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888 Holdings Scoops Bwin.party in Unexpected Acquisition Move

888 Holdings made a surprise play for bwin.party, the iGaming operator behind partypoker, which will now become part of the 888 corporate family by the start of 2016. Although 888 had previously expressed interest in bwin, it was...

RAWA Employs Trent Lott, Former Senate Majority Leader Turned Lobbyist

The Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) has been on the floors of Congress for more than a year, which is why its primary backer and political persuader Sheldon Adelson has decided to change course in Washington, DC,...

GVC & Amaya Lower Bid For Bwin.Party Acquisition, But Talks Look Strong

GVC & Amaya have been interested in buying bwin.party for months, and now it looks like the deal may come together in the next few days, according to bwin’s board of directors. But the delays in the deal appear to have...

Sen. Lindsey Graham Hosting Cybercrime Hearing July 8, RAWA Potential Topic  

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) doesn’t want you playing poker online, and while the other 13 official candidates for the Republican ticket in 2016 are concentrating on pressing issues like the economy, ISIS, and...

Poker News Wrap: Mike Gatto Cancels Hearing On California Online Poker Bill

Online poker might still be coming to California, but one legislator is pushing his bill to the back burner for now. Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Glendale) has cancelled the first hearing on his bill, saying that the lack of...

Internet Poker Freedom Act of 2015 Is Texas Representative Joe Barton’s Latest Effort

US Representative Joe Barton (R-Texas) has introduced the Internet Poker Freedom Act of 2015, a House bill similar to his 2013 version that seeks “to establish a program for the licensing of Internet poker by States and...

Lindsey Graham Introduces RAWA to Senate

The Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) was going to be introduced to the United States Senate: it was only a matter of time, and we have even known which senator would bring up the legislation for a while now. But on...

Amaya Stock Price Unhindered by Insider Trading Allegations, Baazov Gets Vote of Confidence

Amaya stock performance on both the Toronto and Nasdaq exchanges has shown investors aren’t concerned with an ongoing probe. Despite the company being investigated by Quebec securities officials into allegations of illegal...

Caesars Interactive Fined After Permitting Banned Gamblers To Wager Online

Caesars Interactive Entertainment was fined this week by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) after the operator revealed it had accidentally permitted five known problem gamblers who had put themselves on a...

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...