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WSOP Online Comes to a Glittering End as Americans and Europeans Win Gold

The US leg of the 2021 WSOP Online came to a conclusion on Sunday and, standing tall when the chips had fallen, were some of poker’s biggest names. Despite the series taking place on WSOP.com in New Jersey and Nevada, a...

PokerStars Confirms $100 Million WCOOP, WSOP.com Creates Pennsylvanian Bracelet Series

PokerStars isn’t letting the grass grow under its proverbial feet. Just days after announcing three MicroMillions festivals, it’s has put together a $100 million World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Hot on the heels of...

Americas Cardroom Goes Big and Guarantees $10 Million for Venom V

Americas Cardroom is doubling down and using momentum to set another record in the US online poker market. With its previous incarnation of Venom proving popular, the US-facing site has announced its next mega-MTT. The fifth...

Las Vegas Poker Rooms Remove All Restrictions, Action Heating Up Already

Normality returned to the poker rooms of Las Vegas on June 1, nearly 15 months after the strip closed down for the first time since John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Although most poker rooms in Nevada have been open since the...

Bally’s Bids $2.7 Billion for Gamesys to Further Its Digital Aspirations

Bally’s Corporation looks set to buy online gaming company Gamesys and the World Poker Tour (WPT) in two deals worth more than $2.7 billion. Bally’s made the headlines last week when Allied Entertainment, the WPT’s parent...

PokerStars Michigan Smashes MICOOP Guarantee with $2.2 Million Payout

PokerStars Michigan has set the pace in the Great Lake State and shown that its waters run deep with the successful debut of its Championship of Online Poker. The inaugural MICOOP was scheduled to have 60 MTTs and a $1 million...

Surprise Bid by Bally’s Corp. May Halt WPT Sale to Element Partners

A new bidder has made a last-minute move to buy the World Poker Tour (WPT) and its parent company Allied Entertainment for $100 million. It had been previously announced that Allied Entertainment would sell the WPT to Element...

A Live WSOP Will Happen in 2021, but We Don’t Know When

A live version of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) will happen this year, we just don’t know when or how. The poker industry’s oracle, aka Kevin “Kevmath” Mathers, has his finger on the pulse like few others, particularly...

Sen. Tom Cotton Looking to Revive UIGEA with His Anti-Gambling Advert Bill

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) may be about to rear its ugly head and threaten the US online gaming industry thanks to Senator Tom Cotton. The junior Senator for Arkansas has reintroduced a bill aimed at...

GGPoker Moves Step Closer to Pennsylvania Launch

GGPoker could be on its way to the Keystone State after its parent company was granted a license by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB). NSUS Ltd, the owner of GGPoker, was given a third-party operator’s license on...