Samuel Panzica bests a 185-strong entry field to take home Euro 375,770 American poker pro Samuel Panzica claimed the honours and the Euro 375,770 first prize this weekend after besting a field of 184 other players in the PokerStars European Poker Tour Euro 10,300 buy-in High Roller event in Dublin. By the time the action reached final table stage on...
Howard Stutz departs following takeover by Adelson family The respected journalist Howard Stutz has resigned from top Nevada newspaper Las Vegas Review-Journal and accepted a position as strategic development officer with law and lobbying firm Greenberg Traurig, according to a tweet from the writer on Friday. InfoPowa readers may recall that late last year the LVRJ was the subject of...
State lawmakers task Gaming Control Board with research project Pennsylvania state lawmakers are taking a more cautious approach to the daily fantasy sports issue, commissioning a study of the phenomenon before making any legalisation or regulatory moves. InfoPowa readers will recall that last year Representative George Dunbar and six sponsors introduced HB1197 to the House, proposing that state gambling licensees...
Family action groups protest at young age of players The US National Football League's involvement in daily fantasy sports came under fire this week from the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and the National Council on Problem Gaming, which claimed that NFL Rush Fantasy (which allows young players to build fantasy teams for prizes) "has the trappings of DFS -...
Five grounds for dismissal The attempts by DFS operators FanDuel and DraftKings to obtain a stay on the preliminary injunction against them obtained by New York AG Eric Schneiderman in December has triggered a lengthy court filing in response from Schneiderman, strongly opposing such a stay, and giving five reasons why it should not be granted. In tweets Thursday Wallach...
Rush Street Productions announces the launch of 'The Final Table' Rush Street Productions, creator of the television show "Poker Night in America," has announced a new poker show to debut in the late spring in the United States. Titled "The Final Table," the production has been filming poker footage throughout the U.S. for the past six months, and will begin...
Assemblyman Gray's AB2863 includes incentive to keep horse racing operators out of the market Assemblyman Adam Gray, who has been largely responsible for driving the latest online poker legalisative attempts in California took many by surprise late Friday when he launched AB2863 in the state's lower house, apparently approved by at least one tribal group. The tribe - the Rincon...
Senate Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering chairman introduces new measure New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who has been leading the prosecutorial charge against daily fantasy sports, must be gnashing his teeth at the news Wednesday that a new DFS legalisation bill has been introduced in the state Senate. The influential proposer of the bill - S 6793 —...
Larson bill shelved for this legislative session Nebraska state senator Tyson Larson has requested that his bill LB970 be shelved until the next legislative session, effectively killing the measure for the rest of this year. Larson wrote to Galen Hadley, Speaker of the Legislature Friday asking for the withdrawal, and the Speaker obliged, saying that it was Larson's prerogative to...
CNIGA and Pala band in favour of Asemblyman Adam Gray's AB2863 California Assemblyman Adam Gray's new online poker legalisation bill AB2863 has received more tribal support, this time from the Pala Band of Mission Indians and the California Nations Indian Gaming Association. The tribal organisations join as early supporters the Rincon Band of Lusiteno Indians, who publicised their approval of...
