The short answer is yes. And the reason is that the new World Series of Poker Main Event champion is a New Jersey native and credits legal, regulated online poker for his $8.15 million victory. Scott Blumstein may not be the next Chris Moneymaker. The global online poker environment has
Online poker and internet gambling supporters had high hopes for Massachusetts. Efforts in 2016 and 2017 indicated some legislators were on board with some type of legislation to legalize and regulate online gambling. Further, the special research and reporting being done by the Massachusetts Special Commission on Online Gaming, Fantasy
New Jersey has many reasons to be proud of its online gambling industry. Only three years in, online poker and casino games have become a positive addition to the state’s budget, not only adding significant revenue on a monthly basis but becoming a necessary cushion for struggling land-based casinos and
2017 WSOP Main Event winner Scott Blumstein said "a normally inconsequential duece just changed my life", after winning a heads-up showdown with Dan Ott. Blumstein collected a miracle river card on the 242nd hand of the final table to eliminate Ott from the world's biggest annual poker event. On the
Once upon a time in poker, players used an informal system of staking and backing. One would “buy” a percentage of a player for tournament play – sometimes in cash games as well – in exchange for a percentage of that person’s winnings. Most often, the deals were verbal and
Phil Ivey is a poker icon to many of the game’s players and fans. At only 40 years old, he has accomplished more in poker than many of his predecessors, including the accumulation of nearly $24 million in live tournament earnings and several more million online, ten World Series of
Following the slow and winding road to the possible legalization of online gambling in Pennsylvania is an exercise in patience and attention to detail. Politics can be maddening, especially when something seems so logical to those in support of a bill. Online poker fans know all too well the long
The timing was inopportune for the World Series of Poker. A new sponsor for the high stakes poker room and Player of the Year leaderboard had just been announced, and days later, news leaked of a significant lawsuit involving that sponsor. It could have made for an awkward summer at
The news regarding the latest attempt to ban online gambling in the United States has kept online poker players and fans on a roller coaster for the past week. US Representative Charlie Dent, a Republican from Pennsylvania, has been at the center of the effort that came to light in
Anything PokerStars does evokes mixed reactions from the online poker community. The largest online poker site in the world is no stranger to controversy, with everything from player sponsorships to rewards system changes prompting a wide range of feedback from the public. Its latest move, however, received overwhelmingly positive responses.
Pennsylvania lawmakers left the state capital this week without making any final decision on gambling expansion for the state. Online poker and casino games were more likely to pass via official legalization this week than in any past years, but the inability for enough legislators to agree on a substantial
A new threat to legalized online gambling in the United States was revealed this week. The Hill reported that US Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, is not only opposed to online gambling but requested that Attorney General Jeff Sessions review the 2011 Department of Justice ruling on the
