Monica E. May 13, 2014 13:36:36
After an incident at WSOP last month, poker players demand severe punishments for cheaters. The poker community is pushing for Nevada lawmakers to change the current American gambling laws and adopt stricter rules against collusion and cheating. The information was picked up and spread by twoplustwo, the influential online poker forum visited by players from […]
Alex Nevsky May 13, 2014 13:30:10
US Patent and Trademark Office approves PokerStars patent for fast-folding poker game dubbed Zoom Poker. Contrary to most experts’ predictions, PokerStars has received patent application approval for their Zoom Poker game. The fast-fold type poker type was developed by the brand’s owner Rational Group and quickly grew in popularity with poker enthusiasts around the world. […]
Iva P. May 12, 2014 16:32:06
Two extremely rich and famous US casino tycoons are concentrated on two cities – Tokyo and Osaka – as the possible home of the first casino resort in Japan. Japan is still an unexplored gambling diamond in the region, but with the expected changes in the Japanese gambling laws, broker CLSA projected that it can […]
Tom S. May 12, 2014 16:21:23
Sun, Samba and silky skills. Those are the images conjured up when thinking of the rich tradition of Brazilian football. So with the country hosting the World Cup for the second time this year, you’d expect there to be a state of delirium throughout the country’s cities. Unfortunately, there has been another side to the […]
Alex Nevsky May 12, 2014 16:17:23
British Premier League is seeking a new sponsor, after Barclays said they will be pulling out by the end of 2015/16 season. There’s a new champions in the Premier League: Manchester City, who managed to hold on to their lead, after winning over West Ham on the weekend. And although Liverpool overturned the 1 goal […]
Alex Nevsky May 12, 2014 15:48:28
World Cup betting has already commenced a month ahead of the actual competition’s kick off. The 2014 FIFA World Cup is only a month away, but punters and fans are already getting restless. The championship in Brazil is not only the biggest football event of the year, well, 4 years to be exact, but also […]
Tom S. May 12, 2014 15:33:05
James Packer could get his Sri Lankan casino after all, as the government has announced there is no reason why existing licenses cannot be transferred to new operators. Previously, the government had commented on conflicting Sri Lankan gambling laws by saying there would be no new casino licenses handed out. That wasn’t enough for anti-casino […]
The conventional wisdom says Sheldon Adelson is opposing online casinos to protect himself from competition. The conventional wisdom is wrong. Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is held up as the embodiment of greed. A man who will do anything to make a buck, pay any price to make sure his long-term interests are protected. […]
Iva P. May 12, 2014 13:40:04
UK and Ireland Poker Tour in Nottingham makes a record, scoring the great number of 1,223 players, creating the outstanding guarantee prize pool of GBP 1,223,000. Ben Miller is the leader, playing for the first prize of GBP 218,300, as he was very concentrated and played as a champion, building a stack of 264,200 chips. […]
Iva P. May 12, 2014 13:22:06
Last week was not the luckiest for Phil “Polarizing” Ivey and Paul “MalACEsia” Phua, who lost big sums at the Full Tilt Poker high stakes tables. They both made it into the gambling news with the fascinating amount of money they had to part with. It seems that Phua had the worst luck, as he […]
