Recent political speculation was correct - the state Senate will re-examine the gambling expansion package later this year...but it's still a possibility The political impasse on the Pennsylvanian budget appears to have been (sort of) resolved, with local media reports noting that lawmakers have now gone back to their constituencies until September, after which they will re-assemble for a shorter...
Hydra Industries Acquisition Corp. inks acquisition agreement for gambling provider A New York private equity company specialising in mergers and acquisitions, Hydra Industries Acquisition Corp., has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire UK online gambling provider Inspired Gaming Group for a consideration of GBP 200 million. Based on the current USD/GBP exchange rate the equivalent transaction value...
Fedor Holz claims main prize of almost $5 million in One Drop NLHE contest 22-year-old German online and live poker pro Fedor Holz, who says that this is his final World Series of Poker, is going out in style with a win in Event 67, the $111,111 buy-in High Roller for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em competition, that has boosted his...
Online poker ace Jens "Jeans89" Kyllönen wins his first WSOP bracelet in style in PLO championship event High stakes online poker professional Jens "Jeans89" Kyllönen (26) showed once again that he is hard to beat at Pot Limit Omaha - live or online - when he was victorious in the World Series of Poker $25,000 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha championship...
Daily fantasy sports operator in early measures to placate lawmakers Daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel has moved quickly to implement consumer protection regulations being insisted upon by a number of US states, notably distinguishing experienced "sharks" from amateur "fish" among its players. The company has rolled out two new initiatives designed to improve the recreational player gaming experience: * The...
Rocket League developer Psyonix unhappy with slow response to gambling scandal from Valve According to reports in eSports media, Rocket League developer Psyonix is unhappy with the slow response of Valve in addressing the gambling scandal currently swirling around individuals associated with CS:GO competitions, and has decided to cut Valve subsidiary Steam Marketplace out of its new product launch. Psyonix...
Valve says that its Steam subsidiary will not facilitate gambling on skins After over a week of intense criticism, the threat of legal actions and a boycott by one developer, eSports provider Valve has finally responded to a skin gambling scandal by warning that its marketplace subsidiary Steam will not allow itself to be used as a vehicle for skin...
$149,108 first prize for Courtney Kennedy The popular ladies event at the World Series of Poker this weekend attracted a field of 819 that included some tough competition in the forms of Amanda Musumeci, Wendy Freedman, Amanda Baker, Michelle Deng and Yaxi Zhu, but it was Detroit poker dealer Courtney Kennedy (37) who took the honours and the $149,108 main...
State Justice Department officials say DFS has an element of chance and is therefore gambling Justice Department officials in the state of Delaware, one of three US states that has legalised online gambling, have opined that in the absence of state laws specifically declaring daily fantasy sports to be lawful, the genre has a significant element of chance and is...
Florida businessman and a Chinese investor win their first bracelets and big money Amateur players David Prociak and Yue Du proved once again this week that the World Series of Poker is not necessarily the domain of the professional aces, taking down two important events for their first bracelets and substantial amounts of prize money. In the three-day $1,500 buy-in...
