Financial

French Online Gambling Market On The Verge Of Being Fried

French online gambling became legalized in 2010, but since peaking in February of 2012, online poker has suffered a continued decline in cash game traffic over the last three years. Once occupying more than 5,700 seats on 30-day...

Phil Ivey Drops Nearly a Million in Online Poker Downswing

Phil Ivey has yet to make an appearance at the World Series of Poker, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been keeping himself busy. The legendary poker pro has been playing some big games in the online poker world, though his...

Beating the Odds, Paul Phua, David Baazov Still Flying High

Paul Phua and David Baazov are proof that if you never let the naysayers get you down, you can sometimes beat them at their own game. Of course, it helps if you have arguably the world’s best defense attorney and/or run a...

Robert Mizrachi Among Early WSOP 2015 Bracelet Winners

The poker-playing Mizrachi clan has another WSOP bracelet to celebrate, and we’re only one week into the World Series of Poker 2015. One of the best things about the tournament series is that it provides a chance for the...

2008 WSOP Finalist Ivan Demidov Received No Money

The 2015 World Series of Poker is now officially underway and, with thoughts of the Main Event already entering the community’s psyche, a number of stories from the past have come to the fore. One such story that has hung...

Amaya Receives Nasdaq Approval, Trading to Commence June 8

Amaya Inc. is finally going to enter the United States, although not just yet with its PokerStars and Full Tilt online poker networks, but through Nasdaq, the second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization in the world....

WSOP 2015 Begins with Casino Employee and $5K NLH Events and Lots of Colossus Buzz

Say hello again to WSOP 2015: the much-anticipated World Series of Poker is now in semi-full swing at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. WSOP features over 60 events, tens of millions of dollars in prizes, and the...

Fourth Pennsylvania Online Poker Bill Coming To State Legislature

Pennsylvania already has three bills waiting in the wings that would potentially regulate online poker in the state. If that wasn’t enough, a fourth bill is apparently coming soon, this time from a state senator who wishes to...

WSOP Positioned To Dethrone Zynga In Social Poker Market

The 46th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) gets underway this week, but the social WSOP mobile app is making some headlines of its own as a new report suggests the platform will overtake Zynga Poker as the market leader in...

WPTPoker Closing On June 3rd

WPTPoker.com has announced that they will be closing shop on June 3, a move the site says is “in line with ongoing company strategy.” The closure is not expected to cause problems for players with cash on the site, as...