Poker

Idaho Tribe’s Poker Battle Heading to Arbitration

Idaho isn’t usually a battleground over gambling issues, and it isn’t known as a hotbed of poker talent, either. But for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, a fight over whether their rights outweigh the state’s ban...

Northern Nevada Peppermill Teams with Ultimate Poker

Online poker in Nevada probably doesn’t need any more competition at the moment. After all, there’s barely enough traffic to go around for two sites, let alone the three that are currently operating in the state. But...

PokerStars Inches Towards Licensing in New Jersey, Quebec

The ink hasn’t even dried on the announcement that PokerStars and the Rational Group will be bought by Amaya Gaming Group, and it will still be months before the deal is finalized. But PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker are...

Microgaming Poker Network Ditches English Only Rule

The “English only at the table” rule in poker has always been a sacrosanct law; a ruling tenet of poker etiquette, etched in stone perhaps by the poker gods themselves.”Thou shalt not collude against me in a...

Singapore Could Adopt French Online Poker Model

Singapore’s online poker landscape could have a distinctly French feel to it when legislation is finalized, thanks to a recent meeting between its Second Minister for Home Affairs and ARJEL. Despite criticism of...

WSOP Wrap Up: Danzer First Two-Time Winner of 2014

This year’s World Series of Poker has mostly belonged to established names. Going into the $10,000 Seven Card Stud High-Low Eight-or-Better Championship, there had already been 13 winners who already owned at least one WSOP...

Gibraltar BGA Challenges 2014 UK Gambling Act

The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA) has written to the UK government, claiming that imminent changes to the country’s gambling laws not only threaten UK consumers, but are illegal under European law. The...

WSOP Big One for One Drop: Negreanu In, Hellmuth Maybe

Daniel Negreanu and Isaac Haxton topped the recent list of players confirmed for this year’s Big One for One Drop. The $1 million WSOP event is less than a week away, and following a flurry of registration activity, the...

888 Poker CEO Wants PokerStars Back in US Markets

In the fight over online poker in the United States, one of the major battlegrounds has been deciding just who gets to participate in this very lucrative market. In most cases, some sort of “bad actor” clause has been...

“Bad Actor” California Poker Bills Unconstitutional, Says Prof

Laurence H. Tribe, a renowned Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard, and Barack Obama’s mentor when he was a Law undergraduate there, has branded “bad actor” clauses in two California poker bills flaky and...