December 22, 2021 Matthew Pitt It is that time of year again when PokerNews delves through the hundreds of articles published over the past 12 months and chooses the ten biggest stories of the year. Kicking off the series for 2021 is the launch and initial success of a brand new poker product, GGPoker’s ClubGG.
Month: December 2021
On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is the penultimate of the year, Sarah Herring and Chad Holloway take a look back at half of the Top 10 Stories from 2021! These include the launch of ClubGG by GGPoker as well as online poker in the state of Michigan. They also take a
December 23, 2021 Jason Glatzer The Club PokerNews Cup is returning to ClubGG for its Winter Edition from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5. The festival boasts 30 play-money events where you can win trophies, PokerNews gear, and other amazing prizes absolutely for free. The entire festival will take place exclusively in the Club PokerNews (Club
December 23, 2021 Chad Holloway April 15, 2021 marked the 10-year anniversary of Black Friday, the day federal authorities shut down and forever changed online poker in the United States. Gone were the days when U.S. citizens could sit down and log onto sites like PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker at their leisure. Instead, online
December 23, 2021 Chad Holloway 0 Hosts: Sarah Herring @auntychardonnayChad Holloway @ChadAHolloway LibsynSpotifyiTunesPodbeanPlayerFmStitcher On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is the penultimate of the year, Sarah Herring and Chad Holloway talk a look back at half of the Top 10 Stories from 2021! These include the launch of ClubGG by GGPoker as
December 23, 2021 Jon Sofen Phil Hellmuth shipped his record-extending 16th World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet this fall. Shaun Deeb won his fifth, but he will one day surpass the “Poker Brat,” or so he claimed on Doug Polk‘s Tuesday podcast. Deeb, who is consistently in contention for WSOP Player of the Year, has
Operator seeks changes to Irish lottery after no jackpot win since June Controversy leads to parliamentary inquiry, calls for ‘must-be-won’ draw similar to UK’s – and Shergar jokes It has been said that even the dead racehorse Shergar has a better chance of winning Ireland’s national lottery than a member of the public. For six
Psychiatrists warn of problem gambling rise among over-65s About 620,000 more in age group are gambling online at least once a month than two years ago in Great Britain Psychiatrists are warning of a surprise rise in problem gambling among the over-65s after the largest increase in online betting since before the pandemic was recorded
Gambling firm that coaxed older people to bet thousands will escape sanctions Isle of Man-based IMME committed extensive breaches of licence, finds Gambling Commission review An online gambling firm that contacted older people and persuaded them to bet tens of thousands of pounds on lottery results is to escape sanctions, despite a damning regulatory investigation
Flutter enters contest to run national lottery via Italian takeover Deal struck to buy Italian gambling company Sisal, one of four firms bidding for licence to run UK lottery Flutter, the gambling company that owns Paddy Power and SkyBet, has agreed to buy the Italian operator Sisal in a £1.6bn deal that could have a
It’s hard to fancy Flutter as the UK national lottery operator Nils Pratley Gambling conglomerate’s takeover of Sisal may provide sparkle after a poor year, but online casinos and the lotto don’t mix An absence of deal-making is one reason why Flutter Entertainment, the £20bn gambling conglomerate that encompasses Paddy Power, Betfair, Sky Bet, PokerStars
Author’s Note: The blog for this week and next will be a trip report about a cruise my wife and I took aboard the Norwegian Cruise Lines Bliss from Los Angeles to the Mexican Riviera between November 28 and December 5. There were Covid protocols in place, and to my knowledge, no outbreaks on board.
Our guest this week is author Marton Magyar. Marton’s new book is “The 50 Greatest Stories in Poker History.” . Show Notes [00:00] introduction of Marton Magyar, author of The 50 Greatest Stories in Poker History [00:42] Marton’s ethnic background [01:41] Marton’s poker experience [04:27] What poker sites does Marton write for? [06:34] Chronicling the poker
A staple of cruising on NCL is the “Washy Washy” people at the entrance of the buffet encouraging everybody to receive a squirt of sanitizer on their hands. On the Bliss, instead of the sanitizer, there were four sinks at each entrance which we were strongly encouraged to use. And they still had the workers
In the southern American state of Louisiana and a proposal that would have seen casino operator Peninsula Pacific Entertainment bring a gambling-friendly development to St Tammany Parish has reportedly been soundly defeated. According to a Saturday report from the Louisiana Illuminator, the Los Angeles-headquartered firm had been hoping to be given permission to transfer the
Grupo Slots debuted its online casino and sportsbook in Buenos Aires on Thursday along with a host of other operators who received licenses in Argentina earlier this year. The gambling site at Jugadon.bet.ar operates on the Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) iGaming platform. Codere Online and Bplay (888) have reportedly gone live as well with two
The games in the table above are only the top 10 Pharaohs slots, and, of course, there are dozens of other appealing games on the Egyptian topic. We provided you with a full list of them at the end of this blog post, so stay tuned if you want to find out more. Now, let’s
MGM Resorts today announced it has reached an agreement to sell the operations of The Mirage Hotel & Casino to Hard Rock for $1.075 billion in cash, subject to customary working capital adjustments. Under the terms of the agreement, MGM Resorts will retain The Mirage name and brand, licensing it to Hard Rock royalty-free for
Christmas is coming and the snow is flying as we take a look at the Yak Yeti and Roll online slot Betsoft! It’s a 5 reel, 20 paylines slot with a Bonus Round and Bonus Spins! It also comes with a Gamble Feature, Wild and Scatter Symbols, and take Yak, Yeti and Roll with you
December 13, 2021 Jon Sofen MGM Resorts International sent shockwaves through the Las Vegas casino industry Monday when the company announced the sale of the Mirage to Hard Rock International for $1.08 billion in cash. Mirage is one of the most iconic casinos in town and was once the home to the biggest poker games