Daily fantasy sports operator reportedly in partnership talks with racino owner Western Regional Off-Track Betting With politicians racing the clock in trying to get daily fantasy sports legalised in New York as the week ended the news broke that DFS market leader FanDuel is in partnership talks with land gambling company Western Regional Off-Track Betting as it prepares for a...
Robins chooses his words carefully when quizzed about merger rumours The CEO of daily fantasy sports market leader DraftKings, Jason Robins, chose his words very carefully in responding to questions from the USA Today newspaper regarding rumours that his company was in merger talks with rival FanDuel. Speaking to a reporter from the newspaper after the news that DFS had...
DraftKings agrees promotions and advertising deal with CFL The Canadian Football League website at www.cfl.ca carried a notification Monday that the body has agreed an advertising and promotions partnership with daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings. The deal will see the launch of new weekly fantasy contests specific to the CFL and its fifty-ninth season which kicks off this week with...
But only after a prolonged heads up against Jens Grieme Alexander Ziskin, a 30-year-old poker professional from Chicago, has claimed the $401,494 main prize and his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet after defeating fellow pro Jens Grieme in an epic heads up that the experts are predicting will go down in WSOP history as one of the toughest...
Which delivers the result they wanted The chief tribal opponents of current online poker legislative proposals in California have resorted to a resident telephone poll in their latest attack, hiring an independent firm which delivered the sort of results they presumably wanted. The Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, the Barona Band of Mission...
AB2811 heads for the New Jersey Senate next New Jersey Assemblyman Ralph Caputo's AB2811 proposal requiring online gambling websites affiliated with Atlantic City land casinos to promote the casinos on their websites and advertising has been approved by the state Assembly on a 67-10 vote and is now on its way to the New Jersey Senate. Caputo, who chairs the...
Poker Players Alliance attempts to maintain the momentum on legalisation by mobilising players The Pokerstars blog has added its voice to that of Twitch caster Jason Somerville and others in urging US players to support the Poker Players Alliance #Fight4Poker campaign. The campaign, which can be accessed here: https://theppa.org/fight4poker/ urges players to contact their political representatives to appeal for the...
Forty-nine-year-old California businessman victorious in $1,500 buy-in Limit Hold'em tournament Californian businessman and enthusiastic amateur poker player Danny Le (49) is wealthier by $188,815 after claiming the first prize in the $1,500 buy-in Limit Hold'em tournament at the World Series of Poker. And he has earned his first gold winner's bracelet, motivating him to further improve his game. The win...
A third winner's bracelet for respected US professional player Rep Porter (45) has claimed his third gold World Series of Poker winner's bracelet after taking down the $1,500 buy-in Razz event, emerging victorious from a field of 461 entries to pick up the $142,624 first-place prize. Porter started final table action facing some heavy hitters in the international game, including...
Poker pro scores a big win in No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Championship event Top international poker pro Jason Mercier (29) has secured his fourth World Series of Poker winner's bracelet after taking the honours in the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Championship at the Rio in Las Vegas. Mercier was awarded the main prize of $273,335 after he survived a field...
