
Legal
June 7th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseA Chinese poker den reportedly taking thousands of dollars in illegal bets has been exposed by an undercover reporter. According to local newspaper The Beijing News, a reporter was able to infiltrate an unlicensed high stakes...

Players
June 6th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseDay Five of the 2016 World Series of poker brought out the superstars, and put some unknown players in a position to achieve a dream. Colossus II started with over 21,000 players and is now left with just 77 $1 million hopefuls....

Poker
June 5th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseSaturday, June 4 at the 2016 World Series of Poker was quite the eventful day. A legend returned and a record was broken, but not the record some had hoped. Let’s get started with the last of three Day One flights in Event #2...

Poker
June 1st, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseDay Three of the Aria Super High Roller Bowl features some exciting and gut-wrenching moments. After three days of competition, this $300,000 buy-in Las Vegas poker tournament is down to its final seven players. Those players are...

Players
May 29th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseOnline poker players could provide the answers to how and why we deceive people according to university researchers. The human trait of being deceptive is one that’s intrigued psychologists, writers and artists ever since...

Players
May 28th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlissePetter Northug, one of Norway’s top professional skiers, has revealed that he’s not allowed to play poker anymore because of his sponsor. Known to some as the “bad boy of skiing,” Northug has long been a...

Poker
May 27th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseThe Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA), the bill that seeks to prohibit online gambling in the US at a federal level, and would trammel individual states’ rights to regulate online poker if they chose to do so, has once...

Financial
May 24th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseThe Normandie Casino in Gardena, California, will close its doors in the coming months almost 70 years after it first opened. On April 24, 2016, the California Gambling Control Commission (CGCC) ordered the revocation of...

Players
May 21st, 2016 | by
Brian CorlissePokerStars’ venture in new and potentially untapped markets continued recently with the announcement of two new sponsorship deals. First up on the roster of promotional acts was the news that PokerStars will now be...

Financial
May 17th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseAmaya revealed on May 16 that revenues for the first quarter in 2016 have more than doubled compared to the same three months in 2015, and the key component to the Canadian gaming company’s rise is unsurprisingly...