First WSOP ring for Robert "Pokerguru740" Kuhn Robert Kuhn (25), a US professional player from Ohio currently residing in Mexico, has secured his first WSOP Circuit winner's ring and his largest live tournament pay-check yet after besting 369 other entrants to win the $1,675 buy-in World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Atlantic City main event. Kuhn, a prolific online player...
Rivals feel the pinch as online poker giant partially re-enters the US market The independent online monitor Pokerscout has given some insight into the immediate impact made by Pokerstars on its New Jersey debut last week, noting that preliminary numbers show that the industry giant boosted cash game traffic in the ring-fenced New Jersey market by around 20 percent... taking...
Revenues up 8.1 percent year-on-year, boosted by Superbowl sports betting The Nevada Gaming Control Board reported Wednesday that gambling revenues in the Silver State were up 8.1 percent year-on-year in February, buoyed by strong sports betting on the Superbowl and an extra day due to a leap year. The Board revealed that February gaming win in the US state amounted...
State land casino invited to discuss it's free-play offer, along with other interested parties The Massachusetts Gaming Commission, which InfoPowa readers will recall recently suggested it may be the time for omnibus legislation covering all forms of intrastate gambling, may be about to broaden its interest to include the social free-to-play online offerings of Penn National Gaming's Plainridge Park. A...
Operators accessing Massachusetts DFS market must implement comprehensive regulations by July 1 On Friday Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey officially filed her regulations to oversee the daily fantasy sports industry, with the content much the same as her earlier publicly circulated drafts. Operators serving fantasy and DFS fans in Massachusetts are expected to implement any necessary changes by July 1,...
Drake University professor says state needs to follow its traditionally cautious route Professor Keith Miller, a respected law expert at Drake University in Iowa, has published an op-ed article in the Des Moines Register, appealing to lawmakers to take a cautious approach to the legalisation of fantasy sports (including daily fantasy sports) by first commissioning a study by the Iowa...
Indiana becomes the second US state to legalise and regulate daily fantasy sports The US state of Indiana followed the example of Virginia Thursday when Governor Mike Pence signed a daily fantasy sports regulatory bill - bill 339 - into state law on the threshold of a procedural deadline for him to do so. InfoPowa readers will recall that bill...
Phillips class action fails In Illinois, a class action attempt to sue IGT's online social casino DoubleDown under an archaic state law allowing gamblers to claim losses has failed before federal judge Edmond E. Chang. InfoPowa readers will recall that Illinois resident Margo Phillips filed the action last year, claiming that over time she lost a thousand dollars spent buying...
PPA reports that relevant provisions have been axed from draft budget bill due for consideration Friday Hopes that the legalisation of online poker and daily fantasy sports might hitch a ride on the New York "must pass" budget bill due Friday faded Wednesday when the Poker Players Alliance advised that these elements are missing from the final draft. The exclusions...
Virtual Reality Simulated Gaming application ordered for New York's Empire City Casino GameAccount Network plc (GAN) announced Thursday that it has released a Virtual Reality Simulated Gaming application for New York's Empire City Casino which is available for download for both home computers and Facebook's Oculus Rift VR headsets. The software includes selected slot machines and GAN's Simulated Gaming service,...
