Poker

WSOP Wrap Up: Bilokur and Anderson Bring Home Gold

While the $10,000 buy-in Main Event is seen as the crown jewel of the World Series of Poker, No-Limit Hold’em isn’t the only game that has a first-class world championship event on the WSOP schedule. While the fields...

PokerStars Snapped Up By Amaya for $4.9 Billion

Just two years ago, PokerStars struck a deal with the United States government in order to take control of Full Tilt Poker, in what was the most significant online poker acquisition in the industry’s history. This week,...

Online Poker Informant Daniel Tzvetkoff May Escape Jail

Despite once facing the threat of 76 years in jail for fraud, money-laundering and the illegal possession of over $1 billion, Daniel Tzvetkoff, the Australian former businessman and playboy whose testimony brought down three of...

Millionaire Banker Sues Upscale London Casino for Losses

A millionaire banker is suing swanky London casino Les Ambassadeurs over claims that the high-stakes games he played there were corrupt. Iraj Parvizi, 48, believes he was the subject of an elaborate sting at the casino in the...

Full Tilt to Release $15 Million in Third Round of Repayments

Full Tilt Poker will be engaging in a third round of repayments, according to the Full Tilt Poker Claims website that will include about 3,500 transactions which will total approximately $15 million. The Garden City Group (GCG),...

Poker Pro Tony G Elected to European Parliament

While an alienated electorate showed its rejection of mainstream politicians by largely embracing far-right parties at this week’s European elections, the people of Lithuania showed their leanings by voting in the brash and...

Texas Governor Rick Perry Authors Anti-Online Gaming Article

Texas might be famous for producing some of the world’s best poker players that ever lived – not to mention where the most famous form of the game was born – but ironically, poker and gambling  in Texas...

Full Tilt Poker to Expand Casino Gaming Selection

When PokerStars took control of Full Tilt Poker as part of their Black Friday settlement, one of the major questions was how the Rational Group would differentiate between the two brands. That problem appears to be resolving...

Libertarian Groups Fight Online Gambling Ban

While there are plenty of political issues in which battles take place largely along partisan lines, gambling has rarely been one of them. Some regions are heavily pro-gaming, while others are likely never to consider it....

WSOP APAC 2014 Set to Break Records

When the World Series of Poker heads Down Under later this year, there will be a record number of bracelets on offer inside Melbourne’s Crown Casino. Continuing the WSOP’s mission to become a truly global...