Poker

WSOP Officials Warn Players To Pre-Register For Colossus Tournament

The World Series of Poker Colossus tournament may very well end up being the largest live poker tournament in history in terms of field size. In fact, the tournament is expected to be so large that even WSOP officials aren’t...

Pam Anderson Claims Rick Salomon Has Won $40 Million Playing Poker

The estranged husband of Pamela Anderson, Rick Salomon, reportedly won $40 million playing poker in 2014. The startling revelation hit the headlines this week after celebrity gossip site, TMZ, obtained court documents filed by...

Sunday Million 9th Anniversary Tops $10 Million

PokerStars’ Sunday Million, the most popular weekly online poker tournament in the world, celebrated its 9th anniversary with a bang over the weekend by creating a prize pool of $10,086,400. The original $9 million...

New Jersey Revenue Report: Poker Performing “OK” But Could Do Better

New Jersey’s latest round of revenue reports were released on Thursday night and while casino games continued to thrive, the state’s online poker economy appeared to stall. Although the figures were far from...

RAWA Congressional Hearing to be Held March 24

The Restoration of America’s Wire Act’s Congressional hearing is now scheduled for March 24. The Sheldon Adelson-backed bill, which was reintroduced to the House by Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) in January, will be...

Dominican Republic Bill Would Legalize Online Poker

The Dominican Republic Standing Committee on Finance is focusing its attention on regulating all forms of gambling and legalizing Internet gaming. Committee members are discussing a new bill that would create a national...

PokerStars Enjoys Major Upswing In Italy

This week has proved to be one of contrasting fortune for PokerStars’ Italian platform. Earlier this week news broke that the operator’s Italian business brand, Halfords Media Italy, is currently being investigated...

Tribal Coalition Slams Jones-Sawyer Bill

The California poker bill presented by Reggie Jones-Sawyer has been attacked by the anti-PokerStars tribal collation, which has dismissed the legislation as “fatally flawed” and “not sufficient to protect the integrity of...

PokerStars Subsidiary Accused Of Tax Evasion In Italy

PokerStars may be in hot water with Italian financial authorities, as the police unit that investigates financial crimes in that country, known as the Guardia di Finanza, as named an Italian subsidiary of the online poker giant...

Bwin.party Continues Sale Talks As Poker Revenues Decline

Bwin.party says that talks to sell part or all of their business are becoming more serious, though there are still no details about what companies they are talking to or what kinds of deals are on the table. That news comes as...