Representatives of Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas and San Manuel Casino in California will be among the thought leaders at the International Casino Conference on February 6, 2023, at ICE London 2023.
Laurens Vosloo, chief executive officer of San Manuel Casino at Yaamava’ Resort & Casino in Southern California, and Cynthia Murphey, general manager of Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas, will share their experience during the ICE London’s curtain-raiser event in relation to the opening of the first casino resort in Las Vegas that is owned and operated by a Native American tribe.
Speaking ahead of the event, Vosloo, who is also the chief executive officer of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, outlined the prospect of owning a casino in Las Vegas as “a long-term vision” and part of the tribe’s investment and diversification strategy.
“At the International Casino Conference, we will be sharing the story of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and how they made history by becoming the first Native American tribe to wholly own and operate a casino resort in Las Vegas,” Vosloo said.
Vosloo also noted that the San Manuel tribe is popular with its generosity and contributions to its communities, expressing this way its “gratitude for the kindness” shown by others throughout the tribe’s “journey to self-reliance and sovereignty.”
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is among the leading employers in Southern California and providing for the community is central to the tribe’s values, hence, the history-making acquisition of Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas was no different having created jobs for 1,200 team members half of which were returning casino employees.
Challenges Did Not Stop the Team
The casino was sold to the San Manuel Gaming & Hospitality Authority in May 2021 and was opened in April last year, just 132 days after receiving its operational license, and the casino’s general manager will reflect on the huge logistical challenges of preparing such an iconic hospitality venue.
Commenting on the experience, Murphey said that the team at Palms had managed to open the casino resort in less than four months, doing the “sourcing, hiring, and training” of its team members, “overcoming strategic sourcing and supply chain issues,” as well as “dealing with anything else they had not planned for but had “encountered as the first Tribal entity to own and operate a casino resort in Las Vegas.”
Murphey also expressed her gratitude to the numerous original Palms team members who had decided to rejoin at the opening, highlighting “their energy and enthusiasm” as the reasons for the casino resort to continue to thrive.
She also paid tribute to the vision of the San Manuel Gaming & Hospitality Authority and its desire to create positive change in the Las Vegas community, making it stronger and more resilient with its contributions.
Between entertaining gimmicks and all-star endorsements, it’s easy to see how online gambling promotions could catch the attention of those under the legal betting age. While online gambling is illegal in Florida, promotions are still reaching minors and introducing them to gambling before they’re of age to make informed decisions. It’s important to learn more about how these promotions are inadvertently reaching kids, how they lead to problematic behavior, and the normalization of gambling ads during popular sporting events.
Reaching the Wrong Audience
Most online platforms have some regulations regarding gambling ads and minors, but what happens when these platforms aren’t enforcing their own policies? In 2021, the Tech Transparency Company ran an experiment where they submitted ads to Facebook that targeted teens with age-inappropriate content, such as gambling and alcohol, and found all their ads approved within hours.[1] Intentional or not, there are commonly jokes, memes, celebrity and athlete endorsements, and imagery that appeal to younger audiences.
Not only are children more exposed to ads of this nature, they’re also more able to act on these ads than before. This generation is quick to adopt the newest technologies and can access online gambling sites due to poor or no age verification or through a parent’s account. And, in some cases, children are not monitored by adults when on their devices.
Gambling Ads Affect Minors
The earlier children are exposed to gambling advertisements and opportunities the more likely they are to develop compulsive gambling behaviors in the future. Research shows that regular exposure to gambling ads can change a minor’s perception of the activity and make it normalized at a younger age.[2] In fact, children introduced to gambling by age 12 are four times more likely to compulsively gamble. Because a minor’s brain isn’t fully developed, they lack a refined sensitivity to risky behaviors when presented. Currently, 4-5% of minors ages 12-17 meet the criteria for a gambling problem, with an additional 10-14% at risk of developing one.[3]
How Major Sporting Events Could Cause Problems
It’s that time of year when many exciting sporting events are anticipated, from the big football game final to March Madness. While sports betting isn’t legal in the Sunshine State for anyone, children, teens, and others are still being bombarded with commercials promoting betting while watching their favorite teams compete. It’s become the norm for minors to see athletes endorse gambling, which can be harmful for impressionable young fans who view these players as idols.
