Monthly Archives: February 2016

Austrians Blocked from PokerStars.fr Causes More Misery in France

France’s PokerStars.fr took another traffic hit this week, after it was announced that Austrian players will no longer be able to access the site. The decision to exclude Austrians from the ring-fenced French site is due to the European Union’s Value Added Tax (VAT) directive of 2015. Under the terms of the directive, operators must […]

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888Poker to Return as Lead Sponsor to 2016 World Series of Poker

888poker will have its logo and presence stamped all over the Rio in Las Vegas this summer, as it returns as a key sponsor of the 2016 World Series of Poker. Around this time last year, the WSOP announced its partnership with the popular online poker site. But DraftKings remained the main sponsor at the […]

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California State Teachers Retirement System Increases Position in Las Vegas Sands Corp.

California State Teachers Retirement System raised its position in Las Vegas Sands Corp. by 1.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission . The firm owned 677,503 shares of the casino operator’s stock after buying an additional 10,800 shares during the period.

California State Teachers Retirement System Increases Position in Las Vegas Sands Corp.

California State Teachers Retirement System raised its position in Las Vegas Sands Corp. by 1.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission . The firm owned 677,503 shares of the casino operator’s stock after buying an additional 10,800 shares during the period.

Pokerbots Could Beat The Top Humans in 2-3 Years Says Tartanian 8 Creator

A Ph.D. student in the School of Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon has said Pokerbots will beat the top humans in the next 2-3 years after earning an award for his latest creation: Tartanian 8.

It’s the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. Heads-up specialist Jason Les is talking to Tatjana Pasalic about his recent battle against the supercomputer Claudico.

Pasalic asks Les if he would do it all again?

“If the terms were right, yeah I would do it again.” Said Les.

Pokerbots Could Beat The Top Humans in 2-3 Years Says Tartanian 8 Creator

A Ph.D. student in the School of Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon has said Pokerbots will beat the top humans in the next 2-3 years after earning an award for his latest creation: Tartanian 8.

It’s the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. Heads-up specialist Jason Les is talking to Tatjana Pasalic about his recent battle against the supercomputer Claudico.

Pasalic asks Les if he would do it all again?

“If the terms were right, yeah I would do it again.” Said Les.

Georgia attorney general latest to say daily fantasy sports is illegal gambling

The Georgia Attorney General’s office says daily fantasy sports are currently illegal under existing state law, a stance that likely contributed to the failure of a DFS bill to advance in the state legislature on Monday.

On Monday, the Atlanta Journal Constitution quoted a letter from deputy AG W. Wright Banks Jr. to a Georgia Lottery Corporation (GLC) lawyer expressing the sentiment that “daily fantasy sports are not authorized under Georgia law.”

The letter was written in response to a GLC request for clarification made last October, which followed letters the GLC sent to DFS operators DraftKings and FanDuel the previous month, warning them that their activities in the state appeared to be illegal.

Georgia law limits betting activity to the types offered by the GLC and defines forbidden bets as any agreement through which “dependent upon chance even though accompanied by some skill, one stands to win or lose something of value.”