Events & Reports

New York Online Casino Bill Marks Historic Progress Early in 2016

by March 4, 2016

The year has begun with several US states discussing the potential legalization of online gambling options and online poker, in particular. And the state of New York has even made certain progress towards the materialization of the plan to introduce online variants of the game wi ...

California Starts 2016 with New Online Poker Bill

by March 3, 2016

Although California is not likely to see online poker legalized within the state’s borders any time soon, it could be said that legislators and interested parties there are currently trying to achieve this harder than anywhere else around the nation. In fact, efforts date b ...

Cypriot Officials to Vote on Casino Regulations on March 10

by March 2, 2016

Cypriot lawmakers are to vote on proposed regulations for the establishment of the island country’s first integrated casino resort on March 10. Once and if those are approved by the House plenum, officials will announce the three shortlisted bidders for the operation of the ...

Jeffrey Dobrin Wins 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Bally’s $365 No-Limit Hold’em

by March 2, 2016

Yet another WSOP Circuit gold ring found its owner at Bally’s in Las Vegas. Last night, local player Jeffrey Dobrin topped the field of the 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Bally’s Event #4 to capture a second career gold piece. The player was also paid the amount of $19,110 for ...

Tamer Korman Wins 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Bally’s $580 No-Limit Hold’em

by March 1, 2016

Poker player Tamer Korman from Centralia, Washington became the winner of the 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Bally’s Event #2 to collect a first career gold ring and $19,459 in prize money. It is interesting to note that Korman traveled to Las Vegas to celebrate his 50th birthday and ...

bet-at-home.com Posts Revenue and Operating Income Growth Despite Tax Burdens

by March 1, 2016

Online gambling operator bet-at-home.com AG reported its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2015. Gross gaming revenue generated by the company amounted to €121.6 million, up 13.6% year-on-year.The gambling company said that the largest share of its annual reve ...

Long Tran Wins 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Bally’s $365 No-Limit Hold’em Unlimited Re-entry

by March 1, 2016

Long Tran has just won Event #1 on the schedule of the 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Bally’s. The player from Costa Mesa, California bested a massive field of 1,082 entries to collect his first-ever Circuit cash of $55,321 and a gold ring.The $365 No-Limit Hold’em was an u ...

Sebastien Ta Wins bwin.be WPT National Brussels €1,200 Main Event

by February 29, 2016

Frenchman Sebastien Ta was the player to emerge victorious in the bwin.be WPT National Brussels €1,200 Main Event, which took place from February 25-28 at Grand Casino Brussels – Viage. Ta collected the amount of €100,000, his best live cash so far, and the tournament trophy....

Poker Tournaments to Start between February 29-March 6

by February 29, 2016

There will be exciting tournaments to kick off in different parts of the world this week. King’s Casino will play host to an Eureka Poker Tour stop, the LAPT will be going back to Chile for a five-day festival, and Georgia will welcome the WSOP International Circuit for the ...

Niko Markatos Wins Borgata Poker DeepStacks Challenge $400 No-Limit Hold’em DeepStack

by February 28, 2016

The Borgata Poker DeepStacks Challenge has just been completed with Niko Markatos from Astoria, New York topping the field of Event #9: $400 No-Limit Hold’em DeepStack. The player collected the amount of $20,628 in prize money and the final DeepStacks Challenge trophy for t ...

Dzmitry Urbanovich Debuts in GPI Top 10

by February 27, 2016

Another week has passed and still there was no change in top 3 of the GPI leaderboard. Steve O’Dwyer has been topping the ranking for seven straight weeks now with a total of 4,340.45 points. The Irishman is closely followed by Byron Kaverman, who collected his statuette fo ...

888poker Announced as Official 2016 WSOP Sponsor

by February 27, 2016

A few days after the official schedule for this year’s edition of the WSOP was revealed, the popular Series made yet another important announcement. Online poker brand 888poker has been signed as the official sponsor for the most highly anticipated poker festival of the yea ...

2015 American Poker Awards Winners Announced

by February 26, 2016

The SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California is where some of poker’s biggest names were on Thursday, February 25. The venue played host to not one or two, but three important industry events – the inaugural Global Poker League Draft, the American Poker Conference, and the 2n ...

Global Poker League Managers Pick Team Members at Inaugural Draft

by February 26, 2016

Thursday was an eventful day for poker, with the Global Poker League’s first draft and the 2nd annual American Poker Awards taking place at the same time and at the same place. The SLS Hotel in Los Angeles, California played host to both events and the day actually kicked o ...

PokerStars Goes Live in New Jersey on March 21

by February 26, 2016

Canadian gambling company Amaya Inc. announced on Thursday that its online poker room PokerStars is to go live in New Jersey on March 21. The announcement comes after the operator received the necessary approval by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement to launch both the Poker ...