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While the iGaming industry in New Jersey is just two years old, 2015 proved to be a banner year. Dramatic increases in revenue, surprising performances by new operators and the licensing of the game's largest online poker room highlighted a fantastic year.

The last World Poker Tour main event of 2015 was also one of the biggest. This year's WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic $10,400 no-limit hold'em main event drew 639 entries, the second largest in the tournament's 14 year run. As a result the prize …

Because I'm trying to be nice this year (I trust you got my apology for that whole “I'm the unluckiest poker player on earth and it's all your fault” rant from my 2014 letter), let me start by saying that I know you worked hard in 2015 to deliver lots …

Poker players often need to travel to find tournaments and even the juicy cash games. Some manage to combine a vacation and poker trip into one, especially with family members who would like to travel with the player. Luckily, many large poker tours …

The 2015 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic main event at Bellagio in Las Vegas kicks off today at noon. This event has been one of the tournament circuit's key events each year, drawing large fields in search of one last shot at a huge …

888 Holdings has confirmed the closure of online poker room Lucky Ace (www.luckyacepoker.com). The brand will be terminated by 28 December, with its existing player base migrated to 888's main poker product 888poker.com. The defunct poker brand had …

The Hills, population of 183,543, is home to 864 poker machines. That means, on average, every person spent $4587, or $88 per week. The figure is far less than Fairfield where almost 3400 pokies pulled in $7.6 billion, but it's more than nearby Hornsby …

The field size record for a live poker tournament will likely be broken just a year later. On Friday, the World Series of Poker announced that the second running of the $565 buy-in “Colossus” poker tournament, to be held in early June, will have a $7 …

The 20-day festival, which is happening now, combines an impressive number of interesting poker events as it brings together the Eastern Europe-focused Live Event International (LEI), the World Poker Tour (WPT), the Redbet Live, and The Grand Live.

British online poker pro Alex “IReadYrSoul” Millar surprised the poker community in mid-December by walking away from his PokerStars sponsorship, just weeks after the company announced major reductions in its VIP rewards program. The site's decision …

You might not know it, but Minnesota has its very own Poker Hall of Fame devoted to players with a strong connection – either born or currently living – to the "Land of 10,000 Lakes." On Friday, the Minnesota Poker Hall of Fame, which was established …

(PRESS RELEASE) — Save the Date(s). The 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) – the longest-running, richest and most prestigious tournament series – opens its doors on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Alex Masek has extended his World Series of Poker Circuit record by winning his ninth gold ring, the result of topping a field 143 in the WSOP Circuit Bicycle Casino Event #7: $365 No-Limit Hold'em for $12,000. “It definitely doesn't get old,” Masek …

Last week, the names of 12 participants were announced as confirmed for the World Poker Tour National Philippines Festival of Poker $200,000 Super High Roller. On Thursday, another batch of confirmations were released through Poker King Club, and it …

This Sunday, December 20 at 5:00 p.m., the Grand Prix Poker Tour's third leg — the first to take place online — will play on at partypoker, and the tournament is set to offer incredible value thanks to the relatively low buy-in and large guaranteed …

2015 will likely be remembered as a transitional year for the online poker industry, one in which the continued decline of liquidity led to the widespread abandonment of traditional business models in favor of those that prioritized net depositing players.

“We believe the poker players themselves are entitled to recover the money,” Cox said. “Nobody in this case is speaking for poker players. Not the commonwealth, they don't care what happens to poker players. They want to get the money themselves.”.

"The poker industry is booming in Latin America and by providing the best live poker experience in the region we will contribute to this growth for many years," said Edgar Stuchly, Director of Live Events at PokerStars, in a press release. "Every poker …