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Caesars Bankruptcy Doesn’t Hinder Best Revenue Postings Since 2008
Caesars Entertainment has posted its best financial results since 2008, despite being embroiled in lengthy and increasingly messy bankruptcy proceedings. Caesars reported Q1 net income of $7.7 million on revenue of $2.2 billion across its four operating units. By comparison, the company...
Zynga Beats Revenue Forecasts, But Will Lay Off Workers to Cut Costs
Zynga is still one of the giants in social gaming, even if the company doesn’t have the stranglehold on that industry that it had once hoped for. That has never been more clear than now, as the firm announced both better than...
California Online Poker Bill AB 431 Passes State Committee
California online poker got a shot in the arm last week, as Assemblyman Adam Gray (D-Merced) added amendments to the language of his measure AB 431, which was then passed by the state’s Governmental Organization Committee. The amendments came as a surprise,...
Alabama Bill Would Establish State Lottery and Legalize Casino Gaming
Gambling reforms are underway in Alabama thanks to the efforts of Republican Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, whose bill, SB 453, seeks to establish a state lottery as well as legalize gambling at the state’s four greyhound tracks. Del Marsh launched...
Manny Pacquiao Faces Lawsuits in Aftermath of Mayweather Fight
Manny Pacquiao was soundly defeated in his “Fight of the Century” battle against Floyd Mayweather Jr. last weekend. But the future Hall of Famer is now facing what could be an even tougher battle: a series of lawsuits that have emerged in...
Amaya Business-to-Consumer Overhaul Revenue Results Coming Mid-May
Amaya Inc. cannot be accused of letting much grass grow under its Canadian headquarters. With its official Q1 2015 financial results coming on May 14, Amaya will reportedly post revenues of between $278 million and $283 million, and of that, approximately $275...
Mike Huckabee, Fierce Anti-Gambling Proponent, Back in GOP Ring for 2016
Mike Huckabee is no stranger to the world of presidential politics, having previously run for the Republican nomination in 2008. Now, the former Arkansas governor is going to take a second run at the GOP nomination for president of the United States....
Sportsbooks Celebrate Solid Results from Busy Betting Saturday
Sports bettors rarely have days like this past Saturday. Not only was the long-awaited fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao held, bringing in an unprecedented number of bets on a boxing match, but that fight came at the end of...
Portugal Online Gambling Bill Signed Into Law
Portugal’s long-awaited online gambling reforms are set to come into force on June 28th, having been signed into law last week by President Aníbal António Cavaco Silva. The bill will open up the previously monopolized market to international operators, with the cash-strapped...
Problem Gambling is Cognitive Distortion, says Study
Problem gamblers “see” patterns where there is merely randomness, according to a new study. The research, conducted by the University of Konstanz in Germany and Clarkson University in New York, found that those with pathological gambling disorders were more prone to cognitive...
