Archive for January, 2015

PokerStars Signs Indian And Japanese Players Highlighting Shifting Priorities

PokerStars Signs Indian And Japanese Players Highlighting Shifting Priorities

At a time when Pokerstars has been reducing the number of sponsored pros on its roster, the world’s largest online poker room has highlighted its changing priorities after signing two new pros from markets where the popularity of the game is still in its infancy, namely India and Japan....
January 8th, 2015 By Stephen Smith
Ladbrokes Exits Russian Online Gambling Market

Ladbrokes Exits Russian Online Gambling Market

Ladbrokes has just announced it is to follow the path of a whole host of other online gambling companies in opting to pull out of the Russian market, as the company seeks to satisfy recent changes made to UK and European online gambling legislation. Ladbrokes decision comes after a...
January 7th, 2015 By Shane Larson
2014 Winners And Losers: Dan Cates +$3.43m, Gus Hansen -$5.86m

2014 Winners And Losers: Dan Cates +$3.43m, Gus Hansen -$5.86m

Dan “jungleman12” Cates has been grabbing headlines in the poker world since beginning his meteoric rise back in 2008, and last year the US pro managed to win an impressive $3,437,039 playing online cash games to become the game’s biggest winner of 2014. In total, the 25-year-old has now...
January 6th, 2015 By Charles Washington
Bwin.party Looks To Cut Losses After Weak 2014 Earnings

Bwin.party Looks To Cut Losses After Weak 2014 Earnings

Following Bwin.party’s disappointing 2014 financial results forecast, which were accompanied by a year-end profit warning, the company has announced that it is selling its two year old social casino games division, Win.com as it seeks to restructure its business. The loss cutting measure has subsequently fueled speculation that the...
January 5th, 2015 By Lucy Brown
Nevada’s iPoker Market Reaches Record Low In November 2014

Nevada’s iPoker Market Reaches Record Low In November 2014

Nevada’s online poker market has continued its slide since peaking at $1,037,000 during the WSOP in June, and in November a mere $641,000 in revenues was generated by the state’s two iPoker sites, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. That figure represents a 3.61% drop in revenues compared...
January 2nd, 2015 By Stephen Smith
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