Maine legislature has approved daily fantasy sports measure and sent it to the governor Maine governor Paul LePage holds the future of daily fantasy sports in his state in his hands; the state legislature has passed a measure legalising the popular genre and sent it to the governor for signature into law. Gov. LePage's position on DFS is not clear,...
Crown second-ever Argentinean bracelet winner Andres Korn took down the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event 56, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em for his first bracelet and a $618,285 payday. Korn outplayed a field of 623, ultimately defeating Pete Chen heads-up to claim the largest score of his career. The Argentinean is looking ahead to the Main Event, saying he would...
Schedule for live coverage of Main Event released World Series of Poker event 60, the $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em wrapped up with Romanian Alexandru Papazian winning his first WSOP gold bracelet in the 2017 series after defeating German Kilian Kramer heads-up in the special eight-themed tournament. Papazian pocketed a massive $888,888, his sixth WSOP career cash, and became the...
13 years in attendance, 53 cashes and five final tables... that's how hard it was to achieve bracelet status US poker pro Tom Koral has finally accomplished a long-time goal... securing a World Series of Poker winner's bracelet after 13 years of attending the Las Vegas poker festival, during which he has made 53 cashes and appeared on five final...
FanDuel, DraftKings and Fantasy Draft first to market under formal license US newspaper, Greensburg Daily News, reported the award of three daily fantasy sports licenses from the Indiana Gaming Commission (IGC), late last week. The trio who received unanimous approvals from the IGC, FanDuel, DraftKings and FantasyDraft, have had their temporary agreements approved to formal licenses. Daily Fantasy Sports companies...
Failure of the legislature to sign off on July 1 budget puts lottery in an embarrassing position... again Lottery ticket retailers in states bordering Illinois started to enjoy a bonanza of additional sales this weekend following the news that Illinois lawmakers failed on Friday to complete the new budget, or come up with a solution to mandatory measures that the...
Revenue keeps rising Figures for gambling operations in the state of Nevada during the month of May 2017 have been released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board, showing that revenues rose year-on-year by 3.5 percent. Revenues for May came in at $991.6 million (May 2016: $957.9 million) with the biggest contribution coming from slots at $647.2 million, followed by table...
Events 50 and 53 in the history books Chris Bolek has taken down the World Series of Poker , $1,500 No-Limit Hold'Em Bounty for his first bracelet and a $266,646 pay-check. Bolek outplayed a field of 1,927, ultimately defeating Bryan Emory heads-up for the title. Final Table Results were: 1 Chris Bolek - $266,646 2 Bryan Emory - $164,735 3...
US Attorney General will recuse himself from reviews of 2011 opinion on the Wire Act Sheldon Adelson's Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling seems to have blundered in its lobbying efforts to get the Department of Justice and US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to review a 2011 DoJ opinion that the Wire Act applies only to sports betting (see previous InfoPowa...
Yoon wins third WSOP bracelet, Yockey his first The 2017 World Series of Poker has crowned another two title winners. Bryan Yoon took down Event 47, the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack for $1,094,349 and his third gold career bracelet, outplaying a field of 6,716 over four full days of play. Yoon defeated Belarus-native Ihar Soika in fast-paced heads-up battle....