KonekTV, Joe Hand Promotions to Bring Sportsbook Experience to Philadelphia Sports Bars

This is the best time of the year for sports bars in the United States, as the NFL and college football seasons pack the venues every weekend.

With mobile sports betting live in Pennsylvania since May, sports bars in the Keystone State see the potential to attract even more customers.

Local company Joe Hand Promotions and Las Vegas-based KonekTV are looking to capitalize on this by teaming up to turn Philadelphia sports bars into mini sportsbooks.

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INAUGURAL METARAMA GAMING + MUSIC FESTIVAL COMING TO LAS VEGAS OCTOBER 19-20

C3 Presents, the producers behind Austin City Limits Music Festival and Lollapalooza, in partnership with Scott London and Seth Schorr from Esports Hospitality Concepts, have unveiled their latest event, Metarama Gaming + Music Festival, taking place outdoors October 19-20, 2019 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds in Las Vegas, NV. This groundbreaking destination festival represents a first-of-its-kind showcase of the latest marquee gaming, esports, and live music talent, providing two full days of non-stop action and immersive entertainment for all ages.

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C3 Announces Metarama Vegas Festival Combining Gaming, Esports And Music

C3 Presents unveiled today its plans for Metarama, a new festival to be held at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds Oct. 19-20, blending live music and video games.

The event is being put on in partnership with Esports Hospitality Concepts. The dual founders of EHC, Scott London and Seth Schorr, have worked with numerous esports companies and boast experience with “hundreds of live esports events in Las Vegas.”

The official announcement is short on specifics: artists, live games, comedy, cosplay and streaming are all being promised and follow-up information is available via social media, email notification and a dedicated discord server.

Metarama means not only is one of North America’s premier large-festival promoters entering into the esports/gaming space but, as C3 Presents was acquired by Live Nation in 2014, it marks the world’s largest concert promoter’s entry.

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A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND FESTIVAL CELEBRATING THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN VIDEO GAMES AND LIVE MUSIC

C3 Presents, the producers behind two of the most iconic multi-day festivals, Austin City Limits Music Festival and Lollapalooza, in partnership with Scott London and Seth Schorr from Esports Hospitality Concepts, have unveiled their latest event, Metarama Gaming + Music Festival, taking place outdoors October 19-20, 2019 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds in Las Vegas, NV. This groundbreaking destination festival represents a first-of-its-kind showcase of the latest marquee gaming, esports, and live music talent, providing two full days of non-stop action and immersive entertainment for all ages.

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New music and esports festival coming to Las Vegas

At long last, joysticks and Marshall stacks shall be united.

Or something like that.

And it’s going to happen right here in Las Vegas.

The newly announced Metarama Gaming + Music Festival will debut Oct. 19 and 20 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, the site where Rock in Rio took place in 2015, near the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue.

Produced by C3 Presents, which puts on Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Shaky Knees and other multiday music festivals, in conjunction with Scott London and Seth Schorr from Esports Hospitality Concepts, which has supported the Vegas Rogue esports team and run hundreds of live esports events in the city, Metarama will seek to be a new kind of destination fest merging marquee gaming, esports, comedy, cosplay and live music in an all-ages environment.

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Casino Tech and the Need to Embrace Newer Technologies and Gambling Techniques

From a business administration or file storage perspective, cloud computing has all of the benefits for the casino business as any other business. However, due to the highly regulated nature of the casino business there are some limitations. For example, any server in which gaming data is being accessed or stored must be physically located on property and not in a co-location facility or in the cloud.

One of my companies, Bet on Yourself Gaming, was recently working with MGM Grand and Golfstream (a virtual reality golf simulator) to develop and operate skill-based gaming tournaments and other games of skill. In non-casino installations, Golfstream’s tech stack was in the cloud but for this casino installation the servers had to be moved to a physical location at the casino property.

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CEO of Fifth Street Gaming and Veltyco joins Host Game’s Advisory Board

Host Games, the blockchain-based online casino gaming protocol for emerging markets, has just announced the additions of Melissa Blau and Seth Schorr to its Advisory Board. They will help accelerate Host Game’s vision in bringing transparency to the $50 billion online casino gaming industry.

Seth Schorr, CEO of Fifth Street Gaming and Chairman of Downtown Grand Las Vegas, will bring his hospitality, casino management, and gaming expertise to Host Games. His career in gaming and hospitality began in 1991, where he served as an integral member of Wynn Resorts team, developing the international marketing department in Macau, the interactive gaming division. Seth also working in numerous capacities at Bellagio Resort and Casino, The Mirage Hotel and Casino and more. In 2015, Schorr was introduced to eSports and lead the effort of developing the first fully integrated eSports program at Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino. His experience and wisdom will help guide Host Games during its offline casino expansion phase.

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Can Sports Betting Do for Atlantic City What Donald Trump Couldn’t?

The last time there was so much hype about the future of this troubled seaside resort, Donald J. Trump was doing most of the hyping.

The president, then a casino impresario, opened the Trump Taj Mahal, the biggest gambling venue on the boardwalk, with great fanfare and at a cost of $1.2 billion in 1990, only to have it collapse into bankruptcy the following year. After years of decline, it shut down in 2016, seemingly consigned to symbolize the ruinous excess here during the Trump era.

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Inside Atlantic City’s brand-new Ocean Resort Casino Hotel

Sixteen days to go and Atlantic City’s Ocean Resort Casino Hotel is racing to get ready. Two thousand slot machines stand in easy-to-use groups, as workmen tinker with roulette tables. Dead center on the casino’s 138,000 square foot floor, a brand-new sports betting parlor takes shape, and will open for wagers when the casino goes live June 28.

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