January 21st, 2015 | by
Brian CorlisseThe Hendon Mob database has announced its intention to sue the Polish Finance Ministry for allegedly hacking into its website. Global Poker Index CEO Alex Dreyfus, who acquired the database from the Hendon Mob in June 2013 for $3...
January 15th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesDan Bilzerian may be the “King of Instagram,” but he’s now facing some pretty serious charges in court. Officials allege that Bilzerian and a friend illegally blew up the cab of a tractor-trailer using homemade...
January 8th, 2015 | by
Brian CorlisseThe Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit launched by the State of California via the Attorney General’s office, that seeks to pull a plug on its online gambling aspirations. The tribe,...
January 8th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesPaul Phua, the millionaire businessman with a penchant for poker, can’t seem to decide how to play his hand at the moment; or at least, his legal defense team seems to be having second thoughts. In fact, after being...
January 1st, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunPaul Phua, the Malaysian high-stakes poker player, is not a member of, and nor is he associated with, the notorious 14K Triad Hong Kong organized crime group, says one of Malaysia’s top politicians. The statement, from the...
December 31st, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsPoker busts were once again plentiful in 2014 as notorious pros, international crooks, unknown ringleaders, and even corporate headquarters were raided by officials around the world. If you were up to something smelling even...
December 24th, 2014 | by
Brian CorlissePoker feuds are nothing new. Wild Bill Hickock was murdered holding two aces and two eights, the namesake “dead man’s hand.” Although not quite as violent today, at least not most of the time, bad blood still...
December 17th, 2014 | by
Brian CorlisseDan Bilzerian, the poker player and social media entertainer has spoken to People Magazine about his recent arrest at LAX airport. The son of millionaire corporate takeover specialist, Paul Bilzerian, was charged with possessing...
December 15th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunThe Winning Poker Network’s (WPN) bold attempt to stage the biggest online poker tournament available to US players since the departure of PokerStars and Full Tilt lay in ruins on Sunday night and may have been derailed by a...
December 12th, 2014 | by
Kaycee JamesOnline poker players were out of luck as a massive DDOS attack on an unnamed Internet gaming site knocked most of Sweden offline this week. The attack, the scale of which has seldom been seen before, crippled Sweden’s largest...