A Tribal Gaming decision is headed before the U.S. Supreme Court, which has decided to hear Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette’s arguments against the opening of an Upper Peninsula Indian community’s casino in Vanderbilt. The high court this fall will review a federal appeals court ruling last summer that cleared the way for the Bay Mills Indian Community to go ahead with the Vanderbilt casino. The small northern Lower Peninsula town is about 100 miles from the Bay Mills Indian Community on Lake Superior north of Brimley and west of Sault Ste. Marie. “Today’s ruling sets the stage for an…

From iGaming Business Pool and tote sportsbetting supplier Sportech has announced that its eBet Technologies Incorporated subsidiary has partnered with American casino operator Saratoga Harness Racing Incorporated to launch an online, mobile and telephone advance deposit wagering service for the Empire City Casino in Yonkers. Sportech revealed that eBet Technologies has provided Saratoga Harness Racing with technology that permits patrons at the New York land-based facility to utilise a single-registered account in order to wager via the EmpireCityBets.com domain in addition through mobile and telephone channels. In addition, eBet Technologies and Saratoga Harness Racing are together providing Empire City Casino…

From iGaming Business Specialist mobile gambling software provider Probability has announced the launch of six high-definition mobile slots designed for use with iOS, Android and Blackberry devices. Probability stated that the new games have been developed in-house over the past year utilising an innovative HTML5 and server framework enabling the ‘fastest, highest quality mobile gaming experience possible outside of native apps’ for the ‘most sophisticated smartphones and tablets for both iOS and Android’. Available to ‘white-label’ customers as well as players enjoying Probability’s own LadyLuck’s and Moobile brands, the new high-definition mobile slots include Long John’s Silver, Poseidon’s Kingdom, War…

From Poker Player The packed Schedule in London allowed me the chance to visit two of the capital’s newest poker hotspots. Neither the Hippodrome or Aspers disappointed. The contrast of the two venues is quite stark. The Hippodrome has carved a casino out of a building very much still identifiable as an old theatre. The maze-like layout has gaming spaces hidden around every corner and a poker room nestled away on the very top floor. The poker room here is PokerStars’ first venture into a permanent live venue in the UK . While you may expect something akin to the…

From Reuters Australian gaming firm Echo Entertainment (EGP.AX) has submitted plans for a $1 billion expansion of its Star casino in Sydney, including an option that would allow rival Crown Ltd (CWN.AX) to open a VIP-only casino. Echo, which holds the sole licence to operate a casino in Sydney until 2019, has been lobbying to extend this right in an attempt to block Crown’s plans to add to its Melbourne casino. Crown, controlled by billionaire James Packer, has said it wants to open a VIP casino in Sydney as part of a A$1 billion six-star hotel and residential waterfront development,…

From My Central Jersey The PokerStars website entered into a contract to buy an Atlantic City casino with “their eyes wide open,” and now has to live with the consequences of the failed deal, the casino said in court papers. The Rational Group, the Isle of Man-based parent company of PokerStars, struck a deal in December to buy the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel. But the agreement stated that either side could cancel the transaction if The Rational Group did not get preliminary ownership approval from New Jersey casino regulators by a certain date. When that April 26 date passed, the…