Resorts Casino enters New Jersey iGaming market without PokerStars
The iGaming market in New Jersey has been active since late 2013, but in all that time, Atlantic City’s oldest gambling destination, Resorts Casino, had yet to get in on…
Online Poker’s best and worst of 2014, Dan Cates to Gus Hansen
Every year, online poker data trackers present the very best, and the very worst, players of the year. For the majority of us who play poker as a side gig,…
7yr PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren Mitchell quits after Online Casino launch
Take a step back in time to September 2006, when the UK’s budding poker pro, Victoria Coren, won the EPT Main Event in London. With around $100k in live tournament…
San Manuel teams with PokerStars alliance in push for California Online Poker
The battle to get online poker regulated in California has been a long one, dating back more than 5 years, well before the US Department of Justice reversed their opinion…
Industry analysts speculate the cause of PokerStars’ delayed entry in New Jersey
When Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey first legalized and regulated online poker in their individual jurisdictions, it was thought that it would take years (if ever) for PokerStars to get…
Could rake changes at PokerStars reduce appeal in US online poker market?
Since the Canadian-based Amaya Gaming Group took over the reins of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker via its acquisition of the Rational Group, several changes have been made. Many of…
Will PokerStars bring revolutionary Lottery SNG’s to US online poker market?
A few years ago, the mobile poker boom resulted in an explosion of fast-forward cash games at online poker rooms. As successful as that endeavor has been, expediting the mobile…
Caesars CEO comments on PokerStars future in US Online Poker markets
Caesars Acquisition Company (CAC) held its quarterly earnings call recently, and one of the topics of discussion was the state of online poker in California; particularly the possibility that PokerStars…
PokerStars 2014 WCOOP Schedule revealed; $40 million GTD
In the online poker community, September might as well be Christmas. That’s when PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room, hosts the World Championship of Online Poker, the world’s largest…
Rational Group acquisition complete, Amaya takes over PokerStars, Full Tilt
Less than two months ago, then-CEO of Rational Group, Mark Scheinberg, wrote a letter to shareholders announcing the intended sale of the company to Canadian-based Amaya Gaming Group. A price…