Romanian Man Pleads Guilty To Cheating UK Poker Players
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Romanian Man Pleads Guilty To Cheating UK Poker Players

March 9th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
Mihai Lacatos pleaded guilty to 14 counts related to fraud and four more charges of possessing false identification related to a string of frauds that he perpetrated against poker players at several casinos across the United...
Trouble For Lock Poker As Players Desert Pariah Poker Site
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Trouble For Lock Poker As Players Desert Pariah Poker Site

March 8th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
Lock Poker appears to be in serious difficulty as players continue to abandon the disgraced poker site like rats from a sinking ship. Industry analyst PokerScout’s latest “Scouting Report” highlights the fact that player...
Anthony Zinno Keeps Winning While Phil Ivey Keeps Losing
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Anthony Zinno Keeps Winning While Phil Ivey Keeps Losing

March 6th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
Anthony Zinno entered the final table at the WPT LA Poker Classic $10,000 NLHE main event in the fifth position. With the starting field of 538 players down to six, Zinno wasn’t exactly in a dominating position, but he...
PokerStars Server Crash Interrupts Games Worldwide
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PokerStars Server Crash Interrupts Games Worldwide

March 5th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
PokerStars suffered a two-hour outage that impacted players worldwide on Tuesday morning, sending players into a temporary panic but causing no obvious long-term concerns for the site. The outage began at approximately 4:40 am...
New Poker Only Bill Introduced In Pennsylvania 
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New Poker Only Bill Introduced In Pennsylvania 

March 4th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
A second Pennsylvania online gambling bill has been introduced to the House, this time by State Representative Nick Miccarelli, and its poker only. Miccarelli presented a poker-only bill last year (HB 2297), and while the text of...
PokerStars and Amazon Set To Bet The Farm On New Twitch Deal
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PokerStars and Amazon Set To Bet The Farm On New Twitch Deal

March 2nd, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
Twitch wants the help of the poker world and the poker world appears to want the help of Twitch. Following two separate but seemingly connected announcements in the last 24 hours, players have been given a glimpse into the future...
World Series Of Poker Circuit Heads Abroad, Plans International Championship
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World Series Of Poker Circuit Heads Abroad, Plans International Championship

March 1st, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
The World Series of Poker Circuit Tour has announced events in Morocco, Italy, and Mexico, marking the first time in its 10-year history that the series will venture away from its home soil in the US. In a continued effort to...
Could Playerpool Sharing be a Step Closer in France?
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Could Playerpool Sharing be a Step Closer in France?

February 27th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
An effort to implement playerpool sharing between the French online poker community and the rest of Europe may have taken another step forward this week. Although news of bill signed by 22 Deputies in the French parliament has...
Victoria Coren Mitchell Sweeps the Board at British Poker Awards
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Victoria Coren Mitchell Sweeps the Board at British Poker Awards

February 26th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
Victoria Coren Mitchell cleaned up at the British Poker Awards this week, taking home awards in three categories: Performance of the Year, Poker Personality of the Year, and Social Media User of the Year. Victoria Coren Mitchell...
Positive Changes for Portuguese Online Poker Bill
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Positive Changes for Portuguese Online Poker Bill

February 25th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
Recent changes to the pending Portuguese online poker bill have given the country’s residents renewed hope for the future viability of the local igaming economy. When the Portuguese government signaled its desire to enact a...