Western Australia to Crack Down on Lottoland’s Lottery Betting Business
The government of Western Australia is working on a draft bill that would seek to ban the provision of betting on lotteries services within the state’s borders. The move was…
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Steffen Sontheimer Tops Poker Masters Winnings Leaderboard
Aria Resort & Casino, located in the heart of Las Vegas, has turned into home to quality high roller poker action over the past several years. Earlier this year, Poker…
Bryn Kenney Wins Poker Masters Event #3: No-Limit Hold’em for Another High Roller Title
The highly-anticipated Poker Masters festival, presented by Poker Central, is currently underway at Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Bryn Kenney took down Event #3 on the schedule last…
Steffen Sontheimer Takes Down Poker Masters Event #2: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Steffen Sontheimer was crowned champion of the second $50,000 buy-in event to have taken place within the inaugural Poker Masters festival. The player scooped the title and the first-place prize…
Sweden’s Unregulated Gambling Market Sees Double-Digit Growth in H1
Sweden’s gambling market saw a 3% increase in revenue during the first half of the year, figures released by the country’s gambling regulator, Lotteriinspektionen, showed. An important highlight from the…
Aleksandr Gofman Takes Down partypoker MILLIONS Russia $5,300 Main Event
The largest-ever live tournament to have taken place in Russia now has a champion and his name is Aleksandr Gofman. The partypoker MILLIONS Russia $5,300 Main Event trophy will remain…
Gambling Operators Betway and 888 Work with Hackers for Years to Grow Their Playerbase
Online gambling, among other things, involves the daily movement of huge amounts of money and the fact that it has oftentimes been targeted by hackers probably does not strike as…
David Laka Eyes Second partypoker MILLIONS Russia Title
Spanish player David Laka is vying for a second partypoker MILLIONS Russia title after a successful run in the $10,300 High Roller that took place last week. The player took…
Philipp Zukernik Takes partypoker MILLIONS Russia $5,300 Main Event Day 3 Chip Lead
The partypoker MILLIONS Russia $5,300 Main Event remained just as packed with action during its Day 3 of play as it has been since kicking off at the recently launched…
Sergey Verkhoturov Leads after partypoker MILLIONS Russia $5,300 Main Event Day 2
The partypoker MILLIONS Russia $5,300 Main Event completed its Day 2 of play last night. Attracting a field of 999 entries, the live tournament turned into the largest one to…
Australian Lottery Retailers Condemn Lottoland’s Lottery Betting Practices
Three Australian states may soon ban the operations of Gibraltar-based lottery betting company Lottoland, Victorian news outlet Herald Sun has reported. The reports emerged after the Australian Lottery and Newsagents…
Wolfgang Simperl Claims Swiss Poker Championship Title at Casino Bregenz
Casino Bregenz, one of Austria’s flagship poker venues, is currently playing host to the Bodensee Poker Championship, a major festival slated to run through September 17. The first major tournament…
Michael Christopher Soyza Wins Macau Poker Cup 27 HK$80,000 High Roller
Malaysia’s Michael Christopher Soyza scooped his first major poker title on Saturday, taking down the Macau Poker Cup 27 HK$80,000 High Roller. The player locked HK$2.037 million for a terrific…
Qiuming Qin Claims Legendary Red Dragon Trophy at 27th Macau Poker Cup
The poker room at the City of Dreams Macau casino resort has become a favorite spot for poker action for players from the Asian-Pacific region. What is more, the facility…
Brazil’s Gambling Legalization Effort Gains More Public and Political Support
A very slight majority of Brazil’s population supports the legalization of brick-and-mortar casinos and bingo halls in the country, a recent report compiled by local research firm Paraná Pesquisas and…
Ben Bensimhon Captures WSOP International Circuit Rotterdam €1,650 Main Event Title
Ben Bensimhon, a player from Switzerland, took down the first-ever WSOP International Circuit Rotterdam Main Event after a spectacular run at the nine-handed final table. The tournament’s champion collected €94,349…
Ben Bensimhon Leads WSOP International Circuit Rotterdam €1,650 Main Event Final Table
The WSOP has brought the WSOP International Circuit experience to the hungry for quality poker action Dutch soil. Holland Casino Rotterdam is currently playing host to a classy festival on…
UK Gambling Commission Toughens Stance on Erring Operators
The international online gambling community today woke up to the news that 888 UK Limited, a subsidiary of major operator 888 Holdings, was fined the record amount of £7.8 million…
J.C. Tran Leads 2017 WPT Legends of Poker $4,000 Main Event Final Table
The 2017 edition of the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker is entering its final stage. The winner of the festival’s $4,000 Main Event will become known later today and…
Raphael Francisquetti Wins First-Ever WPT Brasil R$1,500 Main Event
The first-ever WPT Brasil was completed last night at Infinity Blue Resort & Spa in Balneário Camboriú, Brazil, where the event was hosted. Local player Raphael Francisquetti took down the…
Carl Icahn Sells Unfinished Fontainebleau Casino for $600 Million
New York real estate investor Carl Icahn unloaded another casino property after the sale of the shuttered Trump Taj Mahal resort this spring. The businessman confirmed on Tuesday that he…
Tourism Growth Encourages Multi-Million Renovation Projects at Las Vegas Casinos
Before the Great Recession, Las Vegas was the world’s most profitable gambling hub, a dream destination for high rollers, mass market players, and non-gambling tourists from all around the world.…
Biggest Winners at Inaugural PokerStars Championship Barcelona
The PokerStars Championship Barcelona has become the successor of the highly popular Barcelona stop of the European Poker Tour. The sun-kissed Spanish city had annually played host to the festival…
Michigan Gears Up for Online Gambling Legalization Push
Although the huge potential the US online gaming market has turned into a some sort of a mantra in the iGaming space, the idea of more states legalizing their online…
Sebastian Sorensson Takes Down 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona €5,300 Main Event
The final table of the PokerStars Championship Barcelona €5,300 Main Event included a PokerStars Team Pro member and a former PokerStars Championship Main Event winner. And understandably, eyes were mostly…
Raffaele Sorrentino Eyes Second PokerStars Championship Main Event Title in Barcelona
Italy’s Raffaele Sorrentino is just a six-handed final table away from making PokerStars Championship history by winning a second Main Event on the festival’s schedule within just four months. The…
Andre Akkari Leads Final 16 Into 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona €5,300 Main Event Day 5
The 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona attracted a field of 1,682 entries from all around Europe and the rest of the world. And it took four days of play before that…
Uruguay Plans to Ban Online Gambling
Uruguay has commenced the legislative process that would see the implementation of a ban on the provision of online gambling services by international operators, local media reported. This announcement comes…
Benjamin Richardson Leads after 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona €5,300 Main Event Day 3
Day 3 of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona €5,300 Main Event was yet another day of quality poker action, a perfect manifestation of why the Barcelona stop has always been…
Latest Casino Revenue Figures Show Brighter Signals for Atlantic City’s Future Revival
It was in the late 1970s when Resorts Casino Hotel opened doors as the first land-based casino in Atlantic City, in New Jersey, and on the East Coast as a…