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DOVER, Del. (Jan. 17, 2017) — Six Texas Hold’ em tournaments with more than $40,000 in guaranteed prizes, including one with $25,000 guaranteed, highl...
On Thursday, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa staked its claim as a premier poker destination as it officially opened its new, state-of-t...
Nearly three years after starting a strategic partnership agreement with WTPDeepStacks Poker Tour, the World Poker Tour announced recently that they’v...
The L.A. Poker Classic is set to begin today at Commerce Casino, a venue located in Los Angeles, California and see a minimum of $350,000 in guarantee...
Canadian online and land-based gaming company, Amaya Gaming, have recently announced that they’ve finally outlined an agreement with Isai Scheinberg a...
After holding their initial man-versus-machine poker tournament in April of 2015, computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania ...
In honor of this year’s Super Bowl, the Venetian Casino of Las Vegas and the Mid-States Poker Tour are teaming up to offer the first annual ‘Poker Bow...
With less than a month until the Aussie Millions 2017 Poker Championship starts, both seasoned pros and upcoming contenders are warming up for on the ...
Poker pro Phil Ivey has battled two lawsuits that are almost identical as both accuse Ivey and his playing partner Cheung Yin Sun for using a controve...
Global sport betting and online gambling provider, GVC Holdings, have confirmed yesterday that they would be selling their payment processing business...
Canadian based Amaya Inc is currently considering an acquisition proposal submitted by David Baazov, the former chairman and chief executive officer. ...
In China, a court has heard how an illegal online gambling website established in 2012 processed nearly $60 billion in wagers from some two million pe...
On Tuesday Amaya shares fell nearly 10 percent at one point and closed 6 percent lower on news that Dubai-based KBC Aldini Capital Ltd. has claimed t...
It’s seems that the recent efforts of the Australian Government to tighten regulations for online operators could see a number of big names in the onl...
David Baazov, former CEO and Chairman of Amaya Gaming has made an official bid to buy the Canadian gaming and gambling company to a total price of C$3...