Nicholas Seiken Claims Gold in 2018 WSOP $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship

Nicholas Seiken Claims Gold in 2018 WSOP $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship

by June 24, 2018

Three days ago, Nicholas Seiken, a real estate broker from Texas, entered his first-ever standalone 2-7 Triple Draw event to eventually take it down, battling and outlasting a pack of seasoned pros. Late last night, the player joined the club of WSOP gold bracelet winners as he r ...

Robert Nehorayan Takes Down 2018 WSOP $1,500 Limit Hold’em

Robert Nehorayan Takes Down 2018 WSOP $1,500 Limit Hold’em

by June 23, 2018

Robert Nehorayan is known by many as Rec Rob, his nickname derived from him identifying himself as a recreational player. However, he outlasted last night a field that included seasoned poker pros like Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, and Ari Engel to win his first gold bracelet ...

Bulgarian Oddity: Private Company Operates as the National Lottery, But No One Seems to Care

Bulgarian Oddity: Private Company Operates as the National Lottery, But No One Seems to Care

by June 22, 2018

Bulgaria is one of the poorest countries in the European Union, but recent figures show that its gambling industry has been thriving, particularly over the past several years. And while that industry has been hopping from strength to strength, it is also understood that it has be ...

Eric Baldwin Captures Second Gold Bracelet in 2018 WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em

Eric Baldwin Captures Second Gold Bracelet in 2018 WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em

by June 22, 2018

Eric Baldwin took down last night Event #37: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em for his second gold bracelet from the WSOP and a first-place prize of $319,580. It has been nine years since the player from Henderson, Nevada captured his first gold piece from the series.Baldwin made it t ...

Ocean Resort Casino Gets Regulatory Green Light ahead of June 28 Grand Opening

Ocean Resort Casino Gets Regulatory Green Light ahead of June 28 Grand Opening

by June 22, 2018

Ocean Resort Casino was granted a gaming license by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission Thursday, just one week ahead of its scheduled grand opening ceremony. The property occupies the site of the former Revel casino resort that was shuttered in 2014 after two years of opera ...

Farhintaj Bonyadi Wins 2018 WSOP $1,000 Super Seniors for First Gold Bracelet

Farhintaj Bonyadi Wins 2018 WSOP $1,000 Super Seniors for First Gold Bracelet

by June 21, 2018

Farhintaj Bonyadi, mother of three-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Farzad Bonyadi, outlasted a behemoth field of 2,191 to win the 2018 WSOP $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold’em for a gold piece of her own. The player also scooped a hefty payout of $311,451 for her efforts.It ...

Ocean Resort Casino Gaming License Hearing Extends into a Second Day

Ocean Resort Casino Gaming License Hearing Extends into a Second Day

by June 21, 2018

Owners of Ocean Resort Casino, formerly Revel, appeared before the New Jersey Casino Control Commission on Wednesday seeking to obtain a license for the operation of casino gambling at the renovated property that is slated to open doors June 28.Ocean Resort Casino was purcha ...

Swedish Gambling Authority to Publish License Application Forms for Interested Operators on July 10

Swedish Gambling Authority to Publish License Application Forms for Interested Operators on July 10

by June 21, 2018

The Swedish Gambling Authority, Lotteriinspektionen, announced Wednesday that application forms for interested gambling companies will be available on its website from July 10. The regulator has previously confirmed that the application process for online gambling licenses would ...

Bill Restricting Gambling Advertising Stalls in Bulgarian National Assembly, Needs EC Green Light

Bill Restricting Gambling Advertising Stalls in Bulgarian National Assembly, Needs EC Green Light

by June 21, 2018

Proposed amendments to Bulgaria’s gambling law will have to be reviewed by the European Commission before coming into effect, members of the country legislature’s Committee on Budget and Finance announced Wednesday.They said that the move was obligatory as the country’s gamb ...

Valve Disables Item Trading for Dutch CS:GO and Dota 2 Players as Loot Box Crackdown Looms

Valve Disables Item Trading for Dutch CS:GO and Dota 2 Players as Loot Box Crackdown Looms

by June 20, 2018

Video game developer Valve Corporation announced yesterday that it has decided to disable item trading for Dutch players of its Counter Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2 games.The announcement came shortly after the Netherlands Gaming Authority, Kansspelautoriteit, released ...

Michael Mizrachi Wins Record Third Poker Players Championship Title

Michael Mizrachi Wins Record Third Poker Players Championship Title

by June 20, 2018

History was in the making last night at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino and poker pro Michael Mizrachi was playing the most important part in that process. Topping an 87-strong field comprised of poker’s finest talent, the player claimed his third Poker Players Championship title, ...

Latest Developments in Europe’s Online Gambling Industry, Comments from iGaming Legal Experts Tal Ron and Stephanie Attias

Latest Developments in Europe’s Online Gambling Industry, Comments from iGaming Legal Experts Tal Ron and Stephanie Attias

by June 19, 2018

Europe’s online gambling market has been jumping from strength to strength over the past several years and it is only poised to grow larger as technology servicing the sector becomes more sophisticated and the general demand for online services, including betting and gaming ones, ...

Michael Mizrachi Eyes Third $50,000 Poker Players Championship Title

Michael Mizrachi Eyes Third $50,000 Poker Players Championship Title

by June 19, 2018

Michael Mizrachi, one of poker’s big, is entering the final day of this year’s WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship with a commanding chip lead over five other competitors and with great determination to win a third title from one of the most challenging live poker tournaments ...

Universal Entertainment Announces Casino Businesses “Organizational Realignment” to Keep Kazuo Okada Away

Universal Entertainment Announces Casino Businesses “Organizational Realignment” to Keep Kazuo Okada Away

by June 19, 2018

Japanese gaming machine manufacturer and casino operator Universal Entertainment Corporation announced Monday that it would undertake an “organizational realignment” within the corporation to prevent its founder and former Chairman Kazuo Okada and other “unsuitable individuals” f ...

Steven Albini Beats Stud Specialist Jeff Lisandro to Claim 2018 WSOP $1,500 Seven Card Stud Crown

Steven Albini Beats Stud Specialist Jeff Lisandro to Claim 2018 WSOP $1,500 Seven Card Stud Crown

by June 18, 2018

Aside from a successful career as a musician and record producer, Steven Albini now has a major poker accomplishment to boast about. Albini successfully navigated through a number of poker heavyweights in the 2018 WSOP $1,500 Seven Card Stud to be crowned the event’s champion for ...