GVC Holdings online poker subsidiary PartyPoker has made a set of enhancements to the look and feel of the lobby and tables after analysing the feedback from a large group of players. Notable changes will be conducted in two phases and the first that meets the eye is the new darker colour scheme that has […]

The total of 10 Pennsylvania poker rooms brought the lifetime total to $402.5 million to date. During the calendar year 2015 the poker rooms raked around $57,5 million and in calendar year 2016 about one million more – $58,6 million. Pennsylvania has had poker rooms since 2010 and the last two years have contributed to […]

A bill that would have legalized charitable gambling including poker games in North Carolina was vetoed by the governor Ray Cooper. Back in March, a Senate Bill 154: Charitable Fundraising for Non-profit Orgs was created by Senators Rick Gunn, Paul A. Lowe and Kathy Harrington. The bill would allow the organizations and their partners to […]

The 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event, with its $8.15 million prize, got its winner on Sunday. Scott Blumstein won the series’ marquee no-limit Texas Hold’em on July 23 in Las Vegas.  Blumstein, a 25-year-old graduate of Temple University, is from Brigantine, New Jersey, and he is a regular on New Jersey online poker […]

Online poker giant PokerStars is bringing a popular new live poker tournament series MEGASTACK which is set to debut in New Jersey this October after a successful opener in Europe. The series launched in the UK at The Hippodrome Casino in April and attracted over 520 entries which is twice the normal field. The Sunday […]

PokerStars, arguably the biggest online poker room with full international reach, announced through a press release they will reimburse all PKR player balances with no strings attached starting July 6, 2017. Microgaming Poker Network suspended PKR on May 3, after the online poker site admitted it was facing severe financial difficulties due to which the […]

Poker revenues in the Silver state have gone up year-over-year despite the fact number of poker tables and poker rooms continues to drop. Nevada funnelled in a combined $8.9 million in poker revenue this May, the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has announced. The amount is an increase in the numbers published in the same period […]

The high-stake poker television show, Poker Night in America, which premiers every Sunday and Monday on CBS Sports Network in North America enjoys a broad viewership that will be delighted to hear the news about the newly-announced social poker app. Poker Night in America app will feature all of the standard Pokerist features such as […]

On the second day of this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament at Rio Casino, Phil Hellmuth set his shoes on fire in the parking lot. The most successful player in the WSOP history and 14-time bracelet winner took a rather unusual strategy in order to change his luck at the tables. After a […]

The world’s fastest sprinter has decided to join the online poker site, Poker Stars and to become a brand ambassador for the poker giant. He will participate in marketing campaigns and make public appearances in order to attract new players to the site. PokerStars has most recently confirmed it will not end the practice of […]