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Written By: Maya Michaels | November 18, 2020 | Posted In Poker News

After experiencing decline in revenue last month, New Jersey online poker is now picking up its record-setting pace in 2020. According to figures released by the Division of Gaming Enforcement, the state’s online poker market generated $2.5 million in revenue during the month of October. October 2020 produced more revenue than any other October in […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | November 13, 2020 | Posted In Poker News

After two years of development, 888poker has released its brand new mobile poker platform for both iOS and Android.  Branded as the “Made To Play” poker platform, the latest 888 software update promises a vastly upgraded experience for players, created with user’s input and the latest in online poker industry standards. After 888poker found out […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | November 7, 2020 | Posted In Poker News

Last month, the 2020 World Series of Poker Online Main Event on GGPoker created a prize pool of more than $27 million. That amount was believed to represent the most money ever awarded in a single online poker tournament. Guinness World Records has now officially confirmed this as a fact, giving the event the award […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | October 23, 2020 | Posted In Poker News

One of the world’s biggest online poker markets has been shaken up after new rules and regulations that were set out this month. After Germany released regulations on October 15th, the online poker rooms were left to make adjustments in order to comply with the new landscape. The new rules, which were unveiled earlier this […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | October 16, 2020 | Posted In Poker News

Online poker operators have been hosting massive online tournament series in 2020, providing plenty of poker action to players who have little or no access to live poker during the pandemic.  888poker was one of them, though on a smaller scale and more accessible to larger audiences with varying bankrolls. The latest series was a […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | October 7, 2020 | Posted In Poker News

Michigan is moving steady toward launching online poker and casino sites. As of January, regulators were targeting early 2021 to roll out its market, but the COVID-19 pandemic made it urgent for state officials to get it going as quickly as possible in order to make up for the revenue loss from the brick-and-mortar casino […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | September 22, 2020 | Posted In Poker News

Online poker revenue in the state of New Jersey has reached its lowest point since the outbreak of COVID-19 caused Governor Phil Murphy to issue a statewide stay-at-home order on March 21. According to figures released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, online poker operators in the state combined to generate $3 million […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | September 18, 2020 | Posted In Poker News

Ever since the World Series of Poker was founded in 1970, it has been going steady while breaking records. To date, the WSOP has paid out over $3.3 billion in prize money, while offering unprecedented television and media exposure for its winners.  Due to the public health emergency around COVID-19 and the continued delay of […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | September 9, 2020 | Posted In Poker News

888poker has announced a new set of daily tournaments, called The Classic, that all run as freezeouts. It is currently being tested out in the dot-com market, with the view of making it permanent if uptake is good. Since launch week, some guarantees have been altered, suggesting the operator is keeping a close eye on […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | September 3, 2020 | Posted In Poker News

Flutter Entertainment is wrapping the PokerStars brand operations in China, Taiwan and Macau as part of the group’s plan to reduce the enlarged business’ exposure to unregulated markets following its merger with the Stars Group. In its announcement of the group’s financial results for the first six months of 2020 Flutter said “there were a […]