Igor Yaroshevsky Enters 2017 PokerStars Championship Panama $5,300 Main Event Day 2 as Chip Leader

by March 16, 2017

The PokerStars Championship Panama has progressed to that concluding stage when some of the world’s most popular players as well as poker enthusiasts from around the globe are set to battle it out for the $5,300 Main Event title.The prestigious event kicked off on Tuesday, M ...

Who Will Lose the Most from New TV Gambling Advertising Measures in Australia?

by March 16, 2017

Australian TV channels may see a significant reduction in the number of gambling ads broadcast during sports events, after local gambling operators have agreed to narrow their TV advertising efforts, if need be.According to data provided by media information services firm St ...

Petr Svoboda Wins 2017 PokerStars Festival Rozvadov €1,100 Main Event

by March 15, 2017

The €1,100 Main Event of the inaugural PokerStars Festival Rozvadov concluded with an 18-hour final day that saw local player Petr Svoboda best a heavy-packed field of 1,123 entries to win a first-place prize of €124,346.Day 3 of the tournament was played on Monday. Play star ...

Portugal Shows Demand for Online Poker Despite Lower PokerStars Traffic Stats

by March 15, 2017

It was less than a year ago when first regulated online gambling operations commenced in Portugal. And it was not before late November that the country’s first online poker license was granted to PokerStars. The .pt website of the world’s largest online poker operator went off wi ...

Why Australia Should Follow UK’s Example in Legalizing Online Gambling

by March 14, 2017

Australia has started a process of re-regulating its online gambling industry in a manner that will presumably provide more clarity over what is legal and what is illegal in the country. However, many have suggested that the planned crackdown on iGaming will do more ill than good ...

Ben Tollerene Wins 2017 PokerStars Championship Panama $50,000 Super High Roller

by March 14, 2017

Ben Tollerene outlasted last night the field of the inaugural PokerStars Championship Panama $50,000 Super High Roller for another poker title and $538,715 in prize money. The player dominated the six-handed final table from beginning until the very end, mercilessly eliminating a ...

Ben Tollerene Leads 2017 PokerStars Championship Panama $50,000 Super High Roller Final 6

by March 13, 2017

When PokerStars announced that it would merge all its live sponsored events across the globe into Championship and Festival ones, it promised that it would return to Latin America soon. The poker room delivered on its promise and it did so with a bang.The PokerStars Champion ...

Seven Gambling Customers Lose £10,000 in a Day on FOBTs, GambleAware Says

by March 13, 2017

Seven UK gambling customers lost over £10,000 in a single day on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) over a researched 10-month period, problem gambling support charity GambleAware said in a recent filing to the Government.UK MPs are currently conducting a traditional trien ...

Florida Bars Jacksonville Poker Room from Adding Slot Machines

by March 12, 2017

Poker room bestbet Jacksonville will not be able to install slot machines at its premises as its request was denied by the state of Florida, local media reported. Regulators cited legal reasons for the refusal.Residents of Duval County voted in favor of the addition of gaming ...

Sam Panzica Wins 2017 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star $7,500 Main Event

by March 11, 2017

Young poker pro Sam Panzica has just added another title to his portfolio and a hefty payday of $1,373,000 to his bankroll. The player bested the massive record-breaking field of the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star $7,500 Main Event for his career’s best accomplishment to date. ...

Oleksandr Strokolis Wins 2017 PokerStars Festival Rozvadov €550 Super Deep

by March 10, 2017

Located in the heart of Europe, the Czech village of Rozvadov has turned into a favorite stop for some of the world’s largest live poker tours. King’s Casino is currently playing host to a brand-new PokerStars Festival, gathering poker pros and enthusiasts from all around the con ...

New Jersey Appeals Court Rejects Glenn Straub’s Claim to Former Showboat Casino

by March 10, 2017

Billionaire investor Glenn Straub has received another blow in his court battle with Stockton University over the ownership of the former Showboat casino. An appeals court voided on Thursday Mr. Straub’s claim that he should be allowed to purchase the shuttered gambling venue. ...

Danny Illingworth Wins 2016/17 WSOP Circuit Bicycle Casino $580 No-Limit Hold’em

by March 9, 2017

Danny Illingworth has extensive live poker experience and his bankroll of more than $1 million certainly shows that he has been doing quite well on the felt. However, there was one thing to have evaded the player over the years, or at least until last night. The player has come v ...

Tabcorp to Sell Gaming Machine Monitoring Arm to Alleviate Tatts Merger Concerns

by March 9, 2017

Australian gambling operator Tabcorp Holdings has agreed to sell a gaming machine monitoring subsidiary it purchased last summer to address the biggest of a set of concerns raised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in relation to the proposed merger with ...

Fredrick Arni Wins 2016/17 WSOP Circuit Bicycle Casino $365 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack

by March 8, 2017

Fredrick Arni won the opening event of the WSOP Circuit Bicycle Casino poker festival for his first major tournament victory and his first-ever gold ring. Apart from the shiny and much-coveted gold piece, the player also scooped a first-place prize of $87,010.As Arni explain ...