Working Together for Education and Prevention
Whether your child or someone you know has been asking questions about sports betting commercials or displaying concerning behaviors, the FCCG has the resources you need to protect those at-risk or experiencing the impacts of problem gambling. Your One Sure Thing can help you, a minor and others to understand the risks of gambling addiction by contacting the Problem Gambling HelpLine at 888-ADMIT-IT (888-236-4848), texting (321-978-0555), emailing ([email protected]), chatting (gamblinghelp.org), or visiting us on social media.
REFERENCES:
Mayer, Beth Ann. “Kids as Young as 11 Are Becoming Addicted to Online Gambling.” Parents, 23 Dec. 2021, https://www.parents.com/kids/safety/kids-as-young-as-11-are-becoming-addicted-to-online-gambling/.
Davies, Rob. “Children More Likely to Become Gamblers Due to High Volume of Betting Ads.” The Guardian, 27 Mar. 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/27/children-more-likely-to-become-gamblers-due-to-high-volume-of-betting-ads.
High School Gambling Fact Sheet. National Council on Problem Gambling, https://www.ncpgambling.org/files/HS_Fact_Sheet.pdf.
The RunGood Poker Series at Hard Rock in Tulsa, Oklahoma, came to an end Sunday night with the conclusion of the $600 Main Event. The guaranteed prize pool of $100,000 was blown out of the water as a total of 649 entrants (a venue record) came out to make a total purse of $337,480, which was paid out to the top 81 players.
After the dust settled, it was Oklahoma resident Pete Petree who dominated the final table to win his first RGPS main event for a career-best score of $62,911.
“I was fortunate enough to have a chip lead at the final table,” remarked the newest champion after the win, “I bet it when I had it, and I got lucky.”
Prior to this win, Petree had lifetime earnings of $125,225, and victories that included a WSOP circuit ring, and a RGPS Pot-Limit Omaha title in 2017 in Tulsa. With this win, Petree triples his biggest prior cash, and becomes the first player to win the free seat to the Thunder Valley freeroll, where he will have an opportunity to play in The PokerGO Tour $1,000,000 freeroll.
“A trip to California, it sounds awesome. My wife will love it,” Petree responded when asked about the seat.
RGPS Tulsa Final Table Results
Place
Player
Hometown
Prize
1
Pete Petree
Broken Arrow, OK
$62,911
2
Sam Panzica
Deadwood, SD
$39,350
3
Grant Hart
Conway, AR
$29,091
4
Mark Martin
Dexter, KS
$21,767
5
Nikhil Behl
Tulsa, OK
$16,469
6
James Herderhorst
Kansas City, MO
$12,622
7
Travis Speck
Wichita Falls, TX
$9,821
8
Jeff Tolbert
Broken Arrow, OK
$7,728
9
Joseph Gargiulo
Port Charlotte, FL
$6,176
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Action of The Day
The eliminations started out slow at the beginning of the day, but once the clock ticked down to 60 players, a flurry of competitors headed to the exit. Among the fallen were Keith Jeffrey (58th-$1,215), Brian Frenzel (40th-$1,384), Duster Ellis (31st-$1,654), start of day chip leader Kris Burchfield (28th-$1,856), Ashley “PokerFaceAsh” Frank (22nd-$2,430), Caitlin Comeskey (19th-$2,835), and Sandra Main (13th-$4,084). On the final table bubble, it was Kyle Michael who ended up going to the exit when his ace-five could not hold against Jeff Tolbert’s king-queen. Michael ended the tournament in tenth place for $4,961.
Final Table Recap
Joseph Gargiulo started off the week by winning the RGPS ambassador bounty, and he ended it by making an appearance at the $600 Main Event final table. His run was cut short when he doubled up Sam Panzica, with ace-nine against Panzica’s ace-king, leaving him with just two big blinds. Shortly after he found himself all in and holding king-queen suited. He was unable to improve against Mark Martin’s ace three suited and the colorful RGPS ring winner exited the tournament in ninth place for $6,176.
Hard Rock Tulsa January 2023 Main Event Final Table
The next eliminations came together in the same hand. Tolbert came into the final with a larger-than-average chip stack, but an ace-king to kings confrontation with Petree left him with just two big blinds. He moved all in from first position getting called by Petree and Martin. The short-stacked Travis Speck then moved all in from the small blind, which folded out Martin, but Petree called. Petree’s ten-nine suited was able to improve against both Tolbert’s ace-jack offsuit and Speck’s ace-king suited, adding to Petree’s growing chip stack while eliminating Tolbert in eighth place for $7,728, and Speck in seventh place for $9,821.
