Bitcoin Magazine – On the whole, the global Bitcoin space is a self-policing community that uproots and exposes scams and unethical Bitcoin service operators with ruthless efficiency. Unfortunately, there is a growing body of objective evidence that Bitcoin gaming network BetCoin.tm is one such unethical operator in the Bitcoin ecosystem. According to a number of sources, the relatively new Bitcoin gaming platform BetCoin.tm has allegedly been involved in a range of ongoing fraudulent, unethical and illegal activities in an attempt to carve out market share and bring down the websites of their competitors. This includes copyright infringement in relation to…

Press Release – Scientific Games Corporation (Nasdaq: SGMS) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of WMS Industries Inc. (NYSE: WMS), combining leading businesses offering lottery games, gaming machines and game content, systems, sports betting technology, and social, mobile and interactive content and services. “We are pleased to announce the successful completion of our merger with WMS,” said A. Lorne Weil, Scientific Games’ Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.  “The acquisition of WMS is transformational for Scientific Games as it creates a leading company in the gaming industry with innovative content, world-class technology and an expansive geographical footprint, able to…

Business Week – With $23 billion in debt, the most of any U.S. hotel or casino company, Caesars Entertainment (CZR) wants to expand its business in Las Vegas without dropping a bundle or adding to the glut of rooms in the city. So the owner of eight properties on the storied Strip, including Caesars Palace and the Planet Hollywood casino resort, is placing its limited expansion budget on an unlikely bet: a 550-foot Ferris wheel. The High Roller, set to make its debut in 2014, and the surrounding Linq “party district,” opening in stages starting in December, represent Las Vegas’s latest…

Poker News – As you may well know, the United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) heads to the home of PokerStars at the end of October for the inaugural UKIPT Isle of Man festival. PokerNews cannot wait to explore the PokerStars headquarters (pictured), something that no media outlet has ever done before. With the poker community tingling with anticipation at heading to the home of PokerStars, PokerNews thought it would be fun to look at some PokerStars-related data and discovered that some of those figures are mind-blowing. The Rational Group, the parent company of PokerStars, employs a staff of…

NBC News – A man and a woman accused of engaging in oral sex on a flight from Medford, Ore., to Las Vegas have pleaded guilty in federal court to misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges. Christopher Martin’s lawyer, Lawrence Hill, said Thursday his client was remorseful, had suffered personally and professionally, and hoped to put the incident behind him. Attorney Michael Pariente, representing Jessica Stroble of Medford, didn’t immediately respond to messages. U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge George Foley in Las Vegas fined Martin and Stroble $250 each. The pair were issued summonses in Las Vegas charging them with lewd, indecent…

Card Player – Tom McEvoy and Scotty Nguyen will become the 45th and 46th individuals to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. The announcement came Sunday from the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council. The Poker Hall of Fame is owned by Caesars Entertainment Corp. As has become tradition, McEvoy and Nguyen will be inducted officially on Sunday, November 3 at 5:00 p.m. at the Rio Las Vegas a day before the 2013 World Series of Poker main event final table gets underway. At 68 years of age, McEvoy was the oldest among the finalists. He has four…