1,138 players still in action on Day 3...all hoping to reach the 1,084 money bubble and a minimum cash of $15,000 2,572 players started Day 3 action at the World Series of Poker Main Event mid-morning Thursday local time in Las Vegas, and by late last night just 1,138 of them were still in the competition as it neared the...
Million dollar cashes for all Tomorrow (Thursday) will see the nine survivors of an original field of 7,221 in the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event return to the felt with ambitions to claim the $8.15 million reserved for the ultimate winner. However, everyone around the table will be well rewarded, with the first elimination cashing a million...
Online gambling entrepreneur pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour The publication Forbes.com has published more detail on the US government's abandonment of serious felony charges against online gambling entrepreneur and Bodog founder Calvin Ayre (56), reporting that the settlement included a guilty plea to the far less serious misdemeanour offence of being an accessory after the fact in the transmission of...
Senators return to the State Capitol after over a week in recess...but still no agreement on funding package for the state's $32 billion budget After more than a week's break Pennsylvanian Senators returned to the State Capitol Monday afternoon reportedly to finalise legislation needed to fund the already agreed $32 billion state budget...but by the end of business no progress...
Expands 30-year partnership Scientific Games has won a new 6-year contract with the Colorado Lottery as its primary instant games provider. The deal includes instant game planning, research and analysis, marketing services and sales support. "The Colorado Lottery has proudly re-invested more than $3 billion to Colorado's great outdoors, and Scientific Games has been instrumental in helping us achieve our...
Organisers claim that this year's poker spectacular proved to be the biggest since 2010 With the 48th World Series of Poker now in its final stages, the organisers have released numbers showing the size and scope of this most prestigious of poker tournaments, noting that this year's event has proved to be the biggest since 2010. Among the mass of...
Rumour mill now says Dent amendment is likely next week and will go directly to the floor, by-passing regular order The past week has been one of conflicting rumours on the intentions of Pennsylvanian Republican Representative Charlie Dent, with initial rumours suggesting that he was about to try the stealth attachment of Restoration of America's Wire Act language to a...
Republicans withdraw from discussions in opposition to tax increase proposals More than two weeks ago the Pennsylvania legislature passed a massive $32 billion state budget with a $2 billion deficit and no funding legislation to back it. The plan was that after a short recess politicians tasked with negotiating the funding package would return to hammer out ways and means...
Approval follows recent legalisation of online lottery sales in the state The state of New Hampshire has followed its recent legalisation of online lottery sales (see previous InfoPowa report) with the legalisation within state borders of daily fantasy sports. Gov. Chris Sununu signed the DFS bill H580 into state law Tuesday, making New Hampshire the 13th state to allow DFS....
Huge 4,391 player field generates $3,951,900 prize pool Part-time trade show director, part-time poker player Adrian Moreno outlasted a field of 4,391 and an unpredictable final table to claim Event 74 of the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the $1,000 + $111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em. Moreno claimed his first WSOP bracelet and a tidy payday...
