Just one week after Ognyan Dimov won the European Poker Tour Main Event in Deauville, France, for €543,700 ($616,376), PokerStars and the EPT have now announced the city in northwestern France would no longer be a feature of the tour. Commenting on the decision, PokerStars Senior Manager of Public Relations, Rebecca McAdam, explained: “Our contract […]
In an effort to push for a safer gambling environment, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has unveiled a range of updates to its License Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) which are now scheduled to take effect starting May 8th. Changes to the current system follows a consultation which took place in 2014 on the […]
This week, PokerStars joined a growing choir of voices calling out for an overhaul of Germany’s anti-iGambling laws, which forbid all types of online wagering with the exception of lotteries, horse-racing and internet sports betting. PokerStars announced its support for the movement at a German Association of Telecommunications and Media (DVTM) annual meeting in Munich, […]
Following a strong end to 2014 which saw iGaming revenues improve by 63.6% to $10.7 million in December, New Jersey’s online fortunes have continued their winning ways with revenues once more rising, this time by 22.3% to $11.6 million in January, compared to the $9.5 million reported for the same month last year. The good […]
Online gambling in New Jersey generated just one tenth of the initial optimistic revenues Governor Chris Christie had predicted preregulation, and the $122 million it did produce for the whole of 2014 translated into around $18.4 million for the state’s budget, representing the 15% tax levied on all internet gaming revenues. Nevertheless, that figure tells […]
PokerTube.com is the world’s biggest free poker media site, and contains hundreds of educational videos related to poker tournaments and strategies, as well as more general poker entertainments including videos of major tournaments from around the globe. Since being taken over by 180Vita in 2012, however, PokerTube has received criticism from many poker businesses and […]
Hopes that Mississippi and Washington would become the first US states to pass online gambling legislation this year have been dashed after the bills failed to even receive a hearing. Both bills introduced in 2015 failed to garner enough support and so have now been taken off the table, although they did serve to draw […]