It was James Herderhorst who was eliminated next in a multiway pot that saw both Grant Hart and Herderhorst make a flush. Herderhorst held jack-eight of hearts looking at a board with three hearts on it. He moved all in for his last eight big blinds, only for Hart to move all in over the top with king-ten of hearts for the second nut flush. Herderhorst wished his table mates well as he exited the tournament in sixth for $12,622.
Nikhil Behl fell next in fifth place for $16,469. Behl started as one of the shorter stacks at the final table, but managed to ladder up multiple spots to see his stack make it to five-handed play. When he moved in his final four big blinds, he was called by three players who checked down a board and his ace-high was unable to best Martin’s rivered pair of sevens and he left the tournament area.
Nikhil Behl
Mark Martin doubled through Hart when his queens held against ace-king suited, which saw Martin put himself in a clear second place while Hart fell very short. What seemed like a high likelihood of a Martin versus Petree heads-up match, vanished in an instant when Martin held ten-nine suited and flopped a straight, only for Petree’s king-ten off to make a superior straight on the turn. Both players got in their chips on the turn and Martin could not find a river chop to survive and the RGPS Joplin champion ended his impressive run in fourth place for $21,767.
Hart fell very shortly after his confrontation with Martin and he got in his final chips with pocket fours, flipping with Panzica’s ace-jack. A jack on the flop and an ace on the river ensured a victory for Panzica and the RGPS regular finished in third place for a career-best cash of $29,091.
Panzica hung around at the bottom of the chip counts most of the final table, but by the time he had gotten to heads up, he was at his tournament peak. Despite that, just two hands into heads up, the chips went all in with Panzica holding king-queen against Petree’s ace-king. A nine-high board did not change anything for the hand rankings and the most experienced tournament player at the final table ended his run in second place for $39,350 to add to his $4,700,000 in lifetime earnings.
Flutter Entertainment’s sports betting exchange, Betfair, and Cruzeiro EC announced a two-year sponsorship to mark the return of the soccer club to Serie A of the Brazilian Championship.
Commitment to the Club and Its Fans
The agreement with the Brazilian soccer club made Betfair the main shirt sponsor of the men’s team and sponsor of the women’s team where the brand will feature on the back of the shirt. The Betfair sponsorship marked Cruzeiro’s 102nd-anniversary celebrations.
Kimberly Daly, managing director of Betfair International, commented on the opportunity for the sports betting brand to partner with Cruzeiro at this important moment of the club’s over 100 years of history, highlighting the agreement as “a demonstration of Betfair’s commitment and investment in the club’s professional men’s and women’s teams, without losing focus on what is most precious to Cruzeiro: the fans.”
“With Betfair, the game is different, and we put fans at the center of everything we do to bring them experiences that only Betfair can offer,” Daly concluded.
The sponsorship was announced during the second round match of the 2023 Mineiro Championship against Athletic at Arena Independência as the team appeared with Betfair stamped on the front of their shirts. The team appeared with a question mark on the front of their shirts the round before to induce fans’ interest in the upcoming announcement.
Returning to Where It Has Always Belonged
Gabriel Lima, chief executive officer of Cruzeiro EC, hailed the size, strength and potential of the partnership that has been agreed upon during a very special moment for the club as it is working hard to restore the trust of its fans.
“Closing with Betfair, one of the giants in its segment, is an important step on Cruzeiro’s way back to its well-deserved prominent position in Brazilian football,” Lima concluded.
The new shirt will also feature via animated activations at several iconic buildings in the city of Belo Horizonte such as the JK building located in Praça Raul Soares. The illuminations were created by the sports marketing agency Octagon Latam.
Betfair will gain brand exposure via Cruzeiro’s training uniforms and logo on the team’s bus, as well as across the club’s digital media, interview backdrops, and a customized program featuring the club’s legends. For the fans, there will be a series of activations, including raffles, offering prizes such as VIP tickets and official merchandise, and exclusive promotions.
Sustainable Management Model
Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima, the owner of Cruzeiro EC and one of the greatest soccer players in the history of the sport, will be also involved in several activations under the partnership. In December 2021, Ronaldo acquired the club which gave him his debut as a 16-year-old in May 1993.
The Fenômeno hailed the arrival of Betfair as “a milestone” for the club and its ambitious plans, as part of the promises he made last year to provide an “efficient, responsible and sustainable management model,” and as a display of confidence for the team given by a multinational and publicly traded company.
