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Montana Becomes First State To Ban Sweepstakes GamblingGov. Greg Gianforte signed a wide-ranging bill that banned any form of online casino gambling. The language included sweepstakes casinos.
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Richard Gryko Wins Triton Poker Montenegro $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Title
The UK poker pro earned $884,000 and his first Triton Poker trophy after topping a field of 62 entries in the high-stakes affair.
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Ben Tollerene Wins Largest PLO Top Prize Ever At Triton Montenegro
The 38-year-old American pro won the largest first-place prize ever awarded in a pot-limit Omaha tournament, netting $2.39 million.
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2025 World Series of Poker Kicks Off Today
The 2025 World Series of Poker gets underway today. With 130 bracelets, both online and live, here's all the details for this year's series.
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Punnat Punsri Captures Fourth Triton Poker Title
The 32-year-old Thai poker pro topped an 84-entry field in the $25,000 six-max pot-limit Omaha event for $550,000.
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Rhode Island Casino Workers Push For Smoking Ban At Senate Protest
About 150 casino workers from 11 different unions showed up at the Rhode Island Senate, urging lawmakers to support a casino smoking ban.
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Jason Koon Wins Record-Extending 11th Triton Poker Title
Jason Koon wins $150,000 no-limit hold'em event, topping a field of 108 entries to capture a record-extending 11th Triton Poker title.
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Charities Benefit From Celebrities’ Recent Penchant For Poker
Broadway Bets set a fundraising record at their most recent charity poker tournament, while rival MLB franchises held tourneys of their own.
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WPT Global Rolls Out 30% Rakeback For All PLO Players
Rapidly growing online poker site WPT Global has introduced a sweeping new promotion offering 30% rakeback to all players in all Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) cash games, regardless of format or stake level. Whether its four-card or five-card PLO, from micro-stakes to high-stakes, every hand now contributes to your bankroll through an automatic weekly payout. Rakeback […]
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Michael Kaplan: MIT Grads Who Go Way Beyond Counting
Want to play chess in Afghanistan? Too bad. The Taliban have suspended the game for fear that it could be used to encourage betting. That’s not all. Would-be gambling magnates in Toronto were brought down for running an illicit online gaming site. In Pakistan, 1,600 people were arrested for taking action on horse cart races. […]
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Maryland Approves Sports Betting Tax Hike
Gov. Wes Moore signed the 2025 budget into law, which also raised the state's online sports betting tax rate from 15% to 20%.
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Casino Exec Wants Weed Lounges At Las Vegas Casinos
While on a panel at a gaming conference at UNLV, Fifth Street Gaming CEO Scott Schorr said casinos should legalize onsite marijuana lounges.
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Jesse Lonis Scores $3.4 Million Win At Triton Poker Montenegro
Jesse Lonis cannot be stopped this spring. The 29-year-old American poker pro has cashed for more than $7.3 million across 14 in-the-money finishes since the start of March, including a dozen final-table finishes and five titles. The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner from Little Falls, New York has been particularly hot on an […]
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Triton Turbo King Matthias Eibinger Races To Another Trident Trophy
Matthias Eibinger might just be the endboss of high-stakes turbo poker tournaments. The 32-year-old Austrian professional player captured his fourth career Triton Poker title at the tour’s latest stop on Montenegro, topping a field of 51 entries in the $50,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em turbo bounty quattro tournament to earn $531,000 and $360,000 in bounty payouts. […]
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Lawmaker Files Second Ohio Online Casino Bill
Just a week after Sen. Nathan Manning filed an online casino bill, Rep. Brian Stewart filed a second in the House, but with key differences.
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Alberta On The Verge Of Legal Online Poker
After the legislature passed a bill to legalize online poker, a signature from the lieutenant governor is the only hurdle remaining.
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Better Collective’s Q1 Earnings Dip Could Mark Bottom For Stock Price
Better Collective suffered a big revenue drop in Q1, but a change in their business model and upcoming tailwinds could change that.
