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Written By: Maya Michaels | July 29, 2022 | Posted In Poker News

June was the least profitable month for Pennsylvanian online poker in 2022, with only $2.6 million in revenue. Despite a down month for revenue, data from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) show that in May and June of this year, the market recorded its most stable annual growth rate since its inception — the […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | July 22, 2022 | Posted In Poker News

Global Poker, a rising online poker giant, is bringing back its fourth edition of the popular series, The GOAT. The series runs from July 18 to Aug. 7, and boasts GC 825,250,000 and SC 1,845,000 in guarantees. During the 21 days of action, there will be 216 different events, each with a trophy and big […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | July 11, 2022 | Posted In Poker News

Today, the World Series of Poker enshrined Las Vegas poker professional Layne Flack into the 2022 Poker Hall of Fame. The highly anticipated commemoration was held in tandem with the Final Table of the WSOP Main Event® and the Hall of Fame Bounty Tournament at Bally’s & Paris Las Vegas. Known as one of the […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | July 1, 2022 | Posted In Poker News

Meet the brand new PokerListings The Festival Online Series! This poker tournament series is one not-to-be-missed with $750,000 guaranteed and most buy-ins ranging between $22 and $215. The action kicks off starting 7 July and will culminate on 31 July with the $215 buy-in $150,000 GTD Main Event. The Main Event will take place over […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | June 24, 2022 | Posted In Poker News

MGM Resorts International is full steam ahead. The casino operator’s online gambling division announced a partnership with Carnival Corporation to offer retail and mobile sports betting and online casino gambling on cruise ships in international waters. Under the deal, gaming will be available on more than 50 ships ported in the U.S. spanning Carnival Cruise […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | June 15, 2022 | Posted In Poker News

The exclusive and wildly popular Sunday Sale is back this Sunday, 19 June gracing the tables at 888poker. Players can enjoy a massive discount of up to 50% off buy-ins in two popular tournaments. These discounts are just for 888poker players. So, now you’ve got yet another reason to spend this Sunday playing at 888poker! […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | June 8, 2022 | Posted In Poker News

The World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas will have a $15m guaranteed prize pool, which makes it the biggest single live tournament guarantee in the history of poker. The marquee event of the multi-tournament festival, which runs from 1-20 December 2022, will be the $10,400 buy-in championship event that will culminate […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | June 1, 2022 | Posted In Poker News

888poker has announced that it is on track to return almost $300,000 of refunds to its players in 2022, having recovered more funds from accounts aided by artificial intelligence than in any other year. Using sophisticated and innovative methods of detection, 888poker has continued to make progress in tackling the issue of bots, which use […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | May 26, 2022 | Posted In Poker News

The XL Spring Series kicked off on May 22 and is slated to run through June 7. The 37-event series is jampacked with affordable buy-in tournaments – starting as low as $11 with the majority ranging between $16.50 and $55. The series culminates with a $500,000 GTD Multiflight Main Event, which costs just $250 to […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | May 17, 2022 | Posted In Poker News

It was announced that 888 plans to complete the buyout of William Hill “on or around” June 30, 2022, after shareholders overwhelmingly approved the transaction. 888 shareholders voted in favor of the proposed acquisition at the company’s Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), with approximately 307 million votes cast in favor. This is more than 99 percent […]