The Hendon Mob Ready To Initiate Lawsuit Against Polish Finance Ministry
The world’s largest poker database, The Hendon Mob, has announced its intention to initiate legal proceedings against the Polish Finance Ministry for allegedly using bots to crawl its website and steal data, contrary to the website’s terms and conditions. The Global Poker Index (GPI) acquired The Hendon Mob in 2013 for $3 million, and commenting […]
Andy Beal Returns To High Stakes Challenge, Loses $5m To Todd Brunson
More than a decade has passed since billionaire businessman Andy Beal lost his now famous high stakes poker battle against the country’s best poker pros, known as the Corporation. Between 2001 and 2004, the self-taught number theorist lost $16 million to the group which included both Doyle Brunson and his son Todd Brunson, before in […]
Is Poker Tournament Staking Under Threat In Nevada?
A new anti-money laundering bill (SB40) has been filed on behalf of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board (NGCB) designed to make it illegal for a person to place a bet on behalf of an unlicensed third party. Whilst not specifically an anti-gambling or anti-poker bill, the piece of legislation if passed could threaten to […]
Full Tilt Licensed And Launching Soon In New Jersey, Maybe!
New Jersey online poker players had their hopes raised sky high this week, after receiving a mobile pop-up message stating that new software could now be downloaded allowing them to play real-money games legally, and all approved by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE). As part of the message read: “We are pleased […]
Delaware iPoker Revenues Plunge 73% To $28,589 In December
Whilst November saw Delaware reverse four months of declines with a 42% improvement in online gambling revenues to $184,898 compared to the previous month, December’s results have returned to negative territory once more with revenues down by 8.2% to $169,606. Furthermore, online poker accounted for just $28,589 of that tally, representing a 9.6% decline from […]
Liquidity Sharing Bumps WSOP.com To Top Of New Jersey Market
A recent agreement by WSOP.com and 888Poker’s All American Poker Network (AAPN) to share liquidity in New Jersey’s online poker market has lead to a dramatic increase in their player numbers, with both sites now overtaking Party Borgata as the state’s most popular poker sites. According to the latest numbers by online tracking site PokerScout.com, […]
PokerStars Opens “Play To Eat” Poker Restaurant in London
The biggest and most innovative online poker room on the planet, PokerStars, has just launched a novel new way to further promote its product amongst players by launching a “Pay-by-Poker” restaurant in the East of London. The limited three-day venture is a collaboration with Jones and Sons restaurant, and will run between January 19th to 21st, […]