“I’m very proud and I’m sure the fans are too,” he added.
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Entre ardides entretenidos y el apoyo de grandes estrellas, es fácil ver cómo las promociones de apuestas en línea podrían llamar la atención de los menores que aún no tienen la edad legal para apostar. Si bien las apuestas en línea son ilegales en Florida, las promociones siguen llegando a los menores y los introducen en el juego antes de que tengan la edad necesaria para tomar decisiones informadas. Es importante aprender más sobre cómo estas promociones están llegando inadvertidamente a los niños, cómo conducen a un comportamiento problemático y la normalización de los anuncios de apuestas durante acontecimientos deportivos populares.
Llegar al público equivocado
La mayoría de las plataformas en línea tienen algunas regulaciones con respecto a los anuncios de apuestas y los menores, pero, ¿qué sucede cuando estas plataformas no están aplicando sus propias políticas? En 2021, Tech Transparency Company realizó un experimento en el que enviaron anuncios a Facebook dirigidos a adolescentes con contenido inapropiado para su edad, como de apuestas y alcohol, y encontraron que todos sus anuncios fueron aprobados en cuestión de horas.[1] De manera intencional o no, comúnmente hay chistes, memes, respaldos de celebridades y atletas, e imágenes que atraen a públicos más jóvenes.
Los niños no solo se ven más expuestos a anuncios de esta naturaleza, sino que también son más capaces de actuar sobre estos anuncios que en el pasado. Esta generación adopta rápidamente las tecnologías más nuevas y puede acceder a sitios de apuestas en línea debido a una verificación de edad deficiente o nula, o a través de la cuenta de uno de sus padres. Y, en algunos casos, los niños no son monitoreados por adultos cuando están en sus dispositivos.
Los anuncios de apuestas afectan a menores
Cuanto más temprano se vean expuestos los niños a anuncios y oportunidades de apuestas, más probabilidades tendrán de desarrollar comportamientos de apuestas compulsivas en el futuro.La investigación muestra que la exposición regular a los anuncios de apuestas puede cambiar la percepción de un menor respecto de esa actividad y normalizarla a una edad más temprana.[2] De hecho, los niños que se ven introducidos a las apuestas para los 12 años tienen cuatro veces más probabilidades de apostar compulsivamente. Debido a que el cerebro de un menor no está completamente desarrollado, carece de una sensibilidad refinada respecto de los comportamientos de riesgo cuando éstos se presentan. Actualmente, el 4-5% de los menores de 12 a 17 años cumplen con los criterios para un problema de juego, con un 10-14% adicional en riesgo de desarrollar uno.[3]
Cómo los grandes acontecimientos deportivos podrían causar problemas
Es la época del año en la que se esperan muchos eventos deportivos emocionantes, desde la gran final del fútbol hasta la March Madness. Si bien las apuestas deportivas no son legales para nadie en el Estado del Sol, los niños, adolescentes y otros siguen viéndose bombardeados con anuncios que promueven las apuestas mientras ven competir a sus equipos favoritos. Se ha convertido en una norma que los menores vean a los atletas apoyar las apuestas, lo que puede ser perjudicial para los jóvenes e impresionables fans que ven a estos jugadores como ídolos.
Trabajando juntos por la educación y la prevención
Ya sea que su hijo o alguien que conozca haya estado haciendo preguntas sobre anuncios de apuestas deportivas o mostrando comportamientos preocupantes, la FCCG tiene los recursos que necesita para proteger a quienes están en riesgo o que experimentan los impactos del problema con las apuestas. Your One Sure Thing puede ayudarles a usted, a un menor y a otros a comprender los riesgos de la adicción a las apuestas comunicándose con la Línea de Ayuda para Problemas con el Juego al 888-ADMIT-IT (888-236-4848), mensajes de texto (321-978-0555), correos electrónicos ([email protected]), chat (gamblinghelp.org) o visitándonos en las redes sociales.
REFERENCIAS:
Mayer, Beth Ann. “Kids as Young as 11 Are Becoming Addicted to Online Gambling.” Parents, 23 de diciembre de 2021, https://www.parents.com/kids/safety/kids-as-young-as-11-are-becoming-addicted-to-online-gambling/.
Davies, Rob. “Children More Likely to Become Gamblers Due to High Volume of Betting Ads.” The Guardian, 27 de marzo de 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/27/children-more-likely-to-become-gamblers-due-to-high-volume-of-betting-ads.
