Cary Katz Takes Down 2018 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller

Cary Katz Takes Down 2018 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller

by January 9, 2018

The PCA $100,000 Super High Roller is one of the most popular high roller tournaments and its reputation spreads across the globe. It was a few hours ago when another player joined the event’s champions club, and he did it in what many would consider a spectacular manner.Car ...

Finnish Scholars Test Nasal Spray to Reduce Addicts’ Urge to Gamble

Finnish Scholars Test Nasal Spray to Reduce Addicts’ Urge to Gamble

by January 8, 2018

A group of Finnish scholars is planning to conduct somewhat unusual research, the results from which could help in curing problem gambling behavior, Finnish news outlet Yle has reported.Health experts from the country’s National Institute for Health and Welfare (Terveyden ja ...

Ivan Luca Leads Seven Hopefuls Into 2018 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller Finale

Ivan Luca Leads Seven Hopefuls Into 2018 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller Finale

by January 8, 2018

The second day of this year’s PCA $100,000 Super High Roller was completed with just seven players left to contend for the title. Day 2 action kicked off with Scott Seiver leading a pack of 33 survivors. However, the player did not make it through the end after clashing into Arge ...

Scott Seiver Leads after 2018 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller Day 1

Scott Seiver Leads after 2018 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller Day 1

by January 7, 2018

The time for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, one of the world’s most popular live poker events to be taking place on annual basis, has finally arrived. And what better way to kick off the festival than the $100,000 Super High Roller.Day 1 of the massive buy-in tour ...

Arkansas Revives Casino Legalization Attempts

Arkansas Revives Casino Legalization Attempts

by January 6, 2018

An Arkansas private group submitted on Friday a proposal for a constitutional amendment that would allow the construction of up to three casinos to Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. If authorized, the three casinos will be taxed at 12% and most of their tax proceeds will be used ...

Bruno Foster Leaves Team 888poker to Embark on New Poker Adventure

Bruno Foster Leaves Team 888poker to Embark on New Poker Adventure

by January 5, 2018

Bruno Foster, one of the starts of Brazilian poker, has confirmed his departure from Team 888poker, after being brand ambassador for the online poker room for the past three years. The player joined 888poker’s team of sponsored players in late 2014 after his participation at the ...

Poland’s State-Run Online Casino to Go Live in Late 2018

Poland’s State-Run Online Casino to Go Live in Late 2018

by January 5, 2018

Poland’s state-run online casino will not be launched before the third or fourth quarter of the year, the country’s Deputy Finance Minister Piotr Walczak confirmed late last year. The politician also pointed out that Totalizator Sportowy, the national lottery operator tasked with ...

Former WSOP Main Event Champ Martin Jacobson Wins PokerStars Winter Series Super Tuesday SE

Former WSOP Main Event Champ Martin Jacobson Wins PokerStars Winter Series Super Tuesday SE

by January 4, 2018

Martin “M.nosbocaJ” Jacobson, the 2014 WSOP Main Event champion, was the star of the PokerStars Winter Series Super Tuesday Special Edition event. The player topped a field of 738 entries to celebrate the start of 2018 with a six-figure payout and to add one more tour ...

Westin Las Vegas Readies to Put Behind Casino Past

Westin Las Vegas Readies to Put Behind Casino Past

by January 4, 2018

Westin Las Vegas, one of the emblematic casino resorts on the legendary Las Vegas Strip, is entering a new stage of its existence, which spans back four decades. The complex is close to completing a planned renovation that will include the replacement of its casino floor with alt ...

Biggest PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event Winners

Biggest PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event Winners

by January 3, 2018

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, one of the largest live poker festivals to be taking place at the beginning of each year, is very few days away from kicking off its 2018 edition, and players from here and there are readying for their annual poker get-together at the beautiful ...

France and Spain Ready to Launch Shared Online Poker Tables in Coming Weeks

France and Spain Ready to Launch Shared Online Poker Tables in Coming Weeks

by January 3, 2018

The French online gambling regulator ARJEL announced on Tuesday that first Franco-Spanish online poker tables will be launched within the next few weeks as part of the initial phase of the shared online poker liquidity project.Online poker operators licensed in both France a ...

How Some of Poker’s Great Rocked and Rolled into 2018

How Some of Poker’s Great Rocked and Rolled into 2018

by January 2, 2018

New Year’s Eve is a time for reveling, a time for putting all the sorrows and unpleasant happenings from the past twelve months all behind, a time for remembering all the nice moments from those same twelve months with sweet nostalgia or the well-familiar tickling feeling in the ...

SportPesa to Appeal Latest Court Ruling on Kenya’s New Gambling Tax Regime

SportPesa to Appeal Latest Court Ruling on Kenya’s New Gambling Tax Regime

by January 2, 2018

Kenyan sport betting operator SportPesa will appeal a High Court ruling from last week, according to which the government of Kenya had not breached Constitution by introducing a 35% tax on gambling services provided in the country’s regulated market, local news outlet Daily Natio ...

Europe’s Online Gambling Landscape: Regulatory Highlights from 2017

Europe’s Online Gambling Landscape: Regulatory Highlights from 2017

by January 1, 2018

Europe’s online gambling scene saw a number of important changes last year. More EU countries officially regulated their iGaming markets (the Czech Republic, Poland), while other countries acknowledged the importance of the introduction of proper regulations (Sweden) in relation ...

Poker Tournaments Taking Place in the First Week of 2018

Poker Tournaments Taking Place in the First Week of 2018

by December 31, 2017

The first days of a new year mean different things to different people. Some are recovering from heavy partying and struggling with the aftermath of all the liquory nights they had spent over the holiday season, while others are shining with enthusiasm about what the next twelve ...