Trump Would Speak to League Commissioners about Sports Betting

Hours before the Super Bowl on Sunday, President Trump was interviewed by longtime TV and radio personality Jim Gray on a variety of topics – including sports betting. Gray referred to a recent American Gaming Association recent analysis on the volume of sports betting on the big game. “You know quite a bit, as a former casino owner, and you have a particular insight — today an estimated $5 billion will be wagered, $4.8 billion, unregulated and untaxed illegally,” Gray said. “What is your position and thoughts on making sports gambling legal nationwide?” “Well, what I’d do is I’d sit…

Prelim Schedule released for SCOOP 2017

The global online cardroom and casino PokerStars has announced the preliminary schedule for its Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) and has guaranteed the series for a total of $55 million USD in prize winnings. This year’s SCOOP is the biggest and longest, running across 3 weeks from 30th April to 23rd May. With a total of fifty–seven events in the series there’s an opportunity for all players who fancy their chances of getting rich in 2017! PokerStars has confirmed that this year’s SCOOP will be the most accessible Spring Championship yet, offering buy-ins starting low at $5.50 to $530 for high. In…

Castle Builder II: A New Generation of Casino Games

There is one thing in common in every New Zealand pokie site, Canadian gaming venue, and European online casino: they add new games to their libraries with regularity. The games they release month after month are usually slot machines that may become boring after a while: they have different looks and different bonuses but under their hood, they are basically the same – the fundamentals of slot machines haven’t changed much in their history of over a century. Rabcat Gambling’s Castle Builder II, a game set to be released in Q2/2017 through Microgaming’s network, is set to bring a breath…

Bellagio Fire Sweep Through Roof of Shops

[three_fifth padding=”0 15px 0 15px”] [/three_fifth]Clark County Fire is investigating a fire that broke out on the Bellagio Hotel’s roof Thursday night. The initial call came in shortly after 10 p.m. when the alarm system inside the fire control room went off inside the hotel. Due to how quickly the fire was burning, a second alarm was called in. Fire officials say 12 firefighters battled the blaze on the roof and were able to contain it in a little more than hour. As crews battled the blaze, Flamingo Road at Las Vegas Boulevard was shutdown in both directions. Clark County…

How Online Sports Bookies Earn Residual Income

Although some online sports bookies have an unfounded reputation of being shady, it’s as legitimate as any other service-based job. Waiters take orders. Bookmakers accept wagers. Most of the time the bookmaker’s goal on any given sporting event is to make money from the service charge they apply to every wager. Called the juice or vig, the service charge is 10% of every dollar bet for or against the spread. If a bettor, called a player, makes a $100 dollar bet on one team to cover the spread, to win or not lose by a certain number of points, the…

Just a few days to the Grand National

The Grand National is without a doubt the sports event everyone is waiting for in the United Kingdom. It´s also a few great days to gamble, since the festival includes a few more races aside of the main event, that will take place on Saturday 8th of April, only a few days from now. In short words, this race is a long race (a little more than four miles) that includes fences, and it´s by far one of the most extenuating races of the World. The last 200 meters will get your heart pounding hard, because that last effort sometimes…