Defeats Grospellier heads-up Young American poker pro, Dough 'WCGRider' Polk, has won the WSOP $111,111 One Drop High Roller, his third career bracelet and $3,686,856 after defeating French pro Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier in heads-up play. Considered one of the most prestigious bracelet events, Polk outplayed a field of 130 against what is considered some of the best players in the...
On proprietary platform across web and mobile channels New Jersey gaming provider Pala Interactive has soft launched PalaPoker.com in the New Jersey market offering its proprietary online and mobile poker platform in an open beta period to gather input from players. Pala Poker, operating under the Borgata license, becomes the fourth online poker network in the New Jersey market. InfoPowa...
Proposal a build-on to Senate bill A sweeping gambling reform bill H271 was passed by Pennsylvania's full House of Representatives Wednesday. The speed of the bill's passage has surprised many following years of back and forth and several previously unsuccessful attempts at legalizing online gambling (see previous InfoPowa reports). The bill, which was voted on by the House of Representatives...
Driven by sports betting, slots and table games An industry advisory from the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) indicates a 1.19 percent total gaming revenue increase during the month of April 2017 to reach $886,528,810 and a 3.03 percent increase for the fiscal year to date. NGCB said the NCAA basketball tournament along with an upswing in slots and tables...
To online gambling, fantasy sports and even eSports The Massachusetts Special Commission on Online Gaming, Fantasy Sports Gaming and Daily Fantasy Sports, tasked by state lawmakers with studying and presenting recommendations on the regulation of intrastate-legalised online gambling (see previous InfoPowa reports), met Tuesday in anticipation of a July 31, 2017 deadline for submission of its report. State House News...
Tag Team event sees couple donate half their winnings to charity Poker pros Igor Kurganov and Liv Boeree, who have been dating for several years, have won their first WSOP career bracelets in Event 2 of the 2017 series, the $10,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em event. The duo defeated a field of 102 teams to take home $273,964, half of...
Second WSOP career bracelet Event 7, the WSOP $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball, was taken down by American pro, Martin Jesse, marking his 48th WSOP cash, his second WSOP career bracelet and fattening his bank balance by $130,948. The three-day event drew a total of 225 lowball specialists with a total prize pool of $506,250. Thirty-four players cashed in the...
New York City this November Clarion Gaming will launch its inaugural 'Sports Betting USA' conference in New York City this November. The conference will offer content specific to the complexities and potential of the relatively untapped US market. Content will focus on the sports and gaming sectors, the legislative path to the repeal of PASPA; sports integrity misconceptions; data monetization...
Gaming commission empowered to consider past activity John Bonacic's Senate Bill S3898, recently approved by the New York Senate Finance Committee (see previous InfoPowa reports), has been amended to include a bad actor clause. Enactment of S3898 would see certain types of poker classified and legalized as skill games, formalize a regulatory regime under the New York State Gaming Commission...
48th world class tournament to open its doors in Las Vegas The 2017 48th World Series of Poker will get underway later today (Tuesday) and run for the next forty-nine days at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Nearly 500 poker tables have been set up across more than 100,000 square-feet of ballroom space to accommodate...