Hoja informativa sobre apuestas para la escuela secundaria. Consejo Nacional sobre Problemas con el Juego, https://www.ncpgambling.org/files/HS_Fact_Sheet.pdf.
The World Poker Tour‘s WPT Prime events have proven popular since their launch in 2022. WPT Prime is designed to give players from around the world the chance to experience the thrill and exhilaration of competing in a WPT Main Event but for a fraction of the cost.
WPT Prime headed to Vietnam, Australia’s Gold Coast, Cambodia, Madrid, Taiwan, and Las Vegas last year and is currently in Paris, France, where the €1,100 buy-in Main Event shuffles up and deals on January 31.
Last time out, WPT Prime found itself in the middle of the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. The World Poker Tour slapped a $2 million guarantee on the $1,100 buy-in tournament, but a 5,430-strong field created a $5,267,100 prize pool, resulting in a $712,650 payday for champion Stephen Song. While WPT Prime Paris has no chance of matching those ridiculous numbers, you can see from the table below that the tour puts up impressive figures in its European, Asian, and Australasian stops.
Past WPT Prime Results
Event
Entrants
Prize Pool (USD)
Champion
Prize (USD)
WPT Prime Vietnam
777
$738,020
Zarvan Tumboli
$131,394
WPT Prime Gold Coast
896
$824,756
Yang Lei
$141,413
WPT Prime Cambodia
1,050
$1,008,100
David Erquiaga
$137,008
WPT Prime Madrid
621
$589,166
Oleksii Koiev
$87,246
WPT Prime Taiwan
877
$809,133
Marc Inizan
$138,939
WPT Prime Wynn Las Vegas
5,430
$5,267,100
Stephen Song
$712,650
The WPT Prime Paris Main Event features five Day 1s, with the fifth and final flight playing with a turbo structure. Day 1a kicks off at 12:00 p.m. CET on January 31, with subsequent starting days commencing at the same time on February 1-3. February 3 is also when the turbo Day 1e takes place, doing so at 7:00 p.m. CET. The WPT Prime Paris Main Event champion will be crowned on February 5.
Players in the Main Event are in for a treat if it follows in the footsteps of the recent WPT Prime High Roller. The €2,200 buy-in event drew in 246 entrants who fought it out for a €102,500 top prize.
It was Frenchman Idir Haiche that was the last player standing. He defeated Portugal’s Hipolito Carapeta heads-up to capture a €102,500 payout, leaving the runner-up to scoop €71,020.
Argentina’s Andres Korn, a player with almost $2.5 million in live poker tournament earnings, finished fourth for €37,000, with the 2022 EPT Barcelona ESPT High Roller champion Miroslav Alilovic fifth for €27,400.
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WPT Prime Paris High Roller Final Table Results
Place
Player
Prize
1
Idir Haiche
€102,500
2
Hipolito Carapeta
€71,020
3
Abderrahim Ineflas
€50,700
4
Andres Korn
€37,000
5
Miroslav Alilovic
€27,400
5
Illia Korobkin
€20,800
6
Thierry Morel
€16,300
8
Michel Cohen
€13,200
9
Adrien Garrigues
€11,000
WPT Prime Paris Results
Six of the WPT Prime Paris events, including the aforementioned High Roller, are done and dusted, but there’s plenty more to come at the Club Circus Paris. The €715 Omaha crowns its champion on January 30, while a €3,300 Super High Roller runs February 4-5.
Event
Buy-in
Entrants
Champion
Prize
WPT Opener
€500
472
Benjamin Dahan
€35,000
WPT Turbo
€400
77
Jean Francois Gaye
€7,561
WPT Superstack
€750
147
David Sacksick
€21,200
WPT PKO Mystery
€500
276
Mohammed Kaidi
€10,600
WPT Turbo
€400
68
Chien Weng
€7,000
WPT Prime High Roller
€2,200
246
Idir Haiche
€102,500
Don’t worry if you missed the chance to become a WPT Prime champion in Paris because two more stops are right around the world. WPT Prime Gold Coast sees the tour set sail for Australia again before jetting off to Cambodia for the third leg of the 2023 tour. WPT Prime Gold Coast runs February 23-March 6, with Cambodia running March 9-21. Perhaps you may be able to win a seat online at WPT Global?
