Euryd Rivera Wins Manila Megastack 3 PHP10,000 Main Event

by September 28, 2015

The Manila Megastack 3 PHP10,000 Main Event with a guaranteed prize pool of PHP2 million was completed a few hours ago with local poker player Euryd Rivera topping the field of 362 entries to capture the tournament trophy and the amount of PHP529,000.In addition, the champion ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between September 28-October 4

by September 28, 2015

The Philippines, Isle of Man, the Netherlands, these are only several of the exciting locations that are to host major poker tournaments in the week between September 28-October 4. More information about those and a few other could be found in the lines below. If you are anywhere ...

Sean Winter Climbs in GPI Ranking

by September 27, 2015

Poker player Sean Winter from Jacksonville, Florida was among the ones who moved up after this week’s update of the GPI leaderboard. He climbed three positions and now ranks 38th with 3,057.71 points that he has managed to collect since the beginning of 2015. As for his pla ...

Jonathan Little Moves Up in GPI Player of the Year

by September 26, 2015

It could be seen from the latest update of the GPI Player of the Year leaderboard that there were not many changes in its top 10. Anthony Zinno ranks 1st for a 12th consecutive week, followed by Byron Kaverman and Nicholas Petrangelo. They all have had quite a successful year so ...

Popular Poker Pros to Take Part in TwitchCon 2015

by September 25, 2015

The long-awaited TwitchCon 2015 starts today. The popular live streaming platform is to host a two-day conference and exhibition that would include panels with popular gamers and industry experts as well as a number of related events that would be intended to entertain attendees. ...

Microgaming Partners with Evolution Gaming for Live Casino Offering

by September 25, 2015

Internationally recognized provider of Live Casino and other gaming solutions Evolution Gaming announced a partnership agreement with online casino software developer Microgaming. Under it, Evolution Gaming is to provide Microgaming’s Europe-oriented customers with its Live ...

Vanessa Rousso Eliminated in 3rd Place on Big Brother 17

by September 24, 2015

The seventeenth season of the popular reality show Big Brother was completed last night with 22-year-old student Steve Moses as its winner. And this would have had nothing to do with poker, if professional player Vanessa Rousso had not spent 98 days in the Big Brother household a ...

32Red H1 Net Gaming Revenue Up 22%

by September 24, 2015

Gibraltar-licensed gambling operator 32Red reported its financial results for the first half of the year ended June 30, 2015. Total net gaming revenue for the period amounted to £18.6 million, up 22% as compared to the £15.2 million posted for the first half of 2014.Underlyin ...

Andrew Lichtenberger Climbs in GPI Leaderboard

by September 23, 2015

Top 7 of the GPI ranking remained unchanged after today’s update. German players Dominik Nitsche and Martin Finger entered top 10 this week and Davidi Kitai dropped 2 positions to rank 10th.The notable player that will be paid a bit more attention in this article is Ame ...

Wynn Resorts Withdraws Application for Online Gambling in New Jersey

by September 23, 2015

Gambling operator Wynn Resorts has decided not to go forward with its plan to provide online gambling services within the New Jersey borders, local media reported.Earlier this month, the Division of Gaming Enforcement, known to be the state gambling regulator, gave the gaming ...

Singapore – the Casino Industry Innovator

by September 22, 2015

Singapore is an island city-state located in the southeastern part of Asia. Its territory is comprised of a main island (the Singapore Island) and over 60 much smaller islets. Although the city-state spreads over a little less than 720 square kilometers of land, it is one of the ...

Skrill – from Online Payment Processor to Gambling Affiliate

by September 21, 2015

Recently, online payment solution provider Skrill was acquired by Optimal Payments. The €1.1 billion acquisition deal will see two of the most preferred payment processors by online gambling customers – Skrill itself and NETELLER – being managed by one and the same parent company ...

Benjamin Pollak Moves Up in GPI Ranking

by September 20, 2015

Following his triumph in the EPT Season 12 Barcelona and a number of in-the-money finishes over the past several months, French poker player Benjamin Pollak reached 38th place in the GPI leaderboard with 3,064.31 points. As for his position in the GPI Player of the Year ranking, ...

Phil Hellmuth Optimistic about the Future of Online Poker in US

by September 19, 2015

Poker pro Phil Hellmuth believes that online poker will again be legal in California and the United States as a whole. This is what he said while doing his AMA session on Reddit.Basically, AMA or /r/IamA, to be more precise, is a sub-reddit of the popular news, entertainment, ...

New York Gaming Facility Location Board Holds Public Hearing on Tioga Downs Casino Bid

by September 18, 2015

Residents of Nichols, New York as well as other members of the public will be given their chance to express their support or state their opposition to Tioga Downs Casino & Racing’s application for the fourth casino license in the state of New York.A public hearing o ...