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by Joe Mattia | Published: Aug 28, '23

The Venetian Resort Las Vegas and Yahoo announced a multi-year naming rights partnership for the Yahoo Sportsbook powered by William Hill on The Venetian casino floor. The sportsbook was completely redesigned, according to the casino. The opening comes as sports betting is at record levels in the Silver State. Nevada’s sports betting sites and brick-and-mortar […]

by Joe Mattia | Published: Apr 29, '23

Yahoo announced the acquisition of Wagr, a peer-to-peer sports betting app. Wagr will be fully integrated into Yahoo Sports. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition of Wagr “augments and accelerates” Yahoo Sports’ plan to further enter the online sports betting space. Wagr has a negligible market share in the U.S. compared to […]

by Brian Pempus | Published: Oct 20, '15

California-based tech giant Yahoo is in talks to buy Major League Gaming, a New York-based eSports organization, for an undisclosed price, according to media reports. The possible transaction comes as other firms in the daily fantasy sports space are positioning themselves to take action on the eSports industry. Yahoo, which is vying for market share […]

by Brian Pempus | Published: Dec 04, '14

Yahoo! announced that as of Dec. 31 its free-play poker platform will be no more. “As of Dec. 31, 2014, Yahoo Games will no longer offer the Yahoo Classic Games including Yahoo Poker, Yahoo Pool and Yahoo Bingo on web or mobile devices,” the firm wrote on its website. It was a perplexing announcement because, […]

by Thor Henrykson | Published: Apr 26, '07

In a move that will surely change the online poker market, online giant Yahoo has launched a real-money online poker site at www.yahoo.co.uk/poker. This is the first instance of an online company the size of Yahoo entering the poker world, but will likely not be the last. The basis of Yahoo Poker is a partnership […]

by Bob Pajich | Published: Jul 31, '07

Disgruntled American NETELLER customers who had to wait more than six months to withdraw their bankrolls from the embattled eWallet have started receiving their money. After months of debating lawsuits and forming boards, members of the Neteller Customer Coalition, a group made up of 817 members who have kept each other posted about the NETELLER […]

by Kristy Arnett | Published: Mar 24, '07

This week in poker news, online poker continues to be in the headlines. However, online sites and poker players are fighting through the mess. Poker Legislation According to new legislation, online gambling by any unauthorized domestic or foreign company to citizens in Turkey is forbidden. Austria-based Bwin suspended its business activities in Turkey that incorporated […]

by Bob Pajich | Published: Mar 22, '07

There's a corner of the Internet where a group of people affected by the NETELLER debacle have assembled to exchange information, tell their personal stories of woe, and put united pressure on the company that was so good to them for so many years but now is tangled in a legal issue so severe it's […]

by Brendan Murray | Published: Dec 20, '07

Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google have agreed to pay $31.5 million to U.S. authorities to settle a claim that they accepted online ads promoting illegal gambling, according to Associated Press. In settling the claim, the companies made no admission of guilt that they illegally accepted payments from online gaming firms between 1997 and 2007. Microsoft will […]

by Scott J. Burnham | Published: Jul 10, '26

The WSOP's evolving apparel rules reflect poker's corporate transformation, but vague language and inconsistency frustrate sponsored players.