Organisers expect forty-seventh edition of the tournament to be the biggest yet With more than half the 69 scheduled events now completed in this year's World Series of Poker, the organisers have posted statistics which indicate that the festival remains very popular with professional and amateur poker players, and is expected to deliver another record turnout by the time the...
Hani Awad takes home $213,186... but Mercier misses out on another bracelet It appears that Jason Mercier just cannot catch a break at present in his efforts to win a third bracelet at this year's World Series of Poker and collect some reportedly stupendous prop bets...he has busted out again - at 11th - in the $2,500 buy-in Mixed Omaha/Seven...
More big money prizes claimed by players The World Series of Poker is now well past the half way mark in Las Vegas, with three more winner bracelets awarded in big money events to Ankush Mandavia, Steven Wolansky and "Johnny World" Hennigan. 28-year-old Steven Wolansky, a professional player from Florida, secured his nineteenth WSOP cash, his third final table and...
Three-day event in San Francisco will attract 3,000 delegates next month The burgeoning social casino vertical will be centre stage at the next Casual Connect gaming conference, scheduled for July 18 - 20 in San Francisco. The event is expected to attract three thousand international delegates, who will attend presentations by over a hundred respected industry professionals and view products...
House Appropriations Committee on Monday approved a $31.5 billion state budget - House vote expected today (Tuesday) Pennsylvania's controversial $31.5 billion budget bill, which includes legalised online gambling as a means to raise revenue, was passed by the House Appropriations Committee on Monday and could be voted on by the House today (Tuesday). The bill raises taxes on cigarettes and...
Pushed through as part of a budget bill, the online gambling legalisation measure now moves to the state Senate In the Pennsylvanian House Tuesday Rep. John Payne's online gambling legalisation bill HB2105, packaged with the state's budget bill, passed on a vote of 114-85, and is on its way to the Senate on a tight deadline. An accompanying intrastate legalisation...
More proof that going online works for state lottery businesses The most recent numbers from the Michigan State Lottery, which added online instant win games and sales to its offering in late 2014, show that online players using the site and the ancillary app have grown by around 300 percent since launch, proving once again that online activity can deliver...
Sanderinia II authorised to provide USFantasy DFS action to major Nevada casinos In a unanimous vote this week, the Nevada Gaming Commission has approved the licensure of Sanderina II to provide daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests to major casinos in Nevada. The casinos will subscribe to the USFantasy platform through a licensed disseminator, which will distribute the contests to race...
Koray Aldemir of Austria gave Spanish player a run for his money Following up on our earlier InfoPowa report that the Summer Solstice event at the World Series of Poker was down to the heads up stage between Spain's Adrian Mateos (22) and Koray Aldemir of Austria, we can now report that the former took the honours in a hard-fought...
CS:GO player sues owner of Steam platform for enabling an illegal online gambling market There's rarely a dull moment in the eSports vertical these days, and this week it's the story of a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player filing a legal action against Valve Software, parent company of the Steam eSports platform, which he alleges is enabling an illegal online gambling...