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The launch of WPT Global means that poker players around the world now have the chance to win their way to WPT events, win prizes and enjoy exciting games such as Poker Flips. As one of the world’s largest cash game poker networks, WPT Global is available in over 50 countries and territories around the world.
WPT Global offers a large deposit match bonus: 100% on deposits up to $1,200 (using any payment method). New players depositing a minimum of $20 automatically receive this match bonus which is unlocked in $5 increments (credited straight to the cashier) for every $20 of rake contribution.
Both tournaments and cash games count towards bonus unlocking; new players have 90 days from the date of first deposit to unlock and claim their full bonus amount.
For centuries, sailors dreaded the Doldrums, the equatorial waters where a ship could be becalmed for weeks while its crew were slowly driven out of their minds by boredom and frustration. The extended wait for the government’s white paper on reforms to gambling legislation – originally due to be published in late 2021 – could be having a similar effect.
There seems little doubt the proposed reforms will include some form of “affordability” checks on punters whose activity raises concerns about potential problem gambling. The detail about what form these checks would take, however, or the level or type of activity that would trigger an intervention, is still unknown.
But there is a growing body of anecdotal evidence that some gambling firms have decided to jump the gun. The Racing Post has been reporting for several weeks that increasing numbers of online punters have been asked to supply financial details, including bank statements, payslips and P60s, in order to continue placing bets with some companies. There is evidence too of the same practice extending to betting shops.
In turn, the Post suggests, some gamblers are being pushed towards the black market, which has grim implications for their own welfare and racing’s long-term finances. Closer to hand, there is a suggestion the annual upturn in betting turnover before and during the Cheltenham Festival in March could bring an equivalent spike in the number of punters being swept up in the checks.
Ultimate responsibility for this situation appears to lie, in the Post’sopinion, with the Gambling Commission, created by the 2005 Gambling Act to ensure gambling is “open and fair”. The Commission, it claims, has been putting increasing pressure on gambling businesses to impose the checks or face significant fines for failure to comply with the terms of their licences.
The possibility that a losing first day at Cheltenham could mean you are blocked for the final three is a difficult one for any punter to contemplate. What’s more, since a block on an account pending affordability checks is likely to be imposed by an algorithm, there is an obvious potential for chaos if it is triggered at a relatively low level of activity.
My own feeling – and while the wait for the white paper goes on, a feeling is all it can be – is that the short-term concerns are a little overblown. The Gambling Commission is a deeply deficient body in many ways – as the Football Index collapse in 2021 clearly showed – and its understanding of punters and betting is slim to nonexistent. But it would be a greater folly still to allow the betting industry to grind to a halt in the biggest week of the racing year.
In the longer term, some form of affordability checking, imposed on at least some gamblers, seems inevitable. A study in 2019 showed that a relatively small fraction of customers are responsible for most deposits with online gambling firms – 83% of deposits were from 2% of customers in one case – and while some, perhaps many, of those are high net-worth individuals who can afford it, some will be in the grip of a gambling addiction.
The overall problem gambling rate among Britain’s gamblers is about 0.3%, and betting on racing and other sports is a relatively safe form of gambling when compared with casino and gaming products such as online slots. However, if betting and gaming are treated as one and the same for affordability checks, the implications for the sport could indeed be significant and, to some extent at least, of its own making.
Racing looked the other way for years as major firms ruthlessly exploited the wholesale inadequacies of Labour’s deregulation in 2005, via £100-a-spin gaming machines on every high street. The Racing Post – under a previous editor – gave Fred Done a double-page spread to warn he would close most of his betting shops if the stake limit was cut to £2 [narrator: “when it was, he didn’t”].
Quick Guide
Tuesday’s tips
Show
Newcastle 12.50pm Paddy Elvis 1.25pm Blazing Port 2pm Colonel Harry 2.35pm Fortified Bay
3.10pm Fabuleux Du Clos 3.45pm Coolmoyne 4.20pm Autumn Return
Ffos Las 1.05pm Roger Rarebit 1.40pm Georgi Girl 2.15pm Flowing Cadenza 2.50pm Midnight Ginger 3.25pm Immortal Fame 4pm She’s A Saint
4.35pm Alcedo
Lingfield Park 1.15pm Goshen 1.50pm Teddy Blue 2.25pm Spring Note 3pm New Age Dawning
3.35pm Lock Out 4.10pm William Philo
Southwell 5pm Velma 5.30pm Irish Flame
6pm Glorious Angel 6.30pm Justcallmepete (nb)
7pm All Dunn 7.30pm Comedian Leader
8pm Brandy Station 8.30pm Ciao Adios (nap)
A handful of voices warned at the time that gaming – online and on the high street – was being allowed to poison the well for betting, that having sown the wind, the gambling industry would reap the whirlwind in time. Now, that time has nearly arrived and the white paper will reveal the full extent to which racing will also pay the price.
