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Amaya Vindicated by Federal Court in Illinois “Loss Recovery” Case

Amaya has dodged a bullet in Illinois, where a federal appeals court ruled last week that the company will not have to repay money lost by state residents at PokerStars and Full Tilt. And crucially, the court made the important...

PokerStars Demands Video Proof of Clean Play, Prompting Privacy Concerns

PokerStars’ bid to clean up online poker by bearing its very soul via complete player transparency came to light recently after select players reported that they were asked to provide video evidence of their sessions....

Voting Now Open for the 2016 Women in Poker Hall of Fame

  The Women in Poker Hall of Fame (WIPHOF) reconvened recently for the first round of voting aimed at honoring the top female poker players in the world. Although the latest inductees won’t be named until July 5th, the...

PokerStars Goes Live on Amazon Fire TV as Social Media Expansion Continues

PokerStars’ free-to-play poker game, Jackpot Poker, is now available for Amazon Fire TV and Amazon Fire TV stick users. The game, which just launched on Facebook last month, is based on Spin & Go games. But instead of...

World Sports Exchange Fugitive Haden Ware Returns to US to Face the Music

Haden Ware, one of the founders of the pioneering World Sports Exchange (WSEX) website, appeared in a federal court this week to plead guilty to violating the Wire Act. Ware, an American citizen, has been a fugitive from the...

GVC Holdings Posts Strong Yearly Earnings Ahead of Bwin.party Acquisition

GVC Holdings has some good news for investors of bwin.party. Earlier this week, GVC revealed that its net gaming revenues skyrocketed more than 10 percent in 2015, a total of €247.7 million ($268.4 million) received over the...

Pennsylvania Online Gambling Still Possible, as Proponent John Payne Announces Retirement

Pennsylvania online gambling is still up for consideration, as Governor Tom Wolf (D) makes his way through the submitted state budget and line-item vetoes for the Commonwealth. Writing in an opinion piece this week for...

Antonio Esfandiari Wins Prop Bet, But Loses His Mind, at PCA 2016

Antonio Esfandiari is no stranger to prop bets, but his latest high stakes challenge turned him into persona non grata with tournament staff at PokerStars’ Caribbean Adventure (PCA) this week. The Magician is one of the...

Steve O’Dwyer Claims Another Title at 2016 PCA

Steve O’Dwyer has continued where he left off with a $945,495 win at the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). The achievement follows an amazing run of success in 2015 at tournaments as well. Last year, the American...

Testosterone Bad for Poker, According to Recent Dutch Study

Testosterone and poker don’t mix, according to a new scientific study, but perhaps not in the way you might have thought. Far from causing risk-taking behavior and encouraging wild bluffing, as most would expect, an excess of...