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Rumors Flying Over Possible Phil Ivey Sighting On PokerStars

Phil Ivey has been laying low on the poker scene since Full Tilt Poker decided not to pay back US online poker players, but rumors have been flying over the weekend that Ivey has surfaced on PokerStars.

Regulation, Not Prohibition, Found as Best Online Gambling Policy

Preston Lewis — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:18:23 +0000

A bipartisan group acknowledged that the UIGEA was flawed by nature and online gambling could best be controlled through regulation.

Gaming Union Finds Reasons to Oppose Ontario Online Casinos

Tom Weston — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:38:54 +0000

Despite estimates that online casinos can solve a plethora of budgetary problems for Ontario without harming residents, a union invested in land gaming is speaking out against the lottery's Internet gambling plan.

MGM Resorts Offers Loyalty Points Outside Of Casinos

MGM Resorts International is a leader in offering top gaming services throughout the world, and this week the company came up with an innovative way to reward not only gamblers at MGM branded casinos, but also other patrons.

NFL Playoff Betting Odds: Steelers And Saints Big Favorites

The Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints come into Wild Card weekend having put up records worthy of first round byes, but with both teams losing tiebreakers, they will have to settle for being big favorites in round one.

Adelson Lobbying For Gambling Expansion In Florida Through Gingrich

Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson has found a way to lobby for casino resorts in Florida without stepping foot in Tallahassee. The gaming tycoon has pumped $10 million into the campaign of Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich.

NYC Police Observe Need for Regulated Sports Betting

Matt Miller — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:06:01 +0000

New York's police commissioner noted that illegal sports betting is harmful, proving a need for regulate sports gambling.

Online Poker Expanding to Mobile at PokerStars

A.J. Maldonado — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:00:40 +0000

PokerStars bought Cecure, a company that develops mobile gaming software, as the online poker operator prepares for the growing boom in mobile gambling.

News: Shanda Interactive Entertainment family buyout completed

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:19:00 +0000

Chinese online gaming company Shanda Interactive Entertainment has completed its planned merger, which saw CEO Tianqiao Chen buy out the company, paying $41.35 per share.

Buyout plans were first reported in November and were funded by Chen's wife Qianqian Luo who is a non-executive director, and his brother Danian Chen, who acts as COO and director.

The move gave the company a valuation of $2.3 billion, and was backed by 87.3 per cent of shareholders at a recent vote. It also removed the company, a rival of larger company Tencent, from the NASDAQ stock exchange.

SNOOKER CLUB goes multiplayer

Costas Stephanides — Thu, 26 May 2011 14:23:06 +0000

With in-game challenging/betting

iPad Export in China in Danger

Arjan Olsder — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:57:41 +0000

The dispute between Apple and a Chinese company called Proview is climbing to new heights as Proview has officially requested not only a ban on the import of iPad devices, but also on the export of...

Why Google got a bargain with the admob acquisition

jamescoops — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:44:04 +0000

So admob just announced they've been acquired by Google for $750m. In my view they got a bargain:

admob is easily the biggest mobile ad network out there in terms of overall scale
in particular, admob has the best position in terms of the iphone (scale of inventory)
admob has the best data on the mobile internet and iphone app ecosystem through its admob metrics and admob analytics services
admob has invested in developing new types of ad units e.g. those that use location etc
admob is strong in the key US and European markets
the company has a great team - all the senior people at admob i have met are decent people who really know their stuff
google has been comprehensively out-innovated and out-performed by admob, so they need to acquire them to catch up in mobile ads

Welovemobile have a good post on the subject here

In some ways I am disappointed that admob didn't manage to make a $1bn exit - I really think they could have built the business to that type of scale. I'd speculate the reasons why they didn't hang on for more are:

Falling click through rates for mobile advertising as consumers become banner blind to mobile display ads, the same as on the web
Proliferation of other types of ad networks and ad aggregators in the market
Some strong competitors in particular regions e.g. Inmobi in India
Big brands etc slower to move spend into mobile than expected due to the credit crunch, over-reliance on low quality advertisers (casino etc)

If I were Google I would follow this up with another acquisition of one of the other ad networks which is stronger in the other markets admob has not focused on e.g. buzz city or inmobi. I wouldn't be surprised if they also acquired one of the premium ad networks e.g. Quattro Wireless either.

Anyway, great job by admob - they really deserved this win.

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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£50 Free Bet Bonus from Betfred Mobile

admin — Wed, 25 May 2011 20:38:14 +0000

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