bwin.party and Sportech Fully Licensed by NJ DGE
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bwin.party and Sportech Fully Licensed by NJ DGE

April 23rd, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
One of Europe’s largest online poker and casino operators, bwin.party, has just been granted a full gaming license by New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE). Despite being operational within the Garden...
Michelle Chin Becomes First Woman to Win WSOP Circuit Main Event
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Michelle Chin Becomes First Woman to Win WSOP Circuit Main Event

April 22nd, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
Michelle Chin won the 2015 Horseshoe Council Bluffs $1,675 Main Event on Monday, becoming the first woman to win a World Series of Poker Circuit main event in the process. That ended a streak of 156 WSOP Circuit main events...
New Online Gaming Merchant Codes Could Strengthen iPoker
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New Online Gaming Merchant Codes Could Strengthen iPoker

April 21st, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
Gaming merchant codes have long hindered the regulated Internet poker market, but that trend might soon change thanks to the issuing of three new processing codes. Since Nevada legalized online casinos back in 2013, financial...
Lock Poker Ceases Operations as Players Lose Millions 
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Lock Poker Ceases Operations as Players Lose Millions 

April 20th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
Lock Poker has apparently thrown away its key, taking its software offline three days after the network disconnected and leaving millions of dollars in player account balances hanging in a perpetual state of unsettlement....
PokerStars New Jersey License in Closing Stages
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PokerStars New Jersey License in Closing Stages

April 17th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
PokerStars long-awaited return to the US igaming market is closer than ever before according to the owner of Resorts Hotel & Casino, Morris Bailey. Following a deal with PokerStars back in 2014, Resorts has been working with...
Open-Face Pineapple Texas Hold’em? UK Students Invent New Poker Game
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Open-Face Pineapple Texas Hold’em? UK Students Invent New Poker Game

April 15th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
Poker has no shortage of different variants to choose from. Texas Hold’em and Omaha are the standards today, while the classics like Seven-Card Stud and Five-Card Draw are still quite popular as well. Those looking to be a bit...
Three Found Guilty in Mehmet Hassan Murder Case
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Three Found Guilty in Mehmet Hassan Murder Case

April 15th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
When Mehmet Hassan, a London-based poker player and professional gambler, was found dead in his home last March, friends immediately believed that he may have been the victim of a planned robbery. Now, just over a year later,...
Poker Player Alex Jacob Winning on Jeopardy
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Poker Player Alex Jacob Winning on Jeopardy

April 14th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
Jeopardy is one of the world’s most popular game shows, and now a professional poker player has proven that he can hang with the trivia experts and geniuses among the show’s contestants. Alex Jacob, winner of the 2006 United...
Would a Hillary Clinton Administration Be Good For Online Poker? 
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Would a Hillary Clinton Administration Be Good For Online Poker? 

April 13th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
Hillary Clinton’s announcement that she will be making a second run for the White House has put an end to two years of speculation and denial. But it still leaves us here at PokerSites.com wondering whether a Clinton...
$500,000 Super High Roller Bowl to Attract 50 Pros
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$500,000 Super High Roller Bowl to Attract 50 Pros

April 12th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
The tournament world might be moving towards decreased buy-ins and increased guarantees, but a new poker TV network is planning to buck that trend with an event costing $500,000 to enter. Announced earlier this week, the...