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Fortune Lounge is home to some of the most established and largest online casinos and poker rooms in the gambling industry. They have achieved their legendary status by offering a superior online gambling experience, coupled with a commitment to ethical behavior, dedicated player service and operational excellence. As the winner of “Top Casino Group for 2005″ (in the gambling Online Magazine Readers Poll Awards) Fortune Lounge confirmed their position as leaders in the online gaming industry. Their dedicated 24/7 support team has been hailed as one of the best in the business and all Fortune Lounge casinos are accredited by eCogra and the Kahnawake commission, guaranteeing the highest level of quality and integrity. Exciting, visually enticing online casino games are introduced on a monthly basis, ensuring that Fortune Lounge is the better place to play.
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WASHINGTON, July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Son Hong Johnson, 45, pleaded guilty today in San Diego to conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise, the “Tran Organization,” in a scheme to cheat casinos across the country out of millions of dollars, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Matthew Friedrich, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Karen P. Hewitt and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington Jeffrey C. Sullivan announced today. Johnson also pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit theft from the Emerald Queen Casino, an Indian tribal gaming establishment near Tacoma, Wash.
A three-count indictment was returned in San Diego on May 22, 2007, and unsealed on May 24, 2007, charging Johnson and 13 others each with one count of conspiracy to participate in the affairs of a racketeering enterprise; one count of conspiracy to commit several offenses against the U.S., including conspiracy to steal money and other property from Indian tribal casinos; and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. As part of his plea agreement, Johnson agreed to have a separate indictment against him transferred to San Diego for plea purposes. The separate indictment, returned on May 24, 2007, in the Western District of Washington, charged Johnson and seven others for alleged violations related to card-cheating activity at the Emerald Queen Casino.
The San Diego indictment also charged five separate individuals each with one count of conspiracy to commit several offenses against the U.S., including conspiracy to steal money and other property from Indian tribal casinos; and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
In his plea agreement, Johnson admitted that on numerous occasions between approximately March 2003 and July 2006, he participated in gambling cheats together with other alleged members of the Tran Organization at casinos, such as: Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma; Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Conn.; Mohegan Sun Resort Casino in Uncasville, Conn.; Resorts East Chicago Hotel and Casino, East Chicago, Ind.; and Horseshoe Casino and Hotel, in Tunica, Miss.
Also in the plea agreement, Johnson admitted that he and his co-conspirators unlawfully obtained up to $7 million during card cheats. For forfeiture purposes, he agreed to a personal money judgment in the amount of $155,000, which will be entered by way of a preliminary order of forfeiture. He also acknowledged that the restitution that he may be ordered to pay by the court at sentencing is not limited by the forfeiture amount.
According to the indictment, the defendants and others executed a “false shuffle” cheating scheme at some of the listed casinos during blackjack and mini-baccarat games. The indictment alleges that members of the criminal organization bribed casino card dealers and supervisors to perform false shuffles during card games, thereby creating “slugs” of un-shuffled cards. According to the indictment, after tracking the order of cards dealt in a card game, a member of the organization would signal to the card dealer to perform a “false shuffle,” and then members of the group would bet on the known order of cards when the slug appeared on the table. By doing so, members of the conspiracy repeatedly won thousands of dollars during card games - up to $868,000 on one occasion.
The indictment also alleges that the members of the organization used sophisticated mechanisms for tracking the order of cards during games, including hidden transmitter devices and specially created software that would predict the order in which cards would reappear during mini-baccarat and blackjack games.
An indictment is merely an allegation and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Johnson’s sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 9, 2008, in San Diego, before District Judge John A. Houston, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. At sentencing, Johnson faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on the racketeering conspiracy charge and a maximum of five years in prison on the conspiracy charge relating to theft from an Indian tribal gaming establishment.
Johnson is the eleventh defendant to plead guilty in the San Diego indictment. Phuong Quoc Truong, Anh Phuong Tran, Martin Lee Aronson, Liem Thanh Lam, George Michael Lee, Barry Wellford, Willy Tran, Tuan Mong Le, Duc Cong Nguyen and Han Truong Nguyen have all pleaded guilty to charges against them related to this scheme. Han Truong Nguyen was sentenced on May 12, 2008, to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,896,659 in restitution, payable to designated victims in the case. Nguyen was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release. The remaining defendants who pleaded guilty are awaiting sentencing.
