Online gambling is currently operational in only three states in America. Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware are the only states that have an operational online gambling industry. Pennsylvania approved online gambling towards the end of 2017 but operations are yet to go live. The online poker industry inRead Full Article

When it comes to cheating in poker – is it easier to cheat in live poker events or online poker events. That will be an interesting debate as more complaints emerge from online poker players regarding shady practices being adopted. The latest poker pro to complain about aRead Full Article

Doug Polk has made a name for himself as a professional poker player and a YouTube personality. His DougPolkPoker channel was launched in 2016 and has quickly grown into a mainstay of the online poker scene. Since then, the YouTube channel has racked up more than 150,000 subscribersRead Full Article

Global Poker launched its Global Poker Championships in 2017 with the introduction of the inaugural Eagle Cup which had Sweeps Cash (SC) the company’s virtual currency as part of the guaranteed prize pool. The Eagle Cup had a prize pool of SC$1.25 million and saw more than 25,000Read Full Article

The World Poker Fund Holdings Inc (WPFH), a gaming development company that deals with event-based social gaming brands and platforms announces on December 27 that it will be launching its own Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Many companies in 2017 have proceeded with creating their own digital currency andRead Full Article

PartyPoker has been through a lot of ups and downs. A decade ago, PartyPoker was considered one of the top online poker websites in the world. However, it suffered a big hit when the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) became an official law in 2006. This forcedRead Full Article

 Gus ‘Great Dane’ Hansen will go down as one of the greatest poker players to have played the game, even though he has not made any waves in recent times. The Danish poker pro had taken a break from poker but is slowly making his return to theRead Full Article

Back in July 2017, a ground-breaking agreement was been made between the gaming regulators in Portugal, Italy, Spain, and France in order to enable shared player pools between the four countries in order to boost online poker revenues. While no official announcement has been made regarding when sharedRead Full Article

The European online gambling industry is a multi-billion industry that reportedly grows at a rate of 3 percent each year. The latest research from the European Commission shows that the online gambling industry in Europe generates in excess of €84 billion each year and more than 6.8 millionRead Full Article

New Jersey was under pressure for a couple of years to enter into an online poker shared liquidity agreement with Nevada and Delaware. This was because Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey were the only states to have legalized online gambling. The online poker markets in Nevada and DelawareRead Full Article