Patrick Clarke Leads Final 16 into EPT Season 12 Dublin €5,300 Main Event Day 5

by February 19, 2016

After an eight-year hiatus, the EPT has returned to Dublin with a thrilling poker festival. Its highlight tournament – the €5,300 Main Event – is coming to a close with 16 remaining hopefuls after the completion of Day 4.The event attracted a total of 605 entries and generat ...

Sky Betting & Gaming Joins Senet Group as First Online-Only Member

by February 18, 2016

The Senet Group, known to be UK’s independent gambling watchdog, announced today that online gambling operator Sky Betting & Gaming has become part of the Group as the first online-only gambling company to join it.The Senet Group was founded in September 2014 by UK& ...

William Hill Rants Against Rivals Merger

by February 18, 2016

Gambling operator William Hill argued that the proposed £2.3-billion merger of rival companies Ladbrokes and the Coral Group would not be good for the industry as it would harm competition even if the combined entity agrees to close some of its betting shops.William Hill said ...

Alex Goulder Starts EPT Season 12 Dublin €5,300 Main Event Day 4 as Chip Leader

by February 18, 2016

Day 3 of the EPT Season 12 Dublin €5,300 Main Event is history. A total of 127 players returned yesterday at the Royal Dublin Society, hoping to make it to the money bubble. And the day was completed with 45 survivors who are to return at the venue today at noon local time.Th ...

Element Wave Appoints William Morris as Commercial Manager

by February 17, 2016

Element Wave, provider of mobile marketing technology and customer retention solutions, has announced the appointment of William Morris as Commercial Manager.After the introduction of Mobile Moments, a mobile marketing automation platform the company has developed with the in ...

Ivan Banic Leads Final 127 into EPT Season 12 Dublin €5,300 Main Event Day 3

by February 17, 2016

The European Poker Tour has returned to Dublin for the very first time in eight years. The Royal Dublin Society is currently playing host to Europe’s most popular poker tour. And it is interesting to note that Dublin was, in fact, EPT’s third-ever stop back in 2004 wh ...

Amaya Confirms Full Tilt and PokerStars Player Pools Merger

by February 17, 2016

Canadian online gambling giant Amaya Inc. confirmed on Tuesday that its online poker brands PokerStars and Full Tilt will merge their player pools to create a single poker product. Reports about a possible merger emerged in several poker-oriented forums earlier this week. Amaya a ...

Live Casino Drives Revenue Growth for Evolution Gaming

by February 16, 2016

Supplier of Live Casino and other solutions for the international gambling industry Evolution Gaming Group AB (publ) announced both its quarterly financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2015 and the year as a whole. Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2015 amounte ...

Mukul Pahuja Wins 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,675 Main Event

by February 16, 2016

The 2015/16 WSOP Circuit stop at Palm Beach Kennel Club in Florida has come to an end with the completion of the $1,675 Main Event. Mukul Pahuja, a professional poker player from Coconut Creek, Florida, emerged victorious in the event to collect the first-place prize of $193,095 ...

Barry Hutter Reaches Best GPI Rank

by February 15, 2016

Following several final tables at a number of prestigious poker tournaments, some of which high roller ones, American poker pro Barry Hutter reached last week his best GPI rank. After the Wednesday update of the GPI leaderboard, the player now ranks 11th with 3,667.30 points coll ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between February 15-21

by February 15, 2016

The poker rooms at Fallsview Casino Resort, Borgata, and City of Dreams, Macau will be this week’s major poker arenas where players from around the world will be able to gather together and play for exciting prize pools against each other. More information about these tourn ...

Mustapha Kanit Wins EPT Season 12 Dublin €25,750 High Roller

by February 15, 2016

At the age of 24, Mustapha Kanit currently is Italy’s most profitable player. It was only a few hours ago when the young poker pro, who already has quite an impressive portfolio of poker victories, added another six-figure sum to his bankroll.Kanit topped the field of ...

Erik Seidel Moves Up in the GPI Leaderboard

by February 14, 2016

There were no changes in top 10 of the GPI leaderboard after its traditional Wednesday update. Irishman Steve O’Dwyer is still ranking first following more than excellent performance in several major tournaments in the past year. The player has a total of 4,271.23 points. ...

Spencer Champlin Wins 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,125 No-Limit Hold’em

by February 13, 2016

Less than a week after he topped the field of the $580 No-Limit Hold’em Re-entry event at Palm Beach Kennel Club, Spencer Champlin from Scarborough, Maine collected his second career WSOP Circuit gold ring. Last night, the player emerged victorious in Event #9: $1,125 No-Li ...

Casino of Dreams Launches Income Access Affiliate Program

by February 12, 2016

Ireland-based online gambling brand Casino of Dreams announced that it would launch an affiliate program with provider of affiliate marketing services for the online casino industry Income Access. Casino of Dreams is managed by gambling operator Broadway Gaming, which won the awa ...