State Sens Jim Whelan and Jeff Van Drew and Senate President Steve Sweeney introduced a legislation under which the Atlantic City’s casinos would remain open during any government shutdown The current law in New Jersey is that the casinos can stay open for seven days after the state government shuts down The bill, introduced would change..

Elior Sion, British high-stakes poker pro won the prestigious $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship at the 2017 WSOP on Friday morning after a straight-up match with Germany’s Johannes Becker Sion who goes popularly by the internet name of “Crazy Elior” made by far highest of his career by winning $1,395,767 while Becker..

Customers, whose accounts were compromised during the attack on the South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchange platforms’ data system, would be compensated by the exchange  An unidentified employee of the company is believed to be the source of origination of data leakage About 30,000 users have been affected by the data leak..

The Andrews Government has frozen the number of poker machines as part of the reforms to the industry, and there will be no new poker machine until 2042 in Victoria, Australia The current arrangement would be doubled under the new reform where the new batch of pokies licensing would be operational from 2022, valid for 20 years but it would not be..

Despite the opposition by the Federal Trade Commission, daily fantasy sports companies; DraftKings and FanDuel are going ahead with their merger decision FanDuel and DraftKings argued in a paper filed with the agency that the FTC's attempt to block the deal shows the unnecessarily rigid application of antitrust laws to an industry which is trying..

Thursday started the liquidation sale of the articles and all the contents of the Atlantic City’ Trump Taj Mahal The lobby of the Casino was filled up with hundreds of people in hopes of securing a deal These people weren’t gamblers; they were just bargain hunters looking out for rock-bottom prices at the liquidation sale of the casino..

The founder of the now-defunct Dogecoin exchange service Moolah, Ryan Kennedy, has been charged with fraud and money laundering by the UK police Kennedy appeared in court today, under the name Alex Green, created Moolah The exact charges weren’t identified; according to police, the associated crimes took place On June 29 new charges were..

Resorts World Manila that reopened on June 29 after an attack by a lone gunman that lead to 37 deaths is seeking to woo its customers back and rebuild its brand name by completing a new gaming zone this year According to Kingson Sian, Chief Executive Officer at Travellers International Hotel Group Inc, owner, and operator of the integrated casino..

PokerStars, the online poker operator giant, will roll out their new player rewards programs called Stars Rewards This move is aimed at creating opportunities of perks for players Spain, France, and Portugal experienced the initial rollout on 6th, and the new market is to be added on July 6 meaning players wouldn’t have to wait longer for..

In a move to a crackdown, the unauthorized provision of iGaming services in the country Slovakia’s Financial Administration has started to compile a list of illegal gambling websites and plans to release the list to the public on July 17 An amended gambling regulatory regime that allowed interested online sports betting operators to apply..

Digital currencies including Bitcoin were banned in Colombia and the only valid currency allowed is the peso and the country’s central bank, Banco de la República is the only authority entitled to issue the money in Colombia The Colombian government on seeing the growing popularity of Bitcoin has decided to consider Bitcoin as the..

In a bid to curb illegal gambling Turkish government is planning to launch a two-year plan, where different government agencies would contribute to tackle matter regarding unauthorized provision of gambling services of all kinds  Turkey’s interior and Justice Ministries would develop the schemes and coordinate with the country’s..

Russell Haley, 67, of Gulfport, Mississippi was arrested on the charges of downloading child pornography using free Wi-Fi at the Diamond Jacks Casino in Vicksburg in August 2015 has been sentenced to 40 years in prison, with 30 years suspended, after he pleaded guilty to one count of child exploitation He has also been asked to pay $50,000 fine..

A creation of poker network that would combine players from all the four countries viz France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal would be seen after the gambling regulators from these countries sign the shared liquidity agreement within two days Not until last summer, shared liquidity was considered and eventually implemented despite, being in talks for..

Lawmakers in South Korea are in a process to present bills that would change the legal status of cryptocurrencies in the country Democratic Party Rep Park Yong-jin will introduce three bills in a bid to form regulatory frameworks for digital currencies Park said the through the bills he aims to ensure protection from the state which guarantees..

A month long event that is scheduled between Aug13 – Sept 13, World Cup of Cards (WCC) is returning for its second year in Playground Poker Club This year, the event is going to be bigger and better With more than $6 million guaranteed prize pool, it is likely to attract players of all experience levels The main highlight of the WCC is the..

Imperial Pacific Resort will start its casino operations on July 6, was confirmed by Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd on Monday Currently, the company is running a temporary casino facility on the Pacific Island of Saipan by the name Best Sunshine Live Imperial Pacific in a press release told that the casino would have over 70 gaming..

Democratic Delegate Shawn Fluharty, wants the West Virginia to introduce sports betting if the nationwide ban is lifted, following the US Supreme Court Case Fluharty said: "This is a great opportunity to delve into some revenue generation we desperately need" New Jersey had appealed to the highest court in the country seeking legalization of..

23-year-old, German poker-pro Jens Lakemeier won the inaugural of the brand new event launched in 2017 by the World Series of Poker The $2,500 mixed big-bet, was a mix of no-limit hold’em, pot-limit Omaha, pot-limit Omaha hi-lo, Big O, no-limit 2-7 single draw, pot-limit 2-7 triple draw, and no-limit five card draw made up the mix of..

A British company, GBI Racing is demanding compensation worth 200 million shekels ($57 million) after the government banned the betting The company operated as a government-franchise that allowed Israelis to bet on overseas horse racing The company firmly asked for significant compensation for ending its contract early during a hearing chaired by..