Events & Reports

GVC Holdings Reputation Harmed after Cashcade Affiliate Program Closure

by February 27, 2017

Founded more than a decade ago, GVC Holdings has become one of the big players in the online gambling space. The group manages a number of iGaming brands in a number of jurisdictions. It also owns a B2B business and thus, provides other gambling operators with multi-channel gambl ...

Darren Elias Wins 2017 WPT Fallsview Poker Classic for Third WPT Title

by February 26, 2017

Carlos Mortensen, Gus Hansen, Anthony Zinno, and Chino Rheem may be very different in their approaches at the poker table, but the four players have one important thing in common. They have all been celebrated for the rare deed of winning three WPT Main Event titles. A new member ...

Absolute Poker Founder Pleads Not Guilty to US Online Poker Scandal Charges

by February 25, 2017

Absolute Poker co-founder Scott Tom pleaded not guilty to charges related to the illegal provision of online poker services to US players after the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. As Reuters reported, Tom arrived in New York earlier this ...

Maurice Hawkins Ties with Alexandru Masek for Most WSOP Circuit Gold Rings Won

by February 24, 2017

Maurice Hawkins was among the poker players we were certain we would be seeing more of in 2017, and he has already started delivering on our expectations. It was mere days ago when he won his ninth WSOP Circuit gold ring to tie the record for the most gold pieces ever won with Al ...

Conflicting Florida Gambling Bills Reach Full House and Senate Floors

by February 24, 2017

Two bills focused on the future of Florida’s gambling industry survived through committee votes on Thursday to now head to the Legislature’s floor. This year’s legislative session is slated to commence on March 7. Local media reported that one of the proposed le ...

Phil Hellmuth Beats Mike Matusow Heads-Up in L.A. Poker Classic $1,100 Omaha 8/Stud 8 or Better

by February 23, 2017

Phil Hellmuth emerged victorious over Mike Matusow in what came to be the latest clash between two of poker’s greatest minds. They were the last men standing in a side event on the schedule of the ongoing L.A. Poker Classic festival. The two players have faced each other multiple ...

Florida Senator Amends Gambling Expansion Bill ahead of Second Committee Vote

by February 23, 2017

Sen. Bill Galvano, the Florida legislator who proposed significant expansion of the state gambling industry last month, presented on Wednesday an amended and extended version of his Senate Bill 8. The legislative piece is set to be voted on by a second Senate Committee today. If ...

Koray Aldemir Wins 2017 Triton Super High Roller Manila HK$1,000,000 Main Event

by February 22, 2017

Germany’s Koray Aldemir has added another massive payout to his growing poker bankroll after beating a field of other 38 entries to win the 2017 Triton Super High Roller Manila HK$1,000,000 Main Event. A hefty share of HK$10,032,869 (approximately $1.3 million) and a shiny trophy ...

William Hill’s Quest for CEO Reportedly Comes to End

by February 22, 2017

Major UK bookmaker William Hill is set to promote its Interim CEO Philip Bowcock into a permanent Chief Executive, The Financial Times reported earlier today. Mr. Bowcock assumed the Interim CEO post last summer after the company’s former head – James Henderson – was ousted follo ...

Raminder Singh Wins 2016/17 WSOP Circuit Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,675 Main Event

by February 21, 2017

Raminder Singh, a Florida-based player who tends to call himself a poker amateur, last night beat a plethora of former gold ring winners and even a WSOP Circuit Main Event champion to win his first gold piece and his career’s top payout.Singh topped the field of the 2016/17 W ...

California’s 2017 Online Poker Push Begins with New Assembly Bill

by February 21, 2017

It is barely a surprise that California is once again pushing for the legalization and regulation of online poker. Numerous efforts have been introduced to the state Legislature over the past decade or so, but continuous bickering between local tribes, lobbyists, opponents, and l ...

Sam Panzica Leads 2016/17 WSOP Circuit Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,675 Main Event Final 10

by February 20, 2017

The WSOP Circuit Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,675 Main Event is just several hours away from crowning its latest victor. There are ten players left to contend for the title out of an initial field of 524 entries. Sam Panzica, a familiar WSOP Circuit face, will be leading the ten fin ...

Latest Georgia Casino Gambling Bill Faces First Committee Vote This Week

by February 20, 2017

A constitutional amendment for the legalization of casino gambling in Georgia and an accompanying Senate Bill for the regulation of the state’s gambling industry are to get their first committee vote later this week. If voted in the affirmative, they will next be sent to another ...

Dan Colman Wins 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Manila HK$250,000 6-Max

by February 19, 2017

Dan Colman seems to have made it his profession to beat poker’s biggest, which has certainly found him a place among poker’s biggest. Erik Seidel, a player who has been in the limelight for years now and has taken important role in the formation of the international p ...

Alan Lau Wins Macau Poker Cup 26 Red Dragon

by February 18, 2017

Alan Lau triumphed in the HK$15,000 buy-in Red Dragon, one of the highlight tournaments on the Macau Poker Cup 26 schedule. The player’s prize was comprised of a first-place payout of HK$3,265,000 and the red dragon trophy.The PokerStars-sponsored event attracted a reco ...