What The PA Lottery Will Tell Us So Far About Its Online Games
The Pennsylvania Lottery talked with Online Poker Report about its launch of online games, where is just about three months away.
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Lawmakers across the country rushed to pass daily fantasy sports (DFS) legislation when it first appeared on their radar back in 2015. Within two years, 19 states passed DFS legislation.
The legislative progress DFS made in such a short period of time is laudable. However, the end result was near-universal bad legislation.
States are learning that instead of the promised riches, the amount of money earned from DFS is equivalent to the amount of water you can get out of a stone.
Even more egregious is the realization that the way they crafted their DFS laws now allows DFS operators and companies to push the envelope even further. Everything from de facto parlay wagering like FastPick to single-game DFS slates is now ostensibly legal, all thanks to laws that were more or less written by the industry and rushed through state legislatures.
A couple years later, many of these same states are now rushing to legalize traditional sports betting. So far, most of that introduced legislation is just as flawed.
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The revival of the former Revel/TEN and Trump Taj Mahal properties as Ocean Resort Casino and Hard Rock AC will create around 6,000 jobs for the struggling New Jersey economy.
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Viktor Blom’s latest career achievement comes at an interesting time in his career. The former online cash game nosebleed end boss put on an incredible display to win the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. In only his 13th career tournament cash, Blom withdrew over $1 million from the prize pool; a figure that matches the pots he would play every day for years on Full Tilt Poker.
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Pennsylvania Casinos Start 2018 With Ho-Hum Revenue Performance
Pennsylvania’s casinos had a down January, with casino revenue falling almost two percent Slot and table game revenue were both down for the month.
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NJ Online Poker Update: PokerStars Turbo Series Starts, GSSS Schedule Is Out
Here’s a look at what’s new in the world of New Jersey online poker sites, including PokerStars’ NJ Turbo Series, WSOP satellites and the announcement of the Garden State Super Series schedule.
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The fourth annual GPI American Poker Awards were handed out on Thursday evening in West Hollywood, California. The event is presented by PokerStars and celebrates the game of poker in North America.
A total of 20 awards were presented in a variety of categories.
Two winners were known before the ceremony, as trophies went to the top-ranked American GPI player and the top-ranked female player:
Four other APA awards went to the following people:
The final 14 APA trophy winners were selected from a predetermined group of finalists, voted on by a nine-member jury vote.
The jury consisted of:
Here’s a look at the finalists and winners in each category.
Winner: Artur Papazyan
Winner: Scott Blumstein
Winner: Ema Zejmovic
Winner: partypoker MILLIONS North America
Winner: WPTDeepStacks
Winner: Lance Bradley
Winner: Nick Schulman
Winner: Dead Money: A Super High Roller Bowl Story
Winner: PokerCentral Podcast
Winner: Andrew Neeme
Winner: Jaime Staples
Winner: Matt Savage
Winner: Cary Katz
Winner: Andrew Neeme
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Since the American Poker Awards uses a handpicked jury to decide most of its winners, US Poker decided to put together its own jury, and here’s the final results of our voting.
Author’s note: This shouldn’t be seen as criticism of the GPI selections, or as US Poker disagreeing with the winners, this was just a fun exercise we did several days before the APA ceremony.
US Poker winner: William Alex Foxen
After receiving four of the US Poker six votes, William Alex Foxen was our clear choice in the Breakout Player of the Year category.
US Poker winner: Scott Blumstein
It would take something really special to beat the WSOP Main Event, and despite some good performances, the trophy belongs to Scott Blumstein.
US Poker winner: John Smith
The APA jury went with the Ema Zajmovic’s historic win, but the US Poker jury has a soft spot for the story arc of the old guy putting the whippersnappers in their place.
US Poker winner: WSOP Main Event
With three votes, the trophy goes to the WSOP Main Event. Only Brett Collson was in agreement with the APA jury.
US Poker winner: WPTDS and MSPT
We have a tie! The MSPT and WPT DeepStacks split the votes from our jury.
US Poker winner: Steve Ruddock
I wouldn’t put much stock in this one, as I suspect my coworkers are angling for me to pick up a dinner check or something.
US Poker winner: Nick Schulman
Nick was the APA trophy winner, and US Poker’s near consensus choice.
US Poker winner: Dead Money
Poker Central’s Dead Money was the APA jury pick, as well as our favorite in the Content of the Year category. The 30-for-30-esque documentary was well received and expanded the boundaries of poker content.
US Poker winner: TwoPlusTwo Podcast
Each of the finalists received a vote from the US Poker panel, but the TwoPlusTwo Podcast edged out the other contenders. PokerCentral was the actual winner.
US Poker winner: Andrew Neeme
Neeme was a runaway winner in the Video Blogger category.
US Poker winner: Jason Somerville
Every finalist got a vote in this category as well, so with just a plurality of the vote, Jason Somerville is our winner. I’ll point out that I was the only voter to pick the actual winner here, Jaime Staples.
US Poker winner: Matt Savage
The US Poker jury lined up with the APA jury here, as Matt Savage received four of the six votes, making him the clear-cut winner in this category.
US Poker winner: Cary Katz
Once again, the US Poker jury and the APA jury were in agreement. The unique and innovative content coming out of Poker Central garnered Katz four of the six votes in this category.
US Poker winner: Doug Polk
Kim Yuhl was the only vote that lined up with the APA jury. Everyone else was for Negreanu or Polk.
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Live and Online: New signups in the UK get five buy-ins to Power Up games, no strings attached, as the operator rolls out new game stakes.
Power Up, a new game variant that takes elements from Spin & Gos and blends them with e-sports games, is expanding so that a wider range of buy-in levels are on offer to players. Furthermore, a special “no-deposit required” promotion exclusively for players in the UK has launched.
New 25 cent and $15 games have been added into the Power Up client, making micro and midstakes buy-ins available to players for the very first time. This marks the biggest expansion in game offerings since Power Up was introduced late last year, expanding the offer from $1, $3 and $7 stake levels previously on offer.
A poker dealer suspected of stealing saw Nevada gaming regulators on Thursday do something they haven’t done in over a decade. Back in early October, a complaint was filed against …