Sued: Daily Fantasy Sports and the Start of Class Action Season
While billions of dollars of sports betting continues in the shadowy world of illegal off-shore sports books, the fantasy sports business has been on fire. And as fantasy sports becomes the new hot “thing” online, it has continued to evolve: Dozens of companies are entering the market to offer everything thing from the increasingly common single day fantasy contests to the stock market-like contest offered by recent arrival. Throughout the explosion of interest, two companies – FanDuel and Draft Kings have remained the behemoths of the industry.
Online Gambling, Marijuana Ring Busted in Oregon
US federal authorities have taken down an online gambling ring operating out of four Oregon counties. Raids were conducted Wednesday morning in a number of towns including the state’s largest city of Portland.
Another Fantasy Sports Website Available for Super Bowl Sunday
Fantasy sports site does end run around law to provide Super Bowl action
Turns out there's more than one way to skin a cat, or in this case, a super cat.
Fantasy sports site ScoreStreak.com has found a way to offer fantasy action on the Super Bowl, despite a law stating that fantasy play must be based on the results of multiple games.
What’s a Good Pay Per Head for Super Bowl 49
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Jets Hire Brother of Judge in New Jersey Sports Betting Suit
NEWARK, N.J. (Associated Press) — The New York Jets have hired the brother of a federal judge who has ruled on New Jersey's efforts to allow sports betting, but that won't affect the case for now.
BetDSI.com Begins Offering Bitcoin as Payment Option
BetDSI.com, one of the biggest and most established online sportsbooks, has officially opened Bitcoin as an option for all members just in time for the Super Bowl. As always, you can claim up to $2500 in free cash when joining BetDSI.com.
Defunct Revel Casino Gets Big Tax Break for 2015
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey — (Associated Press) - Revel has finally won something. The former Atlantic City casino is getting a big tax break this year under a settlement it reached with the city and will see its property tax assessment for 2015 be reduced from $625 million to $225 million.
Nitrogen Sports Bitcoin Book to Begin Accepting US Dollars
Nitrogen Sports is beginning to distinguish itself from one of those many fly-by-night “Bitcoin-only” books that have come and gone with the drop of a….well, the drop of the anonymous digital currency’s price. A great number of these so-called sportsbooks existed only to take advantage of the dramatic swings in Bitcoin's price, benefitting from upward mobility. Those days appear to be over.
Eureka Poker Tour 2015 Kicks Off in Rozvadov, Czech Republic
The Eureka Poker Tour makes a return to Rozvadov, Czech Republic in February 2015, kicking off the fifth season of Central and Eastern Europe’s premier live poker tour. One of the biggest poker venues in Europe, the popular King’s Casino, will once again play host to the Eureka season opener from February 21 – March 1. It marks the tour’s third visit to the Czech poker hotbed, building on the season 4 stop when Slovakian online qualifier Martin Meciar beat out a 493-strong field to capture the €1,100 Main Event for an €87,600 payday.
Sheldon Adelson Reboots Efforts to Outlaw Online Gambling: DC Powwow
Casino mogul and GOP mega donor Sheldon Adelson will restart his campaign to outlaw online gambling in the US.
Atlantic City Gets Another Downgrade
(Reuters) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services cut Atlantic City's rating four notches to junk at 'BB' on Tuesday, the second Wall Street rating agency to issue a super-downgrade in the days before the city plans a $12 million note sale.
On Friday, Moody's Investors Service, which had already rated the city's debt non-investment grade, cut its rating on the financially distressed New Jersey gambling hub six notches deeper into junk.
Online Gambling Sites to be Blocked in UK Thanks to ‘Porn Shields’
The dreaded “porn shields” are coming, at least for those folks in the UK who utilized ISPs from Talk Talk and Sky. Caught in the crosshairs, online gambling websites.
In July 2013, Prime Minister David Cameron revealed plans to order Internet Service Providers to block porn websites and require users to contact the provider in order to have sites unblocked.
Bitcoin Will Explode to Beyond $1 Trillion
The anonymous digital currency known as Bitcoin is set to explode beyond $1 trillion, so says those famous Winklevoss twins.
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, best known for their legal battle with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, are both major investors in the crypto currency.
What Are The Best Sportsbook Promotions for Super Bowl 49
Our friends at Skybook.ag are offering some of the best online sportsbook promotions for Super Bowl 49 – Free cash, anywhere between $300 and $500 – all based on an initial deposit.
Germany Targets Online Gamblers: Fines Man €65,000
A 25-year-old German blackjack player has been fined €65,000 for patronizing a Gibraltar-based site that holds a United Kingdom license. The player in question had amassed €201,500 in winnings this past summer.
Steve Wynn Salary Cut Nearly in Half: Plane Privileges Reduced
Casino mogul Steve Wynn has had his salary cut nearly in half and his private plane privileges reduced drastically.
Ryan Reynolds Says He is a ‘Dangerous Poker Player’
PARK CITY, Utah — (Associated Press) - Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn ventured deep into the heart of America to film the gambling drama "Mississippi Grind," a gritty, '70s-style road trip movie about two near-strangers travelling from Dubuque, Iowa to New Orleans.
