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Cepheus Poker Bot Can Play Heads Up Texas Holdem and Win Every Time, Say Inventors
Cepheus, a computer program created by the Computer Science Department at the University of Alberta in Canada, has “solved” hold’em poker, its makers claim. Or at least, the heads-up fixed limit variation thereof. And like all the best poker players, Cepheus is...
Atlantic Club Purchased as Possible Senior Housing Project
The Atlantic Club, the first of four casinos to close in Atlantic City during 2014, may have finally found a long-term buyer for its shuttered property. According to recently filed property records, a Pennsylvania real estate company affiliated with the Endeavor Property...
Paul Phua Didn’t Help Us, Says Malaysian Opposition Leader
The Paul Phua World Cup sports betting trial soap opera took on a new twist this week, as the Malaysian government demanded that a letter written to the FBI by a member of its cabinet, and later submitted as a court document...
German Online Casino Player Prosecuted for Playing Gray Markets in Landmark Case
A German online casino player has been prosecuted and fined by a court in Munich, Germany for persistently playing online blackjack on an unnamed offshore site. The 25-year-old painter-decorator was ordered to pay a fine of €2,100 ($2,489) and had winnings of...
Boston Suing Gaming Commission Over Everett Casino
The city of Boston has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in the hopes of scuttling the proposed Wynn Resorts casino in Everett. The suit, which makes several claims against the state gaming commission, was filed in Suffolk Superior Court...
GTECH Wins Rights To Mexican Lottery Deal
Lottery supplier GTECH has entered into a six-year deal to provide lottery products in conjunction with partner Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública, the main online lottery operator in Mexico. The deal will see GTECH provide a number of instant ticket and draw-based games...
Online Gaming in New Jersey a Success, Says DGE
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has declared the first year of online gaming in the Garden State to be a success, despite revenue being much lower than pre-regulation projections. The first platforms went live in New Jersey in November...
Melco Crown Delists on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Melco Crown Entertainment, a major casino operator with holdings in Macau and throughout Asia, has announced that they plan to delist their share from the Hong Kong stock market. According to the company, the move is being made because there is little...
Bwin.party to Sell Social Gaming Business Win
Bwin.party has announced the imminent sale of its loss-making social casino gaming arm, Win, to an as-yet-unnamed company. Despite the meteoric rise of the social gaming sector, which has become a multi-billion-dollar global industry in just a handful of years, Win has...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Calls For Fourth NY State Casino License
Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo has written to his state’s Gaming Commission to suggest bidding should be reopened for a fourth casino gaming license, to encompass the Southern Tier area of upstate New York. The area was overlooked by the Gaming Commission...