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Everest owner claims breach of contract

The Las Vegas Sun broke news of a $22.5 million legal tussle between Everest Poker owners Ultra Internet Media and the owners of the World Series of Poker, Las Vegas giant Harrah’s Entertainment this week.
Ultra Internet Media is claiming in federal court legal filings that Harrah’s-WSOP breached its multi-million dollar sponsorship contract in 2008 and [...]

Players Club Promotion at Roxy Palace

The Players Club is extremely popular at Roxy Palace online casino. Players earn loyalty points called Players Club points for wagering on the online casino games offered. For every 10 credits wagered on slots, American roulette and keno players earn 1 point with 100% contribution. For every 10 credits wagered on table poker, other roulette [...]

Golf club at Island Resort & Casino climbs the rankings

(HARRIS, MI) – Sweetgrass Golf Club – the Island Resort & Casino’s award-winning, Paul Albanese design – climbed six spots to No. 14 in Golfweek’s annual “America’s Best Courses You Can Play” 2010 rankings. The course debuted on the national publication’s elite list last year, its first full season.
More than 500 [...]

Oceans 15 promotion begins tomorrow

Malta-licensed online casino RoyalVegas.eu kicks off its new Oceans 15 promotion tomorrow offering 15 players the chance to win eight days aboard a luxurious five-star liner as it cruises around the Mediterranean.
Microgaming-powered RoyalVegas.eu is a member of The Fortune Lounge Group of online casinos, which also includes sites such as VegasVilla.eu, DesertDollar.eu, VegasTowers.eu and 7Sultans.eu, [...]

Full Tilt Poker makes a legal pre-emptive strike

In an interesting parallel story to the Kentucky hearings, LexisNexis Butterworths reported on a legal preemptive strike through its domain name registrar but clearly aimed at the state of Kentucky…before a British court!
Full Tilt Poker owners Pocket Kings Limited took issue with the English domain registrar Safenames Limited and another in case EWCH 2529 before [...]

Plan would allow 18-year-olds to play slots at Ohio casinos

Ohioans can vote at 18.
They can buy cigarettes at that age.
Soon they might be able to play video slot machines.
The legal age to gamble at the state’s new ”racinos” — combination horse tracks and slots parlors — would be 18 under proposed guidelines the Ohio Lottery Commission released Wednesday.
Gov. Ted Strickland and the state legislature [...]

State would be wrong to bet on gambling

Given the state’s dire fiscal circumstances, California’s Legislature is ripe for a politically painless source of new revenues. On the surface, Internet poker appears to provide just that. But don’t bet on it.
None of California’s gambling schemes, whether the lottery or the state’s now burgeoning Indian casinos, have ever provided the painless fiscal fix for [...]

Plan for casino at Kansas track advances

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Lottery Commission endorsed two competing plans Wednesday for a new state-owned casino in the Kansas City area – including one at Kansas Speedway – but delayed action until next week on a pair of proposals for a casino south of Wichita.
The commission approved proposed contracts for Wyandotte County for a [...]