There have been quite a few movies made over the last few years that takes a crack at the game of poker. The most popular one is arguably Rounders (1998) which was directed by John Dahl and features Matt Damon.  This year, ‘Molly’s Game’ a new movie that covers the life of the infamous ‘Poker […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | August 17, 2017

MGM Resorts International is one of the biggest and most recognized casino operators in the world. MGM Resorts recently announced that it had decided to roll out GameSense at all of its properties in an attempt to increase its efforts to combat problem gambling and provide its patrons with more options to prevent gambling addictions. […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | August 16, 2017

Studio City International Holdings Ltd, the company that controls Macau’s $3.2 billion Studio City casino resort is making plans for a potential initial public offering (IPO) in America. The company recently sent in a draft registration report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission outlining a plan for a potential IPO of American Depositary Shares […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | August 15, 2017

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is one of the most popular newspapers in the United States and circulates to close to 3 million subscribers. The newspaper recently did a story on legendary poker player Phil Hellmuth and his recently published autobiography ‘The Poker Brat’. It’s not every day that the WSJ decides to do a […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | August 14, 2017

Most of the major online poker operators in Australia pulled out of the market as they expected the proposed Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016 to be approved by the Senate. The Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA) put up a brave front and campaigned hard with support from Senator David Leyonhjelm to stop the bill from […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | August 13, 2017

Online poker operators are always looking for new ways to improve their product and provide players with a superior online gaming experience than their competitors. The global online poker market is dominated by PokerStars, the biggest online poker website in the world followed by 888poker, the second largest online poker provider. partypoker Making Significant Changes […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | August 10, 2017

MGM Resorts, one of the biggest land based casino operators in the world has decided to venture into New Jersey’s online gambling industry with the launch of an online poker and online casino website on August 1. The company had a soft launch for playMGMcasino.com and playMGMpoker.com at the start of the month and allowed […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | August 9, 2017

The South China Morning Post has reported that one of President Donald Trump’s companies has applied for 4 new trademarks in Macau and one of them has to do with Macau’s casino industry. Public records in Macau show that a company known as DTTM Operations LLC applied for these four trademarks back in June 2017. […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | August 8, 2017

Australia is very close to passing the Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill (IGAB) that will effectively ban online poker in the country. Prior to the amendment bill, online poker operators enjoyed free access to Australia’s growing poker market and a number of operators such as PokerStars, 888Poker and Party Poker offered their services to more than […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | August 7, 2017

The World Poker Tour (WPT) is one of the most popular and well known poker tournaments in the world. The company has made it a mission to expand its international presence in 2017 and has placed an emphasis on expanding its brand into the Asia market. The WPT had its presence in 7 countries a […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | August 6, 2017