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Online Gaming News
NYRA Sets 2004 Race Dates
31 Oct 2003
News Brief: Pending approval from the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, the New York Racing Association will conduct 259 days of racing next year.
Tabcorp, Jupiters Merger Clears Final Hurdle
31 Oct 2003
International News Brief: The AUD$1.7 billion merger between gaming groups Jupiters Ltd and Tabcorp Holding Ltd cleared its final hurdle, with regulatory approval obtained from the courts.
Dover Downs Results Down
30 Oct 2003
Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment reports gross revenues decreased 8.3% to $55,256,000 compared with $60,242,000 for Q3 2002.
World Poker Tour Fuels Growth of Tournament Poker
30 Oct 2003
The phenomenal success of the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel, has been a boon for casinos and poker parlors across the nation, but among the biggest winners are those organizations hosting tournaments on the WPT and the players on the Tour.
MGM Mirage in Deal for UK Casino
28 Oct 2003
MGM Mirage has entered into a joint venture with a special events company in the United Kingdom to potentially build a casino and entertainment complex in the heart of London.
3-5-7 Poker
28 Oct 2003
John Grochowski: "When a new table game is ready for prime time, the most likely breakout
spots are the jurisdictions with the most table space available. That
usually means Nevada or Mississippi."
Harrah's Donates Corporate Archive to UNLV Gaming Center
27 Oct 2003
Harrah's Entertainment Chairman Phil Satre called on the rest of the casino industry to follow his company's lead as he formally presented the company's extensive corporate archive to the Gaming Studies Research Center at UNLV.
Tips from Gaming Greats: Bill Burton and Texas Hold'em Poker
27 Oct 2003
Today poker is riding a wave of popularity which is in no small part due to Texas Hold 'Em Poker. Get some Texas Hold 'Em tips...
Analysts: Operators to Build on Las Vegas
23 Oct 2003
Wall Street analysts Tuesday predicted Nevada's biggest casino operator will choose to build its next billion-dollar-plus megaresort on the Strip and not in Atlantic City.
Colorado Casinos Oppose Slots at Tracks
22 Oct 2003
News Brief: Colorado's mountain casino owners are vehemently opposed to a ballot measure that would legalize slot-style gambling at five Front Range racetracks.
MGM Mirage Profit Falls
21 Oct 2003
MGM Mirage has reported a 32 percent drop in profit during the third quarter partly attributed to a decline in the percentage of bets won from gamblers at the Bellagio.
UNiTAB Chair: Gaming Must Look Outside Sector
17 Oct 2003
International News Brief: Australia's gaming industry will have to look to new avenues outside of the sector if it is to grow, UNiTAB Ltd chairman George Chapman said.
Harrah's Expands U.K. Growth Plan
15 Oct 2003
arrah's Entertainment Inc. says it wants to build two or three destination casino resorts in the United Kingdom in addition to several smaller regional casinos it had previously committed to build.
Politics Caused Harrah's to Change Beers
15 Oct 2003
ews Brief: It was a beer distributor's political views, not a better deal from Coors, that caused Harrah's Entertainment to drop Budweiser sales at its Lake Tahoe casinos, the company confirmed Tuesday.
Bingoland - New Global Online Bingo Network Launched
14 Oct 2003
A global gaming network announced today is expected to stimulate a new phase of growth in the online bingo market.
Is It Bingo, Or A Slot Machine?
14 Oct 2003
Bingo is already being played on video screens. These gaming devices are about to become virtually indistinguishable from video slots. They will be joined by other machines and fast-action table games, giving bingo halls, especially those on Indian land, the look and feel of casinos.
Online Video Poker
14 Oct 2003
John Grochowski: "Video poker players have much more opportunity for free play
online than do reel-slot players."
Playtech Launches Baraka Casino
2 Oct 2003
Playtech launches Baraka Casino, the first of a new generation of land-based kiosk networks aimed at the growing remote game terminal and electronic slot machine market.
Heard it on the River
2 Oct 2003
Is the record turnout of players for BALLY'S UTLIMATE BLACKJACK TOURNAMENT an
economic harbinger for Tunica Resorts? Some 268 players forked over…
Heard it on the River
18 Sep 2003
The story that we have been following for some weeks now got hot when I was away goofing off trout fishing on the L'll Red River and it was not…
Harrah's Entertainment Launches Total Rewards II
10 Sep 2003
John G. Brokopp: "Total Rewards is easily the most identifiable program of its kind and is consistently rated at or near the top in customer satisfaction surveys conducted among players in regional markets."
InterCasino's Fresh New Look
8 Sep 2003
If an online casino wins the title “Best Online Casino” two years running you would expect that it would leave well enough alone. That is not what InterCasino did, and you’ll be glad they didn’t.
Football Season is in Full Swing
30 Aug 2003
Football season is in full swing and if you want
to give yourself a legitimate chance to win, it would serve you well to
pay…
OpenTV Acquires BettingCorp
19 Aug 2003
OpenTV has acquired substantially all of the assets of BettingCorp Limited, a leading London based developer and operator of betting and gaming technology and consumer services.
DCEG Reports Profit
12 Aug 2003
Dot Com Entertainment Group reports net income for Q2 increased to $5,713, compared with a net loss of $202,861 for Q2 2002.
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