Month: February 2024
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown dates and schedule announced
Hollywood, Florida’s Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is currently preparing for their popular Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, a poker series set to begin this year on March 16th. Running through April 9th, the SHRP Showdown will coincide with the World Poker Tour for the second year in a row, featuring two events for Season XV.
Players attending the Showdown will have the ability to participate in the two World Poker Tour events, the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Championship and the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale. The first WPT event will have a buy-in of $3,500 while the Finale will have a larger buy-in of $10,000. For each of the WPT events, there will be a $2 million prize pool guarantee.
Additional tournaments on the schedule include the…
Read MoreSeminole Casino Hotel Immokalee to host Poker Challenge this February
This February, the Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee will be hosting a special poker tournament festival. The second annual Seminole Immokalee Poker Challenge will take place at the casino as part of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker 2016-17 season. The Poker Challenge will run from the 21st of February to the 26th offering quality poker tournament events.
The headliner of the Challenge will be the $200,000 guaranteed Main Event which will have a buy-in of $1,650. The event will begin on the 24th and the winner of the tournamen…
Read MoreSG Interactive brings Sword of Destiny to online casinos
After introducing its Sword of Destiny title to land-based casinos in July, American gaming machine innovator Scientific Games Corporation has announced that its SG Interactive subsidiary has now released the game as a five-reel, 25-payline online video slot.
Las Vegas-based Scientific Games Corporation explained that the new online casino version of Sword of Destiny is themed around popular existing card and role-playing titles and has been designed ‘to appeal to a fan-base familiar with epic online fantasy games’.
Scientific Games Corporation stated that its Sword of De…
Read MoreSix Major Sports Teams Campaign to Make a Ballot on Sports Betting Legalization in Missouri
After two sports betting bills passed the Missouri House and died in the Senate in 2022 and, respectively, 2023 to mark repeated attempts to legalize sports betting in the state, a coalition of six major sports teams including the Kansas City Chiefs, Royals and Current is reportedly launching a campaign to put sports gambling on the 2024 ballot.
Initiative to Launch Sports Betting in Missouri:
As Missouri Independent (MI) reports, the initiative, financially supported by two sports betting platforms, represents a joint effort of sports franchises and sports betting operators to bring the sports gambling to Missouri. The coalition has reportedly opted to refer directly to voters after Missouri lawmakers rejected their previou…
Read MoreSpinola Gaming to showcase range of new instant games at ICE London
After recently detailing its intention to break into the Asian and Latin American markets and prominent online lottery software solutions firm, Spinola Gaming, has now announced the imminent launch of a range of instant games such as the Scandinavia-themed Valhalla’s Gold.
The Maltese developer used an official Tuesday press release published by European Gaming Media and Events to declare that its latest array of innovations have been ‘designed to bridge the gap between lotteries and online slot games’ and will be showcased via a series of ‘exclusive pre-launch demos’ at next month’s International Casino Exhibition (ICE) London extravaganza.
Advanced attractions:
Headquartered in the Valletta suburb of St Julian’s, Spinola Gaming stated t…
Read MoreSports betting, online and land-based casinos to be legalized in Ukraine
Legislation that legalizes and regulates gambling across Europe‘s second largest country, including sports betting casinos, bookmaker’s offices, and online casinos has been published by Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance. The passing of the bill ends a six-year ban on gambling, which was introduced in 2009, the same year a fire in a gambling hall in Dnipropetrovsk killed nine people.
The creation of the state-owned National Service for Gambling, which would be responsible for issuing licenses to private gaming operators and organizing gambling in the country, is also included in the Draft Law, according to Asia Gaming Brief.
Stipulations of the new bill include legal Ukrainian companies that possess more than $2.2 million in capital, without borrowing, would be…
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