2010 January 15 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

DUBLIN, January 15 /PRNewswire/ — Full Tilt Poker, the world’s leading online poker site, has announced thearrival of $25 Million Double Guarantees Week. For one week only - from January 25th through January 31st - Full TiltPoker is doubling the money in each of its guaranteed prize pool tournaments.Players can win their share of more than $25,000,000 in guaranteed prizemoney. Already home to the world’s best online poker tournament schedule -featuring hundreds of tour
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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Wynn Las Vegas is proud to announce a partnership with the N9NE Group’s Michael Morton to open a wine bar at Wynn Las Vegas. Beginning Fall 2010, the wine bar will elevate the celebration of wine to a multi-sensory experience including food, mood and music with innovative design features. Intimate and edgy, the wine bar will feature handcrafted wines culled from the best vineyards around the world. A selection of artisanal beers, organic sp
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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Yuri Itkis Gaming Trust of 1993 (the “Trust”) announced today that it has commenced a tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of FortuNet, Inc. (Nasdaq: FNET) not already owned by the Trust for $2.25 in cash per share. The increased offer price represents a 32% increase over the originally announced price of $1.70 per share, a premium of approximately 76% over the closing price of the shares on November 20, 2009

The Heartland Poker Tour will begin season six with one of its most ambitious tour stops ever.

LONDON –( a target=”out” rel=”nofollow” href=”http://www.businesswire.com”>BUSINESS WIRE a>) — Online poker has for a long time aroused unprecedented interest, with fans dreaming of taking part in one of the game’s great international events. Poker770 helps them realize their dreams through a range of attractive offers giving the opportunity to win free packages for the most prestigious tournaments. The packages guarantee the player a place at the even

The country music is still playing and the bingo machines are operating at Country Crossing despite a rash of legal maneuvers Friday that paved the way for a raid by the Governors Task Force.

A Texas operator for years has been threatening to mount a constitutional amendment campaign to give a private corporation the sole right to operate casinos in Arkansas at seven locations. Hes back and Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has approved his latest popular name and ballot title. UPDATE: Arkansas Business has interviewed the casino backer. He says […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court cleared the way today for the governor’s antigambling task force to raid the electronic bingo operation at the new $87 million Country Crossing entertainment complex in Dothan.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The commander of Gov. Bob Riley’s task force on illegal gambling has resigned because he recently won $2,300 at a Mississippi casino.