The case is being investigated by the FBI’s San Diego Field Office; the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation; the San Diego Sheriff’s Department; and the California Department of Justice’s Bureau of gambling Control. The investigation has received assistance from federal, state, tribal and foreign authorities, including: the Ontario Provincial Police; the National Indian Gaming Commission; the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington; FBI Resident Agencies in Gulfport, Miss., Tacoma, and Toledo, Ohio; the Indiana State Police; the Rumsey Rancheria Tribal Gaming Agency; the Sycuan Gaming Commission; the Barona Gaming Commission; the Mississippi Gaming Commission; the Washington State gambling Commission; and others. The prosecution of the case is led by the Criminal Division’s Organized Crime and Racketeering Section (OCRS). Department of Justice Trial Attorneys Joseph K. Wheatley, Robert S. Tully and Gavin A. Corn are prosecuting the indictment in San Diego. Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Tate London of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington, is prosecuting the case in Seattle related to alleged cheating at the Emerald Queen Casino.
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LAS VEGAS, June 26 /PRNewswire/ — Following the successful launch of its first mega-resort, Planet Hollywood International Inc. today announced that is has created a new division to oversee its plans for international brand expansion. The new branch will work to quickly expand the Planet Hollywood brand as it develops hotel and vacation ownership properties both domestically and internationally. Planet Hollywood entered the hospitality business four years ago when it purchased Planet Hollywood Resort & casino in a partnership that includes Bay Harbour LLC, Robert Earl and Starwood Hotels & Resorts.
As part of the announcement of the new division, Planet Hollywood named William (Bill) Feather the President of Planet Hollywood Resorts Management, LLC. In his new position Feather will be responsible for expanding the Planet Hollywood brand in the hotel and vacation ownership industries and will remain based out of Las Vegas. While taking on his new role, Feather will continue to manage the hotel and food & beverage operations at the flagship Planet Hollywood Resort & casino in Las Vegas. Feather’s first project with the new company will be the launch and management the of Planet Hollywood Towers a partnership between Planet Hollywood and Westgate Resorts, set to open in 2009.
“With the success of our Las Vegas resort, the time is right to move forward with plans for rapid expansion of our brand. Having Bill as the president of Planet Hollywood Resorts Management, allows us to start our newest undertaking with a tremendous advantage,” said Robert Earl, Chairman of Planet Hollywood International, Inc. “His years of experience and standing in the industry make him the ideal candidate to develop the brand both in the United States and internationally. With the upcoming completion of the PH Towers by Westgate, it was the perfect time to begin looking outward and move toward the larger goals we had set in motion. Bill will be a tremendous asset to our organization and we are delighted to have him launch this vision.”
“I am excited to be a part of this experience as we build the Planet Hollywood Hotel portfolio of properties. Planet Hollywood has a long commitment to an exceptional customer experience and I look forward to growing that reputation in the hospitality sector,” said Mr. Feather. “With the expansion and commitment to excellence that are rooted at the core of the company, it is a certainty that Planet Hollywood Resorts Management will be a powerhouse brand in the industry in a very short time.”
Feather, a longtime Starwood Executive with over 25 years of hotel experience including regional responsibilities for Starwood in Dallas, Boston, and Southern California, has most recently been Executive Vice President of Hotel and Food & Beverage for Planet Hollywood Resort & casino in Las Vegas.
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WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Banker published an editorial yesterday, “Viewpoint: Blocking Web gambling Rules Would Be Mistake,” by Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) that uses incorrect information to argue for the continued prohibition of Internet gambling. Rep. Bachus’ opinion piece comes as the House Committee on Financial Services is scheduled to vote today on a bill, the Payments System Protection Act (H.R. 5767), that would prohibit the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing or implementing any regulations related to the current ban on Internet gambling, as required by the Unlawful Internet gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA).
“It is unfortunate that Rep. Bachus is using scare tactics to argue for the continued prohibition of Internet gambling,” said Jeffrey Sandman, spokesman for the Safe and Secure Internet gambling Initiative. “The reality is that regulated Internet gambling, which is clearly working in the U.K. and other parts of the world, can utilize technology to offer strong consumer protections to combat underage and vulnerable gamblers in the U.S. Currently, prohibition leaves millions of Americans susceptible as they continue to gamble in an underground, uncontrolled marketplace without such guaranteed protections.”
UIGEA Has Not Lead to a Decrease in Internet Gambling
Statement: “Since the law was passed, gamblers and businesses engaged in Internet gambling have been deterred by the fear it would be enforced.”
