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Amaya Inc CEO David Baazov surprised the poker community last week when a report surfaced that Baazov had plans to acquire PokerStars, the biggest onl...
In a press release on Monday, David Baazov, chairman and chief executive officer of Montreal-based Amaya Inc, announced a plan for a takeover proposal...
PokerScout.com, a leading online poker traffic monitoring website, covers the poker traffic numbers of top online pokers sites in the industry. This w...
The 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championships are now scheduled, with event organizers announcing tour dates. PokerStars has partnered with the Aussie ...
Florida Governor Rick Scott told reporters Thursday that he had done his job and that now it's up to house leadership as to how his renegotiated gambl...
Airing on the CBS Sports Network, Poker Night in America is a popular show that covers live poker game play, with many top pros taking part. The next ...
Hard Rock International has announced plans to open it's second Dominican Republic Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in the country's capital of Santo Doming...
The first of two hotels to be built in north San Jose, California, part of a new casino, hotel and office complex, may don the Hilton name, according ...
A poker tournament from August of last year is causing the Hialeah Park casino major issues due to ‘irregularities’ found in the game. Players partici...
The 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure began yesterday in Nassau, Bahamas, with the Atlantis Resort Casino at Paradise Island hosting throughout a ni...
On Wednesday, the Seven Mile Casino card room was allowed to reopen their doors after being shut down due to a federal raid. The venue was shut down f...
The new Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort in D'Iberville will establish a novel Mississippi Gulf Coast tradition on New Year's Eve this year with "The Raisi...
This week Colombia’s gambling regulator, Cojuegos, advised that three proposals had been drafted covering technical and regulatory requirements necess...
The U.S. state of Georgia is gearing up for a fight to decide gambling's future there. The fight will see titans battle for the hearts, minds, and pos...