Financial
January 3rd, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunUK-traded gambling operator Bwin.party announced this week its 2014 earnings will come in short of previous estimates, citing “exceptionally weak gross win margin in sports betting” as the primary culprit. While bet...
Legal
January 1st, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunPaul Phua, the Malaysian high-stakes poker player, is not a member of, and nor is he associated with, the notorious 14K Triad Hong Kong organized crime group, says one of Malaysia’s top politicians. The statement, from the...
Casinos
December 29th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunPoker headlines in 2014 varied from legal scandals and political jockeying, to corporate takeovers and international crime. Though plenty of stories surfaced over the last 12 months that will influence the game for the...
Casinos
December 26th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunPoker legislation is moving at a pace nearly as fast as the flop. States around the country are debating whether the legalization of online gaming is beneficial to its specific economy, and of course its residents. Like most...
Players
December 24th, 2014 | by
Greg Shaun2014 poker stories featured no shortage of controversy, cantankerousness, and craziness. But there’s crazy, and then there’s CRAZY. Let’s take a look at some of the most over-the-top moments from the year that...
Casinos
December 22nd, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunA California online poker bill proposed by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Glendale) has received its fair share of criticism since he introduced it earlier this month. But Gatto believes in his legislation, and took to writing an...
Players
December 20th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunThe advent of social media channels such as Twitch TV has given rise to a number of interesting streaming opportunities over the past few months. From poker lessons by likes of Jason Somerville and Felix Schneiders, to...
Poker
December 15th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunThe Winning Poker Network’s (WPN) bold attempt to stage the biggest online poker tournament available to US players since the departure of PokerStars and Full Tilt lay in ruins on Sunday night and may have been derailed by a...
Casinos
December 13th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunSince the new UK igaming laws operators have begun to see the United Kingdom as an unattractive market to set up shop, that’s the recent assessment by Gibraltar’s Betting and Gaming Association CEO, Peter Howitt....
Financial
December 12th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunAmaya 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...
