In the final moments of the legislature’s final day of the session, an unexpected turn of events saw Illinois lawmakers pass a bill on Wednesday to legalize online gambling and daily fantasy sports. In the hands of the House The bill, House Bill 479 (HB 479), passed the full Senate by a huge margin, receiving […]
As Bitcoin’s prominence as risen over the last couple of years, it has become a commonly accepted method of payment within the online gaming industry. The benefits of using this payment method is that its usually free and quick and does not require the users to provide any sensitive financial information. As Bitcoin continues to […]
(Credit: Photo courtesy of pokercentral) 44 players returned to the playing field on day two of the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl at the ARIA Resort & Casino. Just like the on day one, the players had to battle it out through seven levels of play to see which 19 would make it through to […]
(Credit: Photo courtesy of pokercentral) This years Super High Roller Bowl, hosted at Air Resort & Casino Las Vegas, acted as the kickoff broadcast for Poker Central’s new subscription service, PokerGo. Day 1 of the $300,000 buy-in, the largest of the year, saw the usual suspects surviving seven levels of action which trimmed the initial […]
Since 2007, WSOP has provided non-stop poker action for the entire month of June. This annual event, which kicks off Tuesday at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino, contributes greatly to the growing annual poker revenue in Las Vegas. Back when WSOP first started in Vegas, the monthly poker cash game revenue for Las […]
(Credit: Photo courtesy of indianz.com) The Chickasaw Nation continues to expand its gaming empire, recently breaking ground on a $10 million casino in Terral, Oklahoma. Although its a small town, the site is less than 2 miles from the Texas border, an important gaming market which currently only has one tribal-run casino, the Lucky Eagle, […]
Hard Rock, the gambling arm of the Seminole Indian tribe of Florida, struck a bargain when they purchased the formal Trump Taj Mahal for $50 million, which was pennies on the dollar compared to the $1.2 billion paid by current US President Donald Trump back in 1990. The deal, however, is not as good as […]
(Credit: Photo courtesy of 888poker) Seems like records within the poker industry are being broken left and right as of late. Just days after PokerStars broke the record for the highest combined payouts in a single day in online poker history, rival poker company, 888poker, also hitting headlines with news of the highest paying tournament […]
An authorisation to build a third casino in the state of Connecticut had been passed by the State Senate early Wednesday, moving the state’s two Native American tribes in East Windsor closer to their goal of building a gambling facility to compete with the upcoming MGM Springfield casino. The bill, which passed by a 24 […]
Over the last couple of days, several high stakes poker players fell victim to phone hacks and took to twitter to warn the community. Those who went public about the hacks were high stakes player Dan “Danny98765” Smith, former PokerStars pro turned DJ Venessa Rousso, and 3 time WSOP bracelet winner and PokerStars pro Vanessa […]
Complete legalisation of online gambling in Pennsylvania is looking brighter than ever as good news pour in one after the other. It was just yesterday that the Pennsylvania online gambling bill, formally known as House Bill 271, passed two separate State Senate committees by decisive margins. Now, just 1 day after, HB 271 easily passed […]
One of the most iconic landmarks of Las Vegas, Bellagio Fountains, has been entertaining millions since it was first erected 18 years ago. Several times each and every night, 1000s of eyes are fixated at the technological beauty that is the Bellagio Fountains, one of the best free attractions in the city. Now, rumours has […]
