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Bovada's Black Diamond Poker Open Kicks Off Sunday

Bovada’s Black Diamond Poker Open is back and bigger than ever before, with over $850,000 in guaranteed prizing. Running from Feb. 10 to Mar. 24, this year’s BDPO gives you plenty of ways to cash in, with over 2,000 qualifiers and a total of 86 Contender Series and Championship Series events. Offering a number of […]

World Poker Tour National Denmark Gets Underway

The World Poker Tour pitches up in Denmark today for one of its lower buy in National events at Casino Munkebjerg Vejle. The DKK9,100 + DKK900 (€1,340) buy in main event has two days 1s – Saturday February 8 and Sunday February 9 – and players get 25,000 chips and a one hour clock. Each […]

New Jersey On Its Way Toward Online Poker

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had the hopes of poker players in New Jersey — and in a sense everywhere in the United States — in his hands for weeks before making a decision on an intricate piece of legislation aimed to legalize intrastate Internet gaming. On Thursday, Christie, a rising star within the Republican […]

Couple Hits Lotto Twice In One Day, Wins $1 Million

After winning $1 million on Feb. 4 from a lottery scratch-off ticket, an Arkansas couple decided to play again that same day. The result? Just another $50,000. The odds of what transpired are reportedly one in three billion. “I’m not expecting anything like this to ever happen again,” the husband said. ABC News has the […]

Nevada Casinos Win $10.86B From Gamblers In 2012

Internet gaming isn’t even here yet and Nevada’s casinos are already in recovery mode. Nevada gambling joints had a pleasant calendar year in terms of gaming revenue. The amount won from gamblers was $10.86 billion, according to a 2012 revenue report released Friday. A total of 336 properties statewide generated the 11-figure sum. Last year’s […]

Viktor Blom Drops $3.6 Million Since Mid-January

Was it inevitable? Viktor “Isildur1” Blom managed to crush the competition on Full Tilt Poker during the first two weeks of January, accelerating at light speed to a profit of more than $5 million on the year. However, since then, the young poker pro has dropped about $3.6 million of those winnings, according to tracking […]

PokerStars New London Venue Almost Ready

PokerStars LIVE, the new live poker venue at the Hippodrome Casino, Leicester Square, London, will open on March 4, 2013. The 24-hour poker lounge will host a special series of low buy in UK & Ireland Poker Tour events with the first £250 + 325 buy in event taking place in April. Kirsty Thompson of […]

Zynga Poker And PokerStars Go Head-To-Head

Zynga Poker and PokerStars are preparing to go head-to-head in a battle for real money and social poker players as both unveil new websites Zynga Poker, the long time leader in social poker on Facebook, is ramping up for the launch of Zynga Poker Plus in the UK in “early 2013” with the unveiling of […]

Christie Makes Favorable Decision On Web Poker

The wait is essentially over. On Thursday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie decided on a conditional veto for a bill that will authorize casinos in slumping Atlantic City to eventually offer a wide array of casino games on the Internet, the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Ray Lesniak, told Card Player. A conditional veto means that Christie […]

Poker Hand Of The Week: What's Your Play?

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they’ll come up with dozens of different opinions. That’s just the nature of the game. Each week, Card Player will select a […]

Mississippi Online Gaming Bill Dead After Just Three Weeks

A bill in Mississippi that would have legalized online poker has hit the muck after just three weeks and change. The bill was introduced on Jan. 14 and died in committee Tuesday. The fate of the legislation is not all that surprising, as Rep. Bobby Moak, author of the proposal, told Card Player on Jan. […]

Playtech Poker Revenue Down 18 Percent in 2012

Playtech, the publicly-quoted Israeli gaming technology provider which owns and operates the iPoker network, has seen online poker revenue fall 18 percent in full year 2012 to €17.8 million from €21.8 million in 2011. Fourth quarter 2012 (Oct. to Dec.) poker revenues were down 27 percent to €4.0 million from €5.5 million in the same […]

International Poker Open London Adds Extra Days

The Boylepoker.com International Poker Open London is barely a week old and already the organizers are adding extra days to accommodate the expected large crowd. Aspers Casino, Stratford, London will host the £200 + £25 buy in event from April 17 to 21, 2013 – this now means three day 1s from players to choose […]

NV Firms Need More Time For iPoker Testing

The Nevada Gaming Control Board met Thursday in Carson City to consider, among other agenda items, requests by three gaming companies to receive extensions for their respective technology testing on future Internet gaming products. According to a gaming rule, if regulators approve a firm’s application — in this case an online gaming license — activity […]

Delaware Lotto: 'Intent' To Offer iGaming By Sept.

