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Did David Baazov Receive Kickbacks for Inside Info on Amaya?

Amaya’s former CEO David Baazov may have been receiving financial rewards in return for passing on sensitive company information to his friends, family and traders. The allegations made by the L’Autorite des marches...

Delaware Online Poker And iGaming Show Strong Growth Streaks In July

Delaware online poker continued strong growth in July and even managed to post record profits for the month. Summer is often a time when online bettors step out into the sunlight and do something else with their spare time. This...

Phil Galfond to Shake Up Industry with New Poker Site

Phil Galfond is preparing to launch his own online poker site and he wants it to be a platform that’s by players and for players. With more than $10 million in online cash game earnings, $2.3 million in live earnings and a...

California Online Poker Bill Flatlines for 2016, Despite Revival Efforts

California online poker is now on life support until 2017, at least. The latest measure that could have legalized the game in the Golden State is still in a coma and unlikely to come out of it before the end of this year. The...

Is Jason Mercier a Junkie? ESPN’s Dan Le Batard Thinks he Might Be

Jason Mercier might have been the hottest player at this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP), but according to ESPN’s Dan Le Batard he might be more like a drug addict than a professional. After being invited on...

Chinese Consortium Nabs Caesars’ Playtika in $4.4 Billion Deal

The social gaming arm of Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE), Playtika, has been purchased by a Chinese consortium for $4.4 billion. CIE is owned by Caesars Acquisition Co and Caesars Entertainment Corp. and currently offers...

Could 888 and William Hill Engage in Second Round of Merger Talks

888 and William Hill could be set to merge if the latter decides the deal is sweet enough to advance its position in the iGaming market. By the close of 2015 one of the stories of the year was the mergers between some of the...

PokerStars International Cash Game Traffic Down, New Jersey Posts Solid First Quarter

PokerStars, the world’s most popular online poker site, has seen its global cash game traffic decline but the New Jersey client posted a solid first quarter. It’s been an interesting few months for PokerStars. The company...

Irish Authorities Blacklist Ray Bitar for Ten Years

Ray Bitar, the man who helped start Full Tilt, won’t be able to start any new companies in Ireland for the next decade according to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE). Detailed in the ODCE’s...

New Jersey Online Poker Solid As UK Liquidity Share Pushed

New Jersey online poker is in a healthy state as gambling sites recorded a growth in revenue. Licensed sites showed overall gaming revenue of $16.4 million for June, a 40 percent jump on the same time last year. While many sites...