Resorts Casino to Launch igaming Platform in New Jersey
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Resorts Casino to Launch igaming Platform in New Jersey

February 20th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
Feb. 20, 2015 UPDATE: Apparently, the Resorts Online launch has been put on hold. A countdown message disappeared from the site, and the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has removed the site from its officially...
Loretta Lynch Will Review Wire Act, But Unlikely to Change Interpretation
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Loretta Lynch Will Review Wire Act, But Unlikely to Change Interpretation

February 17th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
Loretta Lynch answered a few questions about her online gambling opinions during her Senate confirmation hearing, with the nominee for US Attorney General saying that she was vaguely familiar with the Wire Act, but she didn’t...
World Poker Tour Partners With Europe-Bet.com in Georgian Licensing Agreement
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World Poker Tour Partners With Europe-Bet.com in Georgian Licensing Agreement

February 16th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
The World Poker Tour has announced that it will partner with Europe-Bet.com, allowing the company to host three WPT events in the Eastern European nation over the course of 2015. It will also give Europe-Bet.com the exclusive...
Caesars May Drop Opposition to PokerStars in California
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Caesars May Drop Opposition to PokerStars in California

February 16th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
Online poker in California would be a big money maker for anyone who can get into the market. That, unfortunately, is part of the problem: everyone has a different idea of exactly who should be able to offer Internet poker there,...
Global Poker Masters Will Stream Live on Twitch
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Global Poker Masters Will Stream Live on Twitch

February 15th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
The Global Poker Masters is, as Global Poker Index (GPI) owner Alex Dreyfus has said many times, an attempt to help “sportify” poker. In other words, Dreyfus wants to make poker into a sport that fans can enjoy just as they...
Hollywood Cares Poker Event Lands “Breaking Bad,” “Sons of Anarchy” Stars
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Hollywood Cares Poker Event Lands “Breaking Bad,” “Sons of Anarchy” Stars

February 14th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
The Hollywood Cares Charity Poker Invitational just scored two actors from two of the most celebrated shows in recent years. Dean Norris, more commonly known as DEA agent Hank Schrader from the hit AMC series “Breaking...
Fallsview Poker Classic Chipleader Arrested, Empty Seat Finishes Third
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Fallsview Poker Classic Chipleader Arrested, Empty Seat Finishes Third

February 13th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
Harnam Matharu was on a heater at the Fallsview Poker Classic in Niagara Falls, Ontario, this week. Going into dinner break, with five players left in the $1,100 buy-in event, the 21-year-old from Edmonton was sitting pretty with...
Is Gov. Chris Christie Blocking PokerStars’ NJ Launch?
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Is Gov. Chris Christie Blocking PokerStars’ NJ Launch?

February 13th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the man that brought online poker to the Garden State back in 2013, is allegedly behind a plot to keep the world’s largest gaming operator out of the US. According to a recent report by...
Dan Fleyshman Confirms that Ivey League Isn’t Looking for $20 Million
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Dan Fleyshman Confirms that Ivey League Isn’t Looking for $20 Million

February 12th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
Phil Ivey doesn’t need your money. Chances are that you already knew that: after all, Ivey is perhaps the world’s most successful poker player ever, and isn’t exactly hiding his wealth. And yet there was recently a listing...
888.com in $1.47 Billion Acquisition Talks with William Hill 
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888.com in $1.47 Billion Acquisition Talks with William Hill 

February 11th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
888 Holdings, operator of the world’s second biggest online poker network, has confirmed it is in “advanced talks” over a £750 million ($1.47 billion) takeover by British bookmaking giant William Hill. The news this week...