There is a new-look tournament schedule at PartyPoker that sees hundreds more tournaments take place every week, including a pair of new Sunday majors. The revamped schedule is live in the PartyPoker lobby; here is what you can expect to see.
The $150,000 Guaranteed Sunday Party
Starting February 5, there is a new flagship tournament hitting the PartyPoker tables: The Sunday Party. Costing $109 and featuring a $150,000 guaranteed prize pool, The Sunday Party is by far the site’s biggest guaranteed tournament. In the early weeks, especially, The Sunday Party could be incredible value because other $109 buy-in tournaments at PartyPoker rarely exceed $70,000.
A totally overhauled satellite system will help PartyPoker reach the required number of entrants, especially as those satellites start at only $0.01. More PartyPoker’s satellites soon…
The $50,000 Sunday Carnival
If you can’t afford the $109 Sunday Party buy-in or your attempts to win your way in fall flat, you may want to turn your attention to The Sunday Carnival. This $22 buy-in event boasts a $50,000 guarantee on its prize pool, and it follows the same structure, except its blinds increase every eight minutes compared to 12 minutes for the Sunday Party.
Again, there are satellites galore for the Sunday Carnival. Both events shuffle up and deal at 7:05 p.m. GMT on Sunday, and take place over two days. Day 1 ends when only 16 players remain, with those survivors returning to the tables at 8:05 p.m. GMT on the following Monday.
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Longer Expiry Dates on Satellite Wins
PartyPoker collates feedback from its players via social media and other channels, and the recommendations and suggestions it received have resulted in a complete overhaul of the site’s satellite tournament offerings.
First, the expiry dates for most satellite have been extended from seven days to as long as 45 days to give players more flexibility. Second, most satellites do not automatically register you for the target tournament. This was previously a major issue with PartyPoker players, particularly those that played the phased satellites. Some satellites will auto-reg, but these are clearly marked in the tournament’s lobby.
You’ll also find hundreds more satellites that were on the previous schedule, with satellites feeding into all of PartyPoker’s Daily Legends and Supers tournaments.
Daily Legends and Supers Galore
Daily Legends now start between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. GMT instead of mostly being concentrated during peak European hours. This not only opens the door for more South American and Canadian – not Ontarians though, as they have their own site – players to enjoy larger guaranteed tournaments, but means there is usually a Daily Legend event in play whenever you fire up PartyPoker.
The Daily Legends, which are PartyPoker’s daily tournaments but with juicier guarantees, now also run seven days per week, with the $215 buy-in $30,000 guaranteed Big Weekend being a new addition on Saturdays.
Supers are like Daily Legends on steroids, as they feature bigger guarantees. These now run on Fridays and Saturdays with buy-ins from $5.50 to $530.
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PartyPoker’s standard tournament offering has increased substantially across all buy-in levels. The Super Micro limits ($0.11 to $0.49) now have hundreds more tournaments every week. While freerolls are fun, many people do not consider them a true representation of a poker tournament because people play crazy due to having no vested financial interest. Now those players can experience a proper poker tournament for as little as $0.11.
Heading to the tournament lobby reveals more turbo-structured games than on the old schedule. However, the same reduced late registration and limited re-entries remain, as do the favourable blind structure that keeps the average stack size at a playable level.
Overall, the new PartyPoker tournament schedule looks superb, with far more choices than ever before, and it should be a hit with the site’s players. Why not check it out today?
The leading provider of regulatory compliance services for the gambling industry has inked the iconic partnership with technology supplier nChain and the one-stop shop for all compliance, regulatory, corporate responsibility, and professional service options for Distributed Ledge Technology.
The latter will offer blockchain-powered compliance options to global gaming operators. Together, the trio hopes to strengthen the plethora of compliance solutions that are now being offered by W2 and Crucial Compliance.
“A Complete Solution That Puts Players First”
Gaming operators in international markets can expect to receive more support for overcoming the typical legislative challenges they are faced with. They will also benefit from guidance on how to prepare their processes and tools for the future.
