Poker players in Nevada will be interested to know that they can qualify for the popular WPT Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic by playing online satellite events hosted by the playMGM online poker website. MGM Resorts International launched an online casino and online poker website under theRead Full Article

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

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

Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey are the only three states in American to have legalized online poker. New Jersey was the last state to approve online poker in 2013 and since there more than 10 states have taken steps to pass online gambling legislation but so far noneRead Full Article

Partypoker, which recently launched a series of online poker tournaments called PowerFest, has reported steady financial growth. Its parent company, GVC Holdings, reported early this month that the company’s first as well as third quarter revenues showed substantial growth year-on-year and that partypoker was responsible for most ofRead Full Article

Online poker players around the world will be excited to know that Global Poker will be running a month long online poker festival in October that will allow poker players from all over the world to participate. The company recently released its schedule for the Global Poker ChampionshipsRead Full Article

New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware are currently the only three states in America to have legalized online poker. New Jersey could see hundreds of poker players from different states heading over to take part in the New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOOP) which is a part ofRead Full Article

The Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016 was passed by the Australian Senate last month, effectively burying online poker in Australia. The Government quickly passed the bill despite lobbying efforts from Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA), Sen. David Leyonhjelm and poker players in support of the game during aRead Full Article

PokerStars, the biggest online poker website in the world recently announced via its blog that it will start introducing higher payouts from September 11, 2017. The online poker giant is estimated to dominate nearly 70 percent of the global poker market and is constantly trying to implement newRead Full Article

888poker officially launched a new online poker game called Flopomania on August 20. Though Flopomania may seem largely similar to the regular Texas hold’em cash game, it differs in one major aspect. In the current format, the preflop betting round has been limited which speeds up the gameRead Full Article