August 16, 2013
French online poker operator Winamax launched its latest offering, dubbed Expresso, this week, offering punters the chance to win random prizes ranging from two to 1,000 times their buy-in on three-handed, hyper turbo sit-and-go poker games. With a maximum jackpot of Euro 10,000 it’s an attractive offer and buy-ins range from Euro 1 to Euro […]
August 16, 2013
In what could be seen as an indictment of the tragic paucity of knowledge among US politicians regarding online poker, reports surfaced this week that the land gambling trade body the American Gaming Association is considering using the new fictional online poker movie Runner Runner to persuade lawmakers on the need for federal regulation. Starring […]
August 15, 2013
The latest attempt at running a legal online poker operation in the USA launched this week with a subscription business model. LiveAce operates across 31 states, offering free-play poker and subscription based premium action on cash games in which monetary prizes can be won. At present the site offers No-Limit Hold’em, Limit Hold’em and Pot […]
August 15, 2013
Through the participation of two charitable tournaments and additional private donations, poker players at the 44th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) raised $1 327 206 which will be given to ONE DROP, a charity organisation that creates sustainable water – access projects around the world. The amount raised exceeded the $1 111 111 that […]
August 13, 2013
Matchbox.com chief executive Andrew Pantling’s major Euro 800,000 victory at last spring’s European Poker Tour grand final main event was reportedly a little soured by disparaging comments allegedly made by high profile poker pro Daniel Negreanu after the tourney, according to an interview with Pantling carried by the iGaming.org site this week. Was it a […]
August 13, 2013
Alan Gold, a Scottish professional poker player, scored his biggest career earning yet this week by taking down the 2013 Full Tilt Poker UKIPT Galway Main Event after a late two-way chop with finalist Paul Febers. In the final table of the event Gold, holding the chip lead, and Febers faced Daragh Davey, Dimitri Pembroke, […]
August 12, 2013
The weekend internet rumour that Las Vegas Sands land gambling mogul and long-time enemy of online gambling, Sheldon Adelson, is supporting a new poker-only federal legalisation drive by Nevada Sen. Harry Reid (see previous report) has been roundly denied by a Las Vegas Sands spokesman, Andy Abboud. Responding to the widespread reports on the alleged […]
August 11, 2013
The rumour mill ignited over the weekend with tweets from Brett Collson, managing editor of PokerNews, quoting a “high ranking” but unidentified gaming source as confirming that Sen. Harry Reid is about to launch a federal online-poker only bill (see previous reports), astonishingly supported by Las Vegas Sands land gambling mogul Sheldon Adelson. Adelson – […]
August 9, 2013
This year’s World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) promises to be the biggest yet, says Pokerstars, unveiling the schedule and $40 million worth of guaranteed prize money in an announcement Thursday. The schedule lists 66 events which will take place between 8th and 29th September, with top billing going to the two-day, $5,200 buy-in Main […]
August 8, 2013
Gareth Edwards, online gambling group 888’s IT and marketing expert and head of poker operations has resigned and will be departing the company, he has confirmed, although he remained tight-lipped Thursday on his future plans. Edwards is widely respected in the industry for his marketing and strategic planning talents, which have made him an important […]