April 15, 2012

Global Gaming News Bits -- April 15

888 Poker, one of the reputed and reliable online poker rooms on the internet, seems to be ramping up its image and has signed a deal with Georges St.-Pierre – the martial artist to be its sponsor.

Ben Afleck and Justin Timberlake are set to star in ‘Runner, Runner’ for New Regency. The Lincoln Lawyer helmer Brad Furman is on board to direct the thriller, which takes place in the world of online gambling.

COLUMBUS, OHIO – The operators of the soon-to-open Hollywood Casino on the west side detailed 600 new job openings on Friday.

Tonmoy (not his real name) didn't have an adventurous bone in his body until two years ago when he began a new trade: betting. After the Eid holidays ended, he was coming back to the capital from his native Bogra when he was introduced by a friend to a man whose trade interested him.

Inspired Gaming Group is the supplier of one of the world’s most popular electronic roulette and virtual sports products. The company has been committed to the Asian gambling market and will be showcasing it new and improved products at the upcoming G2E Asia show. Inspired will debut its Bingo Blaze product to the Asian Pacific gaming arena at the G2E Asia exhibit. Bingo Blaze is a dual screen, HD slant top cabinet with multiple language bingo games, adaptable to other markets such as the one in the Philippines.

GENTING group is eyeing casino opportunities in the highly regulated Japan or South Korea after building up a war chest of more than RM13bil to fund its expansion programme.

The National Football League (NFL) will now be allowing different teams to rely on advertisements for different casinos and other recreational activities that involve gambling, at least for the next two football seasons. After the next two seasons, it could become a regular thing but for now, it is basically in the testing stages, to see if it actually works out.

Bet24, the online gaming operator sold to Unibet earlier this week for €13.5 million has said that it will be rebranded as part of the move.

The Public Prosecutions Office of Macau concluded its investigation into a case of casino fraud: four persons have been subsequently accused of gaming fraud. 
  
A British accountant, responsible for keeping the books for a south English town council, has been exposed stealing well over 300,000 GBP ($500,000) from the taxpayers as the latest casino gambling news report.

They take place in apartments, tenement basements in the East Village, luxury high-rise condos on Lexington Avenue, and lofts in the Meatpacking District. You can go at almost any hour of the day. As long as you know the right name to give at the door and have the right amount to buy in, you’ll be able to find a game. The true players rarely leave the tables. They don’t have to—the beauty of these apartment poker clubs is that the kitchens function as fully stocked bars, and they have a “waitress” there to order in whatever else is needed. 

JAMES Packer looks like reclaiming the $6.5 billion Crown casino group as a subsidiary of his family company by Christmas after lifting his stake beyond 48 per cent yesterday in a $133 million deal.

IN A significant departure from past dogma, communist AKEL is all but advocating the creation of casinos here as part of wider measures to boost economic growth.

Sri Lanka is to increase taxes on casinos and gambling centres targeting additional revenue from new casinos that are to be set up in exclusive zones in Colombo and other major towns to lure high-end tourism to the country, official sources said.

An Israeli court has ruled that police cannot instruct internet service providers to block access to foreign gambling websites including online poker sites.
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