Last week, the plaintiffs in the Wire Act case filed their response to the defendants’ brief. Within days, there were six amicus curiae briefs on file with the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, all in support of the plaintiffs. New Hampshire Lottery Commission (NHLC) and NeoPollard Interactive
One of the biggest events on the annual World Poker Tour schedule reached its final table this week. The group of six players remaining in the WPT L.A. Poker Classic went home. They will not complete the tournament until they travel to Las Vegas on April 2 to do so
The annual release of the full World Series of Poker schedule allows other poker rooms around Las Vegas to finalize their own summer schedules. This year, as the WSOP 2020 offerings came out in weekly groupings, poker room managers were able to figure out how to compete with key events.
The World Series of Poker is putting the final touches on all aspects of the 2020 WSOP. This week’s announcement pertains to non-bracelet poker action to be available at the Rio Convention Center during the summer series. While there are 101 tournaments on the official WSOP schedule that will result
It has been awhile since members of Congress have introduced bills like the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA). From 2014 through 2017, various Congressmen introduced bills in attempts to “restore” the Wire Act to what they thought was its original meaning. Essentially, they tried to revert the meaning of
As March gets underway, the World Poker Tour is still playing out its Season XVIII main tour and WPTDeepStacks. The WPT’s main tour is near its home office at the L.A. Poker Classic and heading to Thunder Valley in the northern part of the state for WPT Rolling Thunder. From
The Wire Act case took a step forward this week when the plaintiffs filed their briefs with the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The New Hampshire Lottery Commission (NHLC) filed its brief with the court, as did NeoPollard Interactive LLC and Pollard Banknote, the appellees that serve
The World Series of Poker began making announcements about the 2020 WSOP back in December 2019. And the releases of information became more frequent as time went on. By February 2020, new tournaments were revealed weekly. --WSOP 2020 Initial and Main Event Dates --WSOP Specialty Events --WSOP Championships --WSOP Value
It is final. The 2020 WSOP will offer 101 gold bracelet events. The World Series of Poker confirms that the event schedule posted on its website is “now finalized.” There will be “notable enhancements” to the series itself, but the schedule seems to be complete. The only thing missing is
Poker players must practice patience in most every aspect of the game. The patience required to see a civil lawsuit make its way through the United States court system requires an entirely new level of patience. Veronica Brill and 24 other plaintiffs filed a civil lawsuit against Mike Postle and
Months before the World Poker Tour wraps up its 18th season, the company’s executives are already planning for the next one. And they are so confident of the way it will get started that they just announced the first stop of Season XIX. This announcement came only weeks after the
Nebraska State Senator Justin Wayne wants his state to open itself up to more gambling options. The bills he introduced into the legislature last month may not have moved past the hearing stage, but he has no intention of giving up so easily. The legislative calendar in Nebraska runs through
