Legal Massachusetts Sports Betting Goes Live

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Retail sports betting first, then online Massachusetts has finally joined most of its neighbors, as its legal sports betting market has gone live. As of 10:00am Tuesday, people located within the borders of the Commonwealth can place bets at one of three brick-and-mortar casinos: Encore Boston Harbor, MGM Springfield, and Plainridge Park Casino. All just… Read more »

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888 Share Price Plummets as CEO Leaves Under Shadow of Internal Investigation Into AML and KYC Failures

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888 staggered The bottom dropped out of shares in gambling group 888 Holdings plc on Monday as CEO and Executive Director Itai Pazner has stepped down from both roles as an internal investigation into possible failures in the company’s anti-money laundering (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) processes. 888’s shares opened down nearly 10% from Friday’s close… Read more »

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partypoker Reworks Tournament Schedule, Adds 600 Events Per Week

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$3 million in guarantees each week Partypoker has announced a new tournament schedule, featuring more than $3 million in guaranteed prize pools. That money is spread out over tons of events – the online poker room has added around 600 new tournaments to the weekly schedule. And good news for us low-rollers: the “super micro”… Read more »

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Portugal’s Michel Dattani Emerges as Champion of 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event

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In a quick four-hour final table, Portugal’s Michel Dattani emerged from the 889-entry field to capture the championship of the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. In winning the first PCA since 2019, Dattani also captures his largest-ever payday after making a deal with countryman Pedro Neves, who earned second-place honors. In a rather strange occurrence, however,… Read more »

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Michigan Poker Player Gets Probation for Running Poker Room

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In the world of poker, the laws have been changing in some areas very quickly. Michigan is one of those states where online poker has recently come to town, but it has also come with a crackdown on charitable poker. For one Michiganite, the myriad of gaming laws has resulted in him pleading guilty to… Read more »

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Michel Dattani Leads 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event, Taylor Paur & Jonathan Little in Pursuit

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The players are certainly showing PokerStars the error in their ways. Three years after the last excursion to the Caribbean, the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has once again taken its place among the most prestigious events on the international tournament circuit. In the $10,000 Main Event, they are down to the penultimate day with Michel… Read more »

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Chopped Pot at WSOP Circuit Final Table Somehow Results in a Player Being Eliminated

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Uh…what just happened? The latest poker controversy has dropped: a split pot at the final table of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit event somehow resulted in player being eliminated from the tournament. The incident occurred when the WSOP Circuit Rozvadov Main Event at King’s Casino – the home venue for WSOP Europe –… Read more »

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Bill to Legalize Online Poker Introduced in New York

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Skill game, not luck If nothing else, you’ve got to commend New York State Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow for his persistence. On Tuesday, Pretlow introduced a bill that would legalize online poker something, he has tried nearly every year for about a decade. Pretlow’s tactic is to classify poker as a game of skill, therefore… Read more »

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Georgia Destroys TCU in College Football Playoff National Championship Game, Dashes Mattress Mack’s Hopes Early

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Mack wasn’t alone Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale always knows he could lose his enormous sports bets, but he probably didn’t think he’d effectively have no chance to win his wager on the College Football Playoff National Championship game Monday night halfway through the second quarter. Mack had put over $3m on TCU to defeat the… Read more »

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