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Mike Sexton Leaves World Poker Tour to Become partypoker’s Chairman

Cliff S, May 22, 2017 07:13 UTC

Mike Sexton, the host of the World Poker Tour for the past 15 years, announced he would leave the WPT to accept a position as the chairman of partypoker. Partypoker

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Garry Gates Lowers the PokerStars Payout Structure to 15%, Down from 20%

Cliff S, May 18, 2017 10:25 UTC

Garry Gates announced his position of Senior Consultant of Player Affairs at PokerStars. In his role of senior consultant, Garry Gates returned the poker site’s payout structure to its old

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PokerStars and Genting UK Agree to an Online and Live Partnership

Cliff S, May 17, 2017 04:37 UTC

PokerStars announced a partnership with Genting Casinos UK this week. The two agreed to cross-promote in major online and offline events throughout 2017. The deal represents a business alliance by

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Are Blockchain Payments the Future of the Online Poker Industry?

Cliff S, May 12, 2017 04:01 UTC

An opinion piece by Rob Davy on Calvin Ayre this week presented Blockchain as the future of online and mobile poker payments. Mr. Davy described a series of financial scandals

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Donahue Institute Study Shows Positive Impact of Plainridge Park Casino

Cliff S, May 10, 2017 02:19 UTC

50% of Plainridge Park Casino’s workers were unemployed or had a part-time job at the time they were hired. A study of the hiring practices at Massachusetts first licensed gambling

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Paddy Power Betfair Acquires “DRAFT” Fantasy Sports Site for $48 Million

Cliff S, May 9, 2017 02:09 UTC

The merger of DraftKings and FanDuel is not the only daily fantasy sports industry of note these days. People might assume that two companies which control 95% of the industry

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Sands Casino Bethlehem Halts Its $93 Million Poker Room Expansion

Cliff S, May 8, 2017 08:57 UTC

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem halted its $93 million expansion this week, which including a new poker room, casino floor space, and restaurants. The Las Vegas Sands Corp, current owners of

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PKR Online Poker Site Announces It Will Close Soon

Cliff S, May 5, 2017 02:32 UTC

Online poker site PKR announced last Wednesday it would shut down due to financial difficulties. PKR, which powered by Microgaming software, is owned by PKR Ltd. and PKR Technologies LTD.

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Carl Icahn Sells Trump Taj Mahal for 4¢ on the Dollar

Cliff S, May 4, 2017 04:12 UTC

Carl Icahn sold the Trump Taj Mahal for 4-cents on the dollar. That is what stats bourn out by Securities and Exchange Commission documents revealed on Tuesday show. In March

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MGM Resorts to Launch a Poker and Casino Site in New Jersey Online Market

Cliff S, May 3, 2017 10:01 UTC

MGM Resorts International plans to launch its own online poker and casino portal in the New Jersey market in late 2017. MGM’s online gambling platform will be designed in partnership

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