Archive for September, 2006

Hard Rock Biloxi declares Bankruptcy

Friday, September 29th, 2006

Thirteen days before its scheduled opening, Hard Rock Biloxi was completely and utterly destroyed by the powerful Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005.

London Casino Operator

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Entrepreneur James Packer this week said he is poised to sell his private investment in the Aspinall’s casinos in England and Wales for $91.8 million to Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd, a public company that he also owns.

New Player’s Casino Club Program

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Resorts International is looking to create more loyal customers with the introduction of a new player’s club program that will unite all its properties in the United States with a single card so players can get better rewards, faster.

Bodog.com Expands with ‘Reality’ TV’ Offering

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Billionaire Internet gambling entrepreneur Calvin Ayre has pledged to stay out the U.S., physically. He doesn’t want to be a target for the feds, who covet more arrests of Internet gaming CEOs.

Harrah’s Opens New Orleans Hotel & Casino

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

The Bayou is welcoming its first all new hotel development since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Big Easy last year. Harrah’s New Orleans Hotel opened this week with much fanfare and symbolizing the city is back on its feet.

2nd Anniversary Summit Point Leaders - Congrats to the Winners!

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Hi Everyone,
We’ve had lots of inquiries regarding the Summit Points leaderboard for September. Now it’s time to announce the winners! All 100 people below have qualified for the Everest Poker 2nd Anniversary $20,000 Freeroll on September 30th. Just log into your Everest Poker account by 14:00 GMT on the 30th, and you’ll be brought into the tournament.

Congratulations!

RaiseMax - 80398.64
Used_Rugs - 76061.54
Maoa - 55771.97
Laut - 50898.56
SYSEKAS - 48360.01
lolalola - 47886.45
niandralades - 45330.51
fulminato - 42457.93
tamprog - 41481.9
MarcusAS - 40699.31
JasonMellros - 38873.85
riverjack - 38208.63
_cc_ - 37703.89
LikeAVirgin - 37362.48
MissUniverse - 36459.52
hichamdu71 - 36023.34
bifffeno - 35831.23
Wizli - 35538.98
bobby84 - 34931.69
dolly76 - 33640.87
Mux100 - 33591.65
Heiko - 32121.53
fixfixfix - 31988.63
eric3584 - 31806.03
_FK - 30592.05
IntuitionNEW - 29012.74
trovi99 - 28844.95
ematic86 - 28665.34
Pocc3r - 28571.81
nosebleed - 28449.14
rodro - 27792.24
Pocketjoe - 27788.67
jkklla321 - 27673.91
oldheverlee - 26785.9
Icebreaker77 - 25929.66
philbrasil - 25317.75
planbar - 25052.7
Lipiton1973 - 24795.49
Geurt - 24662.24
statssux - 24222.53
ChiefWill - 23368.46
HAMMERSHARK - 23108.29
ukkel - 22861.07
SlapHapy - 22389.19
HeatBlood - 22168.47
Mr_Pres - 22085.08
overbored - 21868.85
julabo - 21646.49
gastonlagaff - 21553.69
Kimbre - 21377.29
syntaxerror - 21358.88
MONAZ - 21222.13
Kirra - 21185.72
kristana - 20792.73
Spike_06 - 20708.72
flaviobrigae - 20653.52
lucky-luc - 20493.8
nielis - 20448.23
halmstadvip - 20266.93
North - 20211.83
Greylilas - 20190.4
diamante996 - 20116.98
FLiST - 20065.53
-Pollution- - 20009.15
DronpaUK - 19480.91
FoxLeader - 19345.69
aldriano - 19173.08
schefffe - 18980.63
Disbon - 18904.65
BillyCo - 18856.18
bluffertje - 18716.05
Charlotte83 - 18586.1
wizkazz - 18579.37
boelie - 18369.28
Calamar79 - 18236.04
Pokermon168 - 18225.28
phazerz - 18185.98
istral - 17980.51
grosdoux1 - 17608.76
totoff - 17560.33
BVB1909 - 17497.33
A.Kmicic - 17342.97
Mimi_ - 17285.24
Sixteeninch - 17207.23
FlorianVV - 17194.15
Mr.Gaston - 17077.83
Vincenzo88 - 16905.27
freddy99 - 16730.63
ofasa - 16621.85
sam33 - 16610.32
DutchVinny - 16527.47
@frodit@ - 16510.65
reXne - 16478.86
123KGB - 16423.03
marc067 - 16221.89
FrenchFlair - 16067.33
GeesStudie - 16017.98
Fritztonius - 15984.47
kgoule - 15904.15
WillyForP - 15852.49

Borgata Poker Tourney Champ

Monday, September 25th, 2006

Borgata gave away its biggest poker jackpot yet when North Carolina’s Mark Newhouse captured the title and a first-place prize of $1,519,020. At 21 years old Newhouse is the second youngest player to ever win a WPT Championship and beat Chris McCormack who was rewarded for his second place finish with $802,985 for his second place finish.

Support for Gambling in Midwest

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

A new poll, released this week, shows that a majority of West Virginians support legalization of casino-style gambling in their state, according to the West Virginia Racing Association (WVRA).

Internet Gambling Grows in Canada

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

A new survey, released this week, indicates that the popularity of online gambling is increasing spectacularly in Canada, OnlineCasinoCrawler.com has learned.

Erroneous Jackpot

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

A ruckus over a major casino jackpot has been resolved, and Freddy Howard is $260,000 richer. The dispute began on August 29 when Howard was at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in southern Florida and swiped his Player\’s Card in a \’\'Swipe & Win\’\’ progressive jackpot promotional kiosk.