Distributed Ledge Technology has already proven its important role in reshaping the industry. The new collaboration between the three powerful companies is expected to bring the transformation to a new level by focusing on regulation and compliance for the first time.
The new initiative, considered a breakthrough partnership, aims to protect players by mixing W2’s know-how and tools with nChain and Crucial Compliance’s expertise. Distributed Ledger Technology offers a complete solution that strives to put players first and considerably simplify compliance for gaming operators, according to W2’s chief executive Warren Russell.
Crucial Compliance’s chief executive Paul Foster called Distributed Ledger Technology the “future of regulatory compliance and player protection”. He also explained that the trio will enable all operator partners to leverage the massive potential of the technology right now while preparing for the future.
nChain’s sales director Nick Hill praised the way blockchain can boost processes that are considered crucial for businesses in many sectors with special emphasis on gambling operators and their compliance with the freshest regulations and the protection of players. Hill also explained the fresh solutions would help operators lower the risk of getting fined while protecting their reputation in the blockchain market.
W2 Launched the Affordability for Gambling Solutions
In May 2022, W2 also launched the Affordability for Gambling Tool that enables operators to complete comprehensive affordability checks without negatively affecting their customers’ experiences. The solution is aimed at satisfying player protection and safer gambling requirements by mixing data assets from several sources at individual, geographic, and demographic levels on a “where available” basis.
With the help of the new tool, operators can gain more insight into multiple affordability indicators that would help protect their players, while fully complying with current regulations, and preventing potential fines and damage to their reputation.
W2, Crucial Compliance, and nChain will send their representatives at the ICE VOX LONDON event that will be held on February 7-9.
The 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) underway in The Bahamas has already crowned some big winners, including Isaac Haxton, David Yan, Conor Beresford and Allan Barnes. A thousand miles north, there have also been big winners in the PokerStars Pennsylvania PSPC Online series that got underway on Jan. 13 and wraps up later today on Jan. 30.
PokerNews highlighted several PSPC Online champions in an earlier article, including $250 NLH Battle Royale champ “deadtosolve” ($8,668) and $500 NLH [High Roller Players Special] winner Zachary “KennytheRipper” Gruneberg ($11,513).
Both Pennsylvanians continued to run hot and found second titles as “deadtosolve” took down Event #44: $100 NLHE [Battle Royale, Progressive KO] for $4,758 and Gruneberg took down Event #54: $250 NLHE [Thursday Thrill, Players Championship Edition] for $10,603.
Gruneberg, a PokerStars streamer, has been on a tear to start of the new year.
In addition to crushing on PokerStars PA, the three-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring winner finished second in a $320 Circuit event in January for $5,317, coming just short of getting that Circuit ring.
And while that fourth ring didn’t come, Gruneberg now finds himself with two PSPC Online titles. To see “HustlerGrune” in action, check out his Twitch channel.
Zachary Gruneberg
The last week of PSPC action has brought some of the biggest winners, such as Event #38: $200 NLHE [Championship Special, 2-Day] champion “soccerdad29,” who got through a field of 569 runners to take home $18,712, the biggest piece of the $105,834 prize pool that surpassed the $100,000 guarantee.
After that, Andrew “and_porter” Porter earned $19,503 when he took down Event #40: $1,000 NLHE [Championship High Roller Special], which generated $79,800 in prize money to push past the $75,000 guarantee. Porter himself is a bit of an online crusher as he is the owner of one WSOP bracelet and three Circuit rings.
Those aren’t the only guarantees that have been smashed as every event so far as there hasn’t been a single overlay so far in Pennsylvania. Event #52: $100 NLHE [Storm, 6-Max], for example, generated $29,560 to pass the $25,000 guarantee before “Jpuma97” took home the top prize of $5,547.
PSPC Online
Other big PSPC Online winners in Pennsylvania include Michael “fubadbeatbob” McNicholas, who took down Event #34: $2550 NLHE [Deepstack Saturday, Players Championship Edition] for $7,069, as well as “dbrinker,” who shipped Event #46: $250 NLHE [Super Tuesday, Players Championship Edition] for $10,921.
There are still a few days left to hop into the online action as PokerStars PA PSPC Online wraps up on Jan. 30. Be sure to hop on to get a piece of those guaranteed prize pools.
A full list of PokerStars PA PSPC Online winners is available in the table below.
