It seems that GGPoker chose the “all publicity is good publicity” mantra. This week, GGPoker announced that Dan Bilzerian joined Team GGPoker as a brand ambassador. The site is celebrating with a massive freeroll next week, all kinds of media promotion, and glowing words from lead GGPoker Ambassador Daniel Negreanu.
As with everything else in 2020, the Poker Hall of Fame nomination process is different. Poker fans normally take time in the spring or summer to nominate their favorite players, a final list of nominees then goes to a select group of judges, and they decide on one or two
News in the online realm of the gambling industry regarding billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson typically revolves around his avid dislike of online gambling. The idea of online casino games has inspired him to spend tens of millions – at a minimum – of dollars to fight it from the
Just a few days ago, the WSOP launched its Online Super Circuit Series, an 18-event tournament series available to players located in Nevada and New Jersey. To give players outside of the United States an opportunity to earn their WSOP gold rings, the World Series of Poker again partnered with
It started over the holiday weekend for players in New Jersey and Nevada but will continue through December 14. The WSOP.com Online Super Circuit Series is offering 18 WSOP gold rings over the course of 18 days. And the series is guaranteeing more than $1 million in guarantees. A flurry
Poker tours have been cautious to return to live tournament action. Poker itself was the last game to return to most land-based casinos, and most poker rooms offered cash games only. Considering capacity limitations and travel dangers amidst the coronavirus pandemic, few tours (and casinos) believed they could host safe
During the 2020 pandemic, many people have discussed the extraordinary burden on medical professionals, teachers, and all frontline workers. And quite a huge portion of the population is directly and negatively affected by Covid-19 and its many consequences. But who is talking about high-stakes poker players who prefer live tournaments?
PokerStars has been in a similar position as many other hosts of live poker tours. The European Poker Tour was just one of its series that PokerStars had to put on hold in 2020 without any idea of when it may be safe to restart. The good thing for PokerStars
The World Poker Tour has been unable to run live tournaments for more than eight months now due to the persistent coronavirus pandemic. While everyone at the WPT is anxious to get back to their signature live tournaments, they do have options through their partnership with PartyPoker. That brings us
Online poker is popular. Esports is more popular. These are facts. There are some poker players who cross over into the esports world – and vice versa. There have even been some attempts by online poker sites and tour operators to forge relationships with esports players and/or entities. Most have
The state of Pennsylvania can call October a success for its gambling industry. Every major segment of the industry grew from the previous month, and most segments even grew from the previous year. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board released its October revenue report this week. While the coronavirus pandemic still
The title of this article could be almost any given month in the past several years. New Jersey online casino games revenue increases consistently from month to month, while online poker struggles. The statistics from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement for October 2020 fit squarely into that pattern.
