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The Governor of Maine has allowed a bill that legalizes online gambling and poker to become a law, paving the road for the state’s four tribes to begin to offer digital slots, table games and poker. Gov. Janet Mills declined to both sign or veto the bill. She allowed the expansion of gambling in her […]
Texas is becoming a hotspot for the best poker tournament action, and the next stop will be The Lodge Card Club for the upcoming RunGood Poker Series (RGPS). The RGPS Passport season kicks into high gear Jan. 27 in Round Rock, part of the greater Austin area. PokerNews will be on-site at the newly renovated […]
Sebastian “peace&loove” Huber’s relationship with PokerStars has, for the most part, been a happy one. The Austrian streamer first came to prominence after winning the inaugural Dare2Stream competition, earning a PokerStars ambassador deal in the process. Since then, he has delivered repeatedly on the virtual felt, notably turning a $55 satellite entry into a $76K […]
Triton Poker return to action in 2026 with two series, including potentially pioneering women’s events. Source link […]
Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham has a glowing reputation for hosting and running incredible live poker festivals. One such festival, the UK Poker Championships (UKPC) by GGPoker, is right around the corner, with the first event scheduled to shuffle and deal on January 17. This latest iteration of the UKPC sees Dusk Till Dawn again […]
Categorising casino games as skill instead of chance almost cost the Estonian government a small fortune in tax. Source link […]
It was one of PokerNews‘ top stories of 2025 and could force poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel into retirement, but all eyes are still on attempts to repeal the gambling “phantom tax” introduced in last year’s “One Big Beautiful Bill“. The Fair Bet Act was intended as an emergency fix to stop this, but […]
The PokerStars New Year Series is in full swing, but the best is still to come. Three Main Events get underway this weekend, including the $109 Main Event Low with a $1 million guarantee, and PokerNews readers can take a cut-price route in thanks to an exclusive PokerNews x PokerStars MTT. From a $5.50 buy […]
CoinPoker continues its surge, posting the highest entry counts ever and delivering the largest CoinMasters Bitcoin tournament to date, underlining massive traffic and standout value across the current schedule. Source link […]
WPT Global’s ambassador lineup continued to have more notable shake-ups, as Irish poker figures David Lappin and Dara O’Kearney have ended their partnership with the online poker room following the signing of controversial poker player Tony “Ren” Lin. Lin was announced as a new WPT Global ambassador earlier this week, while Lappin and O’Kearney, the […]