Sports betting fever seems to be catching up in California, where the official introduction of sports betting amendment to the law was done by Assembly member Adam Gray If the federal government allows betting on sports betting, the new bill will regulate the sports betting industry California seems to be on the list of many states, trying to..

Scott Blumstein, 25-year-old New Jersey resident who has a degree in accounting, has become the 2017 World Series of Poker Champion by winning the series’ marquee no-limit Texas Hold’em main event He won US$81 million as the top prize Blumstein eliminated Daniel Ott to become the number one in the match The final winning move from..

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) after observing the take of other countries on digital currency has decided to issue its own digital currency based on blockchain technology as it believes the move would likely benefit the country by speeding up the transaction process and lowering the fees According to the head of the National Payments..

Kenya’s largest betting company, SportPesa, which has recently expanded its business to the international market by entering the Italian market is in the news again, this time for moving to the court to challenge the 35% tax on revenue which came was signed into law by the President Uhuru Kenyatta last month The law will come into force..

The table for the main event was set for the final nine players who returned after a two-day break Unlike the tradition of waiting for months for the WSOP main event to crown a winner, instead this year the tournament officials decided to cut the wait short in favour of a summer resolution In the very first hand the Englishman, John Hesp made his..

The rise in the price of Bitcoin has raised the total cryptocurrency market value to pass $90 billion by Thursday evening, value not observed since early July The sets out the market cap towards the earlier achieved $100 billion marks when it reached an all-time high of $115bn in June The current market cap of all currencies combined stands at..

In a major clean out of kidnapping gangs that target the wealthy foreigners in Manila, Philippines Police have made several arrests The case came to notice after the abduction of Wu Yan, a 48-year-old Singaporean woman on July 17 Yan was playing baccarat at Solaire Resorts and Casino in Pasay City, Metro Manila where she was approached by two men..

A bill has been signed by the governor of Connecticut, Dannel Malloy, which has made way for the third casino in the state of Connecticut, intended to compete with the MGM Springfield The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Tribes that run Foxwood, and Mohegan Sun Casinos, respectively, can open a casino jointly on a non-tribal reservation land,..

A whopping $32 million worth was made off in cryptocurrency Ether by unknown hackers The hackers somehow managed to find a vulnerability in Parity Wallet that offers users services to keep crypto currencies The hackers on discovering the bug managed to take away 153,000 Ether in three separate transactions A group of white hat hackers took notice..

The Card Player Poker Tour Venetian main event surprised everyone after the $5,000 buy-in event building a $3,199,200 prize pool that blew away the $2,000,000 guarantee The no-limit main event drew a total of 688 players With 149 new players entering the day 2 adding to the 539 entries of the starting two flights, it was an impressive 28%..

Resorts Casino Hotel, New Jersey has become the first casino in Atlantic City that lets the patrons play daily fantasy sports contests for money The casino launched FastPick, a daily fantasy sports game on Monday, in which the customers have to choose from real world athletes for head-to-head player matchups It marks the spread out of daily..

McKeeva Bush, 62, Speaker of the House, Cayman Islands was arrested at a casino in South Florida by Seminole Police late Monday night The reports of the arrests have been confirmed by the two Florida law enforcement agencies on Wednesday The allegations against Mr Bush are one count of “touch or strike/battery”, and according to the..

In a bid to attract international investments in technologies like Blockchain technology, cryptocurrency and even self-driving cars, that were once forbidden or seen too risky Belarus has drafted a bill this week that will address these high tech IT spheres With the draft legislation, Belarus is not alone targeting the Eastern Europe country but..

The Card Player Poker Tour (CPPT) is heading back to Oceanside, California to Ocean’s 11 Casino for the fourth time in the tour’s history starting this Thursday The event spread out over three days from July 20-22 will have six starting flights in the $250 buy-in main event The main event of CPPT held in April had managed to collect a..

After the ten days of tension, the final table of WSOP 2017 Main Event has been set with 9 participants left from the 7,221 entrants The game will seek the title winner, over the span of three days, which will be played from July 20-July 22 Two players are returning candidates, Antoine Saout and Ben Lamb who have participated earlier in 2009 and..

SportPesa, Kenyan sports betting operator, has entered the Italian betting market after acquiring a significant shareholding in RCS Gaming and thus has expanded its European profile RCS Media Group, the betting/gaming arm of European media giant, operates popular media properties like La Gazzetta dello Sport, Marca, El Mundo and La Corriere The..

The gambling facilities in Massachusetts got two extra hours to serve alcohol until 4 am Gov Charlie Baker signed in a provision in the law that changes the rule where casinos could sell the alcohol till 2 am The newly added language in the law gives the Massachusetts Gaming Commission the ability to issue liquor licenses with the last call at 4..

The total value of all cryptocurrencies has increased by $22 billion after a surge in the prices of these digital currencies since Sunday The market started coming to life ever since the weekend crash with total prices adding to about $12 billion on Tuesday The prices of Bitcoin went up by 15% while, the prices of Ethereum increased by more than..

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has given out a strong warning against illegal fantasy sports leagues with entry fees UKGC stated in the notice that anyone running a fantasy contest business could be going against the law The notice from UKGC comes ahead of the English Premier League (EPL) season that begins in August The UKGC has given out..

The Michigan Gaming Control Board marking the 20th anniversary Michigan gaming and revenue act on Monday said that the three casinos from Detroit have paid in taxes, a total of $45 billion to the Michigan state and Detroit city, ever since the launch of commercial gambling in the city Gov John Engler signed the legislation that allowed up to..