by Sean Chaffin | Published: Dec 02, '25

Nevada regulators warn sportsbooks against working with any predictions market companies like Kalshi after a judge ruled in the state's favor.

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Nov 08, '25

The NBA sports betting scandal has the Nevada Gaming Control Board asking if restrictions should be put on individual player prop bets.

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Apr 23, '25

A gaming industry veteran and former state deputy attorney general has been named the new chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Gov. Joe Lombardo nominated Mike Dreitzer to lead the board, which is responsible for regulating casinos and enforcing gaming law in the state. Recently, the regulators were most actively involved in money laundering […]

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Feb 04, '24

The Nevada Gaming Control Board released December revenue numbers this week showing that the state’s casino industry closed out the year in a big way. The month brought total gaming revenue of more than $1.4 billion. This was a 9% increase from the $1.3 billion in December 2022. For the fiscal year (July 1 through […]

by Steve Schult | Published: Jul 30, '20

Regulators from the Nevada Gaming Control Board are seeking fines against two casinos in rural Nevada and a bowling alley in Lake Tahoe after repeated complaints of failure to comply with new COVID-19 mandates. The multiple complaints from other patrons led regulators to visit the properties and see the infractions for themselves. All three complaints […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 04, '26

In late 2018, Doug Polk quit poker. He reiterated that stance in March 2020, stating unequivocally that he didn’t enjoy the game anymore, and he was done with the industry for good. But it didn’t stick. The three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner built his reputation by becoming one of the best heads-up online no-limit hold’em […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Dec 24, '25

Phil Hellmuth, the all-time leader in World Series of Poker titles with 17, thinks there are simply too many WSOP bracelets awarded each year. During a break in the action on the set of PokerGO’s No Gamble, No Future, Hellmuth made his perspective clear in an interview with Card Player. “I went public saying that […]

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Nov 12, '25

Xuan Liu became the first female player to win a Triton event last May when the Canadian pro took down the $25,000 Triton Montenegro WPT Global Slam. The score came right as her ambassador deal with WPT was coming to an end, but may have proved to be a springboard for other opportunities. As the World Series […]

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Oct 01, '25

Adam Bierman’s new book, Weed Empire: How I Battled Gangsters, Investment Banks, and the Department of Justice to Build the Cannabis Industry in America, begins not in the board room, but at the poker table. Down on his luck, the then-25-year-old’s Nissan 350Z had just been repossessed, and he and his girlfriend had just been […]

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Sep 17, '25

Phil Galfond’s foray into running an online poker brand hasn’t been easy. The longtime poker pro launched Run It Once Poker in 2019 after debuting the training site of the same name in 2012. The goal was to create a platform that was a “fair, honest, transparent poker site that believes in the dream that […]