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Stephen Song Crushes The Lord Poker Tournament Series In KoreaStephen Song seized the spotlight at The Lord Poker Tournament Jeju festival in South Korea, cashing for $970,000 across three final table finishes, winning two titles along the way. The American poker pro’s biggest triumph of the festival saw him defeat a field of 191 entries in the $15,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, which […]
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Dominykas Mikolaitis Scores Breakthrough $1.28M Triton Montenegro WinDominykas Mikolaitis has been playing live tournaments since 2016, mixing it up in high rollers since 2023 and started playing Triton Poker Series events in early 2024. Most notably, the Lithuanian recorded the two best live cashes of his career last November at the Triton Poker Monte Carlo festival, finishing fourth in a $50,000 and […]
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Artur Papazyan Wins WSOPC Commerce Casino Main EventArtur Papazyan won the World Series of Poker Circuit main event hosted at Commerce Casino in Southern California on May 20 to rack up a score of $341,830. This victory grew his career earnings to nearly $1.8 million. “That was the first time in my poker career I’ve had a big stack like that. In […]
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Aleksa Pavicevic Wins Triton Montenegro $200k For $6.2MThe 2025 Triton Poker Montenegro $200,000 no-limit hold’em invitational attracted a record turnout of 133 entries, building a staggering $26.6 million prize pool. The largest share of that money was ultimately awarded to Aleksa Pavicevic. The 29-year-old Montenegrin real estate and hospitality professional outlasted the elite field of poker’s top professionals and experienced high-rolling amateurs […]
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Polk Wins Way Into 1-Minute Spot On Kill TonyThe poker pro risked $40,000 against Tony Hinchcliffe, but won a one-minute spot on the Kill Tony podcast.
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Online Gambling Revenue Soars In AprilNew Jersey and Pennsylvania posted year-over-year revenue gains, while Michigan was basically flat compared to April 2024.
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Dwan Threatens Lawsuits Over British Hospital Stay
In a recent social media post, high-stakes poker pro Tom Dwan said he will be filing lawsuits after a recent stay in a British mental health facility. At the end of April, the online poker legend tagged high-profile politicians from the United States and England in a series of cryptic tweets. It resulted in a stay at Park Royal Center […]
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Teen Arrested For Robbing Hawaii Poker Game
A 17-year-old was charged with first-degree robbery for his armed attempt at stealing the money from a poker game in the Pali area.
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Wynn Resorts Drops Bid For New York City Casino
Wynn Resorts announced it would no longer be in the running to operate a potential New York City casino.
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Ulises Roman Wins WSOPC Southern Indiana Main Event
Ulises Roman won his first World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring and $84,399 after coming out on top at Caesars Southern Indiana on May 18. Roman now holds more than $530,000 in career tournament earnings, with this being his second outright victory. The Huntington, West Virginia resident previously won a Mega Stack Series event at Caesars Palace Las Vegas […]
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Kiat Lee Wins Turbo High Roller At Triton Montenegro
Kiat Lee finished in second place in his first-ever Triton Poker event, in Cyprus in 2022. After four more runner-up finishes, Lee finally broke through to capture his first trident with his 33rd cash on the tour. That win came in the final event of the 2025 Triton Poker Jeju festival in March of 2025. After that triumph, it only […]
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MD Casino Hosts Face Charges Over Fraudulent Free Play
Two VIP casino hosts at Maryland Live! Casino are facing theft and identity theft charges after allegedly stealing more than $20,000 by fraudulently issuing player rewards cards that were preloaded with free slot play. The Cordish Cos.-owned property is one of six brick-and-mortar casinos in the state, but the legislature has discussed adding online casinos to its market in […]
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MO Sports Betting Delayed Until Dec. 1
Missouri’s sports betting launch is delayed until Dec. 1 after the gaming commission confirmed that the licensing process is forcing regulators to push back the date. As was outlined in the referendum passed last November, the new deadline is the last day before the state must allow licensed sportsbooks to accept wagers. The Missouri Gaming Commission is accepting […]
