
Poker
February 16th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseThe 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will be testing out the notion that poker is a sport this summer when it introduces the concept of team play to the festival. Announced earlier this week on the RMC Poker Show by WSOP...

Poker
February 15th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseNew Jersey online poker revenue might have dropped in January, but online casino gaming continues to burgeon, according to the latest financial reports Late last week, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) released...

Poker
February 13th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseThe latest flow of action from the World Poker Tour (WPT) will find its way on to the FOX Sports Networks (FSN) later this month when footage from the Choctaw stop is shown in the US. Although Season XIV is still in full swing...

Players
February 11th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseOne of world’s leading Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) operators, FanDuel, has hit out at the poker industry by referring to it as nothing more than gambling. With the pressure on DFS sites to either completely close their doors...

Poker
February 7th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseHoldemX, a new poker variant that seeks to reinvent the game for the Millennial generation, has arrived in alpha testing form, courtesy of Mediarex, the company behind the Global Poker Index (GPI) and the forthcoming Global Poker...

Financial
February 5th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlissePartyPoker will now be addressing quantity, after almost three years of focusing specifically on quality, as part of its new business strategy. Back in September 2015, the bwin.party board accepted a $1.6 billion takeover bid...

Legal
January 30th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseHaden 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...

Poker
January 28th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseTeam PokerStars superstar athlete Neymar Jr. is by now as well known as the frontman for the online giant as he is for his skills on the soccer field. The 23 year old pro has made a fortune playing in his native Brazil and now...

Poker
January 27th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseThe Global Poker League (GPL) plans to pay its participating professionals a minimum of $100 per hour to compete against one another in the upcoming championship series that its founder Alex Dreyfus hopes will...

Legal
January 26th, 2016 | by
Brian CorlisseThe latest efforts by French online poker advocates to revive the country’s flailing Internet industry have been thwarted by the government’s opposition to liquidity sharing. Ever since France regulated online poker...