In 2022, the World Series of Poker released its summer schedule on February 23. There were a lot of moving pieces last year, as it was the first year at the new location, managing two sets of ballrooms in two casinos and figuring out the logistics of it all. This
Maryland would like a word about online gambling. Not too many words, mind you, but a few of the state’s lawmakers would like to talk about it. They are interested enough to put forth a bill in 2023 to legalize internet gaming for people in the state of Maryland. Perhaps
Hello again, New Hampshire. It’s been a while since we’ve seen you in discussions about igaming. The state is back, though, with a strong online gaming bill introduced in January 2023. It’s a bipartisan bill starting off in the Senate, and it already survived its first committee hearing. It remains
Ignition Poker is jumping right into 2023 with a big promotion. The site is awarding dozens of prize packages – each worth $4K – to send poker players to the Irish Poker Open in Dublin. The world-famous live poker tournament series is set to run April 3-10. Players who win
On the first day of January, PokerStars made history in the new United States online poker regime. It became the first state-regulated operator to connect Michigan and New Jersey players. The Michigan Gaming Control Board signed the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement in May 2022, alongside New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware.
It starts this week. The much-anticipated Venom tournament is finally here, complete with its massive $10M prize pool guarantee. The five starting flights run through February 5, so there is plenty of time to buy in or satellite in. Nonetheless, the Venom Fever satellites are running at a fever pitch,
There is a lot of talk about poker rooms, mostly in Texas. Some may be tied up in court or recovering from a police raid, but most of them operate continuously without trouble. And Chris Moneymaker opened one in Kentucky last year. The common thread among these types of poker
The name of this Ignition Poker online tournament series doesn’t do it justice. A weekend usually consists of two days, but the Million Dollar Weekend runs from Thursday through Monday. A weekend tournament also makes one think that there might be just a few events, when, in fact, there are
Identifying and tracking down online poker bots, it is likely a difficult process. Once that part is done, someone (or a team of people) needs to look at all of the activity linked to those accounts, possibly over the course of years. Then, there is the identification of all players
It has been a sad and familiar story for online poker bills in New York. A lawmaker decides it’s time for his state to move into the new age of gaming and proposes an online poker bill. Allowing online poker and online casino operators to partner with land-based casinos in
Pennsylvania is one of only three states in America that offers online poker and provides revenue figures on a monthly basis. It allows the online poker industry as a whole to track the results and growth – or lack thereof – in the still-burgeoning market. Delaware and New Jersey are
New Jersey has had a tough time boosting its online poker market. While the overall igaming market continues to grow substantially each year, the online poker segment struggles. The pandemic year of 2020 gave poker the boost it needed online, as it nearly doubled in revenue. But unlike the online
