This week’s closure of the Wire Act case was years in the making and a relief for states across America. Entities from lottery commissions to businesses around the gambling and betting industries count it as a win. On June 22, the United States Department of Justice, headed up by Attorney
If the “Hellmuth Wins” headline sounds familiar, that is because we’ve written in so many times with regard to High Stakes Duel. Phil Hellmuth remains undefeated and just finished taking down Daniel Negreanu in the second iteration of the HSD series. The first High Stakes Duel pitted Hellmuth against Antonio
Just a couple of months ago, the World Poker Tour ended its longest season ever, the one that spanned the length of a pandemic and beyond. And when it was all done and in the books, Brian Altman had taken the Season XVIII Player of the Year title. He did
It has become the signature tournament of Americas Cardroom and every skin on the Winning Poker Network. Considering its popularity, one might think it has been a part of the ACR tournament scene for many years, but WPN only introduced it in the summer of 2019. And now, just after
Online poker wins. Online lotteries win. Any state with an interest in online gambling in any form wins. The United States Department of Justice confirms that it will not appeal the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in the case of New Hampshire Lottery Commission
It seems as if the Mike Postle case – the third and probably final one – is over, for all intents and purposes. The judge resolved the last pending issue in the case of Mike Postle versus So Many Defendants this week. Postle filled the lead-up to that final hearing
The first US Poker Open since the pandemic is complete, and a familiar face claimed the overall championship title yet again. The PokerGO Studio was abuzz with excitement as high-stakes poker players gathered at the beginning of June to play some big buy-in poker. After having to take the series
The pandemic took its toll on all live poker tournaments and tours in 2020, but the mid-majors took it quite hard. One of them – the Heartland Poker Tour – didn’t make it through. But the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) was determined to do whatever was necessary to hold on.
Just a few weeks ago, the World Poker Tour announced the first part of its Season XIX in North America. It included a list of live main tour stops that kicked off in Florida last week with the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Festival. It will hit up the Venetian
It seems that PayPal wasn’t fond of a viral effort to gather unhappy customers for a class action lawsuit against the payment processor. The company refunded Chris Moneymaker, the initial person who pursued legal assistance for the $12K that PayPal confiscated from him. When dozens of people quickly contacted the
The vast majority of online poker players don’t have the money to play the major online poker tournament series offered by big operators. That is the reason that operators attract thousands upon thousands of players in series with micro buy-ins. BetOnline wanted to offer a series to its players as
Poker players have been waiting two years for the World Series of Poker schedule. They’ve seen online tournament schedules and live event cancellations since early 2020 due to the pandemic. And with the exception of live final tables – one in Europe and one in the US – in late
