Events & Reports

Former William Hill CEO Comments on Paddy Power Betfair CEO’s Support for FOBTs Crackdown

Former William Hill CEO Comments on Paddy Power Betfair CEO’s Support for FOBTs Crackdown

by October 2, 2017

News emerged last week that Paddy Power CEO Breon Corcoran was backing a reduction of the maximum stake accepted by the highly demonized fixed-odds betting terminals from £100 to just £10 or even less. Mr. Corcoran’s comments on the matter expectedly drew criticism from other ind ...

Asher Conniff Leads Final 14 Into WSOP Circuit Seminole Hard Rock Main Event’s Final Day

Asher Conniff Leads Final 14 Into WSOP Circuit Seminole Hard Rock Main Event’s Final Day

by October 2, 2017

The WSOP Circuit Seminole Hard Rock Main Event is entering its final day with 14 players still in contention for the first-place prize of $257,638, the gold ring, and the automatic entry into the season-ending Global Casino Championship.Asher Conniff, a player who started Da ...

Borgata Casino Replies to Gemaco Filing in Phil Ivey Baccarat Edge Sorting Case

Borgata Casino Replies to Gemaco Filing in Phil Ivey Baccarat Edge Sorting Case

by October 1, 2017

The Borgata, the Atlantic City-based casino resort, has submitted a 34-page court filing earlier this week as a response to a recent filing by card manufacturer Gemaco in the latest development in a prolonged three-way court battle that also involves popular poker pro Phil Ivey. ...

Ladbrokes Under Fire over Failure to Discourage FOBTs Addict from Gambling

Ladbrokes Under Fire over Failure to Discourage FOBTs Addict from Gambling

by September 30, 2017

Another British bookmaker has appeared on the UK Gambling Commission’s radar screen for allegedly failing to follow the regulator’s main principles for socially responsible provision of gambling services.The Guardian reported that gambling operator Ladbrokes Cora ...

Ryan McAllister Claims Gold Ring from WSOP Circuit Seminole Hard Rock $1,125 No-Limit Hold’em

Ryan McAllister Claims Gold Ring from WSOP Circuit Seminole Hard Rock $1,125 No-Limit Hold’em

by September 29, 2017

Ryan McAllister won a second WSOP Circuit gold ring within two months, thus seriously upping his chances to join the field of the season-ending Global Casino Championship. Last night, the player took down the $1,125 No-Limit Hold’em or Event #8 on the WSOP Circuit Seminole Hard R ...

British Columbia Appoints Investigator to Probe Into Suspicious Transactions at Local Casinos

British Columbia Appoints Investigator to Probe Into Suspicious Transactions at Local Casinos

by September 29, 2017

British Columbia’s new Attorney General David Eby has appointed an independent investigator to conduct a review of the anti-money laundering controls deployed by local casinos and gambling regulators.The announcement about the upcoming probe comes shortly after Attorney Gener ...

Spain Prepares for Shared Online Poker Liquidity with New Gambling License Application Process

Spain Prepares for Shared Online Poker Liquidity with New Gambling License Application Process

by September 28, 2017

Earlier this month, Spain’s gambling regulator – Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) – confirmed that it would open an application process that would allow interested iGaming operators to enter the country’s regulated market.Two important conclusions can be draw ...

David Prociak Captures First WSOP Circuit Gold Ring in Seminole Hard Rock $365 Pot-Limit Omaha

David Prociak Captures First WSOP Circuit Gold Ring in Seminole Hard Rock $365 Pot-Limit Omaha

by September 28, 2017

David Prociak is a popular face at his home state’s poker rooms and, to be more precise, a Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood regular. He tends to call himself a poker amateur, although he has accumulated quite a lot of experience over the years.Last night, Prociak topped the fiel ...

Switzerland’s New Gambling Act Approaches Final Vote

Switzerland’s New Gambling Act Approaches Final Vote

by September 28, 2017

The Swiss Parliament cleared the last of a series of hurdles that obstructed it from approving an omnibus gambling bill aimed to replace the country’s existing gambling laws. As reported by local news outlet Swiss Info, lawmakers agreed to scrap a previous tax on winnings from sp ...

David Gunas Wins 2017/2018 WSOP Circuit Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood $365 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack

David Gunas Wins 2017/2018 WSOP Circuit Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood $365 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack

by September 27, 2017

David Gunas, a 24-year-old poker professional from South Boston, Massachusetts, topped the field of the WSOP Circuit Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood $365 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack event for his first gold ring from the series.The player also cashed $28,379 from the tournam ...

Portugal’s Gambling Regulator Issues 11th License

Portugal’s Gambling Regulator Issues 11th License

by September 27, 2017

The Portuguese gambling regulator – Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ) – announced on Tuesday that it has issued the eleventh iGaming license since the regulation of the nation’s market back in 2015.The license was issued on September 22 and A Nossa Aposta ̵ ...

Nick Pupillo Claims Second Ring from 2017/2018 WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley Main Event

Nick Pupillo Claims Second Ring from 2017/2018 WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley Main Event

by September 26, 2017

Nick Pupillo, an Illinois native, won last night the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley Main Event for his career second gold ring and a payout $170,286. Pupillo is coming fresh from a second-place finish in the WPT Borgata Open $600 DeepStack Kick-Off, in which he scooped his largest-e ...

Sweden’s compris Wins World Championship of Online Poker Event #75-H $10,300 High Roller 8-Game

Sweden’s compris Wins World Championship of Online Poker Event #75-H $10,300 High Roller 8-Game

by September 25, 2017

This year’s edition of PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker has entered its closing stages with the Main Event now being underway. And while there are players from all around the world that are currently squaring off for the 2017 Main Event title, others have already wo ...

Julio Belluscio Wins Inaugural PokerStars Festival Uruguay Main Event

Julio Belluscio Wins Inaugural PokerStars Festival Uruguay Main Event

by September 24, 2017

Julio Belluscio, a player from Buenos Aires, Argentina, topped the Main Event of the latest PokerStars Festival. The $1,650 buy-in tournament, together with the whole festival, took place in Punta del Este, Uruguay. It saw the champion rush through the nine-handed final table, el ...

Guo Liang Chen Wins 2017 WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Main Event

Guo Liang Chen Wins 2017 WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Main Event

by September 23, 2017

The WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Main Event was completed last night after the original field of 1,132 entries was reduced to just a single person. That lucky player was Guo Liang Chen. He earned $789,058 for his efforts and saw his name engraved on the WPT Champions Cup.Ch ...