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Bookie Sports Betting – Where to Find the Best Software

When it comes to bookie sports betting software, you definitely want the best for your clients.  RealBookies.com might provide the answer to all your needs.

Starting under $10 per head with a free 4-week trial, agents get the benefit of setting up accounts in just minutes, paying only on active clients, live in-game wagering, 24/7 service and a mobile interface.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Aug/08/2014

Judge Recommends Jail for ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Founder

A Los Angeles bankruptcy judge wants “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis arrested for failing to turn over luxury cars in what lawyers for casino magnate Steve Wynn speculate is an attempt to hide assets.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Aug/07/2014

Canadian Accused in Paddy Power Breach Issues Statement

A Canadian citizen accused of compromising some 650,000 accounts at Paddy Power has come forward to issue his side of the story.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Aug/07/2014

Revel Casino Bankruptcy Hearing Postponed Until Next Week

ATLANTIC CITY – (Associated Press) - The bankruptcy auction of the troubled Revel casino hotel, which had been scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed until next week.

Lawyers for the casino said in a court filing Wednesday night that they had received multiple bids for the casino by Monday's deadline and needed additional time to review them.

The auction was rescheduled for 9 a.m. next Thursday.

Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian said last month that there were six potential buyers for the casino, but none of the potential bids have been outlined.

Submitted by Associated Press on, Aug/07/2014

Two Alleged NJ Mobsters Sentenced for Role in Online Sports Betting Ring

75-year-old "Uncle Patsy," aka Pat Pirozzi, and 49-year-old John Breheney, better known as "Johnny Fugazi" or "Fu", were sentenced Tuesday for their role in what New Jersey authorities called a “sophisticated, mob-backed Internet gambling scheme based out of Costa Rica”.  A third individual has pleaded guilty to conspiracy.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Aug/06/2014

California Broker Ordered by SEC to Pay Back $9 Mil Used for Gambling Debts

The Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered a California broker and investment adviser, John Thornes, to pay back approximately $9 million in fines (including $280,000 in interest) after it was determined he had stolen some $4.4 million from the trust of an 80-year-old client to pay off gambling debts.

Thornes also stole from a deceased man’s trust that was set up to fund college accounts, according to the SEC complaint.

Vacation homes, luxury cars and chartered private jets were also paid for with the stolen funds.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Aug/06/2014

Trump Sues to Get Name Off of Atlantic City Casinos Including Taj Mahal

ATLANTIC CITY – (Associated Press) - Donald Trump is suing an Atlantic City, New Jersey, casino company, trying to force it to drop his name from its two gambling halls.

Trump tells The Associated Press he wants his name stripped from the Trump Plaza and the Trump Taj Mahal because their owner, Trump Entertainment Resorts, has failed to maintain them properly.

Trump says in a lawsuit filed Tuesday the poor condition of the casinos is hurting his personal brand.

Trump Entertainment Resorts has declined to comment.

Submitted by Associated Press on, Aug/05/2014

Social casinos vs. Real money outlets

 

Casino games have slowly become some of the most popular ones online. They are no longer restricted to online casinos only - several social games developers have launched their own suites that can be played on social networks like Facebook. Zynga, the best known Facebook game developer (the one responsible for titles like CityVille and FarmVille) has launched several such titles - the Zynga Poker, the Zynga Slots, the Zynga Casino and the Hit It Rich Casino, among others. And they are not the only developer with such games.

 

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Aug/05/2014

SBOBet.com Center of Paul Phua World Cup Betting Probe: Not Guilty Pleas Entered

Poker pro Paul Phua and his son Darren appeared in a federal court on Tuesday to answer to charges they ran an illegal gambling business out of the $25k a night Caesars Palace villas via the popular Asian handicapping betting site SBOBet.com.  Phua and six others are set to be arraigned on August 7.  The father-son-tandem may be deported back to their native Malaysia.  Both men pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.

Submitted by Ace King on, Aug/05/2014

Why I like Microgaming above all other developers

Microgaming is almost like a legendary company in the world of online casinos. First it was an operator - it has launched the first fully functional real money online casino back in 1994 - and then it has abandoned its online casinos, and turned to developing software for other online casinos. Now it is the software provider with the biggest variety of games in its offer.

