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Child Prodigy Learns Education Skills Through Poker

Alexa Fisher is on her way to becoming one of the best poker players in the world at the age of eight, but the Texas native is learning important educational tools on her way towards poker stardom.

National Gambling Monopolies Offer Worst World Cup Betting Odds

Ed Bradley — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:52:48 +0000

A new survey shows online gambling monopolies in the EU gave consumers a consistently worse payout via sports betting odds than private sector Internet casinos facing competition.

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.

Dedication To Turnaround Leads To Permanent AC Gambling License

Landry's Inc. has invested not only their money, but plenty of time in an effort to turn around the former Trump Marina casino in Atlantic City. This week, that time and effort paid off with a permanent gaming license in the city.

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.

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.

States Rumbling Over US Sports Betting Ban

Matt Miller — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:06:59 +0000

The federal law against sports betting is causing many states to complain as they look to expand gambling for revenue.

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: New sales team for Thumbstar

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:16:00 +0000

Thumbstar Games has appointed two new executives. Tony Fitzgerald will act as sales manager while Phil Brannelly will take the role of marketing manager.

"The pace of growth at Thumbstar continues and both Tony and Phil bring many years of experience into the fold," said CEO Gareth Edmondson.

"That sort of experience is priceless for any company, such as ours, with big ambitions. They are a welcome addition to the team."

Wingmen: World War out now

Costas Stephanides — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:31:55 +0000

Aliens have invaded earth, and Wingmen Corp. is there to defend it. . . and makes lots of money in the process.

BlackBerry OS 10 Not for Old Devices

Arjan Olsder — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:13:44 +0000

According to RIM’s leaked roadmap, Blackberry OS will see the light along autumn of this year and a first BlackBerry OS 10 device is to be expected by the end of the year. Sad new for current owners...

A clever use of youtube for selling mobile phones from O2

jamescoops — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:38:29 +0000

One of the jobs I did back in the day was selling mobile phones for Orange. The best thing about the job was some of the people that you worked with that knew absolutely everything about all the latest handsets. In those days they had just launches colour phones (the Ericsson T68!) and bluetooth and GPRS was at the bleeding edge of technology so things were a lot less complicated than today.

Whilst us mobile phone geeks as well as young kids know all about the latest handsets and features the average punter finds it difficult to get their heads around what 'Android' means or why you cant get Angry Birds on a Blackberry. When you think of all the different operating systems now, all with different ways to do even basic things like change the screensaver or ringtone, add a contact or connect to Wi-Fi it's pretty clear that many people are going to have real trouble navigating all this technology. In my day the hardest thing you would have to do is show an old lady how to use text messaging - imaging having to explain how to download an app...

So the UK mobile operator O2's latest customer initiative looks interesting - they have a network of O2 Guru's in stores that are trained up to answer questions about how to use your phone. They've now extended this onto an O2 Guru channel on youtube. Quite a smart bit of 'education based marketing' which is what the sales masters are recommending these days as the best strategy for selling to people.

O2 YouTube Channel

O2 then have links back to their online store - effectively extending the model that they are operating in stores onto the internet. Not a bad bid of youtube marketing - a lot of attention is on facebook marketing these days but this shows there's a fair bit of room for innovating using other social platforms. It's a good idea to use video as well - a lot of people dont like reading a lot of text and it's much easier to explain stuff.

Back to the mobile gurus that I used to work with in the Orange shop back in the day. If you look at the model used here there is no reason why someone couldnt create their own mobile phone review and tech channel on youtube and build a massive audience. Howard Chui did it with http://www.howardforums.com years ago and new technology creates a new opportunity to become an authority. With affiliate marketing sales of mobile contracts, handsets and so on you could make a good living out of this. Very similar to what Gary Vaynerchuck advocates in his book Crush It! - if you have a passion about something the tools are now there to make a living from it.

Anyway good to see an operator trying out different marketing channels and trying to solve a problem for consumers rather than blowing money on TV ads.

Macau Continues to Boom in 2012

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:32:00 +0000

Macau picked up in January 2012 where it left off in 2011, with its casinos turning in a very strong performance and a record flow of Chinese gamblers trying their luck during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Gambling revenues for January came in at the high end of analysts expectations at $3.13 billion, which was up about 35% compared to the previous year. Demand remains strong in Macau for gambling despite a worldwide recession and uncertain economic times throughout many countries.

While 2012 is off to a hot start, many doubt that Macau can match the winning streak it saw in 2011 with overall revenue growth of 42% in 2011, with a more sedate growth of 10-20% predicted for 2012.

High roller players have been responsible for the bulk of gambling revenues in Macau so far -- with many coming from China as guests of gambling junket operators that cater to high stakes baccarat players -- but some analysts see more traditional mass market tourism coming to the forefront in Macau in 2012 as the market begins to mature and become more widely known.

Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts both reported strong earnings from their Macau operations, helping to offset sluggish results back in the US in Las Vegas and other US states still struggling from the recession and high unemployment.

Macau was the first area in Asia to offer huge casinos and hotels similar to the model Las Vegas pioneered, tapping into the huge demand in China for a more convenient way to escape for gambling and entertainment.

Singapore is following in Macau's footsteps, with its two casinos turning in big profits and revenue growth; Macau passed Las Vegas years ago as far as gambling revenue taken in, with Singapore poised to pull off the same feat in 2012.

2 New Games at Hopa Mobile

admin — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:15:30 +0000

Hopa Mobile have just added Jungle Joy & Pirates Paradise to their suite of 10 exciting mobile games! Sign up with Hopa on your mobile and get a £5 free bonus. Jungle Joy is the jungle-tastic mobile scratch card game with a whopping £200,000 top prize. Pirates Paradise is a cool new mobile slots game [...]