Fact: Publicly traded foreign online operators left the U.S. market - privately held companies did not. The Global Betting and Gaming Consultants, a U.K. based organization that provides economic research on worldwide gambling activities, found that there was a short-term dip in Internet gambling in North America right after the law was passed due to the consequences of the regulated companies pulling out, leaving the market to unregulated ones. Over the past year, online gambling has increased by 10 percent. Millions of Americans continue to gamble online, despite the attempt to prohibit Internet gambling.
Leading Financial Institutions Do Not Support UIGEA
Statement: “The law (UIGEA) passed with the support of a broad coalition that included…the American Bankers Association…”
Fact: Representatives from the American Bankers Association, Financial Services Roundtable, Wells Fargo & Co. and Credit Union National Association unanimously opposed regulations proposed to implement UIGEA in testimony to the House Committee on Financial Service’s Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology on April 2, 2008. They all questioned the fundamental approach taken by Congress in enacting legislation to force financial institutions to police online gambling.
“The UIGEA and the Proposed Rule do not provide a rational path towards halting unlawful Internet gambling,” said Wayne Abernathy, American Bankers Association’s executive vice president of financial institutions policy and regulatory affairs. “The path leads to an increased cost and administrative burden to the banks and an erosion in the performance of the payments system, but it will not result in stopping illegal Internet gambling transactions. Imposing this enormous unfunded law enforcement mandate on banks in place of the government’s law enforcement agencies is not likely to be a successful public policy.”
Regulation Does Not Lead to Increase in Problem Gambling
Statement: Internet gambling lure young people who “by the tens of thousands are becoming compulsive, addicted gamblers.”
Fact: A report released in September 2007 by the U.K. gambling Commission, which regulates Internet gambling in Britain, reveals that the prevalence of problem gambling has not increased over the last eight years despite the advent of Internet gambling. The British gambling Prevalence Survey 2007 found that the rates of problem gambling were 0.6 percent and 0.5 percent of the gambling population, the same percentage of problem gamblers as reported in the last gambling participation survey conducted in 1999.
Internet gambling Can be Effectively Regulated to Protect Consumers
Statement: “The UIGEA was necessary because enforcement tools were so inadequate.”
Fact: Top experts have testified before Congress that a regulatory framework for Internet gambling would protect consumers and ensure the integrity of Internet gambling financial transactions. Leaders in the fields of internet payment processing, identity identification and online safety described how existing systems and technology have proven successful in combating underage and compulsive gambling and protecting against money laundering, fraud and identity theft.
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) introduced the Internet gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (H.R. 2046) last year, which establishes a regulatory and enforcement framework for licensed gambling operators to accept bets and wagers from individuals in the U.S. It would include a number of built-in consumer protections, including safeguards against compulsive and underage gambling, money laundering, fraud and identity theft. States would also have the right to control what, if any, level of Internet gambling is permissible within their borders and could apply additional taxes and restrictions.
About Safe and Secure Internet gambling Initiative
The Safe and Secure Internet gambling Initiative promotes the freedom of individuals to gamble online with the proper safeguards to protect consumers and ensure the integrity of financial transactions. For more information on the Initiative, please visit . The Web site provides a means by which individuals can register support for regulated Internet gambling with their elected representatives.
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LAS VEGAS, June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pinnacle Entertainment management will present today at the Wachovia Securities Nantucket Equity Conference in Nantucket, Massachusetts. A copy of the presentation is accessible at the Investor Relations section of the Company’s corporate website, .
About Pinnacle Entertainment
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates casinos in Nevada, Louisiana, Indiana, Missouri, Argentina and The Bahamas and has significant insurance claims related to a hurricane-damaged hotel and casino complex previously operated in Biloxi, Mississippi. The Company opened Lumiere Place, a $507 million casino hotel in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, in December 2007. Pinnacle also has a second casino development project under construction in the St. Louis area, which opening is dependent upon final approval by the Missouri Gaming Commission. Pinnacle is currently developing a second casino resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to be called Sugarcane Bay; is developing a casino resort in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and has submitted a proposal for a casino resort in Kansas City, Kansas, subject to various approvals. Additionally, Pinnacle owns a casino site at the heart of the famed Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on which it plans to build a major new casino resort.
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WASHINGTON, June 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On June 24, 2008, the House Committee on Financial Services will mark up legislation, H.R. 5767, that would prohibit the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing or implementing any regulations related to the current ban on Internet gambling, as required by the Unlawful Internet gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA).
“Congress has studied this issue and heard from the financial services community and federal regulators that the current ban on Internet gambling is burdensome and doomed to fail. Now it is time for Congress to change course and find a way to protect the millions of Americans that are continuing to gamble online,” said Jeffrey Sandman, spokesperson for the Safe and Secure Internet gambling Initiative.
