By Legal US Poker Sites · September 24, 2026 · 4 min read PokerStars has made a major structural change with the launch of the PokerStars Network (PSN). The new B2B network allows PokerStars to supply its software, tournament brands, and player pool to other operators. For US players, the
By Sandra Gaweda – Published September 18, 2026 – 6 minute read Australian Poker Hall of Famer Gary Benson has lost a court battle over almost A$50,000 in gambling debts. The Downing Centre Local Court dismissed his claim against fellow poker player Michael O'Grady. Judge Scott Nash found that Benson
The ‘Big. Beautiful Bill’ Tax Provision introduced in January has met with strong opposition in the House Ways and Means Committee, who passed legislation repealing the 2026 gambling tax provision by 38 votes to five. The law, which took effect on the first day of 2026, means gamblers can only
By Sandra Gaweda · Published September 14, 2026 · 8 min read Sweepstakes Poker Is Running Out of Room If you play sweepstakes poker, your options are shrinking fast. As of fall 2026, sweepstakes casinos face bans or longstanding legal restrictions in more than a dozen US states. Sweepstakes poker
By Sandra Gaweda · Published September 2, 2026 · 6 min read The BetRivers Poker network just posted its strongest results since launching online poker in the United States, just over a year after expanding to four states. Data from Poker Industry PRO, reported by Pokerfuse on August 31, 2026,
By the Sandra Gaweda · Published September 2, 2026 · 5 min read The LuckyLand Slots shutdown is set for September 14, 2026. Parent company Virtual Gaming Worlds (VGW) is permanently closing the sweepstakes casino. It is the first VGW sweepstakes brand to be shut down outright, with the closure
By Sandra Gaweda · September 1, 2026 · 7 min read New York iGaming Legalization Faces Another Long Wait If you're a New York poker player waiting for legal online games, the wait just got longer. Assemblymember Carrie Woerner (D-Round Lake), who chairs the Assembly committee on racing and gaming,
By Sandra Gaweda. Published August 28, 2026. Estimated read time: 5 minutes. A wave of US sweepstakes and social casino closures hit in August 2026 as state regulators tightened their grip on the dual-currency model. A growing number of US sweepstakes and social casinos shut down in August 2026 as
By Sandra Gaweda. Published August 25, 2026. Approximately a 6 minute read. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed two lawsuits on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, alleging that sweepstakes-style gambling platforms operate as illegal, unlicensed online casinos disguised as free-to-play games. The complaints, filed in Hillsborough County Circuit Court, name VGW
Xuan Liu officially signed with Ignition Casino as brand ambassador in April 2026, and the poker community noticed. Not because ambassador deals are unusual, but because this one includes a written accountability clause and an independent testing process paid for by Liu. For players who have followed Ignition’s recent issues
The mushrooming sportsbetting brand FanDuel is emerging as a potential partner to PokerStars as online poker grows in both popularity and accessibility in the United States. Flutter Entertainment, which owns both companies, is planning a possible merger between FanDuel Poker and the biggest name in poker for the past 25
The great U.S. state of Maine has become the ninth state to legalize online poker, with the game expected to return for players in the most rural area of the United States. Standing at around 1.4 million citizens in terms of population, the state is a key area of poker’s
