Poker professional and affiliate manager Bryan Micon is the pioneer behind the Bitcoin online poker room Seals with Clubs (SWC), which he operated out of his Nevada home. However, the site shut down in February after being raided by authorities, and soon after Micon fled the country saying he...
May 5th, 2015 By Adam Brown
Amongst the world’s biggest casino operators, Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS) holds an important position as the company was founded by the billionaire Sheldon Adelson, a major campaigner against online gambling in the United States. On a more positive note, however, the American business magnate was the first operator...
May 4th, 2015 By Stephen Smith
At the start of this year, the plight of a German blackjack player sent shock waves throughout the country’s online community, after the media reported that his home had been raided and €63,490 of his online winnings had been confiscated by the German Financial Services Authorities. The unnamed 25-year...
May 2nd, 2015 By Shane Larson
For the first time in Californian history, the state Assembly Governmental Organization Committee (GO) has voted unanimously to pass an online poker bill, thus enabling the Adam Gray sponsored AB 431 to make its way through the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee. Interestingly, Adam Gray is actually the Go’s chairman,...
May 1st, 2015 By Stephen Smith
Pennsylvania launched its very first slot machines casino in 2006, followed by table games in 2010, and by 2012 The Keystone State had overtaken neighboring New Jersey as the USA’s second largest gambling market with revenues totaling $3.16 billion. Since then, revenues have fallen to $3.07 billion in 2014,...
April 29th, 2015 By Charles Washington
The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) first launched in 2005, and although 156 main events have been held during that time, the tour had yet to crown its first female main event champion. On Monday night, however, history was made after the Taiwanese born Michelle Chin took down...
April 27th, 2015 By Adam Brown
While Nevada and Delaware only enacted their interstate poker compact on March 24th, the pool sharing agreement has already had a dramatic effect on Delaware’s online poker market, with revenues rising by 26.39% to $43,636 in March, compared to February, and marking its highest point in 10 months. Online...
April 24th, 2015 By Shane Larson
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