H.R. 5767 was introduced by Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Ron Paul (R-Texas) on April 11, 2008. The introduction followed a hearing entitled, “Proposed UIGEA Regulations: Burden without Benefit?” in the House Committee on Financial Service’s Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. Reps. Frank and Paul stated in their press release accompanying the introduction of H.R. 5767, “it was clear at the hearing that the regulations are unworkable for the financial services industry, and this bill would, therefore prohibit their implementation.”
Representatives of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System acknowledged at the hearing the challenges U.S. financial institutions will face in attempting to comply with UIGEA. Testimony was also heard from representatives from the Credit Union National Association, Financial Services Roundtable, American Bankers Association and Wells Fargo & Co., who spoke about the unnecessary burden they would face given the ambiguity of UIGEA and the potential confusion with the chance of multiple interpretations of what may or may not be illegal activities.
Last year, Rep. Frank introduced the Internet gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (H.R. 2046) that would regulate Internet gambling. The bill requires Internet gambling operators licensed by FinCEN to put in place safeguards to protect against underage and compulsive gambling and ensure the integrity of financial transactions while at the same time reinforcing the rights of States to control what, if any, level of Internet gambling is permissible within their borders.
A companion piece of legislation to the Frank bill introduced by Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), the Internet gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2008 (H.R. 5523), would ensure the collection of taxes on regulated Internet gambling activities. According to a tax revenue analysis prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, taxation of regulated Internet gambling is expected to generate between $8.7 billion to $42.8 billion in federal revenues over its first 10 years.
About Safe and Secure Internet gambling Initiative
The Safe and Secure Internet gambling Initiative promotes the freedom of individuals to gamble online with the proper safeguards to protect consumers and ensure the integrity of financial transactions. For more information on the Initiative, please visit . The Web site provides a means by which individuals can register support for regulated Internet gambling with their elected representatives.
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LAS VEGAS, June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Gaming Standards Association has launched a new program where manufacturers can ensure consistent GSA protocol implementation, and operators can easily search for products that have been tested and certified to meet GSA protocol standards. Under GSA’s new “Protocol Certification Program,” manufacturers can submit their products for testing certification. A list of all certified products will then be posted to a new page on GSA’s website, , where operators can quickly browse the list in search for products they are considering adding to their casino floors.
GSA’s certification program was designed to provide the industry a level of assurance that gaming products correctly implement GSA standards. The primary focus of the program is to ensure consistent implementation of standards to ensure improved interoperability by striving towards “plug and play.” The website will list gaming products that have been successfully tested for conformance to GSA standards by qualified testing laboratories.
GSA Technical Director Marc McDermott said, “GSA’s certification program was designed with the end-user, the operator, in mind. Through the program, operators can be confident that the products they see listed on the new web page will interoperate with the other certified equipment on the gaming floor. Now with the site, operators can easily verify that the products they are considering putting on their floors are certified to work as intended.”
Testing and certification will be conducted by the industry’s leading independent test labs. The labs would be individually accredited by an International Standards Organization (ISO) recognized Accrediting Body to the ISO 17025 standard with a GSA scope. Games, systems, peripherals and other devices will be independently tested and certified by these Labs to ensure they operate in accordance with the protocols. The certifications exclusively relate to protocol communications, and are not certifications as required by regulatory testing guidelines.
As products are added, the new certification page will serve as an information clearinghouse where operators can quickly see a list of all gaming devices and systems certified to work on GSA’s new Game-to-System (G2S) protocol and on the System-to-System (S2S) protocol.
About the Gaming Standards Association (GSA): The Gaming Standards Association (GSA) is an international trade association that creates benefits for gaming manufacturers, suppliers, operators and regulators. We facilitate the identification, definition, development, promotion, and implementation of open standards to enable innovation, education, and communication for the benefit of the entire industry. Since its incorporation on May 6, 1998, GSA has members representing a wide cross section of the global gaming industry.
GSA’s new Game-to-System (G2S) Protocol has been named “Best Productivity-Enhancement Technology” by Global Gaming Business Magazine, one of the “Top Three International Gaming Products” by IGWB Magazine; one of casino Journal magazine’s “Top 3 Most Innovative Products”; and one of casino Enterprise Management’s “Top 10 Slot Floor Technologies.”
