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WSOP Owner Caesars Defaults on $225 million Debt Payment 

World Series of Poker owner Caesars Entertainment has defaulted on a $225 million bond payment and is rumored to be close to signing a bankruptcy deal. It’s no secret that Caesars’ debt is monumental, and currently stands, as...

Full Tilt Cuts Rewards Program in UK

Full Tilt made an announcement to its customers in the United Kingdom on Tuesday, telling players that their rewards would be cut by about 20 percent, effective immediately. The decision was made because of the UK’s new...

Gatto Keeps Open Mind on Bad Actor Question

Assemblyman Mike Gatto, sponsor of the newly-tabled Bill AB9 which aims to establish a regulatory framework to legalize online poker in California in 2015, has professed to have an open mind about the inclusion of bad actors in a...

Swedish Political Woes Could Threaten Regulation Process

Sweden’s proposed changes to its gambling laws could be derailed following the collapse of its center-left government after just two months in power. Prime Minister Stefan Löfven was forced to call a sudden March general...

UK igaming Becoming an Unattractive Proposition for Businesses

Since the new UK igaming laws operators have begun to see the United Kingdom as an unattractive market to set up shop, that’s the recent assessment by Gibraltar’s Betting and Gaming Association CEO, Peter Howitt....

Number of Nevada Poker Tables Hits Nine-Year Low

Poker is still a very popular form of gambling, but it’s clear that it doesn’t have quite the public following that it did during the true “poker boom” years of a decade ago. That can be seen in a number...

Conservative Backlash to Sheldon Adelson and RAWA

Sheldon Adelson’s RAWA (Restoration of America’s Wire Act) push hit an unexpected snag this week after it emerged there is growing concern among Republicans regarding the purpose of the anti-online gambling bill. A...

PokerStars Announces Worldwide Casino

PokerStars is ready to diversify as it announced Friday it’s in the process of launching casino table games and sports betting. The first two games offered, expected to be released by month’s end, will be blackjack...

New Jersey’s Pala Interactive Goes Live with Neteller

Pala Interactive and Neteller will soon be open for business according to the company’s Chief Marketing Officer, Jeremy Clemons. After opening its virtual doors for beta testing on Monday, Pala planned to gradually increase...

Ultimate Poker Calls it Quits in Nevada for Online Operations

Ultimate Poker was the first poker room to make a home in the regulated Nevada online poker market, getting its product out to gamblers months before the competition. Now, Ultimate is also the first company to call it quits in...