May 31st, 2016 | by
Kaycee JamesPoland online poker could soon become free of exclusion after the Polish Ministry of Finance (MF) revealed numerous amendments to the country’s current Gambling Act, one of which would liberalize interactive poker in the...
May 30th, 2016 | by
Kaycee JamesThe 47th WSOP starts on June 1 with the $565 casino employees event. Only those working in a casino are eligible to enroll in that tournament. But, for the rest of you, Colossus II, also a $565 buy-in, will be your first...
May 29th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseOnline poker players could provide the answers to how and why we deceive people according to university researchers. The human trait of being deceptive is one that’s intrigued psychologists, writers and artists ever since...
May 28th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlissePetter Northug, one of Norway’s top professional skiers, has revealed that he’s not allowed to play poker anymore because of his sponsor. Known to some as the “bad boy of skiing,” Northug has long been a...
May 27th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseThe Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA), the bill that seeks to prohibit online gambling in the US at a federal level, and would trammel individual states’ rights to regulate online poker if they chose to do so, has once...
May 26th, 2016 | by
Jason ReynoldsPennsylvania online poker is once again off the table, after lawmakers in the State House voted against two separate bills that sought to expand gambling and legalize Internet wagering this week. On May 24, an amendment to HB...
May 25th, 2016 | by
Kaycee JamesLas Vegas casino Treasure Island is set to launch a self-branded subscription poker site, but it won’t be using 888’s software. Back in 2013 Treasure Island and 888 formed a partnership that was eventually deemed...
May 24th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseThe Normandie Casino in Gardena, California, will close its doors in the coming months almost 70 years after it first opened. On April 24, 2016, the California Gambling Control Commission (CGCC) ordered the revocation of...
May 23rd, 2016 | by
Greg ShaunSoulja Boy and World Poker Fund Holdings (WPFH) recently cut a deal worth $400 million: or did they? According to an article posted by Billboard.com on May 20, hip-hop artist and entrepreneur Soulja Boy recently signed a...
May 22nd, 2016 | by
Kaycee JamesHas the poker industry has gone Hearthstone crazy? In the same week that PokerStars announced its sponsorship of pro eSports outfit Team Liquid, Poker Central, the world’s only 24-7 poker TV channel, revealed that it would be...