Effective Board Leadership: The Art of Doing It Well and the Risks of Getting It Wrong Summary Exceptional boards are the product of intentional, skilled leadership. PwC (in collaboration with Stanford) outlines how board chairs, lead directors and committee chairs must combine strategic foresight, emotional intelligence and a relentless focus on the organisation’s long-term health […]
Seven EPT Gold Passes Guaranteed During the PokerStars EPT Season Online Summary PokerStars is running an EPT Season online festival from 12 October to 9 November featuring 76 tournaments across 37 episodes with buy-ins from $3.30 to $1,050. The series includes big guarantees — notably a $109 Sunday Million Mystery Bounty with a $1,000,000 guarantee […]
Backlash grows over India’s GST hike on casino gaming, as new measures prompt operators to scale back integrated resort investments | AGB Summary India has proposed a steep Goods and Services Tax (GST) of around 40% on casino gaming. Industry experts warn the levy will raise costs for consumers, shrink operator margins and discourage investment […]
WSOP Announces New Venue & Dates for 2026 WSOP Europe Festival Summary The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is moving from King’s Resort in Rozvadov to the Hilton Prague in partnership with King’s Casino Prague for 2026. The festival will run from 31 March to 12 April 2026 — a notable shift from its […]
Seven EPT Gold Passes Guaranteed During the PokerStars EPT Season Online Summary PokerStars is running the EPT Season online from 12 October to 9 November, featuring 76 tournaments across 37 episodes with buy-ins from $3.30 up to $1,050. The series includes a $109 Sunday Million Mystery Bounty with a $1,000,000 guarantee to kick things off, […]
Nevada WIC programme offices to close due to federal shutdown, officials say Summary Offices for Nevada’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition programme will close this week because of the federal government shutdown. State WIC offices are set to close on Friday, though current participants can still use their EBT cards to buy approved food […]
Nevada Gaming Control Board: The prediction market “gig is up” Summary At the Nevada Gaming Control Board meeting, member George Assad declared that prediction-market operators such as Kalshi, Crypto.com and Polymarket are on the back foot in their attempts to avoid state gambling regulation. Assad cited U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon’s recent ruling denying Crypto.com’s […]
G2E: Panelists agree sweepstakes gaming is an endangered species Summary At G2E in Las Vegas a panel of industry and legal experts concluded that sweepstakes-style online gaming is on its “last gasps.” Howard Glaser of Light & Wonder said the surge in consumer demand for real-money online gambling isn’t going away, but legal pathways to […]
Kalshi sues Ohio after regulators demand compliance Summary KalshiEx LLC has filed a federal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio seeking declaratory and injunctive relief after the Ohio Casino Control Commission and the Ohio Attorney General threatened enforcement action. Kalshi — a CFTC-designated derivatives exchange that lists event (including […]
Ford executive presents five-step playbook for transformation at CSCMP EDGE Summary At the CSCMP EDGE conference in National Harbor, Doug Cantriel, Head of North America Transportation for Ford’s Customer Service Division, described a five-step playbook he uses to transform large, complex logistics networks. Cantriel oversees nearly a $1 billion transportation budget and the delivery of […]
