Delaware Reports 19.8% iPoker Revenues Rise In June 2015
The latest online gambling results released by the Delaware Lottery are a mixed bag indeed, and while online poker noted an impressive 19.8% improvement in revenues to $30,675 compared to June last year, iGambling business overall plunged by a massive 42% year-on-year, with revenues falling to $108,692 from the $187,332 collected in June 2014. iPoker […]
PokerStars Preparing To Launch DFS In The US
PokerStars was forced to exit the US online poker market in 2013 following a Department of Justice crackdown on unlicensed offshore operators, but now the world’s biggest poker room may soon make a much anticipated return to the USA. However, while PokerStars is not expected to receive a New Jersey iGaming license until November, the […]
2015 WSOP November Nine Reached In Las Vegas
The World Series of Poker is the biggest, most celebrated tournament series in the game and every year thousands of players from all around the world descend upon Las Vegas hoping to take down an event and walk away with a prestigious gold bracelet. This year, the 46th Annual World Series of Poker proved more […]
New Jersey iPoker Revenues Hit New Low In June 2015
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has released its latest online gambling results for June, and while overall revenues were up an impressive 22.8% to $11.7 million year-on-year, online poker revenues, on the other hand, fell by 11.6% to $1,835,576, representing their lowest monthly tally since the industry was first regulated in 2013. Taken […]
Has Macau’s Casino Market Finally Bottomed Out?
Macau casino revenues were continually impressing the market until June 2014 when the island’s gambling industry suffered its first contraction in more than five years. That was when revenues fell by 3.7%, but since then business has been suffering double digit falls and the latest results from the Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau’s (DICJ) […]
How Does 2015 WSOP Main Event Compare To Previous Years?
A number of changes were made to this year’s World Series of Poker in order to appeal more to recreational players, and early on in the series those innovations paid dividends with the $1,500 Millionaire Maker (7,275 players) and the $1,500 Monster Stack events (7,192 players) drawing huge fields, while the $565 Colossus attracted a […]
PokerStars Moves To Restrict Third-party Software
A few months ago the poker community was unnerved by a new piece of third-party software which heads-up players had been using to gain a huge advantage over their unfortunate opponents. Developed by online player “skier_5″, the controversial piece of software seems to combine the permissible technology of a Heads-Up Display programs (HUDs) with that […]
