Washington Post – There’s some good news for Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer: Yahoo topped Google in Web traffic for the first time since May 2011. Research firm comScore reported Yahoo logged 196.6 million unique visitors in July, compared with its rival’s 192.3 million. The bump in traffic should be encouraging news for Mayer, a Google alum who has focused on overhauling Yahoo’s image in the year since she took the helm at the technology giant. When Mayer started at Yahoo last July, the company trailed Google by 5 million page views — with 163 million unique visitors to Google’s…

iGaming Business – German commercial broadcaster RTL has relaunched its online gaming platform, Gamechannel.de, by announcing a string of deals with gaming producers. RTL has penned agreements with the likes of Bigpoint, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft in order to enhance its free-to-play offerings in Germany. The deals have added strategy games such as ‘Forge of Empires’, ‘The Settlers Online’ and ‘Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances’ as well as racing title ‘Need for Speed World’. The Hollywood Reporter website reported that the German free-to-play market generated more than $300 million (€230.8 million) in turnover last year, according to the BIU gaming…

Will Las Vegas build the world’s largest observation wheel? The Strip is in the middle of a huge makeover of part of its world-famous stretch of urban neon. The project in question is the land that Caesars Entertainment is transforming into The Linq –  once just a back alleyway and a large parking garage, soon to become Las Vegas first pedestrian-only, open-air retail, dining and entertainment district. The new urban space will be crowned with the world’s largest observation wheel, an adroit feat of symmetrical technological and engineering design. Construction on the Linq started in November 2011. To create the…

Vegas Inc – A new high-end gaming lounge is opening at the MGM Grand. Set to open Aug. 28, Whiskey Down will take over the former space of Tabú. The 24-hour lounge will feature six blackjack tables, seven video poker machines and a 64-seat bar. Whiskey Down’s drink menu is flush with a huge collection of brown spirits, including American, Canadian, Irish and Scotch whiskies, as well as specialty cocktails. SOURCE

The Huffington Post – On most trips to Las Vegas, the party starts long before hitting the Strip… and apparently even before hitting the airport landing strip. In May, passengers on Vegas-bound flights spent over twice as much on drinks than the average passenger, a survey found. Technology group GuestLogix reviewed data from six North American airlines to determine spending patterns among travelers. Check out some of the most intoxicating findings: Of all product sales made on flights, 62% were beverage sales. Of those beverages, 55% were liquor, 24% were wine, and 20% were beer. On an average flight, airlines…

This Week in Gambling – The August 19th, 2013 broadcast of Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny, guests include PPA Executive Director John Pappas. Discussion revolves around the Full Tilt Poker remission, the state and federal legislative efforts, and all that’s going on in the fight for poker. Following Mr Pappas was a  terrific panel discussion featuring Jay Todd of This Week in Gambling, Robin Jones of On Tilt Radio, and poker columnist Shari Geller. Listen to the full podcast HERE or visit On Tilt Radio.