News Archive for February 2014 - OCA News

Feb 26 2014

WSOPC Comes to Bicycle Casino in Las Angeles

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The World Series of Poker Circuit will be stopping in Las Angeles from March 6th to April 5th. The stop will be at The Bicycle Casino and will be the only stop in the Las Angeles area. Together with the Bicycle’s own Winnin’ o’ the Green and Mega Million IX events, it means that there
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Feb 26 2014

Action Gaming Sells Patents to IGT

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Action Gaming, a leading casino video poker game developer, has announced the sale of a number of its video poker patents to IGT as part of a long-term, exclusive video poker game development agreement. The patents cover a number of themes and thousands of games that make up IGT’s collection of daily fee video poker
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Feb 25 2014

Las Vegas Sands Prepared to Invest $10 Billion in Japanese Casino

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Earlier this week Sheldon Adelson, the CEO of Las Vegas Sands, said that his company was willing to spend “whatever it takes” in order to setup a casino project in Japan. It is widely thought that Las Vegas Sands is a strong candidate to receive a Japanese casino license if the country passes legislation to
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Feb 25 2014

Zenit St Petersburg vs Borussia Dortmund Champions League Preview

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Later today Zenit St Petersburg plays Borussia Dortmund at the Petrovosky Stadium in the Champions League. The match will be the first time that the two teams have ever played each other and Zenit have only lost once at home this season. However, despite Zenit’s good home form, the bookies favour Borussia Dortmund to win.
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Feb 25 2014

Stardust Casino Launches on iOS

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Many gamblers will remember the historic Stardust Casino as one of Las Vegas’ largest iconic casinos which produced a number of firsts during its time on the strip. The casino closed in 2006, however, the Stardust Casino App has been on Facebook since 2013 and now it has come to iOS. The app has been
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Feb 25 2014

Tension Ahead of Revere Casino Referendum

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Revere’s Mayor, Daniel Rizzo, is nervously awaiting this week’s casino referendum. He doesn’t care how much the referendum passes by, as long as it does. Rizzo said, “This is a pass/fail test. If we thought there were style points for a larger margin of victory we’d have concentrated on that.” The referendum is over a
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Feb 24 2014

Lawsuit Filed Against Borgata Over Cancelled Event

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At the end of last year the Borgata Casino cancelled the first event of its Winter Poker Open series when counterfeit chips were found to be in play. Now, a man called Jacob Musterel has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of every player that entered the event to claim reimbursement for the buy-in,
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Feb 24 2014

Pastor Wins Cruise Ship Poker Tournament

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Bill Dodson Jr. entered a Texas Hold’Em Poker Tournament on a Royal Cruise to the Caribbean. However, after qualifying for the final he experienced some heart problems and was unable to take part. That is when his brother-in-law Pastor Al Marks of the First Baptist Church in Vallejo stepped in. Marks said, “He was going
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Feb 24 2014

Two Online Gambling Bills Introduced in California

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Good news for gamblers in California, two different bills dealing with the legislation and legalisation of online poker were introduced to the California State legislature. The bills are designed to make intrastate poker legal in the state by the end of this year. The bills each represented the interests of a different group of California
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Feb 24 2014

Mobile Online Poker Comes to Vegas

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Poker players in Las Vegas now have a third option for playing online. Real Gaming, formerly known as South Point Poker, has launched a new real-money online poker website, RealGaming.com. Real Gaming is the first website offer mobile gaming in Nevada; it allows players to play poker on smartphones, tablets and other online mobile devices.
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