Legal
April 17th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesThe 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...
Financial
April 14th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesFinding a way to push through the monotony of a live tournament when all you’re seeing is bad cards can be tough. Fortunately, modern technology is on hand to help players push through the boredom barrier and the latest...
Legal
April 8th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesChristian Lusardi, the man accused of filtering more than two million forged chips into the Borgata Winter Poker Open, has been sentenced to five years in jail for trafficking counterfeit DVDs worth more than $1.3 million. The...
Legal
April 7th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesThe 2016 presidential campaign is officially underway, as the first candidates have begun to announce their bids and the first primaries and caucuses are less than a year away. That means that candidates officially declaring...
Financial
April 4th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesLock Poker has become, quite possibly, the least trusted name in online poker. That would have been hard to believe just a few years ago, considering the Absolute Poker “super user” scandal was still fresh in the minds of the...
Casinos
April 2nd, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesNevada poker revenues were down about 8 percent year over year in February, continuing a trend of diminishing take from poker tables in Las Vegas and throughout the state. Last February, the state brought in about $9.27 million...
Players
April 1st, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesWe went in with fear, but came out with hope: that was the sentiment of the Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance, John Pappas. Reflecting on last week’s hearing of the Restoration of America’s Wire Act...
Financial
March 31st, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesAmaya made a variety of announcements during an earnings call Tuesday morning, covering topics ranging from the introduction of sports betting to their poker products to when PokerStars is likely to arrive in the state of New...
Casinos
March 30th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesThe Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) hearing last Wednesday by a Judiciary House Subcommittee to debate whether the Wire Act needs to be restored to effectively outlaw online gambling could soon be opposed by a pro...
Financial
March 27th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesPokerStars may not have much of a presence in the United States anymore, but they’re still finding ways to win in the USA. Judge David R. Herndon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois granted...
