By Fiona Simmons

Business

Spain: Q2 Online Casino and Poker Offset Betting Slump

October 17, 2020

Online gambling market in Spain posted growth during the second quarter of 2020, the quarterly report from the Dirección General del Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) showed. Rising interest in online casino games and poker managed to more than offset the decline in sports betting during times when most sports competitions in the country and worldwide […]

By Mike Johnson

Poker

Postle’s Poker Cheating Allegations Case Ends with Settlement

September 16, 2020

The lawsuit against Mike Postle, King’s Casino and Justin Kuraitis is nearing a completion, the latest developments on the case suggest. Nearly a year after the alleged poker cheating scandal at Stones Gambling Hall in Citrus Heights, California broke out, the majority of the plaintiffs agreed to settle the case for an undisclosed amount. In […]

By Jerome García

Poker

David Haye Joins Team Grosvenor Poker, Hayemaker Bounties Launched

July 13, 2020

Former heavyweight boxing champion David Haye becomes a permanent addition to Team Grosvenor Poker. David Haye Joins Team Grosvenor Poker to Take on More Challenges Retired heavyweight boxer David Haye will support Grosvenor’s efforts to recover from the post-COVID-19 depression. The casino and Mr. Haye first inked a partnership back in 2018 when he took […]

By Jerome García

Legal

German Regulator Softens the Tone with Online Casino and Poker

June 22, 2020

The Regional Council of Darmstadt was effectively forced to reconsider its enforcement policies regarding online casino and poker operators in the country, after a test court case brought by an operator successfully challenged a prohibition order issued by the regulatory body under the Third Amendment on the State Treaty on Gambling. The council is now […]

By Mike Johnson

Poker

Mac VerStandig: Mike Postle Treats Court the Same Way He Treated Fellow Poker Players

May 1, 2020

The Mike Postle court saga entered a new phase, after Mac VerStandig, the lawyer representing the plaintiffs, nearly 90 at the moment, surprisingly filed a motion for sanctions against the defendant. Defendants Filed Motions to Dismiss After the other two defendants in the case, King’s Casino and former Tournament Director Justin Kuraitis, filed two separate […]

By Julie Moraine

Cryptocurrency

Virtue Poker Offers Players to Win a Seat at Phil Ivey’s Table

April 16, 2020

Crypto gaming platform Virtue Poker is inviting players to have a shot at the Ivey’s Table challenge, a $12,500 tournament featuring Phil Ivey himself. Virtue Poker Asks Player to Beat Phil Ivey for $7,000 Reward Decentralized peer-to-peer poker platform Virtue Poker is launching the Ivey’s Table promotion today, Wednesday, April 15, offering poker players a […]

By Julie Moraine

Business

888 Holdings 2019 Revenue Increased, Yet Profit Sank

April 15, 2020

888 Holdings, the Gibraltar-based online gaming operator, posted its 2019 financial report, showing an increase in revenue compared to the year before. Even the revenue increase could not offset the rise in regulatory costs and other expenses for the company, resulting into plummeting profit before tax. Revenues For the past year, 888 Holdings registered operational […]

By Mike Johnson

Poker

Nebraska Senate General Affairs Committee Next Stop for Poker Bill

February 3, 2020

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 […]

By Julie Moraine

Poker

WPT Signs TV Syndication Deal for Distribution

January 28, 2020

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 […]

By Rachael Price

Poker

PokerStars Founder Isai Scheinberg Surrenders

January 26, 2020

Isai Scheinberg, the Founder of PokerStars, has been arrested by federal authorities after turning himself in last week. Scheinberg Released on $1 Million Bail, Negotiating Deal Isai Scheinberg, the founder of PokerStars has surrendered to federal authorities. The 73-year-old has been charged with various gambling and financial crimes over the years, including money laundering and […]