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After a seven-year trial, Amsterdam's court dismissed charges against three men accused of violating the national gambling law with a verdict that finds poker to be "first and foremost a game of skill, not of chance". The decision has been based on …

The Rational Group, PokerStars' holding company, has selected gaming company Leander Games to provide a casino gaming platform and game content for the Full Tilt Poker brand. The companies have already begun the technical integration to leverage …

The Poker Heaven skin on the MPN offers players a variety of special promotions and features, including a Bad Beat Jackpot and social gaming-style achievements designed to boost retention and player engagement. Microgaming has also guaranteed funds …

Having spent much of the past decade in the online poker world — first as a professional poker player, then as an operating executive, and now as an investor/advisor — I have witnessed firsthand its extraordinarily volatile ride through hyper-growth …

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six …

It was early in a Colorado Poker Championship high-roller event. Blinds were 250-500 with a 50 ante, and action folded to the button, an amateur player with more than 50,000 in chips from a 30,000 starting stack. He raised to 1,500. My friend Jay, a …

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Lottery has no plans to get into online gaming this year, but at least one lawmaker thinks it might be in Iowans' best interest to offer online poker. Lottery Director Terry Rich reminded lawmakers Jan. 22 that state code …

On Wednesday, the Poker Players Alliance announced that the federal government and Garden City Group — the firm it hired to process all the Full Tilt Poker claims — are just “weeks away” from finally putting the money into the hands of victims …

Parx, located 20 minutes north of downtown Philadelphia and just a hour and a half from both Atlantic City and New York City, is one of the busiest poker rooms in America, with more than 60 tables, and continues to build its brand by running tournament …

Lock Poker, who in the past had prominently featured its sponsored pros via a tab on the website homepage, quietly removed the tab and has apparently also removed itself from pro sponsorship affiliations. No press releases were issued by Lock, but that …

It was on that date – commonly referred to as Black Friday in the online poker community – that the US government moved to shutter the three largest online poker sites serving the American market: PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute / Ultimate Bet …

Grospellier adds that StarCraft requires loads of creativity to invent new strategies on the fly — as does poker. According to him, top StarCraft players can “easily” make the leap to the high-pressure world of professional poker. And everyone else …

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says that from 2010 through 2013, Ting ran poker games with pots that reached hundreds of thousands of dollars. Authorities say players in the underground network included professional athletes, Hollywood luminaries and …

Since launching nearly two months ago, Party Poker has positioned itself at the forefront of the flourishing New Jersey iGaming market. Preliminary data released by the DGE last week indicates that Party, together with its brick and mortar partner the …

For the second straight year, the Global Poker Index (GPI) will sponsor the European Poker Awards (EPA). The annual award festival will be held in the “Salle des Ambassadeurs” during the European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville, on January 29, 2014.

After more than 18 hours on the felt on the final day, Nicholas "Frenzuh" Immekus accumulated every chip in play, defeating Allyn Marshall to cap off a marathon final table. Immekus, who plays under the screen name "Frenzuh" online, pocketed $99,144 …

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—Saying they have confirmed that one or more people used "a significant number of counterfeit chips" at an Atlantic City poker tournament, state casino regulators on Saturday canceled the tainted match and ordered all prize money …

“I started feeling good with five people to go,” Morris told WSOP.com after his win. “Everyone at the final table was so cool. It really helped out play and made decisions easy.” The huge turnout built a $2,142,000 prize pool, blowing away the event's …