 

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Aug/05/2014

Congressman Chaka Fattah Son Indicted for Bank Fraud, Used Funds for Gambling

PHILADELPHIA (Associated Press) — The son of Philadelphia congressman Chaka Fattah has been indicted and charged with bank fraud, tax evasion and misspending federal education funds.

The federal indictment unsealed Tuesday accuses Chaka Fattah Jr. of lying about his income to obtain more than $200,000 in business loans he then spent on personal expenses, gambling debts and legal fees.

He is also charged with inflating expenses related to federal funds he received for a charter school program for at-risk students.

Submitted by Associated Press on, Aug/05/2014

Denver Bookies and BarBets App Now Available at Local Sports Bars

If you are a bookie in the Denver area, you’ll want to check out RiNo Beer Garden, Highland Tavern, Occidental and Whiskey Tango Fox Trot in 2024.  It was just a decade ago that the BarBets app was introduced to patrons to place wagers on various sporting events.  Back then, sports betting was not regulated in Colorado.  Today it is.

Submitted by Don Shapiro on, Aug/04/2014

Macau Casino Workers Want Bigger Piece of the Pie

(Reuters) - Disgruntled casino workers are becoming a costly thorn in Macau's side.

As the Chinese territory races to build eight new resorts in the next three years, labour strains look set to intensify: workers are demanding higher pay and threatening strikes at a time when operators face a labour shortage.

Las Vegas kingpins Sheldon Adelson at Las Vegas Sands Corp and Steve Wynn at Wynn Resorts Ltd together reported unexpected costs of $50 million last quarter for labour-related compensation at their Macau casinos. 

Submitted by Reuters on, Aug/04/2014

New Jersey Residents May Not Want Casinos Outside of Atlantic City

TEANECK, N.J. (Associated Press) - A new poll found that half of New Jersey residents oppose opening casinos outside Atlantic City.

The idea is being promoted by some lawmakers as a way to raise money that would go to Atlantic City, where casinos are struggling.

Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind poll released Monday found that 50 percent of New Jersey adults oppose the idea of opening gambling halls outside Atlantic City, while 42 percent favor the idea.

Submitted by Associated Press on, Aug/04/2014

Convicted Mobster Hobbles With Cane but Caught on Video in Physical Altercation

Mobster Richard Riccardi has complained of excruciating pain from a hip tumor, requiring the use of a cane.  But in an exclusive report from the New York Daily News, the convicted murderer and Mob goon's "unceasing pain" did little to prevent him from getting into two different altercations, both occurring while behind bars while awaiting sentencing.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Aug/04/2014

Canadian Police Refuse to Identify Paddy Power Hacker: 649,000 Accounts Breached

Ontario authorities this week stated they will not be releasing the name of an individual said to have hacked some 649,000 customer accounts at Paddy Power, the UK’s third largest bookmaker.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Aug/04/2014

‘FIFA Makes Me Sick and Blatter Runs it Like a Dictator’ Claims Sports Broadcaster

Popular BBC sports broadcaster and a former footballer who holds the record for most goals scored by an English team in the World Cup, Gary Winston Lineker has blasted FIFA saying that the organization “makes me sick and (Sepp) Blatter runs it like a dictator”.

Submitted by Alistair Prescott on, Aug/03/2014

Rhode Island, Providence Bookies Going Down in Latest Shakedown

Rhode Island is the latest state that is proving to be inhospitable to bookies.

On Friday, August 1, it was announced that a state grand jury had returned indictments in connection to an alleged sports betting ring operating in the northern part of the state.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Aug/02/2014

Bookies in Northern California: San Francisco, Sacramento, Oakland, Modesto

Bookies in Northern California, just like their counterparts in the southern part of the state previously profiled here at Gambling911.com, have access to some of the wealthiest folks on the planet.  In the case of Northern California we are talking about Silicon Valley and the many successful businesspeople who reside here.

Submitted by Mary Montgomery on, Aug/01/2014

Borgata Posts Quarterly Loss for Online Poker in New Jersey

The Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, partnered with bwin.party, has posted a quarterly operating loss of $1.8 million for the period of June 30.

It did, however, reach a “key milestone” by breaking even during the month of July.

