Mike Dentale Wins 2015 Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship

by November 27, 2015

The 2015 Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship was concluded with poker pro Mike Dentale besting its field and winning the amount of $336,331, his best live cash so far.The tournament attracted a field of 557 entries who generated a prize pool of a little more than $1.3 millio ...

Martin Finger Climbs in GPI Rankings

by November 26, 2015

This week, German poker pro Martin Finger climbed in both the GPI and the GPI Player of the Year rankings. He now ranks 8th in the general GPI leaderboard with 3,685.07 points and 13th in the GPI Player of the Year one with a total of 3,708.96 points collected over the past eleve ...

License Holder and Owners of Lady Luck Casino Ink New 25-Year Deal

by November 26, 2015

Owners of Iowa’s Lady Luck Casino Marquette and the venue’s license holder announced a new agreement that would secure the contribution of more money to Clayton County.Sindee Gohde, Executive Director of the Upper Mississippi Gaming Corporation, a non-profit organ ...

Vanessa Selbst Joins Twitch

by November 25, 2015

Popular female poker player Vanessa Selbst informed her Twitter followers and the rest of the world, for that matter, that she is going to officially join Twitch this Saturday, November 28. Selbst is to have her first-ever Twitch live stream at 7 pm EST and will be watching an ol ...

Betway to Sponsor Fed Cup and Davis Cup Tennis Events

by November 25, 2015

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced earlier today that gambling operator Betway has become sponsor for both Fed Cup and Davis Cup. Under the terms of the recently signed agreement, the gaming company’s international sponsorship is to continue up to 2018....

Ladbrokes Shareholders Back Gala Coral Merger

by November 24, 2015

Ladbrokes shareholders voted in favor of the proposed merger with rival UK gambling company Gala Coral Group at an extraordinary meeting held earlier today, despite Irish businessman Dermot Desmond’s vocal criticism of the deal.Mr. Desmond has been shareholder in the gambling ...

NYX Gaming and 888 Pen Content Agreement

by November 24, 2015

Only a day after NYX Gaming Group Ltd. announced that it would sign a content agreement with Irish gambling operator Paddy Power, the gaming supplier revealed yet another key partnership. NYX said earlier today that it has penned a deal with online gaming company 888 Holdings. ...

Sean Berrios Wins 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood Main Event

by November 24, 2015

The name of the 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood Main Event champion has just been announced. Sean Berrios from the Virgin Islands topped the star-studded field of the $1,675 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event to collect his largest live cash of $347,192 and his first-ever WS ...

Barry Hutter Ranks 25th in the GPI Leaderboard

by November 23, 2015

Poker pro Barry Hutter maintained his 25th place in the GPI leaderboard, after its traditional weekly update. The player has collected a total of 3,334.32 points over the past eleven and a half months. It could be said that 2015 was the his most successful year since the beginnin ...

Playtech Terminates Plus500 Acquisition Deal

by November 23, 2015

Gambling software developer Playtech announced today that it has abandoned plans for the acquisition of contracts-for-difference broker Plus500, after the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) voiced concerns about the potential deal.Playtech revealed plans to buy the online t ...

UK Gambling Giants Merge Together to Secure Profitability

by November 23, 2015

It could be said without the slightest note of exaggeration that 2015 has been quite eventful for the UK gambling industry mainly because of the unprecedented number of mergers between companies operating in the United Kingdom that took place over the period. In addition to this, ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between November 23-29

by November 23, 2015

Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina, King’s Casino Prague, Bombay Casino & Poker Club in Kazakhstan, Grey Eagle Casino in Calgary, Canada, and Turning Stone Casino and Resort in Verona, New York are to host this week’s major poker tournaments. Some of the ve ...

Kuljinder Sidhu Debuts in GPI Top 300

by November 22, 2015

UK-based poker player Kuljinder Sidhu entered top 300 of the GPI leaderboard for the very first time in his career after the traditional weekly update. But first things first. The Wednesday update of the prestigious ranking shows Byron Kaverman at its top with 4,415.13 points. Th ...

Cory Waaland Wins 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood $365 No-Limit Hold’em

by November 21, 2015

Ring event number 12 on the 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood schedule was completed on Friday in a spectacular way. Poker pro Cory Waaland from Wilmington, North Carolina won the event to receive a first-place prize of $21,571 and to be awarded his sixth career gold ring. ...

Louisiana Casino Revenue Up 10.9% in October

by November 20, 2015

The Louisiana State Police released information about the financial performance of the state’s fifteen riverboat casinos, Harrah’s New Orleans land-based casino, and four racetrack slots in October. Last month, revenue at Louisiana’s gambling venues amounted to ...