Penn National Gaming Signs Sports Betting Deals with Several Operators
Penn National Gaming announced a blockbuster sports betting deal with a number of operators on Wednesday, setting it up to be a major player in the online sportsbook field. It…
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UKGC Hits Ladbrokes Coral with £5.9 million Penalty for Social Responsibility, Money Laundering Prevention Failures
The United Kingdom Gambling Commission has fined Ladbrokes Coral Group £5.9 million for failing to protect problem gamblers and for falling short of money laundering prevention standards. In a report…
PokerStars Testing All-in Cash Out Tables on .NET Platform
It is not often that we write about PokerStars.net on this site, as PokerStars.net is for play money only and really, who cares about play money poker?* Recently, though, PokerStars.net…
PokerStars Launches Novelty Game Tournaments
Did you ever play any of the novelty cash games at PokerStars last year and think to yourself, “Self, I wish I could play this game in a four-hour long…
Handicapping the 2019 Poker Hall of Fame Field: Tough Choices and Unanswered Questions
The 2019 World Series of Poker is in full swing and, normally around this time of year, the nominations would have opened for the Poker Hall of Fame. There were…
Phillip Hui Stuns WSOP Crowd, Wins $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship
Coming to the final table of the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship at the 2019 World Series of Poker on Friday, there were plenty of eyes on the “stars” of the…
Josh Arieh Leads Final Table of PPC, Phil Ivey Comes Up Short
The penultimate day of the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship at the 2019 World Series of Poker has arrived. After four days of play among 74 of the greatest poker players…
Today at the WSOP: “BIG 50,” $1500 Omaha Hi/Lo Slog On; Imsirovic Leading High Roller
The first weekend of the 2019 World Series of Poker has shown some of the issues with putting on the biggest tournament in the world. With both the “BIG 50”…
Nicholas Haynes Captures Casino Employees WSOP Bracelet as First Weekend Begins
We’ve already hit the first weekend of the 2019 World Series of Poker, but there were some loose ends to tie up before the weekend bacchanalia could begin in earnest.…
Today at the WSOP: Final Table Action in Casino Employees Event, “BIG 50” Off to Big Start
It’s only the third day of the 2019 World Series of Poker, yet there’s plenty of action across the board and for all bankroll levels. The historical is being covered,…
Brian Green Captures First Bracelet of 2019 WSOP in $10K Super Turbo Bounty
On only the second day of the 2019 World Series of Poker at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, we’ve already seen the first bracelet awarded.…
Report: partypoker to Prohibit HUDs
According to a report from PokerFuse, partypoker is on the verge of prohibiting the use of heads-up displays (HUDs), a move that it hopes will make the poker experience more…
EPT Monte Carlo Day 1: Sylvain Mazza Leads Both Starting Flights
Both starting flights have been completed at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort as the 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Event heads into Wednesday’s Day…
Antonio Esfandiari Beats Kevin Hart in Boxing Match
Have you ever wanted to punch poker pro Antonio Esfandiari right in the face? Well then it is too bad you aren’t comedian and actor Kevin Hart, because he was…
2019 EPT Monte Carlo €100,000 Super High Roller: Daniel Dvoress Holds Edge at Final Table
The latest event on the European Poker Tour, their former “season ending” event at the Casino de Monte Carlo, is off and running in the principality of Monaco. Starting off…
Bryn Kenney, Sean Winter Take Lead at Quarter Mark in POY Races
The first quarter of the tournament poker season is in the books and, if there is one thing that can be shown, it is that the High Roller tournaments are…
European Poker Tour Wraps Up Stop in Sochi, Crowns Two Champions
Perhaps because of the remoteness of the location, perhaps because of the time of year (winter), perhaps because of the plethora of tournament poker in the States of America right…
West Virginia Becomes Fifth State to Authorize Online Gaming
The news for online gaming and poker continues to be on the rise. Coming out of nowhere, the state of West Virginia has become the fifth state to authorize online…
PokerStars Announces Seating Script Ban
The poker world found out about a month ago, but PokerStars officially announced on Wednesday that it is restricting the use of third party software tools starting Monday, March 4th.…
Split Omaha Coming to PokerStars
Do you like novelty cash games from PokerStars? Because you are going to get another novelty cash game from PokerStars. The online poker room has made no mention of it…
2019 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 3: Final 38 Players Determined, 2018 Final Tablist Mike Del Vecchio Making Another Run
They’re coming down to the final days of the 2019 Aussie Millions at the Crown Casino in Melbourne and it is delivering on the promised excitement. Day 3 is in…
Poker Professional Micah Raskin Enters Guilty Plea on Federal Drug Charges
After being arrested in late 2018 on a variety of federal and state drug charges, poker professional Micah Raskin has pled guilty to a lesser federal charge of conspiracy to…
Split Decision on 2018 Poker Player of the Year
Twelve months…literally hundreds if not thousands of tournaments annotated, counted and compiled…so what do we find as we reach the end of 2018 regarding the Poker Player of the Year?…
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Vetoes Online Gaming and Poker Bill
Waiting until the very last minute possible before he left office, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder dashed the hopes of the Michigan legislature and thousands of online gaming fans in the…
Are Prop Bets Getting Too Dangerous? $100,000 Bathroom Bet May Go Too Far
If you’ve been around gamblers for any length of time, one thing you will see is that they are willing to gamble on pretty much anything. If it isn’t cards,…
Charity Poker Tournaments on December Calendar in Las Vegas
As the holidays approach, the philanthropic nature of the poker community is coming out. Over the next couple of weeks in Las Vegas, there are two prominent charity poker events…
2018 WPT Montreal Day 1C: Alex Foxen Rises to the Top of the Day 1C Competitors
The World Poker Tour has landed at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal for their latest stop on their Season XVII schedule. In partnership with partypoker, the WPT Montreal has…
2018 World Series of Poker Europe: Main Event Down to Final 12, Ryan Riess and Koray Aldemir in the Mix
All week they’ve been battling, but the end is coming for the 2018 World Series of Poker €10,000 Main Event. At the start of Day 5, a chance at history…
MGM, Golden Nugget Apply for Pennsylvania Online Gaming Licenses
With the Pennsylvania casinos finished with submitting their applications for interactive gaming licenses (most have been approved at this point), operators from outside the state – “qualified gaming entities” –…
2018 WPT Montreal Main Event Day 1B – $5M Still a Ways Away
The World Series of Poker Europe Main Event may be the focus of the poker world at the moment, but let’s not forget that there is a major World Poker…