The race is on. PokerStars may currently dominate the global online poker market, but PartyPoker is making big plays to increase its standing. Over the past month, the two sites have made numerous announcements. Most recently, PokerStars introduced Split Hold’em, expanded the Seat Me system to more markets, and rolled
Throughout the past few decades, several poker pros wanted to launch their own online poker sites. In 2015 and 2016, however, some of them took the idea more seriously. Several major poker sites had been minimizing the benefits for professional players, and PokerStars made the biggest impact when it announced
The state of Washington has not exactly minced words with regard to internet gambling. It is one of few states that explicitly forbids online poker and casino games, but it goes even further to deem offering or playing games online a criminal offense. The state code and Washington State Gambling
The world of online poker has been evolving from one global market to numerous segregated zones, whether by country, continent, or beneficial legal partnership. With that transformation came a new age for the online poker pro. The nature of most sponsorships has changed, putting more emphasis on unique qualifications, such
The date is set. The shared online poker network with New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware is prepared to launch, and the announcement came nearly six months to the day that the three-state agreement was originally signed. Going live on May 1 is newsworthy for several reasons, but the most important
The weekly Global Glance looks at the online poker scene around the world. What happens with online poker and gambling beyond America’s borders can and often does impact the state of online poker in the United States. European online poker liquidity was back in the news last week with the
Online poker supporters have been on a years-long roller coaster ride with legislation in New York. The state has been a favorite to legalize and regulate it for several years, but each year, the Assembly drops the ball and fails to follow through after the Senate passes the bills. This
Downswings are always difficult to handle in poker, no matter how seasoned the player. So went the recent downswing in New Jersey online poker revenue. No one believed the poker part of the online gaming industry was going to crash and burn, but the consistent drops in monthly revenue totals
Mac computer users are a dedicated group of people. They love their Apple products. When it comes to online poker, Mac users have long struggled to find poker sites that offer Mac-compatible software that doesn’t require inconvenient work-arounds. Over time, many online poker operators have accommodated Mac players. They have
Just a couple of weeks after changing pricing for multi-table tournaments, PokerStars pushes out more changes. This one, however, is a new type of tournament that is meant to appeal to recreational players and those with smaller bankrolls. Early payout tournaments were introduced to give players their minimum payouts as
Washington’s gambling stance is complicated. There is a state lottery and legal charitable gaming activities like bingo, and there are Native American gaming facilities on tribal lands, but other forms of gambling are not only discouraged, they are criminalized. Real-money online poker and other internet games, for example, are specifically
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has a tough job. Once lawmakers approved online poker and casino sites for the state, the state’s gambling regulator was tasked with filling in the blanks. And one of those controversial blanks pertained to skins. An online gambling skin refers to an online poker or
