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On Wednesday, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) had reported that the Department of Justice completed its audit of Garden City Group (GCG) petitions and approved the release of $82 million in funds to approximately 30,000 players. On Friday afternoon …

An Iowa lawmaker has come out in favor of online poker legislation less than two weeks after a state gaming association president indicated the likelihood that the Hawkeye State would not be considering such a proposal in 2014. Sen. Brian Schoenjahn …

Earlier this week, the 2014 Merit Poker Winterfest and the 2014 Isle Poker Classic concluded, crowning two winners for nearly $150,000 each. The Isle Poker Classic $1,090 Main Event took place at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park in Pompano Beach, …

DURANT, Okla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Okla., home to an upscale, exclusive 30 table poker lounge, hosted over 22,000 players in the fourth World Series of Poker® (WSOP) Circuit event from Jan. 2-20 as part of the official …

The World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship is just two days away, and for the first time ever PokerNews will be providing live coverage of the tournament straight from the luxurious Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City. The …

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 …