In the business world, many companies will often buy up other website domain names – called URLs, or uniform resource locator – which offers the internet address (or domain name) that people might be interested in. There are those occasions that these companies have let those URLs lapse and eager entrepreneurs or website “speculators” swoop… Read more »
Month: April 2021
PokerStars Inks Six New Ambassadors
We are in a distinctly new era of online poker than we were in just a decade ago. During the poker boom, online poker rooms – Full Tilt Poker, especially – raced to sign as many poker pros and poker celebrities as they could to represent their sites. Black Friday killed most of that (and… Read more »
England Man Wins Lawsuit Against Betfred, Will Be Paid $2.3 Million Jackpot
It’s been a long time coming Andrew Green can finally celebrate. The 54-year-old from Lincolnshire, England won a life-changing £1.7 million ($2.3 million) jackpot on internet gambling site Betfred in 2018, but since then, he has been unable to collect his money. Now he can. Green took Betfred to high court and on Wednesday, he… Read more »
Scientific Games Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit by Two Casinos
Lawsuit alleges monopoly created by cheating If you have visited a casino or watched poker on television, you have almost assuredly seen an automatic shuffler built into the gaming tables. They are wonders of technology: when the hand is over, the dealer just grabs a new, shuffled deck from the device’s cute, little elevator and… Read more »
Former NBA Star Paul Pierce Fired By ESPN After Racy Home Poker Game Video
It looked like a good time, at least This shouldn’t need to be said, but if you are married with children and have, say, a good job, perhaps it is a bad idea to live stream yourself intoxicated at a home poker game surrounded by strippers. That’s exactly what former NBA star and soon-to-be Hall… Read more »
Illinois Governor Decides to Reinstate In-Person Online Sports Betting Account Registration Requirement
Rule is only there because of politics Leave it to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to ruin a good thing. To be fair, the state legislators that drew up Illinois’ sports betting regulations were the original geniuses who came up with the awful rule, but Pritzker could easily fix things with a swipe of a pen.… Read more »
Mike Postle Drops Defamation Suit, Now Faces Anti-SLAPP Cases
It was thought that the case would not go anywhere, but now it is official. After filing a massive $330 million defamation suit against several top professional poker players, noted training sites, investigative personnel and even the media, disgraced citizen Mike Postle has dropped the lawsuit that he had filed. By doing so, he has… Read more »
Oregon Appeals Court Rules Portland Poker Rooms Violate State Gaming Laws
In a decision rendered by the Oregon Court of Appeals, Portland poker rooms that are operating outside of traditional Indian casinos may soon become a thing of the past. The decision on whether the “membership” version of poker rooms violated gaming laws was deemed a violation of the law by the Court of Appeals, a… Read more »
Phil Hellmuth Returns from the Brink, Wins “High Stakes Duel 2” Round 1 Against Daniel Negreanu
Down to nearly the felt, it would have been completely understandable if former World Champion Phil Hellmuth had simply chucked it in and moved on. Instead, with only a few chips to his stack, the 15-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner fought back. In the end, Hellmuth would eventually defeat fellow poker pro Daniel… Read more »
World Series of Poker Announces Preliminary 2021 Schedule
It has been one of the biggest questions of the year in the poker world. Will the 2021 World Series of Poker be held? We now have an answer to that – at least some of the question – as Caesars Entertainment and WSOP officials have announced the dates that the tournament schedule will tentatively… Read more »
Rio Las Vegas to Ramp Up to Full Hotel Operations April 19
Hotel had been closed mid-week Though COVID-19 vaccines are getting into arms at a rapid pace now, it is still going to be a while before things are back to normal in the United States. Things are definitely starting to feel a little more normal, though, as people are starting to return to some of… Read more »