LOBBY GROUP URGES AUSTRALIAN VOTERS TO BACK ONLINE POKER
The Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA) has called on poker players in the country to lobby their local politicians to support legalizing online poker ahead of this year’s federal election. Australians will head to the polls on May 18 and…
SPAIN PORTUGAL AND FRANCE PLEASED WITH POKER LIQUIDITY AGREEMENT RESULTS
On July 6, 2017, online poker authorities from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain entered into an online poker liquidity agreement allowing the four countries to link their respective online gambling markets, with the purpose of achieving an attractive volume of…
RUSSIAN POKER – EVOPLAY ENTERTAINMENT
Russian Poker is the first table-game launch of 2019 from game development studio Evoplay Entertainment. “Russian variant of poker presents new and challenging twist to kick off 2019” Designed with the classic golden age of casino tables in mind, each and every…
LATEST JAPAN OPEN POKER TOUR SHOWS LOCAL POKER POPULARITY CONTINUES TO GROW
by Makoto Katayama The growing interest in live poker in Japan was there for all to see as the Japan Open Poker Tour (JOPT) held its most recent event at Bagus Place in Ginza, Tokyo from 11 to 14 January,…
POWER VS LIBERTY GROUND ZERO IN THE UK
I often call gaming the canary in the coal mine for the wider global economy. Here I’d like to go into that idea a little deeper. The import of that comparison is not necessarily laden in technical patterns, but rather within…
POKERSTARS AND BETSTARS LAUNCH IN SWEDEN
PokerStars and BetStars launch follows receipt of a license from Sweden’s gambling regulator Lotteriinspektionen in December 2018. The new framework gives players based in Sweden full access to poker games and tournaments at PokerStars.se and FullTilt.se, initially approximately 370 markets across 25 sports and specialist betting options at…
POKERSTARS STRENGTHENS SPONSORSHIP HAND WITH UFC PARTNERSHIP
Joe Streeter PokerStars became the UFC’s first-ever ‘Official Poker Partner’ at last weekend’s UFC 232 event, which took place at the The Forum in Inglewood, California. The partnership saw the creation of a new sponsorship category, underlining the UFC’s continued quest…
2019 POKER PREDICTIONS #3: THE YEAR OF POKERSTARS
Lee Davy continues his brief explorations into the possible futures that 2019 holds for poker with a viewpoint that PokerStars will have a rather excellent year. The last time a poker room spent a year marketing a single tournament, partypoker nailed it…
WORLD SERIES OF POKER TO ADD SPECIAL EVENTS TO CELEBRATE 50TH EDITION
Associated Press · LAS VEGAS (AP) — The World Series of Poker will mark its 50th edition next year. Owner Caesars Interactive Entertainment on Thursday announced the premier tournament will feature special events in 2019 to celebrate, including a…
WORLD POKER TOUR TO MERGE WITH ALLIED ESPORTS
Black Ridge Acquisition has agreed a deal to purchase the World Poker Tour (WPT) Enterprises and Allied Esports International assets from Ourgame International Holdings and merge the two businesses to form a new entity. The combined company will operate as…