2011 March 30 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

State Sen. Dennis Jones, R-Seminole, who has spearheaded the Senate’s gaming efforts the past few years, is withdrawing a proposal to bring five “destination resorts” to the state that would have featured full casino gaming.

Allen Parish voters banned video poker fifteen years ago, but now they will be asked to allow it again.

You may recognize Tony Dunst from his deep run in this last year’s World Series of Poker Main Event , where he finished in 50th place for $168,556, and as the host of the World Poker Tour’s popular segment, The Raw Deal .

Two brothers who organised a poker night have been given a conditional discharge at Londonderry Magistrates Court Two Londonderry brothers who admitted organising an illegal A 20,000 poker night in December 2009 have been given conditional discharges for two years.

A Czech district court has placed national lottery operator Sazka into insolvency after it applied last week. A Reuters news agency report reveals that a meeting of Sazka’s main creditors has been called for May 26. Sazka is owned by Czech sports unions, and reportedly had 10.5 billion crowns ($604.1 million) in debt as of […]

Malaysian police in Kuala Lumpur report that five internet ‘mini casinos’ in the suburbs have been raided and shut down following complaints from neighbouring businesses. Five people, aged 20 to 35, working at the casinos were detained, and a total of 65 computers were seized, a spokesman revealed. Neighbouring business owners said that the gaming […]

A professional poker player who lived in Brea was convicted of special-circumstances murder by an Alameda County jury in the stabbing and bludgeoning deaths of his parents.

Armenian Bookmaker, VivaroBet has announced a deal with Watch&Bet who has been selected as a Live Streaming Partner for its range of betting sites – VivaroBet.com, Vivaro.ge and Vivaro.Am. ‘‘Over the past 12 months we have concentrated efforts on our internet business and when it came to live streaming Watch&Bet was the obvious choice for […]

The Sporting Index Group’s B2B arm Sporting Solutions announced the launch of what it claims is an unprecedented in-play price coverage offering ahead of the new Major League Baseball season, this week. Sixty Major League Baseball games in-play per week will be covered at the height of the season.  The service features nine separate markets, […]