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Written By: Maya Michaels | February 5, 2021 | Posted In Poker News

The New Hampshire Lottery Commission has won its case against the US Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the latter’s 2018 revised opinion on the Wire Act. Again. As first reported on Twitter by Jeff Ifrah, a lawyer affiliated with the litigation, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the plaintiff. It thus […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | January 27, 2021 | Posted In Poker News

Every month, Bovada Poker designates one special Sunday to host a massive $1 million guaranteed online poker tournament. The $535 buy-in Monthly Milly is all set to run Sunday, Jan. 31 at 3 p.m. ET. There’s also still plenty of time to qualify for the event at a discount. The popular online poker site is […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | January 22, 2021 | Posted In Poker News

Earlier this month, a bill was introduced in Indiana that will attempt to legalize online poker in the state. Senator Jon Ford introduced SB 417, which would legalize all forms of online casino gambling in Indiana. Under the legislation in the bill the 14 casinos and racinos in Indiana would be able to set up […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | January 12, 2021 | Posted In Poker News

On December 29, 2020, Gretchen Whitmer signed an amendment to the bill that authorizes interstate online poker. The Michigan Gaming Control Board will be able to facilitate agreements with regulators in other states to share online poker player pools. This happened exactly one year and nine days from the signing of the Lawful Internet Gaming […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | January 7, 2021 | Posted In Poker News

The Michigan State Assembly has approved with an overwhelming majority a measure allowing the state to participate in multi-state player-pooling agreements with other US states that also offer regulated online poker. Michigan legislators sought to include multi-state player pools in online poker since July of 2020, so they can help more people find more games. […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | January 1, 2021 | Posted In Poker News

Bovada Poker is hosting its biggest Holiday Series ever, with $3.1 million in total guarantees. The action kicked off on Saturday, December 26 and runs until Thursday, January 7, with a series schedule that boasts 63 events. Every Sunday you can take part in the Holiday Series Special, a $150+$12 buy-in event with a $221,000 […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | December 31, 2020 | Posted In Poker News

Italian-licensed operators generated a record monthly high of €258.9m in igaming revenues last month, and out of that amount, €123.6m was from online casino. The total represents the first time the dot.it market has generated a monthly return of more than €250m . According to figures supplied by Ficom Leisure to iGB, Flutter Entertainment-owned PokerStars […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | December 29, 2020 | Posted In Poker News

Ahead of the New Year, the award-winning gaming and betting technology provider BetConstruct has announced the launch of its flagship event of the year – CIS Online Poker Championship. It’s running from December 19, 2020 until January 10, 2021.  The event is a series of poker tournaments with an unprecedented total guaranteed prize pool of […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | December 8, 2020 | Posted In Poker News

Playtech has launched its iPoker network, the first regulated poker network in the Swiss market, with the leading operator Swiss Casinos Group. Focused on growth in regulated markets worldwide, in line with Playtech’s wider strategy, the iPoker network offers an excellent liquidity pool, backed by premium software and services developed to comply with regulatory requirements […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | November 28, 2020 | Posted In Poker News

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak of 2020, many major live poker tours decided move their events online.  Some of them were the World Series of Poker, the European Poker Tour, and now the World Poker Tour.  The World Poker Tour will be live in New Jersey on the partypoker US Network this December. This is […]