But online poker numbers were a little higher The latest online gambling stats from the Delaware Lottery show that whilst online poker showed a small year-on-year improvement of 2.78 percent (Delaware and Nevada share a common player pool) online casino activity remained largely flat. Online casino action generated revenue of $241,775, a flat y-o-y performance and 2 percent less than...
Letter to Appropriations Committee chairperson is brief but emphatic The lines are being drawn in the political battle for online poker legalisation in California; last week a Pechanga-led tribal coalition expressed disagreement with certain clauses in the latest version of Assemblyman's Adam Gray's AB2863, and Friday saw an equally pointed response supporting the bill from an impressive alliance of 21...
23-year-old Alan Percal Wins $320,574 in $10,000 buy-in Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship Young Florida actuary Alan Percal (23) bested some of the best when he won the $10,000 buy-in Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship at the World Series of Poker Thursday, surviving a talented field that included names like Oliver Busquet, Alexandre Luneau and Brian Rast to claim his first gold...
Pechanga tribe and its allies digging their heels in over "bad actor" issue Despite the patient efforts of Assemblyman Adam Gray in trying to broker a difficult compromise among interested parties in the California online poker legalisation issue, the future of his bill AB 2863 appears to be in peril again following statements by a powerful tribal allowance Friday expressing...
Claims its Celebrity World product bests PartyPoker, FullTiltPoker, BoDog and Poker Stars in Visitor Engagement Data In its latest press release the nascent World Poker Fund Holdings claims that its 30-day Celebrity World.com Beta-test results substantially outshine those of PartyPoker, FullTiltPoker, BoDog and Poker Stars in Visitor Engagement Data. The social gaming company claims that initial user data and revenue...
Pockets $1 million in prize money In a heartening rags to riches story, poker player and part-time taxi driver Benjamin Keeline (30) has taken down the WSOP $565 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em tournament, a.k.a. "Colossus II". Against incredible odds, he emerged victorious besting a massive field of 21,613. Keeline, by his own admission, was flat broke before the tournament but made...
Chair of Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee says a deal bringing Senate and Assembly together is imminent With a legislative deadline of June 16 looming, New York Senator and chair of the Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, John Bonacic triggered new hopes for the legalisation of daily fantasy sports Tuesday by suggesting that a deal between Assembly and...
Ryan D'Angelo tops a field of 279 to win $1500 buy-in 2-7 Draw Lowball for $92,338 High profile live and online poker pro Ryan D'Angelo (30) is celebrating his first World Series of Poker winner's bracelet after besting an entry field of 279 in the $1500 buy-in 2-7 No Limit Draw Lowball event to claim the main prize of $92,338....
Another step toward legalisation for daily fantasy sports The New Jersey Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee advanced a proposal to legalise and regulate daily fantasy sports on a vote of 9 vs. 3 Monday, bringing the legalisation of the vertical in New Jersey a step closer. The measure now goes to the Senate floor. Bill S-1927, sponsored by Sen. Jim...
Senate committee votes 8 vs. 1 to progress Sen. Kowall's SB889 Wednesday's gathering of the Michigan Senate's Regulatory Reform Committee wasted little time in voting forward to the Senate floor a bill authored by Sen. Mike Kowall and proposing the intrastate legalisation of online poker. SB 889 has seen remarkably quick progress since it was introduced in April this year...