The Borgata and bwin.party were widely seen as having gotten off to the strongest start in the newly opened New Jersey online gambling market through aggressive ad campaigns.  Ongoing payment processing issues, particularly with a high credit card decline rate, have stymied growth since that time. 

Submitted by Ace King on, Aug/01/2014

Ireland Government Blasts Paddy Power Failure to Expose Breach

Government officials in Ireland have slammed that country’s largest bookmaker for failing to alert the public regarding a massive data breach that occurred in October 2010.  News of the breach only became known on Thursday (July 31, 2014), nearly four years later.

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Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jul/31/2014

‘Do Nothing Congress’ Wants to Try to Do Something: Ban Online Gambling Via Holder

A handful of US Senators wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking for his support of their bill to reinstate a federal ban on Internet gambling.

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Submitted by Gilbert Horowitz on, Jul/31/2014

Christie Signs Law for Gamblers to Ban Themselves: Like Getting a Vasectomy

On Thursday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law a measure that permits residents to ban themselves from playing at any of the state’s casinos or licensed online gambling websites.

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Jul/31/2014

Paddy Power Suffers Massive Data Breach: More Than 649,000 Customers Compromised

More than 649,000 customers of the UK’s third largest bookmaker, Paddy Power, have had their personal information stolen, it was revealed on Thursday.  Of those, approximately 120,000 are based in Ireland.

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No customers who signed up after 2010 are impacted by the breach.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jul/31/2014

Five Arrested for Brazen Atlantic City Casino Robbery: Former Guard Among Them

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) — Authorities say a former security officer and four other people stole more than $180,000 from security workers during an armed robbery at an Atlantic City casino earlier this month.

Submitted by Associated Press on, Jul/30/2014

Global Gaming Expo 2014 to Feature Sheldon Adelson, Steve Wynn

The Global Gaming Expo 2014 to be held in Las Vegas Tuesday September 30 thru October 2 will feature the likes of casino giants Sheldon Adelson, Chairperson of Las Vegas Sands Corp, Steve Wynn, Head of Wynn Resorts, and Jim Murren, Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International.

Others confirmed for the world’s biggest gaming event include Patti Hart, CEO of IGT, Jamie Odell, CEO of Aristocrat Leisure Limited, David Baazov, CEO of Amaya and James Allen, CEO of Seminole Gaming and Chairman of Hard Rock International.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jul/30/2014

‘Hoffa’ Producer Joe Isgro Linked to Mob-Run Gambling Ring: Pleads Not Guilty

(Associated Press) - He's been one of the nation's most influential record promoters, the producer of an Oscar-nominated movie, a defendant who successfully fought racketeering charges in a high-profile payola case, and an admitted loan shark who shook down borrowers in ritzy Beverly Hills.

Now the roller-coaster life of Joe Isgro is taking another plunge, with new charges that he helped run a mob-linked gambling operation.

Submitted by Associated Press on, Jul/30/2014

Sentencing of Greenville Man Highlights South Carolina Zero Tolerance of Bookies, Gambling

The conviction and subsequent sentencing of a Greenville, South Carolina man this week charged with illegal gambling highlights that state’s policy towards eradicating the activity whether it be in the form of bookmaking, poker or video gaming machines.

Submitted by Mary Montgomery on, Jul/29/2014

Pinnacle Sports Alleged Owner Stanley Tomchin Pleads Guilty to Minor Charge

This morning the 29th of July 2014, the criminal prosecution of Stanley Tomchin – featuring an indictment charging Mr. Tomchin with 56 separate felonies – ended quietly with an agreed upon plea to a minor offense with a sentence involving no incarceration or even probation supervision.

Submitted by Press Release on, Jul/29/2014

John McCain Introduces Legislation to Block Arizona Casino Project

PHOENIX (Associated Press) -- Arizona's two U.S. senators are proposing legislation to block construction of a Phoenix-area casino planned by a southern Arizona tribe.

If enacted, the bill introduced Monday by Republicans John McCain and Jeff Flake would block the casino resort project planned by the Tohono O'odham Nation for a site on unincorporated land adjacent to Glendale.

The senators said in an announcement that their bill is a companion measure to House legislation approved by that chamber and sponsored by Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks.

Submitted by Associated Press on, Jul/29/2014

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