Events & Reports

Malta’s New Gambling Law Takes Effect July 1 as EC Standstill Ends

Malta’s New Gambling Law Takes Effect July 1 as EC Standstill Ends

by June 18, 2018

Malta’s new Gaming Act has survived a three-month standstill period in the European Commission and is now on schedule to take effect on July 1, 2018.Tabled in the Maltese Parliament this spring and introduced to the EC for an obligatory review, the new law aims to scrap the ...

Gal Yifrach Wins First Gold Bracelet in 2018 WSOP $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed

Gal Yifrach Wins First Gold Bracelet in 2018 WSOP $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed

by June 17, 2018

Gal Yifrach, a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur and recreational poker player, claimed last night his first WSOP gold bracelet for taking down Event #28: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed of this year’s edition of the popular series. Aside from the gold piece, Yifrach al ...

John Hennigan Wins 2018 WSOP H.O.R.S.E. Championship for Fifth Gold Bracelet

John Hennigan Wins 2018 WSOP H.O.R.S.E. Championship for Fifth Gold Bracelet

by June 16, 2018

John Hennigan just won his fifth gold bracelet from the WSOP after four days of grueling poker action in this year’s $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship. The player was also awarded $414,692 for outlasting a pack of 166 entries who put to the test his skills in not just one but ...

Japan’s IR/Casino Bill Passes Lower House Committee Despite Opposition

Japan’s IR/Casino Bill Passes Lower House Committee Despite Opposition

by June 15, 2018

A Lower House panel in Japan’s Diet passed earlier today the Integrated Resort Implementation Bill despite heavy protests from opposition parties, local news outlet the Japan Times reports.The piece now needs approval from the full Lower House floor before being referred to ...

Filippos Stavrakis Wins 2018 WSOP $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

Filippos Stavrakis Wins 2018 WSOP $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

by June 15, 2018

Filippos Stavrakis was one of 986 entries to show up for the 2018 WSOP $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament, and was eventually the final man standing. The Baltimore, Maryland resident collected his first gold piece from the world’s longest running tournament poker series and a firs ...

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open to Kick Off August 2

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open to Kick Off August 2

by June 14, 2018

Las Vegas is currently the most flooded tournament poker hotspot with the WSOP under way and a number of other live poker festivals taking place across Strip and Downtown casinos. However, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida is readying itself to welcome a ...

Ocean Resort Casino Gets June 20 Gaming License Hearing

Ocean Resort Casino Gets June 20 Gaming License Hearing

by June 14, 2018

Ocean Resort Casino will have its gaming license hearing on June 20, or just eight days before its grand opening ceremony, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission announced Wednesday.The new owners of what had formerly operated as Revel will have to obtain a casino license ...

Brian Rast Wins Doyle Brunson’s Last Poker Tournament for Fourth WSOP Bracelet

Brian Rast Wins Doyle Brunson’s Last Poker Tournament for Fourth WSOP Bracelet

by June 13, 2018

Brian Rast, a mixed games and high roller specialist, scooped a few hours ago his career’s fourth WSOP gold bracelet after surviving through a field of 95 entries, including some of poker’s heavyweights. The player won the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship for the go ...

Sports Betting and Online Gaming Legislation Passes Michigan House

Sports Betting and Online Gaming Legislation Passes Michigan House

by June 13, 2018

The Michigan House of Representatives voted Tuesday in favor of a bill that would allow for the legalization of online gambling services, including online casino and poker games, and would pave the way for the legalization of sports betting.H 4926 was introduced in the state ...

Jeremy Wien Claims Gold in 2018 WSOP $5,000 Big Blind Antes No-Limit Hold’em

Jeremy Wien Claims Gold in 2018 WSOP $5,000 Big Blind Antes No-Limit Hold’em

by June 12, 2018

Jeremy Wien was among the top stacks when eight-handed final table play kicked off on the third day of the 2018 WSOP $5,000 Big Blind Antes No-Limit Hold’em. The player had his ups and downs throughout the day, played a strenuous heads-up match against heads-up specialist David L ...

Craig Varnell Tops 2,419-Strong Field in 2018 WSOP $565 Pot-Limit Omaha

Craig Varnell Tops 2,419-Strong Field in 2018 WSOP $565 Pot-Limit Omaha

by June 11, 2018

Craig Varnell has come a long way from four years ago when he left his job at a car wash to start playing poker for a living. His efforts were rewarded last night when the player remained the last man standing from the hefty field of the 2018 WSOP $565 Pot-Limit Omaha to win what ...

More Details Shed on Hard Rock’s €2-Billion Tarragona Casino Resort Project

More Details Shed on Hard Rock’s €2-Billion Tarragona Casino Resort Project

by June 11, 2018

Hard Rock International’s Tarragona, Spain integrated resort will occupy a 745,000-square-meter site and will cost the developer the amount of €2 billion, according to the latest rollout of information regarding the mega-scheme.It was announced late last month that the Govern ...

Andrey Zhigalov Wins 2018 WSOP $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

Andrey Zhigalov Wins 2018 WSOP $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

by June 10, 2018

Russia’s Andrey Zhigalov joined the club of WSOP gold bracelet winners last night after outlasting a massive field in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. The player, who has been flying all the way from his homeland to attend the WSOP’s every edition over the past several years, al ...

Japanese Diet’s Lower House Likely to Vote on IR/Casino Bill on June 12

Japanese Diet’s Lower House Likely to Vote on IR/Casino Bill on June 12

by June 10, 2018

Japanese lawmakers postponed on Friday a vote on the Integrated Resort Implementation Bill to avoid backlash ahead of and during today’s Niigata gubernatorial election, local news outlet Japan Times reported citing sources familiar with the matter.The bill that sets ou ...

Justin Bonomo Takes Down 2018 WSOP $10,000 Heads-Up Championship for 4th Back-to-Back Win

Justin Bonomo Takes Down 2018 WSOP $10,000 Heads-Up Championship for 4th Back-to-Back Win

by June 9, 2018

It seems that Justin Bonomo’s hot streak on the live tournament circuit is far from over as the player topped the field of another event last night. The poker super star won the WSOP $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship for his second career bracelet from th ...