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April 14, 2020
Partypoker’s NHS Charity Tournament Donates 50% of Prize Pool, Partypoker Donates Another 50%
During times when casinos and poker rooms are closed down and players are staying at home to prevent the further spread of the virus, online gaming operators excel in their efforts and creative ways to channel players to their offerings and utilize the hidden potential. Play Poker, Donate to the NHS Partypoker has come up […]
Poker
April 5, 2020
WSOP Online Series Begins in NJ, NV, DE on April 5
With the warm-up tournaments now in the books, the WSOP Online Super Circuit Series start in earnest today, April 5. Online Super Circuit Series by WSOP.com Get Underway Starting today, the World Series of Poker (WSOP.com) is offering a new WSOP Online Super Circuit Series. The online competition is a replacement tournament for the regular […]
Poker
April 3, 2020
Partypoker Returns to Italy with New Poker License
Following a four-year break, GVC Holdings’ partypoker is back in Italy with the company’s local domain launching on April 1, 2020. Partypoker Relaunches Poker and Casino in Italy Italy has been one of the hardliners in the iGaming industry since the coalition government propped up by Five Star Movement has decided to deliver on its […]
Poker
April 2, 2020
PokerStars Back with NJ SCOOP in April 2020 with $1.2M GTD
PokerStars is hosting another online poker event in New Jersey in April, 2020. The Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) will run with $1.2m in guaranteed prize pool. New Jersey to See Another Poker Stars SCOOP in April Spring is around the corner and PokerStars’ next big event is a short wait away. The Spring […]
Poker
March 2, 2020
Wire Act Court Case Plaintiffs File Briefs With US Court Of Appeals
This past week witnessed an important development in the court case that may decide the fate of the online gambling business in the U.S. since it relates to the 1961 Federal Wire Act, as the plaintiffs that behind the lawsuit against the Department of Justice /DOJ/ filed their briefs with the US Court of Appeals […]
Poker
February 29, 2020
GiG Comply to Help PokerStars Meet Affiliate Standards
Amid mounting regulatory pressure and last-minute changes in gambling frameworks, Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has secured another partnership with one of the leading gaming and poker companies PokerStars. GiG will specifically assist PokerStars with its own software that allows affiliate monitoring and enforce compliance best practices across the world. As a result, GiG Comply, as […]
Poker
February 6, 2020
High Stakes Poker Making a Comeback Thanks to Poker Central
Fans of the very popular poker television show known as High Stakes Poker are in for a treat thanks to a recent acquisition deal that will see the show make an unexpected return. Earlier this week, Poker Central announced that it has acquired both the brand and all of the assets of the popular television […]
Poker
February 3, 2020
Nebraska Senate General Affairs Committee Next Stop for Poker Bill
Nebraska is not the first name of a state that comes to one’s mind with regards to gambling, but the efforts of State Senator Justin Wayne seem to take real shape and form, as the Senate General Affairs Committee is scheduled for February 10 to hear the bill that seeks to legalize poker by declaring […]
Poker
January 31, 2020
Kentucky Governor Budget Will Fund Education by Taxing Online Poker
2020 seems to be off with a bang for the sports betting industry in Kentucky, after HB137, the bill that seeks to legalize online poker, sports betting, and fantasy sports contests, has passed through the committee stages, and now the proposed Budget 2020-2022 by the state Governor, among other sources of revenue, is counting on […]
Poker
January 28, 2020
WPT Signs TV Syndication Deal for Distribution
The World Poker Tour announced that they have signed a syndication deal across different TV channels in all the states to help them spread their product to even more viewers, starting from WPT Series XII. TV poker is the entertainment for the public Poker is so popular nowadays that millions around the world understand it […]