Betclic Players Targeted by Belgian Gaming Commission
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Betclic Players Targeted by Belgian Gaming Commission

May 11th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
Online 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...
Amendments to California Online Poker Bill Revealed
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Amendments to California Online Poker Bill Revealed

May 7th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
The 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...
Daniel Negreanu Announces Partnership with Poker Central
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Daniel Negreanu Announces Partnership with Poker Central

May 1st, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
Daniel 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...
Loretta Lynch Confirmed as Attorney General
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Loretta Lynch Confirmed as Attorney General

April 24th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
Loretta 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...
Fox’s Hit TV Show Bones Airs Poker-Focused Episode
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Fox’s Hit TV Show Bones Airs Poker-Focused Episode

April 23rd, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
Bones, 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...
NYX Acquires Amaya Assets for $120 Million
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NYX Acquires Amaya Assets for $120 Million

April 19th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
NYX, 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...
California Online Poker Joint House Hearings Planned 
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California Online Poker Joint House Hearings Planned 

April 16th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
California 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...
PokerStars Struck By Massive Server Issues
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PokerStars Struck By Massive Server Issues

April 13th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
PokerStars 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...
WPT500 Set For Summer Vegas Return at ARIA
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WPT500 Set For Summer Vegas Return at ARIA

April 11th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
The 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...
AMF Investigation into Amaya Continues, Computers and Documents Confiscated
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AMF Investigation into Amaya Continues, Computers and Documents Confiscated

April 9th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
Amaya 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...