Platinum members include Aristocrat Technologies Inc.; Atronic Americas LLC; Bally Technologies, Inc. (BYI); E-Genting Holdings Sdn Bhd; FutureLogic, Inc; Harrah’s Entertainment (HET); International Game Technology (IGT); Konami Gaming Inc.; MEI; MGM MIRAGE (MGM); Progressive Gaming International Corporation (PGIC); Seminole Tribe of Florida; and WMS Gaming Inc. (WMS). Other members include: 3M Touch Systems (MMM); Ainsworth Game Technology, Ltd.; AGMMA - Australasian Gaming Machine Manufacturers Association; American Gaming Systems; Ameristar Casinos, Inc.; Aruze Gaming America, Inc.; Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH; Belatra Co., Ltd.; BMM North America; British Columbia Lottery Corporation; CashCode Company Inc.; casino Technology; Codere, S.A.; DigiDeal Corp.; DigiTech Systems Co., Ltd.; Elixir Group, Ltd.; Euro Games Technology; F2 Systems, Inc.; Foxwoods Resort Casino; GameLogic, Inc.; GameTech International; Gaming Consultants International; Gaming Laboratories International, Inc; Giesecke & Devrient; GGS-US LTD; GTECH Corporation (LTO); Incredible Technologies, Inc.; International Currency Technologies Corporation; Intralot S.A. (INLr.AT); Jofemar, S.A.; Las Vegas Gaming, Inc.; Macao Polytechnic Institute; Money Controls; MotorCity Casino; Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL); Multimedia Games, Inc. (MGAM); Nanoptix, Inc.; New Wave Automation; Nick Farley & Associates; Nidec Sankyo Corporation; NRT Technology Corporation; Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation; Oregon Lottery; Penn National Gaming, Inc.; PokerTek, Inc.; Rocket Gaming Systems; Scientific Games (SGMS); Shuffle Master, Inc.(SHFL); SIQ; Station Casinos, Inc.; Tabcorp Holdings Limited; Transact Technologies (TACT); Unidesa Gaming & Systems; UNLV International Gaming Institute; Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. and Western Money Systems. For more information, visit .
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HARRISBURG, Pa., June 15 /PRNewswire/ — Mount Airy casino Resort reopened for business today after a severe thunderstorm Saturday evening interrupted power to the non-casino areas of the facility and led to the evacuation of the entire facility including the casino floor.
Paul Resch, Acting Director of Gaming Operations for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, said the power outage occurred at 6 p.m. Saturday and the facility continued to operate on backup power for several hours until it was determined that insufficient electricity was available for the non-casino areas. Mount Airy staff in consultation with the Board decided to evacuate approximately 800 patrons from the casino around 9:30 p.m. Saturday in the interest of safety.
Throughout the closure, power continued uninterrupted to the gaming floor, the surveillance system and the state’s Central Control Computer System. The facility reopened at 12 p.m. Sunday when electricity was restored.
“Gaming Control Board staff remained onsite at Mount Airy throughout the temporary closure and we approved the reopening only after ensuring connectivity between the slot machines and the Central Control Computer System that links all slot machines and monitors revenue,” Resch said.
During the closure, Resch said that additional Mount Airy security personnel, along with the Pennsylvania State Police, were onsite to maintain a perimeter to prevent patrons from accessing the facility.
Acting Executive Director Frank T. Donaghue said Gaming Control Board staff were vigilant throughout the temporary closure to assure that the interests of Commonwealth, Mount Airy, and the safety of employees and the patrons were monitored.
“As in other situations that have arisen where a casino faced a temporary emergency shutdown, cooperation existed between the Board staff, the State Police, the employees and management of the casino operator, and the Department of Revenue,” Donaghue said. “While it was unfortunate that this circumstance occurred, Pennsylvanians can be assured that everyone acted in the best interest of caution to assure public safety and work to get the casino back open as quickly as possible.”
For more information about the PA Gaming Control Board, you can visit its website at .
CONTACT
Doug Harbach or Richard McGarvey (717) 346-8321
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ST. LOUIS, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. announced today that its casino property in Davenport, Iowa temporarily closed at 9:00 p.m. The casino will remain closed until flood waters recede.
“Extensive rains in the Midwest have caused flooding conditions on roadways and access to our property has once again been hindered. Our guests are welcome to visit Isle of Capri casino and hotel in Bettendorf which has not been impacted,” said Mo Hyder, vice president and general manager. “We have adequate insurance in place to cover the closure and continue to work closely with city officials to ensure the safety of everyone traveling in the area.”
