Jesse Rockowitz Leads 2017 WPT Choctaw Main Event Day 1B
Day 1B of the 2017 WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event continued the success of Day 1A, with the overall field eventually swelling up to 902 entries. There were 562 entries…
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Daniel Lowery Leads after 2017 WPT Choctaw Main Event Day 1A
Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Oklahoma is currently a welcoming host to the WPT Choctaw festival on the popular poker series’ 2017/2018 calendar. The $3,700 Main Event started off…
Borgata Casino Sues Card Manufacturer in Prolonged Phil Ivey Baccarat Case
The Borgata’s case against world-known poker pro Phil Ivey involves so many twists and turns that it is getting harder and harder to keep up. It has recently become known…
New Jersey Pro-Gambling Senator Proposes Online Gambling Player Pooling
A pro-gambling legislator from New Jersey is planning to introduce a bill that would allow the state to share player pools with Nevada and Delaware as well as with regulated…
WSOP World Champion Scott Blumstein Eyes WPT Choctaw Main Event Title
After climbing the Everest of No-Limit Hold’em poker, that is the WSOP $10,000 Main Event, New Jersey-based poker player Scott Blumstein is now eyeing another high peak. The player revealed…
Kenny Hallaert Scoops Super Tuesday Title on PokerStars
Belgian poker pro Kenny Hallaert became the latest Super Tuesday champion on PokerStars after a smooth final table, during which he maintained a good chip lead. The player earned $57,000…
Portugal’s Online Poker Market Shrinks ahead of Shared Liquidity Network Launch
Despite the fact that Portugal’s regulated online poker market is relatively nascent, the country has joined the shared liquidity project, active negotiations about which commenced about this time last summer.…
Queensland Government Rejects A$3-Billion Gold Coast Casino Plan
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and her administration rejected on Monday the A$3-billion plan for the construction of an integrated resort on Gold Coast’s Southern Spit. The state’s top official cited…
Grammy-Winning DJ Zedd to Play and Perform at PokerStars Championship Barcelona
PokerStars Championship Barcelona, the successor of the highly successful EPT Barcelona stop, is just around the corner and organizers have begun revealing multiple surprises for both participants and fans of…
Simon Boss Scoops Second Poker EM Casino Velden Main Event Title
The Poker EM, one of Europe’s most prestigious live poker festivals to be taking place on an annual basis, was completed last night at the Austrian Casino Velden. As one…
Crown Resorts Involved in Occupational Health and Safety Court Case
Australian casino operator Crown Resorts has once again found itself at the heart of a serious controversy after a former employee has brought the company to court, claiming that she…
Ash Gupta Wins Star Sydney Championships’ Inaugural Monster Stack Poker Event
The Star Sydney Championships 2017 is among the summer poker festivals currently under way and expectations for quality poker action and tons of entertainment have already been met and even…
Phil Hellmuth to Take Part in Star-Studded King of the Hill Poker Tournament
Phil Hellmuth will be one of the participants in the star-studded King of the Hill poker tournament presented by Poker Night in America. The heads-up tournament will take place on…
Two of Poker’s Great – Fedor Holz and Daniel Negreanu – Celebrate Birthdays
The days after the end of the WSOP Main Event are usually dedicated to the winner and their terrific achievement to top a field of several thousand people, to reach…
Osaka Bids to Host Casino Resort and 2025 World Expo
Osaka officials are planning to ramp up efforts for the implementation of their plan to win one of the casino resort licenses, set to be issued by the Japanese government,…
Steffen Sontheimer Wins Poker EM €27,000 High Roller
German poker pro Steffen Sontheimer has just added another high roller poker title to his portfolio less than a month after he topped the field of an Aria High Roller…
How UK’s General Election Changed Gambling Industry’s Dynamics in 2017
Industry analysts believed that a triennial review of UK’s gambling industry, due for March 2017 release, and a December 2016 decision of the country’s government to treat freeplays used by…
PokerStars Tests New ‘Time to Act’ Settings from July 31
Online poker room PokerStars is set to introduce new Time to Act settings for ring games in a response to complaints about the unnecessarily long time some players are taking…
Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom Scores $500,000 Online Poker Profit in a Single Day
While the live poker world is still cooling off from the recently completed World Series of Poker, which was closed with New Jersey’s Scott Blumstein winning the $10,000 World Championship,…
Uruguay May Block Online Gambling Websites
The government of Uruguay is pondering the possibility of introducing a new legal framework that would prevent internationally licensed iGaming operators from targeting local players, local news outlet El Observador…
Biggest 2017 World Series of Poker Winners
While poker fans from around the world bid the 2017 WSOP farewell several days ago, excitement about Scott Blumstein’s $8.15-million-worth Main Event triumph is still beaming. This was the New…
Hamilton Princess & Beach Club Applies for Bermuda Casino License
A first casino license may be issued by the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission (BCGC), as the regulatory body has received a “substantially completed” application for licensure. Hamilton Princess & Beach…
Chris Ferguson Leads WSOP Player of the Year Ranking after Summer Series’ End
Chris Ferguson made a nice comeback to the live poker scene after disappearing for several years. The 2000 WSOP Main Event champion kept a low profile after facing a US…
Department of Interior Clears Way for Tohono O’odham Nation’s Full-Scale Casino Plan
Arizona’s Tohono O’odham Nation will finally be able to add Las Vegas-style gambling in its casino property in the area near the city of Glendale, Capitol Media Services has reported…
Scott Blumstein Wins 2017 WSOP Main Event
The 2017 WSOP Main Event was classy, funny, and packed with quality action from start to end. There were 7,221 entries to join the tournament’s field this year, but it…
Scott Blumstein Leads Last 3 Survivors Into 2017 WSOP Main Event Final Battle
The poker world is one playing day away from having its new World Champion. There are three players left to contend for that title and they will all do their…
Skrill Tempts Potential Casino Players via Email Marketing While Promoting Rogue Casino on Its Website
The provision of online payment services has been yet another area to have been catalyzed by the general application of digital technology. More and more people have been looking for…
Manig Loeser Wins 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro HK$100,000 Main Event
Germany’s Manig Loeser took down the Triton Super High Roller Series Montengro last night after an hour-long heads-up battle against Macau businessman Richard Yong. The two players exchanged the lead…
Tennis Integrity Unit Investigates Three Wimbledon Matches after Suspicious Betting Alerts
Three Wimbledon and one Roland-Garros matches will be investigated by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) due to alerts for suspicious gambling patterns, the London-based anti-corruption body has revealed in a…
Who’s Who at the 2017 WSOP Main Event Final Table
Four players from the US, two from the UK, two from France, and a single player from Argentina represent this year’s 2017 WSOP $10,000 Main Event Final Table. Each of…