West Virginia State Delegate Shawn Fluharty has wanted online gambling legalized in his state for several years, and it seems that he is making it happen in 2019. After introducing one bill at the start of the first session in January, Fluharty partnered with a group of bipartisan lawmakers to
World Poker Tour executives have been busy finalizing some deals and putting together more events for WPTDeepStacks action around the world. It was back in early November 2018 that WPTDeepStacks announced its initial lineup for 2019, complete with stops around the United States and well beyond. Some of the international
The state of online gaming in the United States is in flux. The most recent Department of Justice decision about the Wire Act put it there, but it is now flailing about with no clear direction. To be more specific, the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel reversing the 2011 Wire
The Thirst Lounge is only a few years in the making but set out on its latest run last week. And PartyPoker jumped on board to sponsor the streaming festival on Twitch. With Bill Perkins at the helm of the continuously growing experience, his personal yacht serves as the literal
A group of poker players has grown increasingly frustrated with changes at PokerStars. Mostly high-stakes, high-volume pro and semi-pro players have expressed their anger and disappointment in many ways over the past several years. Since the fall of Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars has been the online poker operator of choice
It took just one month for the first lawsuit to be filed after the latest Wire Act opinion was made public. The Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel revealed the full opinion on January 15, 2019. And one month to the day, the first lawsuit is on the books.
The crew at PokerStars has been busy in the new year. The year started on the highest of notes with the historic PokerStars Players NLHE Championship – PSPC – that endeared players to the site for its efforts to bring hundreds of players into the massive event. The tournament, along
A new year is often a chance to start fresh, to makes changes for the better, to improve from the past year. New Jersey’s internet gaming business made those resolutions for 2019, but it wasn’t evident if the online poker segment would hold up its end of the deal. Online
The World Series of Poker information train has been on the tracks since before Christmas of 2018, steadily stopping about once per week to drop bits of information about the upcoming 50th Anniversary World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Whether the press releases contain dates and details for tournaments
It’s been less than a year since the sports betting world opened up to every state in America. The US Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in May 2018, courtesy of a years-long court battle initiated by the state of New Jersey pushing for the
The last few years of legislative activity in West Virginia have produced a handful of bills pertaining to gambling and online wagering, but none were brought to committees for serious discussion. It looks like 2019 could be a very different story. With two weeks of the start of 2019, West
Less than one week after two members of Team PokerStars – Jaime Staples and Jeff Gross – left the roster, PokerStars announced a new addition to the team. The new Team PokerStars Pro is none other than Ramon Colillas, the winner of the inaugural PSPC in the Bahamas. It is
