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RAWA Congressional Hearing to be Held March 24

The Restoration of America’s Wire Act’s Congressional hearing is now scheduled for March 24. The Sheldon Adelson-backed bill, which was reintroduced to the House by Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) in January, will be...

Bwin.party Continues Sale Talks As Poker Revenues Decline

Bwin.party says that talks to sell part or all of their business are becoming more serious, though there are still no details about what companies they are talking to or what kinds of deals are on the table. That news comes as...

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Relying On Game Theory?

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is adamantly denying various media reports that claim he’s using game theory to navigate his country’s devastating economic situation. An author of several books on game theory,...

Pala Interactive Pulls Plug On New Jersey Poker Plan

Pala Interactive, which became New Jersey’s first tribal operator when it partnered with the Borgata to unveil an online casino platform last November, has said it will not launch online poker in the state, as planned. While...

Anthony Zinno Keeps Winning While Phil Ivey Keeps Losing

Anthony Zinno entered the final table at the WPT LA Poker Classic $10,000 NLHE main event in the fifth position. With the starting field of 538 players down to six, Zinno wasn’t exactly in a dominating position, but he...

PokerStars and Amazon Set To Bet The Farm On New Twitch Deal

Twitch wants the help of the poker world and the poker world appears to want the help of Twitch. Following two separate but seemingly connected announcements in the last 24 hours, players have been given a glimpse into the future...

Could Playerpool Sharing be a Step Closer in France?

An effort to implement playerpool sharing between the French online poker community and the rest of Europe may have taken another step forward this week. Although news of bill signed by 22 Deputies in the French parliament has...

Pennsylvania Renews Online Gambling Push

Pennsylvania’s efforts to legalize online poker have resumed with the introduction of bill HB 649 to the legislature by State Representative John D. Payne. Payne announced the bill on Wednesday, but his repeated use of the...

Seals with Clubs Founder Talks About Raid on Home

Seals with Clubs (SwC) was the most popular Bitcoin poker site on the Internet. That was true right up until February 11, when the site went offline due to what was originally described as a technical issue. That was expected to...

Positive Changes for Portuguese Online Poker Bill

Recent changes to the pending Portuguese online poker bill have given the country’s residents renewed hope for the future viability of the local igaming economy. When the Portuguese government signaled its desire to enact a...