
Financial
May 11th, 2015 | by
Brian CorlisseOnline gambling operator Betclic is being accused by the Belgian Public Prosecution Office of running an illegal iPoker and gambling network, with the country’s gaming commission also seizing player account balances and...

Casinos
May 7th, 2015 | by
Brian CorlisseThe California online poker bill that historically passed through the state’s Assembly Governmental Organization Committee last week is merely a shell bill, one that will need to be filled in with many more details before it...

Players
May 1st, 2015 | by
Brian CorlisseDaniel Negreanu has been successful in just about every poker arena he has entered. He has more in lifetime live tournament earnings than any poker player in history, and has won both World Series of Poker bracelets and World...

Legal
April 24th, 2015 | by
Brian CorlisseLoretta Lynch waited a long time, but on Thursday, she was finally approved for her next job. Following a five month delay, the Senate confirmed Lynch as the next Attorney General of the United States, making her the first black...

Players
April 23rd, 2015 | by
Brian CorlisseBones, the popular Fox TV hit series about a forensic anthropologist who can deduce crime clues from victims’ bones, is going to have a special guest star in the form of the former vampire-loving hunk from Buffy the...

Financial
April 19th, 2015 | by
Brian CorlisseNYX, the US-based gaming company with roots in the UK, Sweden and Australia, has just acquired two new assets from Amaya Inc. The deal, which is worth $120 million, will see NYX assume control of Chartwell, Cryptologic and...

Legal
April 16th, 2015 | by
Brian CorlisseCalifornia is to hold joint Senate and Assembly committee hearings to push forward its efforts to legalize and regulate online poker. While no date or agenda has been set, the hearings will have to be held before March 1st, the...

Players
April 13th, 2015 | by
Brian CorlissePokerStars might be the largest online poker site in the world, but that doesn’t mean it’s immune to server difficulties. Despite investing millions of dollars in the latest computing technology, many players were...

Players
April 11th, 2015 | by
Brian CorlisseThe WPT500 tournament is set for a return to Las Vegas this summer. The popular reasonably-priced World Poker Tour stop will hit the ARIA resort over the July 4 weekend while thousands of poker players are busying themselves with...

Financial
April 9th, 2015 | by
Brian CorlisseAmaya Inc. and its employees are still being investigated by the Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF), the financial regulatory body in Quebec, for supposed misconduct ahead of the $4.9 billion takeover of PokerStars and the...