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Six Hour Heads-Up Battle Ends With German Heinz Winning WSOP Title

The November Nine had waited several months for their opportunity to become the latest poker phenomenon, and this week, it was Pius Heinz from Germany that realized his dream of becoming a World Series of Poker main event champion.

Atlantic City Casino Revenues Still Plummeting Past Recession End

Julie Wong — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:50:40 +0000

Even though the recession seems to be over, Atlantic City casino revenues are still on a steady decline.

Online Gambling on Personal Academic Achievement Now Available

Joshua McCarthy — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:21:52 +0000

A new website permits US college students online gambling based on future grade performance.

Tribe Puts Spin On Possible Minnesota Casino Expansion

When a new casino is mentioned in any state, developers line up to take their shot on acquiring a license. In Minnesota, it is the White Earth Tribe that is lobbying for a new casino, using the Vikings as a bargaining tool.

Bettors Not Seeing Much Fluctuation In Super Bowl Line

Bettors have grown accustomed to quickly changing betting lines during the two weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, but this year, the line between the Patriots and Giants has remained stagnant.

Atlantic City Casino Fined While Pennsylvania Revenue Soars

This week has exemplified the different directions the Pennsylvania and New Jersey casino industries are headed. An Atlantic City casino was fined for allowing underage gambling, while Pennsylvania casino revenue soared.

Delaware Down and Out as Court Won't Hear Sports Betting Case

K.C. Carmichael — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:59:45 +0000

The likely last chance for Delaware's full sports betting program to be able to legally proceed was denied as the US court of appeals responsible refused to rehear the case.

Online Casinos Getting Beat By Bots

Preston Lewis — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:07:05 +0000

Internet hackers are causing problems for online casinos by using bots to manipulate gambling odds.

News: Gamevil reports record profits and reveues for 2011

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:27:00 +0000

The South Korean mobile publisher Gamevil has reported record revenues and net profits for 2011.

The company posted revenues of 42.6 billion KRW (£23.9 million / $37.6 million), up 39 percent from last year's figures. Net profits hit 16.1 billion KRW (£9 million / $14.2 million), an increase of 9 per cent.

Smartphone products continued to generate strong revenue for the company, accounting for 73 per cent of its total annual sales. Business generated outside of Korea was also on the rise, up 106 per cent from 2010.

Swing Pong - Ping pong for your ears

Costas Stephanides — Sat, 28 May 2011 18:55:21 +0000

Table Tennis gets the Head First treatment

HTC to Produce Playstation Phones!?

Arjan Olsder — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:05:37 +0000

Sometimes, some deals are just a bit too odd to believe. One that might fall in that category is the news that HTC will be producing Playstation certified phones somewhere in 2012… The news...

The BBC and welovemobile launch new mobile search service

jamescoops — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:38:06 +0000

The guys over at Welovemobile have announced the launch of a new BBC mobile search service as the result of a project they've been working on.

We all know that mobile search is totally broken - Google have essentially stopped even bothering to provide a mobile specific version or index, so it's an area which desperately needs more innovation. At the same time, as the BBC note, mobile search is more important to them than ever, as mobile internet usage grows and there is more and more content available for mobile devices.

"There are thousands of BBC web pages on the mobile site, a whole world of additional content that you more than likely don't know about. Offering search on mobile is a no-brainer - it gets you to the content you want with the least possible effort ...."

The new search service covers news, sport, radio & television web pages and iplayer radio and TV content.

Welovemobile helped the BBC to create a search interface design that incorporates 'best of breed' features from other types of search engine and discovery interfaces. The aim of the design is to allow for advanced content search and discovery, with the emphasis on providing very relevant and personalised "content surfacing" around the BBC's mobile content and services assets. The search solution contains some interesting new content filtering and presentaiton concepts and a slick UI.

The BBC say it was a tough job coming up with the end solution:

"our colleagues in Search have had many 'interesting' challenges developing BBC search for mobile. We know it's crucial to get the results right first time on mobile ... we spent weeks fine tuning the search logic, weighting our search terms, and we now know more about the idiosyncrasies of search logic that we ever thought we would need to. Mobile search is still not perfect, but it's been a long time coming and we wanted to get it launched .... "

The end result looks pretty good, and it's great that The BBC has invested in developing a bespoke mobile search tool for its site, rather than relying on a third party white label solution or just bunging in a google or yahoo site search integration. According to Simon Liss from welovemobile what they have done for the BBC is to

"...think mobile from the ground up. We’ve applied what we know about mobile devices, mobile usage, user experience and design to create what we believe is a truly original and innovative search concept and interface.’

The BBC mobile search product launched in an early Beta version on 3rd September - you can check it out at http://bbc.co.uk/mobile

Las Vegas is Dead – Can the City Recover?

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:40:00 +0000

For a couple of weeks we’ve been revisiting the blogger VegasRex’s classic posts from Las Vegas – the town he once loved and later hated to the extent that he had to leave.

To sum this up, we give you a couple of post about why Las Vegas slowly, but steadily, is dying.

How Sin City lost its “cool”.

But can Las Vegas once again regain its attraction?

Let’s end this series with Rex’s tips on what the city has to do to recover.

Thanks again Rex for all the cynical, yet valuable insights.

Is Las Vegas Still Cool?

“It's been a long time since I met someone my own age who reacted to Las Vegas residency in a positive way. There is no more envy, and there are no more excited questions about the town. From my own point of view, it really feels like the mystique of Las Vegas is a thing of the past.”

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Straight from the Hip

“I do not think that these are traits that anyone would associate with Vegas. Las Vegas is a place filled with manufactured excitement and tireless self-promotion. It's a place where people preen, get drunk, and excitedly run around the perimeter of swimming pools screaming: Woooooo!"

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Prelude to Recovery

“For the past 5 years, I have been yelling, nay, SCREAMING to anyone who will listen, exactly what needs to be done to restore Las Vegas to the most sought-after tourist destination in the USA. The problem is, nobody has listened to me.”

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10 Things Vegas Must Do to "Recover"

“It's time to bring Vegas back, and it's time to start thinking a little more aggressively about how to do that. This list is a start.”

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New iPhone & Android Bingo Coming Soon from LadyLucks

admin — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:32:50 +0000

We are excited to announce that LadyLucks will be launching a new iPhone, Android & Touch compatible mobile bingo game this month. This is big news for bingo fans! The current LadyLucks Bingo game was launched before iPhone Bingo was conceivable and before Android itself even existed! So the upcoming launch of Ladylucks iPhone & [...]