One lawsuit against Michael Postle was recently dismissed in California, but the one in Nevada is just moving along. Numerous poker players – approximately 90 plaintiffs plus many others in the poker community – accused Postle of cheating in poker games that were livestreamed on the internet from Stones Gambling
Earlier this month, the World Poker Tour announced that it was teaming up with PartyPoker and BorgataPoker for the first-ever WPT Online Poker Open powered by PartyPoker US Network. The tournament is set to run on June 28 – next Sunday – with a $300K guarantee on the prize pool.
Pennsylvania’s gambling industry had another tough month overall. All land-based casinos remained closed for the second full month on top of a half-month of March. While casinos have started their reopening processes in June, the operators are limited to the number of people in their establishments and even the games
Online poker tournament guarantees draw players every time. The promise of a certain prize pool brings players to win a piece of that amount but also to see if there could be an overlay. Without enough players, the poker site must contribute to the prize pool to cover the overlay.
The Wire Act case took a giant leap on June 18, 2020. The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit heard oral arguments from attorneys representing the New Hampshire Lottery Commission and NeoPollard (plaintiffs and appellees) and those standing in for US Attorney General William Barr and the
Two plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court in Nevada concerning an “illegal gambling racket,” an online gambling site offering real-money card games in Nevada and Texas. The name of the company is Skillz, and its owner is Andrew Paradise. Not only does this site offer real-money
The Delaware gambling market is small as a whole, but its internet gaming sector is even smaller. Even so, it is an impressive sector and showed significant growth during the coronavirus pandemic. One might think that isn’t a tough thing to do. When live gambling is not an option for
It seems that every online poker tournament these days offers rebuys or reentries. The move toward reentries has become much more common in recent years, and players now have a harder time than ever finding freezeout tournaments. Every player buys in once and busts or wins. Ahhh, the good ol’
Poker Central knows that its audience includes more than No Limit Hold’em players. And its high-stakes players like to spice things up every now and then, too. Bring on the PLO. When the coronavirus pandemic erased the possibility for Poker Central to host its high-stakes tournament series in Las Vegas
In an effort to focus on the positive, let’s look at the good news from the May 2020 gambling statistics in the state of New Jersey. The NJ Division of Gaming Enforcement showed that revenue from internet gaming rose again. It reached new heights with an astounding amount nearing $86
Players waited over a month for the much-anticipated schedule for the upcoming WPT World Online Championships. And it is here. The World Poker Tour and PartyPoker partnered to announce their latest online tournament series more than a month ago, with a teaser that it would feature 15 championship-level tournaments. The
Since the coronavirus pandemic sent poker players around the world to online poker sites for cash games and tournaments, BetOnline has been one operator that stepped up with great offers. Not only are the tournament schedules simple and full of affordable options, they cater to US-based players. BetOnline stepped up