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., founded in 1992, is dedicated to providing its customers with an exceptional gaming and entertainment experience at each of its 18 casino properties. The Company owns and operates casinos in Biloxi, Lula and Natchez, Mississippi; Lake Charles, Louisiana; Bettendorf, Davenport, Marquette and Waterloo, Iowa; Boonville, Caruthersville and Kansas City, Missouri; two casinos in Black Hawk, Colorado; and a casino and harness track in Pompano Beach, Florida. Isle of Capri Casinos’ international gaming interests include a casino that it operates in Freeport, Grand Bahama, a casino in Coventry, England, and a two-thirds ownership interest in casinos in Dudley and Wolverhampton, England.
This press release may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements, which are subject to change. These forward-looking statements may be significantly impacted, either positively or negatively by various factors, including without limitation, licensing, and other regulatory approvals, financing sources, development and construction activities, costs and delays, weather, permits, competition and business conditions in the gaming industry. The forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the statements herein.
CONTACTS:
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.,
Dale Black, Chief Financial Officer-314.813.9327
Allan B. Solomon, Executive Vice President-561.995.6660
Jill Haynes, Director of Corporate Communication-314.813.9368

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SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 12 /PRNewswire/ — GSN announced today that it will be celebrating this Father’s Day with a very special, eight-hour marathon of poker-packed action this Sunday, June 15 from 3PM to 11PM E/2PM to 10PM C, culminating with the two-hour world premiere of the 5th Annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA).
Leading up to GSN’s special PCA premiere, join World poker Tour (WPT) hosts Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and Layla Kayleigh at 3PM E/3PM C for six full hours of the WPT’s best poker tournaments beginning with parts one and two of the prestigious Bellagio Cup III. Players at this spectacular showdown of poker titans include Mike Matusow, Eric Panayiotou, Konstantin Puchkov, Kevin Saul, Shane Schleger and Danny Wong. The WPT heads to Mashantucket, Connecticut following the Bellagio event for another knuckle-biting battle of poker legends-in-the-making at the Foxwoods World poker Finals. Players at the Foxwood Casino include Tom Dwan, Nenad Medic, Nick Schulman, Mike Vela, Mark Weitzman and Mike White.
Then, at 9PM E/8PM C, hosts A.J. Benza (of HIGH STAKES POKER) and Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu call the action at the 5th Annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure — the year’s first premier poker tournament. Filmed from the felt of the Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island in January, the PCA boasts one of the most diverse tournament fields in the world, featuring some of the best online and professional poker players around and an estimated $8 million prize pool. This year’s players include Team PokerStars Pro members Chris Moneymaker, Humberto Brenes, Vanessa Rousso and Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier as well as WPT players Joseph Elpayaa, Richard Fohrenbach, Craig Hopkins and David Pham, among other poker talents.
GSN’s Father’s Day tribute kicks off Friday, June 13 from Noon to 3PM ET/11AM to 2PM C with “Eight is Enough” father-figure Dick Van Patten stopping by GSN LIVE(TM) with his son, WPT host Vince Van Patten. A famed actor and comedian, Dick has also made several appearances on both “Hollywood Squares” and “Family Feud,” episodes of which will pre-empt GSN’s regularly scheduled programming Thursday, June 12 and Friday, June 13 at 12:30PM ET/11:30AM C.
In addition, GSN.com will be running a special, multi-player SCRABBLE(R) Cubes tournament beginning today, June 11, in which players will be able to compete against one another while voting for their favorite, classic TV fathers. The list will include such famous fathers as Mike Brady, Ward Cleaver, Howard Cunningham and Cliff Huxtable. And in honor of dad’s big weekend, GSN.com will also be launching several $1,500 to $3,000 tournaments beginning today, June 11, including a $3,000 Father’s Day Mega-Tournament featuring the popular games: Big Money, Golf Solitaire and 9-Ball Pool.
Entry fee required to participate in cash tournaments. Participation in cash games is subject to the applicable rules and regulations set forth in the “Game Rules” and “Terms and Conditions” sections of the game site. Please see these rules and regulations for entry fee, eligibility restrictions and complete details.
GSN, the Game Show Network, is the premier destination for game content. From exciting, original watch-and-win endeavors to classic franchises and dynamic online games, including free casual and skill-based games, cash tournaments and cash games at GSN.com (and WorldWinner.com), GSN is where people come to play, anywhere, anytime. GSN is jointly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Liberty Media Corporation and is distributed to more than 66 million cable television subscribers throughout the U.S. and Canada by all major cable operators, satellite providers and telcos. For further information, visit GSN’s press website at .
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