This Week in Gambling

A new poker cheating scandal has rocked the gambling world, and even the main stream media is picking up the story. Mike Postle, a former casino employee, has been accused by insider whistle blowers of cheating the Stones Live Poker game in Northern California out of upwards of $250,000, rarely playing above stakes of $5-$5 no-limit hold’em for the last couple of years. Although charges have yet to be filed, the developing story was picked up by ESPN, who ran a segment with Scott Van Pelt on SportsCenter, explaining the allegations. Van Pelt, who admitted he was just a poker…

We take players on an exclusive first look at the Dragon Spin Age of Fire slot machine from Scientific Games! Four brand new free games create a unique feel to this Dragon Spin follow up! There are also fire reels, new dragons and the familiar Mystery Stacks! The Progressive Jackpot feature is triggered by the same traditional mechanic. This game focuses on the basic elements of air, fire, water and earth… each of which comes with it’s own feature and special mechanic! Scientific Games says that “dragons are flying again” with the new Dragon Spin Age of Fire slot machine!…

Facial recognition has arrived in the Scientific Games’ Las Vegas showroom. Chief product officer Tim Bucher walks up to a baccarat table with two iPad-sized screens attached at the ends. The displays show the title of the game and easily blend into the background amid the lights and sounds of slot machines. But with the press of a button, live camera footage of Bucher appears on the screen, with digital blue dots lining his mouth, eyes and face. Below him is a line of text: Existing user found. Male. Over 21. “You wouldn’t see this,” Bucher said, pointing to a…

A William Hill NBA partnership has been secured via a deal where the sports book will become an official partner of the league. Under the agreement, William Hill will have the right to use official league betting data and league branding across its mobile platforms and sports books throughout the US. William Hill will also be promoted across the NBA’s various official digital assets, including the NBA.com website, NBA app and the NBA’s social media platforms. In addition, William Hill and the National Basketball Association will collaborate on integrity practices. William Hill also has a similar deal in place with…

D.C. sports betting has been delayed by a Superior Court judge who has issued a two-week restraining order. That order would block the District from moving forward on it’s $215 million no-bid sports gambling contract with Intralot, the company that was hired to establish sports gambling in D.C. The order, issued last Thursday, was requested by tech developer Dylan Carragher, who said the single-source Intralot contract would prevent him and other vendors from being able to participate in the gambling and violated the District’s procurement laws. But the controversy over sports betting isn’t new to the District. After the Supreme…

Oregon mobile sports betting has a launch date, as the state lottery is hoping to be live by next week. They originally estimated that Scoreboard, its new online sports betting game, would be out before the start of the professional football season, but after the sports betting market began on August 27, when the Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City launched its new sports book operations, a spokesman of the lottery said that the agency would not meet its goal of starting up in time for NFL season opening. Now, it’s slated to launch the second week of October, as…