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Bwin.party Agrees To $1.6 Billion Takeover Deal with GVC

Bwin.party, the sports betting, casino and poker operator, has formally accepted a £1.1 billion ($1.6 billion) takeover bid from GVC Holdings. Despite initially accepting a lower offer from 888 Holdings back in July, bwin.party...

PokerStars Marketing Campaign Paying Off in First Few Weeks

PokerStars was already the world’s largest poker site, dominating most markets in which the Amaya-owned website competes. But there’s always room to grow, and PokerStars’ latest marketing campaign seems to be drawing even...

888 Holdings Improves Its Hand in the Poker Battle That’s Become Bwin.party Bidding War

888 Holdings has raised rival GVC Holdings with a new bid for bwin.party in the seemingly never-ending battle for control of bwin, which took another turn on Tuesday. Following last week’s breaking news that GVC had made a...

Bwin.Party Financials Strong, But Online Poker Continues to Struggle

Bwin.party is profitable once again, announcing it made a return of €2.9 million ($3.25 million) after taxes for the first six months of 2015, an impressive turnaround for the company which lost a staggering €94 million ($105...

Italian Online Poker Revenues Sliding in 2015

Italian online poker figures have been hard to come by in recent years. The national regulatory body (AAMS) had stopped releasing statistics for two years, with numbers only now available on a section of the AAMS website that is...

Neil Alexander Folds, Chris Welch in at PKR

3D online poker site, PKR, recently underwent another change of senior personnel after Neil Alexander stepped down from his position as CEO. Despite only being in the role for two months, Alexander decided to release the PKR...

Bwin.party Holding Out for Best and Final from GVC Before Accepting Acquisition Proposal

The bwin.party takeover fight between GVC and 888 has been ongoing since last spring, but the online gaming company being targeted is tired of the games, this week asking GVC to present its best and final offer. Since last May,...

Betfair and Paddy Power Agree to Merger

Paddy Power is one of the biggest, most outlandish names in bookmaking today, especially well known for their shops in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Betfair is one of the leaders in online bookmaking, with their betting...

Winamax Takes Evasive Action to Save Weekly Major

The continued decline of the online poker economy in France was on display for all to see last night after the country’s leading operator, Winamax, was forced to offer discounts for its flagship tournament. Online poker has...

Online Legend Chad Batista Passes Away Aged 35

Chad Batista aka ‘lilholdem954’, the man who terrorized the online tournament world for a number of year’s back in the game’s heyday has sadly passed away. The 35-year-old was once one of the most...