2011 February 10 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

It may not be leading economic indicator, but Nevada gambling revenues rose slightly in 2010 after a two-year decline attributed in part to the recession, the state gaming commission reported on Thursday.

A shelter in Sikeston wants you to put on your p-p-p-p-p-p-p-poker-facea . The Sikeston House of Refuge is hoping you will take a gamble on them! Literally.

A spokesman for the electronic gaming industry in North Carolina said Wednesday he sees state-run video gambling as a ‘high mountain’ for lawmakers to climb this year despite interest from the lottery commission in studying the idea.

As North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue has struggled to boost revenue in lean times, she has sounded more willing - like leaders in some other states - to consider expanding legalized gambling.

The Central European online and land betting group Fortuna Entertainment Group (Fortuna), which focuses on the gambling markets of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary announced selected key performance indicators for the year ended 31 December 2010, this week. A company spokesman said the preliminary figures are in line with the company’s expectations and […]

North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue is entertaining the idea of whether to expand legalized gambling to control video poker while helping generate money to close a large budget shortfall.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– UNITE HERE Gaming Research today issued five new research notes on www.revelwatch.org for investors contemplating Revel Entertainment’s proposed $1.15 billion high-yield debt offering. ul> li class=”bwlistitemmargb”> The first note revises our EBITDA projections downward to $95 million in light of the recent announcement that Revel has reduced the number of hotel rooms that will be available at
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LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Third graph of release should read: Scheduled to appear in this year’s event are several of the world’s top poker pros, including: Go Daddy Girl and Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso, Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch, Doyle Brunson, Chris Ferguson, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, along with 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel and 2010 Heads-Up runner up Erik Seidel. Also, 2008 WSOP main event champion
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BARCELONA, Spain–(BUSINESS WIRE)– UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), the government organisation that helps UK-based companies to succeed in the global economy, is bringing together the best of British mobile technology innovation at Mobile World Congress. Representing British innovation at Mobile World Congress are: ul> li class=”bwlistitemmargb”> Antix Laboratories will unveil the Antix Game Player [AGP] which enables co