It’s live! PokerStars made its debut in the Pennsylvania regulated market this week with its land-based casino partner, Mount Airy Casino. After little more than two days of soft-launch play for testing purposes, the state gaming regulator approved the site for a full launch. Any person of legal age, with
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear won a hard-fought election this week for the governorship of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As a supporter of gambling expansion in his state, Beshear has vowed to continue pushing lawmakers to legalize casinos, sports betting, fantasy sports, and online poker. With his victory in the
The World Series of Poker Europe finally wrapped weeks of live poker tournaments at King’s Casino in Rozvadov. What started on October 13 and brought a total of 15 bracelet events in the weeks that followed is now done and in the WSOP history books. The first 10 events of
Things have been going well – in general – for PartyPoker. With Rob Yong taking charge of changes per customer feedback, players have been happy. They felt as if they’ve been heard, and PartyPoker has been wasting no time in implementing changes at a fairly fast pace. One of those
It was a tight race. And it all came down to the last tournaments at WSOP Europe in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. It took until the final day of the final tournament of the series to determine the player who would be the 2019 WSOP Player of the Year. That player
Michigan has proved to be one of the most unpredictable states with regard to efforts to legalize online poker and casino games. The same can be said of its journey to legalizing sports betting. Just a few days ago, Michigan State Representative Brandt Iden renewed his dedication to these issues
PokerStars has always offered a range of tournaments and series, something for players of every bankroll. Even its major series, like the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) have expanded over the years to offer buy-ins for micro-level to high-stakes players and everyone
The largest-ever schedule of World Series of Poker Europe events kicked off on October 13 at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. This year’s offerings included 15 events in total, each of them offering at least one reentry. With the first 10 tournaments in the books, the highlight of the
It’s happening. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and PokerStars both confirmed to different sources this week that the latter will be launching its online poker and casino games products for players in Pennsylvania next week. The testing phase will begin on Monday, November 4. PokerStars’ land-based casino partner in Pennsylvania
The gold standard of online poker tournaments at Ignition Poker is underway. The Golden Spade Poker Open, otherwise known as the GSPO, kicked off on October 19 but offers nearly three more weeks of poker action leading up to the Main Event. GSPO 2019 Series Details This year, Ignition Poker
Michigan State Representative Brandt Iden is not giving up. He plans to push his online poker and casino games bill in the legislature. And he’s doing the same with his separate sports betting bill. On October 29, Iden introduced an amended bill for internet gaming legalization. Though he hasn’t come
Over the past year, dozens of people have campaigned for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 US presidential race. Until this weekend, only one – Cory Booker – had expressed full-throated support for legal online poker in the United States. That was until Andrew Yang put his stamp on this
