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With the daily fantasy sports industry on the minds of a lot of gambling regulators across the country, the state of Massachusetts, home to Boston-based DraftKings, is considering regulations for the booming industry. It could be good news for poker …

The inaugural NYX Poker Series is about to begin with 22 action-packed online tournaments with €180,000 in guaranteed prize pools. The tournament series takes place on the NYX Poker Network from Dec. 17-23 and is highlighted by a €200+12 Main Event …

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – About 14,000 Kentucky poker players are trying to get a piece of a multi-million dollar judgment against an online poker company. The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety cabinet sued the company that owns PokerStars in 2010 for …

Doug Kim, a former poker pro and finalist of the main event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006, has plans to produce a TV show that is partly autobiographical. The show, which intends to show how a professional poker player migrated to the …

Gibraltar-licensed operator 888 Holdings is preparing to shut down Lucky Ace Poker, an online poker brand launched seven years ago to target players in the German market. New customers sign-ups to Lucky Ace were blocked earlier this month, with these …

The New Jersey online poker market celebrated a small victory this week, as according to financials reported by the Division of Gaming Enforcement, Internet poker revenue for November was up slightly over last year. This marks the first time that the …

Former poker player Doug Kim, a memorable member of the 2006 World Series of Poker final table, is taking his act to the big screen. The 32-year old New York native has been given the go-ahead to produce a semi-autobiographical television show that …

Also striking it big as part of the deal were Chile's "padawan911" (2nd – $107,541.31), American poker refugee Daniel "DHUSTLER15" Aldridge (3rd – $78,898.80), Brazil's Pedro "77TheMayor77" Demeyère (4th – $97,565.49), and Slovakia's "16bobco" (5th …

Poker sites in New Jersey collected revenue totaling $1,957,513 in November, an increase of 2.3% over October's total of $1,913,403. Year-over-year, the increase amounted to 4.3%, as ipoker revenue in November 2014 was recorded at $1,877,603.

With 2015 rolling to a close, many of us are crunching the numbers to see whether we're going to finish the year ahead or if we're going to chalk 2015 up to “variance.” Poker players and the industry as a whole have experienced a myriad of wins over …

The global poker community is complicated. In the past decade, the online poker industry has risen to the top of its game during the “poker boom” and fallen when the United States and other countries began booting big operators from their online poker …

The Poker Room's latest Getaway Weekend returns on Jan. 1-3, with rooms at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino only $49 for all three nights with a tournament registration for that day's event. The no-limit Texas Hold'em tournaments for the weekend include:

“If they could craft a bill, which incorporated regulatory priorities, fundamental values, whatever, that could be applied to all of these games – e-sports, [daily fantasy sports], online poker, whatever all the new ones are – maybe then they could …

The new season of Latin America's richest poker tour kicks off in January as part of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), which features 104 events and is the biggest PokerStars live poker festival ever held. The tour then visits Chile, Panama and …

On Friday, the Minnesota Poker Hall of Fame announced that poker pros Blake Bohn (pictured left) and “Minneapolis” Jim Meehan are its class of 2015. Blake Bohn, who hails from Savage, Minn., has been a cash game player since the 1990s, but has …

Jacob Bazeley's time of being poker's best under-the-radar players might be coming to an end. The Cincinnati-based poker pro topped a huge field of 766 entries to win the $2 million guaranteed $3,500 buy-in SHR Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open no-limit hold'em …

With that spirit in mind, below are five New Year's resolutions for poker pros. Two years ago, Mike Leah made a set of poker resolutions and proceeded to have his best year as a pro. Maybe some of you can do the same. Disclaimer – PokerUpdate.com is …

Anyone can learn to play poker, but people trained in select professions often have an easier time learning to play and refining their game. The skills necessary in some careers help many players transition to becoming a winning poker player due to the …