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PokerStars launches Omaha Spin & Go
- Apr 21, 2017
PokerStars has moved to expand its range of Spin & Go services with the launch of new Omaha versions of the game.
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Absolute Poker settlement is a meaningless gesture
- Apr 19, 2017
Almost 5 years later, Absolute Poker customers appear to be getting the money back, but most in the industry believe that any serious players had already taken their money out.
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Ivey League to Fold on May 1st
- Apr 14, 2017
The site is set to call it quits, with the IveyLeague Twitter feed posting the following message. . .
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OSC alleges insider trading and tipping in Amaya shares
- Apr 14, 2017
The Ontario Securities Commission has levelled allegations of improper tipping and insider trading in shares of Amaya involving two former executives of Aston Hill Asset Management and a CIBC investment advisor.
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DOJ Announces AbsolutePoker's Victims Will be Paid
- Apr 12, 2017
AbsolutePoker's US victims may yet receive compensation. In a surprise announcement by the DOJ, Monday, Joon H Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said that a process to "compensate eligible victims of a fraud committed by Absolute Poker" would begin. . .
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Largest Online Poker Company Sees Surge In Sports And Online Gambling
- Apr 7, 2017
Amaya Inc., A company predicated on its poker business is making a marked shift to focusing on other areas of growth.
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Australia Outlaws Online Poker, Live Sports Betting
- Mar 24, 2017
Australian federal parliament banned online poker Tuesday after the Senate passed an amendment bill to close “loopholes,” moving from tightening up laws around online gambling to outright remova
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New York’s online poker fate won’t be known until June
- Mar 21, 2017
New York’s fight to legalize online poker likely won’t face its true make-or-break test until June, according to poker’s prime mover in the state Assembly.
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New York state senate approves budget with online poker plan
- Mar 16, 2017
New York’s state Senate has approved a budget proposal that includes language to regulate online poker, but it’s anybody’s guess whether poker will end up in the final version.
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Full Flush Poker domain name acquired
- Mar 13, 2017
A group of unknown persons has bought the domain name of the dead online poker skin, Full Flush Poker, and immediately erected a virtual warning sign on the website.
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Poker bill filed in Virginia hoping to follow DFS into law
- Jan 16, 2017
Senator Louise Lucas has submitted an amended gambling bill that seeks to admit poker as a game of skill, therefore bypassing antiquated gambling legislation in the state.
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2016’s top gambling stories
- Dec 27, 2016
Without further ado, behold the stories that had everyone's chins a wagging in 2016:
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