Geoff Freeman, president and CEO of the American Gaming Association, announced that he will be discussing AGA's plans for a new approach to US sports betting at the iGaming Super Show     The iGaming Executive Conference will take place on June 8th in Amsterdam The AGA announced last November that it planned to study the current set..

The Bitcoin price is pushing ceilings higher and higher On April 20th, one Bitcoin was worth just under $436, and the price kept rising ever since At the time of publishing, Bitcoin price was trading at $45986, reaching a peak of $47002 in the early hours of Monday     This price is a record for 2016, with it's highest peak before..

On Friday, April 22th, 64 players paid $15,000 and started at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood Last night, two days later, it was Dutch amateur Farid Yachou who was undefeatable, earning him the money, a WPT-title and a lot of extra goodies     The final table saw some notable names, including Michael 'The..

Chino Rheem scored his third World Poker Tour title at the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Seminole Hard Rock Finale #22 He beat a field of 342 entries, earning himself $705,885 and becoming the fourth player to score triple WPT titles     More than a year ago it was Anthony Zinno who joined Carlos Mortensen and Gus Hansen in doing so, and..

Last Wednesday The Illinois House gave its initial approval to a measure that would legalize betting on DFS However, some lawmakers promulgated their concern about the way the bill was vetted, so it is still uncertain if the bill get's full passage     As is going on in many states of the USA, the proposal would regulate how the..

The third biggest online poker room will collaborate with the biggest and most succesful casino in Europe Tournaments and cashgames are on the planning     888Poker and Kings Casino – located in Rozvadov, CZ, 10 minutes from the border of German – will host a series events around the DPT and the GCOP Besides that they will..

The value of a Bitcoin fluctuates less than the price of gold for three and a half weeks now, which is a new record     One of the main disadvantages of the Bitcoin is that the value of the virtual currency is quiet volatile Due to the fact there is no central instance to guard the value of the coin by spending more Bitcoins with..

Wednesday April 12th, a panel of state lawmakers approved a proposal to legalize fantasy sports betting, including online DFS websites like DraftKings and FanDuel     Senator Bill Dotzler said: “It's my view that fantasy sports betting is a cultural and social phenomenon that is growing in this country, and it is occurring in..

On June 1st the most prestigious tournament series in poker will kick off again in Las Vegas, Nevada With a total of 69 events in all kinds of poker variants, this year's WSOP will once again attract the best players in the world Below the schedule of all the tournaments     01/06: Event #1: $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em..

Airbnb has acqui-hired seven engineers from the bitcoin company who had worked on ChangeTip, which is a feature that let people tip each other with bitcoins via Twitter and Reddit     Airbnb's co-developer Nathan Blecharczyck mentioned he is interested in studying the bitcoin-technology, however, the acquisition didn't include any IP..

The Swedish gambling portal bastacasinobonusse recently launched a dynamic bonus ranking table where bonus hunters can see bonus offers from different casinos and sort them under various criteria The formula used to rank the best bonuses is taking wagering requirements into consideration Basically the bonus where you will have the most money left..

Geoff Freeman, CEO of the American Gaming Association, predicts that the next president of the United States will legalize sports betting, to determine the activity is not limited to just a few states     The reason behind this is the overwhelming amount of illegal sports betting in the United States, with an estimated market of $1488..

Southampton counsil has given the casino operator his licence for a new Aspers “Super Casino” After more than two years of struggling with competition of other casino operators, such as Genting; Grosvenor; Global Gaming Ventures and Kymeira Casino, Aspers came out the strongest     The Royal Pier-area of the city is..

Patrick Byrne, who is CEO and chairman of overstockcom, has taken a medical leave of absence from te company This decision will influence the community working to advance bitcoin and the bitcoin blockchain     In the last 30 years, Byrne has undergone more than a hundred surgeries, suffering from cancer and related heart problems Last..

According to their website, The Global Poker League (GPL) is “GPI's answer to modern mainstream, audience-centric poker competition with a team based, zero buy-in structure and games played out online, in studio &live at iconic venues and events” Teams of different regions compete against eachother in a series of different games..

Illinois lawmakers are still trying to craft the proposal to legalize daily fantasy sports betting in the Prairie State, causing the legalization to be postponed This affects sports betting sites such as DraftKings and FanDuel     Illinois is among several states with pending legislation this year on whether to regulate daily fantasy..

Some states in the USA consider Daily Fantasy Sports illegal gambling since the winnings are in real money Seattle-based FlowPlay is offering an alternative with the launch of All Star Daily Fantasy     ASDF offers basically everything DFS offers, but the winnings aren't in real money Players can buy the virtual currency with real..

Nowadays, online payments are the easiest and fastest methods of payment, either for customers or for businesses, all over the world In 2003, PayPal stopped supporting online gaming in the United States, even though it was one of the biggest transactors for online gaming sites at that time A few onling gambling websites have started accepting..

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that the biggest daily fantasy sports betting companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, have agreed to stop doing business in New York The companies have also agreed to halt their legal challenge to Schneiderman if they lose in an upcoming decision by an appeals court in Manhattan     In..

After a soft launch last week, PokerStars is now live and available in the state of New Jersey New Jersey is the first state to legalize online poker again PokerStars' parent company, Amaya Gaming, revealed Monday that it received 'technical approval' from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement to start the full launch of PokerStars..