Legal

Poker Players Alliance Applauds Andrew Lichtenberger Support

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has just recruited an influential new figure to help support its push for legalized iGaming across the US. Andrew Lichtenberger, known online as LuckyChewy, was one of the early high-stakes stars...

Murder Trial for “Honey Trap” Beating Death of UK Poker Player Mehmet Hassan

The Mehmet Hassan murder trial commenced in London this week, as two men and one woman appeared in court accused of luring the poker player into a deadly honey trap before robbing him of his poker winnings. Hassan, a popular...

Caesars and PokerStars Form Partnership to Promote Online Poker in America

Caesars and PokerStars haven’t always seen eye-to-eye on the issues. After all, when it comes to online poker, the two are competitors: PokerStars is the world’s largest online poker brand, while Caesars controls the World...

Loretta Lynch Will Review Wire Act, But Unlikely to Change Interpretation

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...

Caesars May Drop Opposition to PokerStars in California

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,...

Fallsview Poker Classic Chipleader Arrested, Empty Seat Finishes Third

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?

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...

Amaya Probe by US Authorities Targets Possible Insider Trading

Amaya Gaming is being investigated by the US-based Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) regarding its rocketing stock price prior to the announcement of its $4.9 billion acquisition of PokerStars and the Rational Group...

UK Gambling Committee Introduces New Social Responsibility Measures

The UK Gambling Commission has unveiled a range of new social responsibility measures that clarify the role that operators play in protecting vulnerable portions of society from gambling-related harm. The new regulations, which...

Bwin-party Announces €15 Million EU Tax Hit

Bwin-party has announced that the new European Union tax rules on digital services will cost the company €15 million ($16.9 million) in 2015. The EU rules, which came into force at the beginning of this year, state that...