PokerStars announced this week a guaranteed prize pool of $1,200,000 for the New Jersey Spring Championship of Online Poker, usually referred to as NJSCOOP. The online poker toiurnament runs from May 6 to May 22. The 2017 NJSCOOP schedule contains a wide variety of Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Stud, and HORSE
U.S. Representative Jason Chaffetz, the top advocate for Restore America's Wire Act, announced he would not seek reelection in 2018. As the chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee, Chaffetz arguably is the most powerful proponent of anti-online gambling legislation in the current U.S. Congress. Jason Chaffetz sponsored Sheldon Adelson's
The NCAA has lifted its ban on North Carolina sporting events it had imposed last year due to the Tarheel State's law against LGBTQ citizens. North Carolina's legislature recently passed a "fig leaf of a bill" that partially reversed the policies imposed in early 2016. In return, the NCAA Board
Leaders in the Florida House of Representatives and Senate met on Monday to discuss conflicting policies on gambling legislation. It was decided that a conference committee on gambling will begin meetings on Thurday and the two sides might negotiate throughout the weekend. Florida State Sen. Bill Galvano (R-Bradenton), a longtime
The Ivey League, Phil Ivey's poker training website, announced it would close on May 1, 2017. The Ivey League's clossure ends a business venture that began in 2012. In 2012, Phil Ivey bought Leggopoker, an online poker training website that already had a community of trainees. The plan to was
A fire raging on the roof of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino closed down the Las Vegas Strip for several hours last night. Within hours, traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard returned to normal. The Bellagio is operating normally at the moment, while traffic once again flows on the Vegas Strip.
The Luxor Las Vegas is converting one of its nightclubs into an eSports gaming arena. MGM Resorts International, owner of the Luxor, said it wants to offer its customers "something really different". In fact, Luxor says that the LAX nightclub has performed well, but the eSports gaming area is needed
Hall of Fame head coach and broadcaster John Madden said he thinks there is "going to be a lot of problems" with NFL players in Las Vegas the night before games. Claiming that every NFL team has "a bottom ten" players when it comes to discipline and bad behavior, the
The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head continues its attempt to bring a bingo parlor to Martha's Vineyard, the island located off Cape Cod in Southern Massachusetts. The tribe won an important decision in the US Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit of Boston in 2015, which gave it
Two Pittsburgh Steelers players, James Harrison and Maurkice Pouncey, are at the heart of a controversy over a charity event held in the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas. The Post-Gazette reported that Harrison and Pouncey face fines from the NFL league office for their participation in an arm wrestling
Famed Las Vegas businessman and sports gambler William "Billy" Walters was convicted of insider trading charges in a federal court on Friday. When asked about the verdict, Billy Walters told reporters, "Frankly, I'm in total shock." A Manhattan jury took two days to deliberate on the charges, but eventually found
Las Vegas sportsbooks are split on whether to refund gamblers who bet on Dustin Johnson to win the 2017 Masters tournament. Until world No. 1 Dustin Johnson injured his back during a fall down a flight of stairs, he was the favorite to win the PGA golf tournament, which began
