February 4, 2012
| Edition Nº1921 / Year
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French company says acquisition to be performed “within a month”
United States
| 03/02/2012
(US / France).- Full Tilt Poker will still be taken over by Group Bernard Tapie (BGT), the French investment company has insisted. Managing Director of the firm, Laurent Tapie, denied reports that poker star Chris Ferguson - who is a large Full Tilt shareholder - was threatening to block the deal.
WSOP European version has been moved to Cannes
United States
| 03/02/2012
(US / France).- Caesars Entertainment Corporation has extended its partnership with French hotel and casino operator Groupe Lucien Barriere via its Caesars Interactive Entertainment Incorporated online subsidiary.
Next week
United States
| 03/02/2012
(US).- A Guinness World Records adjudicator is scheduled to be on-hand as Pechanga Resort & Casino and Bally Technologies attempt to make history and enter the record books by holding The World’s Largest Slot Machine Tournament on February 11.
That law has become the subject of much controversy in the area
United States
| 03/02/2012
(US).- Washington DC made headlines last year when it was learned, much to the surprise of some DC council members, that the council had inadvertently passed an online gambling regulation law. That law has become the subject of much controversy in the area, and now council members are seeking to overturn the law.
Stephen Sandstrom presented his House Bill 108
United States
| 02/02/2012
(US).- A member of the Utah House of Representatives has introduced a bill that would prohibit online gambling in the western state should any of the proposed federal legislation legalising the activity get the nod.
It now owns 97.6% of the shares in Entraction
United States
| 02/02/2012
(US).- After purchasing online gambling software developer Entraction Holding last June for just over us$ 114 million, International Game Technology (IGT) has announced that it has changed the name of the Entraction Poker Network.
At Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort
United States
| 02/02/2012
(US).- JCM Global has completed installation of an extensive digital signage package at the Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort in Suquamish, Washington. The project gives resort guests visuals inside the resort that are as stunning as the landscape that surrounds it outside.
Total revenue increased 15 %
United States
| 02/02/2012
(US).- Bally Technologies announced diluted earnings per share of us$ 0.54 and us$ 0.99 on revenue of us$ 210 million and us$ 405 million for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2011, respectively. “As we celebrate 80 years of success, I am proud that Bally remains a source of true innovation with exciting growth opportunities,” said Richard M. Haddrill, the company’s CEO.
Through presidential candidate Newt Gingrich
United States
| 01/02/2012
(US).- Over the past month, Las Vegas Sands’ owner, Shledon Adelson, has found a way to campaign for gaming expansion in Florida. Adelson and his wife have pumped us$ 10 million into the presidential campaign of Newt Gingrich.
AG Trucano, Son & Grandsons
United States
| 01/02/2012
(US).- Nevada Gold & Casinos announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of AG Trucano, Son & Grandsons, a route operator comprised of 900 slot machines based in Deadwood, South Dakota.