Delaware, which legalized online gaming in 2012, intends to kick off its first real-money games by Sept. 30, 2013, the state’s lottery recently announced. The Delaware Gaming Competitiveness Act authorized Internet gaming under the control and operation of the Delaware Lottery, which is now seeking help with technology solutions. The state is also looking to […]

Spain Looks For Poker Liquidity Co-Operation

As evidence mounts that ring-fencing poker liquidity on a country-by-country basis in Europe has been detrimental to the growth of the game, Spain has said it would actively seek co-operation with France, Germany, Italy and Portugal to explore international liquidity pools. The Spanish regulator, Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego, said in its 2013 strategy […]

Online Poker In France Continues To Slide

Gross gaming revenue for online poker operations in France fell in 2012 but not by as much as the decline experience in Italy according to regulator ARJEL. Operator gross revenue from online poker tournaments in France was up 12 percent to €109 million but down 13 percent to €188 million for cash games. This compares […]

Switch Poker Points Race Gets Underway

Mobile poker operator, Switch Poker, has launched one of its regular Points Races running from Feb. 5 to Feb. 15 with a €500 prize pool up for grabs. The race is open to all Switch Poker players who simply need to rack up the Switch Poker Points over the next couple of weeks in order […]

Student Masters Mega Satellite 10 Seats Guaranteed

PaddyPowerPoker.com hosts a 10-seat guaranteed Student Masters 2103 Mega Satellite at the site on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 at 7.30 p.m.. The rebuy/add on tournament has a €10 + €1 buy in and will qualify a minimum of 10 players to the Paddy Power Poker Student Masters at the Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin on March 2, […]

Caesars To Issue $1.5 Billion In New Debt

Caesars Entertainment Corporation announced Monday that it’s seeking to issue $1.5 billion in new debt, with the intent to use the “net proceeds from the offering to repay certain outstanding term loans and to pay related fees and expenses.” The press release also states: “Caesars Operating Escrow LLC and Caesars Escrow Corporation, wholly owned unrestricted […]

Ohio Casino Revenue Half Of 2009 Projections

Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s latest budget proposal forecasts that the state’s four new casinos will only take in $957.7 million for the fiscal year beginning in July, roughly half of the $1.9 billion projected in 2009 when the casinos were approved by voters. Ohio issues a 33 percent tax on casino revenue, meaning the state […]

New York Mets Want Casino Near Citi Field

The NY Post has reported that Major League Baseball’s New York Mets are interested in opening a Las Vegas-style casino adjacent to Citi Field in an effort to recoup losses stemming from a Ponzi scheme which saw the team’s owners lose millions. Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz were fleeced for $162 million by […]

Ryan Stevenson Wins WSOP Circuit Harrah's Tunica

A total of 666 entries were made in the 2013 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Tunica main event, building a prize pool of $999,000. After two starting days and two more long days of play, only one player remained: Ryan Stevenson from Horn Lake, Mississippi. The 26-year-old engineer earned $204,795 and 840 Card Player […]

Annie Duke Defends Gambling On Fox Business

Annie Duke has made a resurgence lately in terms of getting herself back in the spotlight. The World Series of Poker bracelet winner appeared on the Fox Business Network last week to talk about the gambling industry sector in the United States. Duke, who was introduced as a “former professional poker player,” largely defended gambling […]

Strategy For The Rest Of Us: Bryan Devonshire

It’s great to see pros like Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth battling it out on poker’s biggest stages for millions of dollars, but the truth is that most of us will never get the same opportunity, nor will we really learn anything from their play that directly applies to our own games. The truth is […]

Marian Fridrich Wins Mega Poker Series Vienna

Marian Fridrich of Slovakia has won the €700 + €70 buy in Mega Poker Series Vienna at Montesino in the Austrian capital taking down €56,000 for topping the 443-strong field. Fridrich started the final table as chip leader and knocked out three players before getting heads up with Polish player Kamil Jedrzejczyk holding a 2.3/1 […]

Poker Revenue Up 44 Percent At 888.com

Israeli plc 888.com saw business-to-consumer poker revenue grow 44 percent in 2012 to $88 million from $61 million a year earlier. Fourth quarter (Oct-Dec 2012) poker revenue jumped 31 percent to $24 million up from $19 million in the same period of 2011. The company said the expansion was as a result of, “the strength […]

Bad Beat Jackpot Soars At BetVictor Poker

The Bad Beat Jackpot at BetVictor Poker has soared to an all-time high of nearly €700,000. At the time of writing the €695,945 jackpot has gone longer than ever before since it was won – 7 months and 29 days compared to 7 months and 10 days – so the likelihood of it being hit […]

Gambling Initiatives In Texas Face Long Odds

Reports have come out that pro-gambling interests in Texas are not going to be lobbying as much this year as they did during the previous legislative session. One of the numerous gambling plans in the state is for poker, as Texas hold’em is currently not legal in Texas. Another is for resort-style casinos. Lawmakers in […]

Hawaii Again Looks At Online Poker Legislation

Hawaii is once again pondering the idea of online gaming, including poker. A measure was introduced into the state Senate last month that would establish the “Hawaii internet lottery and gaming corporation” to run the games. The state, which currently has no legalized gambling of any kind, is also considering other gambling initiatives in 2013. […]