Posted by Carolyn on Nov 16, 2017 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

The state of Pennsylvania is ranked in 5th place in terms of population based on the 2017 World Population Review with 12.8 million residents and online gaming operators are looking forward to enter the Keystone stake as Pennsylvania only recently lifted the ban on online gambling and joined Nevada, Delaware andRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Nov 15, 2017 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Canadian based Stars Group which is the parent company of PokerStars released its third quarter results for the year which proved to be very strong. The company had an increase of $329.4 million in revenues which was a 22 percent year on year increase and saw EBITDA goRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Nov 02, 2017 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Bet had to exit the U.S online poker market in 2011 after the Department of Justice (DoJ) indicted senior executives for all three online poker operators on a number of charges. These three leading online poker websites exited the U.S market withoutRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Nov 01, 2017 Posted in Interviews, Poker Industry News | No Comments »

India’s President, Ram Nath Kovind  will be honoring female poker pro Muskan Sethi sometime in November. She will be receiving this honor at a ceremony along with 99 other women who have been handpicked as special achievers for their accomplishments in various male-dominated fields. Sethi Recognized ForBeing PioneeringRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Oct 31, 2017 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

partypoker dethroned PokerStars from being the ‘Poker Operator Of The Year’ at the recent EGR Awards ceremony and the online poker operator is continuing to take major steps to restablish its brand and become one of the top online poker websites in the world. partypoker introduced its partypokerRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Oct 29, 2017 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

partypoker claimed the title of Poker Operator of the Year at the EGR Operator Awards 2017 which is considered as one of the most prestigious award ceremonies in the eGaming calendar. The newly reinvented poker operator battled against four other leading operators to win the award at theRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Oct 28, 2017 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Online gaming lobbyists such as the Pokers Players Alliance (PPA) have campaigned for years to get online gambling approved in Pennsylvania. Their efforts finally paid off last week when Pennsylvania decided to legalize iGaming bill H 271 after legislators were able to reach a mutual agreement after aRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Oct 20, 2017 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Professional poker players and poker lobbyists have fought for years to prove that the game of poker is different from other forms of gambling which are based solely on the element of luck. Poker players have pointed out that to be consistently successful at poker; one needs aRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Oct 19, 2017 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

The World Poker Tour (WPT) will visit Uruguay in October as it prepares to host WPT Uruguay from October 31 to November 5 at the popular Enjoy Punta del Este. Brasil Poker Live will present WPT Uruguay which will have 11 exciting events with buy-ins starting from $220Read Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Oct 18, 2017 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

The European poker market has not done very well in the last five years as Spain, France, Italy and Portugal have all reported sluggish online poker markets in recent times. Stringent gaming regulations, small player pools, lack of proper competition and limited cash prizes did not help boostRead Full Article