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Stars Poker Room Cancels Poker Series After Police Raid

The Stars Poker Room in India was dealt a blow by local authorities in Indiranagar earlier this month after its inaugural poker series was shut down by police officers. The poker room, which is located in the East Bangalore...

China’s APPT Nanjing Millions Ends as Police Raid PokerStars Land-Based Tournament Site

The PokerStars-sponsored APPT Nanjing Millions event has been summarily shut down by Chinese police on Friday, four days into the main event. Reports on the ground are thin, due to Chinese restrictions on live media and blogging...

Virginia Police Confiscate Money after SWAT Team Storms Private Poker Game

Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, have come under fire this week for their decision to use a SWAT team to break up a private poker game, before confiscating a chunk of the players’ money. The high-stakes game, which took...

Amaya Appoints Former Ontario Police Commissioner as Advisor to Board of Directors

Amaya Gaming Group announced today it has selected former Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Chris Lewis as an advisor to its Board of Directors. Headquartered in Montreal, Amaya CEO David Baazov says of the appointment,...

Amaya Montreal Headquarters Raided by Securities Regulators

Amaya Gaming Group confirmed this week that its Montreal headquarters were raided by Quebec financial regulators seeking information related to its $4.9 billion acquisition of Rational Group in June of 2014. The PokerStars and...

Aviation Club de France Raided by Cops, Owner Arrested

The Aviation Club de France (ACF) in Paris has been raided by police, and its owner Marcel Francisci arrested along with 11 others, the French press has reported. Officers of the Races and Games Division of the National Judicial...

Hawaii Cracks Down on Gambling Dens as Online Legalization Efforts Fizzle

Police in Honolulu gave a heads-up to an estimated 100 illegal card rooms and underground slot parlors, warning that in coming weeks they intend to conduct raids. The announcement last week coincides with a crackdown on gambling...

Xu Chaojun Charged With Running Illegal Chinese Poker Ring

Xu Chaojun has become the latest high profile victim of China’s anti-gambling laws after he was arrested for running an illegal poker ring. The internet tycoon who has worked at some of China’s largest tech companies,...

Aviation Club de France Sent Into Judicial Liquidation

The Aviation Club de France (ACF) has been one of the most iconic gambling halls in France, if not all of Europe, over the past century. But following a raid and closure five months ago, French authorities have now placed the...

$5.4 Million Bluffs Lands Goldman Sachs’ VP in Jail on Fraud Charges

Goldman Sachs’ vice-president Ashwani Jhunjhunwala has been accused of stealing $5.4 million to pay off alleged poker debts. Breaking on September 10, the news will come as a blow to poker’s image in Jhunjhunwala’s native...