The Stars Group was built on poker. PokerStars became the largest online poker operator in the world as a result of the poker boom, and its smart business moves during the golden age of poker put the company in a position to dominate for many years. The Stars Group could
The road to online poker in Pennsylvania has been paved with good intentions but many, many delays. From there start, delays were the name of the game. It took several years for Pennsylvania lawmakers to pass a law to legalize and regulate online poker and casino games, which they finally
One of the states deemed likely to seriously examine online poker and other forms of online gambling in 2019 was Connecticut. The primary reason for the optimism came from the unequivocal support of the state’s two tribes in 2018. The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and Mohegan Tribe each told lawmakers
For the better part of 2018, PokerStars was teasing and releasing online poker variations. Some of the games made it to the public sphere for player feedback, others were put on the back burner for later, and yet others were likely shelved in the developers’ workshop for future pursuits. The
United States Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein may be on his way to retirement later this month, but that didn’t stop him from slapping a second delay on the implementation date for the new Wire Act opinion recently issued by the Department of Justice. No date has been set for
Over the past two weeks, PartyPoker not only announced its new Team Online but added new members on a nearly-daily basis in order to grow the team. Now with 10 members, Team Online boasts of a diverse group of online poker players who play and stream the game on Twitch.
The US Department of Justice knew that when it issued its opinion recently to reverse the 2011 Wire Act interpretation, there was going to be some backlash. The leeway originally given by the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel in 2011 prompted several states to take action and implement laws for
Some states have very clear stances on gambling. In Nevada, almost anything goes. In Utah, no form of gambling is legal, not even the lottery. The state of Washington, however, is complex. Each of the state’s 29 Native American tribes have some form of gaming compact with the state government.
It appears that PartyPoker is prepared to boost its online presence in big ways. And one of those ways is to create a group of online poker players to represent the site on social media and streaming channels like Twitch. Earlier in February, PartyPoker emerged as the official online poker
Last year, Poker Central debuted the US Poker Open, a series of live high-stakes tournaments played at the PokerGO Studios at ARIA on the Las Vegas Strip. It was a big enough hit with players and fans that it returned this month for its second iteration. The series offered 10
Only one state has joined the ranks of states with legal online poker in the past five years, and that was Pennsylvania in 2017. Other state lawmakers have proposed bills, some have pushed them through committees, and even one (hello, Michigan) passed an online poker bill all the way through
It started just before Christmas in 2018. World Series of Poker executives started releasing information about the 2019 WSOP, beginning with some of the highlighted events and added more on a nearly-weekly basis through the first weeks of this year. On the last day of January 2019, the final schedule
