May 28, 2015
The PokerStars blog reports that soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo has joined the ranks of its famous poker playing ambassadors, active both online in social and poker media, and at live tourneys. The three-time FIFA Balon d’Or winner and two-time Champions League champion from Funchal, Portugal, decided to become a member of Team PokerStars and sign […]
May 27, 2015
Rob Yong’s Dusk Til Dawn took a $275,000 hit when his one million dollar guarantee on the PartyPoker Grand Prix Million prize pool was not met by the buy-ins earlier this week, but at least one British poker player was a happy winner in the competition. Antonius Samuel, a Nottingham-based civil engineer and amateur player, […]
May 27, 2015
The sharp differences of opinion among two of California’s main alliances on the legalisation of online poker was demonstrated yet again this week when the Pechanga tribal coalition sought to halt the advance of the favoured legalisation bill, AB431, out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee where it currently sits, and the Morongo-Pokerstars-Cardroom grouping which wants […]
May 27, 2015
Mustapha “lasagnaaammm” Kanit, took down the Spring Championship of Online Poker 2015 Main Event ‘High’ tourney for a payday of $1,304,720, becoming PokerStars’ ninth millionaire in two months. Emil ‘Maroonlime’ Patel went heads-up against Kanit taking the second prize of $950,780 adding to his nearly $100,000 prize won in an earlier event. A record field […]
May 26, 2015
Top poker players from all over the world are probably winging their way to Las Vegas – or have already arrived – today in preparation for this year’s 45th World Series of Poker festival, which will see 68 highly competitive events played out over the next few weeks, and tens of millions of dollars in […]
May 26, 2015
Delaware’s online gambling revenues remain unspectacular but steady, judging by the latest numbers from the state lottery, which show that in April 2015 overall online gambling delivered net revenues totalling $132,154.24, and 210 players registered. Compared with April 2014 that’s a 34 percent slide from $240,762.63 in NGR, with 406 sign-ups. The positive news came […]
May 24, 2015
WPTPoker.com players were surprised Friday to receive a communication from the PartyPoker network skin advising that the six-year-old operation is to close its virtual doors on June 3 this year. The email advised that the decision was the consequence of a corporate Bwin.Party strategy to “…focus our online poker efforts entirely on our lead brands: […]
May 23, 2015
The independent market research company SuperData has released statistics showing that social mobile and online poker as a standalone is in decline, and operators need to combine it with casino and other games to ensure audience retention and growth. The company’s Social Metrics Report estimates that online social poker revenues will have declined to $179 […]
May 23, 2015
Several media reports, quoting informed sources, report that racetrack company Churchill Downs will soon announce a partnership deal with Californian cardroom Oceans 11, and possibly the Crystal land casino, as part of its preparations to compete in a legalised and regulated online poker market that could emerge in California. For the seventh year running Californian […]
May 21, 2015
Wednesday’s informational hearing on internet poker by California’s joint Senate-Assembly Governmental Organization committees (see previous reports) was told by the state gambling regulator that, in partnership with the California Department of Justice, legalised online poker… and who is suitable for licensing…can be impartially and professionally regulated. Tiffany Conklin of the California Gambling Control Commission voiced […]