This year’s World Series of Poker is in its final weeks. Action began in mid-July and will wrap up on GGPoker and its sister sites on Sunday, September 6. Of the 85 tournaments on the original schedule, only 15 of them remain, one of which is the Main Event. Speaking
(Trigger warning: Details of sexual assault and murder) The details of Susie Zhao’s murder paint a worse picture with each news report. The man who is in custody for Zhao’s murder was set to participate in a probable cause hearing on August 18, but that was adjourned. There is now
Remember when the World Poker Tour hosted live tournaments? Remember how they did that for almost 18 full seasons? Then, poker fans must also remember how the coronavirus pandemic swept the world in early 2020, forcing the WPT and all other poker tours – and casinos and cash games and
The Delaware online gambling market is an interesting entity. While not much in an era of a pandemic is predictable, Delaware stands on its own, generally defying the trends of New Jersey and Pennsylvania online gambling. When internet poker in New Jersey and Pennsylvania drops, it rises in the mini-market
This is a familiar story. The Pennsylvania internet gaming market grew again in July, per numbers from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. But it was online slots and table games that carried that gaming sector, as online poker revenue dropped…for the third month in a row. Some poker rooms did
In a year when online poker tournaments are thriving, PokerStars certainly isn’t missing out on the action. And it just so happens that it’s almost WCOOP time, which fits right into the plan. PokerStars just wrapped its inaugural Stadium Series at the beginning of August. Though the overall numbers were
Online poker is the place to be for poker players this year, and 888poker is offering up another tournament series for its players on the international stage. The last one was the 888poker Freezeout Series, a schedule of 24 tournaments that played out over two weeks in June with $665K
In the past week, the WSOP 2020 Online crossed the halfway mark of the international portion of its summer series on GGPoker and its sister sites. The 2020 World Series of Poker put its first 31 of 85 tournaments on its American site, and the next 54 events have been
On August 14, 2020, US District Court Judge James Mahan granted Michael Postle’s motion to dismiss the case filed by Marle Cordeiro. The reason for the judgment, delivered without any oral arguments, was the lack of personal jurisdiction. Cordeiro filed the case in Nevada, her state of residence. Postle’s attorney
The inaugural Pennsyl-MANIA tournament proved to be a huge success in May. It is no surprise that it will return to PokerStars PA on August 23. PokerStars remains the only online poker provider in Pennsylvania. When it launched in November 2019, most people suspected that another site would follow in
The coronavirus pandemic put a spotlight on gambling revenue in states like Michigan. When that pandemic forced governors around the United States to instruct nonessential businesses to close their doors in mid-March, gambling revenue stopped. Meanwhile, states like New Jersey and Pennsylvania – even Delaware – collected revenue from their
In July 2020, Atlantic City casinos in New Jersey began to reopen. They unlocked the doors, cleaned like they’ve never cleaned before, and began to welcome customers back on July 2. The coronavirus pandemic forced all of the casinos to shut down complete in March, and out of an abundance
