A recent study has suggested that some Premier League football players are underperforming on the pitch due to worries caused by gambling, usually in poker games. The study was conducted by a Ph.D student at the University of Chester, who interviewed over thirty professional football players to find out the extent to which extracurricular gambling hasRead Full Article

  The popular Hippodrome Casino in London’s Leicester Square will play host to the PokerStars UKIPT 2016 tournament as it kicks off tomorrow, April 5th. There will be 13 scheduled events across the course of the week, including the £770 Main Event. From tomorrow until Sunday there will be series of opportunities for poker fans to takeRead Full Article

The latest UK budget has been published by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, and it has ended speculation in the gambling industry over additional new taxes being introduced. It had been thought by many financial commentators that the Chancellor was planning to impose new gambling taxes on UK bookmaking companies this year. The 2016Read Full Article

Paddy Power Betfair have released their first financial report since the two bookmaking giants merged back in February. The joining together of the two brands consequently created the world’s largest listed online gambling company. As the two companies have not been merged very long, they released the figures separately with Paddy Power unveiling its full-year figures for 2015,Read Full Article

This March looks to be a hectic one for live poker tournaments in the UK and Ireland with over a dozen medium to large events scheduled up and down the country. The popular Grosvenor Poker Series will be continuing during March 2016 with another four big stops, with tournaments in Glasgow, Reading, Southampton, and Sheffield. These events will host gamesRead Full Article

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has announced that 888 Poker will be their official sponsor of the 2016 series when it begins in May later this year. The contract which was signed by both parties is an extension of the previous deal from 2015, which effectively allows 888 Poker to offer their registered players opportunities toRead Full Article

Popular online poker site Unibet is kicking off its first ever UK live poker tour this week in Brighton at the Rendezvous Casino from the 12th February. Unibet has never run a live poker series in the UK so 2016 will be the inaugural year of the new tournament. The brand new live tournament will beginRead Full Article

Popular poker professional Sam Trickett has announced his new role as ambassador for the Indian poker site, Starpoker. Trickett, from Nottingham, is a hugely successful player who has amassed over $20 million in career winnings. He has acted as an ambassador for several other high-profile online poker rooms, such as Matchbook, Titan Poker and Everest.Read Full Article

The Aussie Millions poker tournament 2016 has kicked off in Melbourne recently, with a massive AUD$30 million in prizepools. The popular poker series takes place every year and attracts an average of two thousand players from around the world, both seasoned professionals and ambitious amateurs, who strive to take home their slice of the prize fund.Read Full Article

Five poker players have pleaded guilty to allegations of cheating at the popular Grosvenor Victoria Casino in central London. The incident took place between the 4th of April and 2nd May 2014, with the gang collecting £33,600 (€44,663) through the scam. The group of Turkish men used a method of card-swapping under the table to swindle theRead Full Article