The highlight of the National Hunt calendar, Cheltenham Festival, takes place between Tuesday 11th and Friday 14th March and you can make the most of the action with bet365’s excellent Horse Racing offers. The bet365 Price Promise will apply to all races televised live on Channel 4 throughout the Festival, with prices constantly updated from 10am each day to ensure that the best price is offered on every horse running. So you can place your bets safe in the knowledge that the bet365 price is the best price. At bet365 you also have the chance to earn risk free bets…

RGJ.com – Time was, gamblers didn’t even want credit card companies maintaining a record of their time in Las Vegas. Now, visitors want loyalty points from mainstream hotel chains for the days they spend holed up in Strip casinos. Casino corporations MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment Corp. have both announced loyalty program partnerships with major hotel chains (Hyatt and Starwood, respectively). The independent Strip casino the Cosmopolitan is also partnering with a hotel chain, striking a deal with Marriott. The deals enable customers to earn and redeem loyalty points with both the hotel and casino chains, and also hold…

The Province – A businessman who lost $500,000 on table games at a Las Vegas casino on Super Bowl weekend is arguing that he shouldn’t have to pay because he was blackout drunk. Southern California gambler Mark Johnston, 52, is suing the Downtown Grand for loaning him money and serving him drinks when he was visibly intoxicated. Nevada law bars casinos from allowing obviously drunk patrons to gamble and from serving them comped drinks. Johnston’s attorney, Sean Lyttle, says the Grand, which opened last November in the old part of Las Vegas, intends to pursue Johnston for trying to shirk…

CBS – Bookmakers and organized crime members have long profited in the high-stakes world of illegal sports gambling. New Jersey is now appealing to the Supreme Court to legalize betting on games. The state hopes to collect millions. However, as CBS News’ legal analyst Jack Ford reports on “60 Minutes Sports,” the ruling won’t put the mob out of business. If it becomes legal, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has said there would be strict state oversight, much like the way it works at his state’s Atlantic City’s casinos. But Angelo Lutz, who is a legitimate businessman and restaurateur, told…

iGaming Business – UK bookmaker Betfred has agreed to become a sponsor of the Grand National Festival UK horseracing event. The three-year deal will run from 2014 through to 2017, according to The Drum website. Betfred will sponsor three races at the Festival, which is held at Aintree Racecourse on an annual basis. The races included in the deal comprise the Betfred Bowl Steeple Chase on opening day, the Betfred Mobile Mildmay Novices’ Steeple Chase on Ladies Day and the Betfred TV Handicap Steeple Chase on Grand National Day. John Baker, Aintree and north-west regional director for Jockey Club Racecourses,…

Well, you can add Boyd Gaming Corp. to the race to operate a casino in Japan. CEO Keith Smith used a fourth-quarter conference call Wednesday to express Boyd Gaming’s interest in the potential Japanese casino market. The country is exploring casino legalization as a way to pay for infrastructure associated with being host of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. “We’re always looking for ways to grow the business,” Smith said, adding that he and a development executive recently traveled to Tokyo to initially view the market. “We’re investigating … to see if it’s a good fit for us,”…