Poker

Detroit Home Game Robbers Sentenced

Two Detroit poker robbers were sentenced this week for their part in an armed robbery on a home game in the area last summer. Toursean Carnail-Lavan Pressley and Jemantae Kayon Perkins, both 23, were part of a gang of five men...

WSOP Main Event Winner Peter Eastgate Comes Clean About Gambling and Life After His 2008 Win

Peter Eastgate is still only 30 years old, but the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion has been retired for roughly six years. Two years after pocketing over $9.1 million during his WSOP triumph, Eastgate...

Dutch Poker a Game of Luck According to Judge

Dutch poker analysts and government officials have refuted claims that the game is one of skill and officially ruled that anyone organizing tournaments could be prosecuted for breaking the law. Officially ruling on a case that...

888poker Revolutionizes Rewards Program

888poker will introduce a completely remodeled rewards program, effective from March 28. The new scheme, designed to tip the balance in favor of the recreational player, is to be branded “888 Poker Club,” and will eschew the...

Amaya Seeks Independent Valuation Ahead of Baazov’s $3 Billion Bid

Amaya may not have received a formal takeover offer from its CEO David Baazov yet, but that hasn’t stopped the board from employing global independent investment bank Moelis & Company to value the company. News of a...

Maryland Poker Home Games Looking More Legal After Bill Passes State House, But No High Rollers, Please

Hosting Maryland poker home games isn’t very likely to lead to your arrest, but technically, the activity is indeed illegal. According to current law, playing a casual game among friends in your house is a criminal act that...

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Win Big on Super Tuesday

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have each moved one step closer to a heads-up no-holds barred 2016 general election clash of the titans to assume the Oval Office and become the 45th president of the United States. Whether...

Cool Hand Luke Star George Kennedy Dies at 91

George Kennedy, the Oscar-winning actor who starred in one of the most iconic poker scenes of all time, has passed away at the age of 91. Kennedy, who will be best known to poker fans as Dragline from the movie Cool Hand Luke,...

Stars Poker Room Cancels Poker Series After Police Raid

The Stars Poker Room in India was dealt a blow by local authorities in Indiranagar earlier this month after its inaugural poker series was shut down by police officers. The poker room, which is located in the East Bangalore...

Greg Pierson Gets Easy Ride in UB Scandal Interview

Greg Pierson, the former UltimateBet (UB) senior executive, whose cybersecurity company Iovation was granted a Class II gaming license by the Nevada Gaming Control Board last week, has spoken to Gaming Intelligence about the...