The world’s most popular poker site, PokerStars, has officially announced that it will be launching a new sports betting brand, BetStars. The new site will also be part of the Amaya Inc group. BetStars will initially be available on a limited number of internet domains (betstars.com, betstars.eu and betstars.uk) but it will be branching outRead Full Article

A UK poker player has been sentenced to three years in prison for violating attacking a fellow player and biting off part of his ear during a poker tournament. The incident, which took place in January 2014, saw Nicholas Salisbury, 27, become aggressive towards his opponent Robert Reed and challenge him to a physical fightRead Full Article

Over a thousand poker players are currently engaging in a 72-hour strike against PokerStars in opposition to the popular poker site’s proposed changes to their VIP loyalty scheme. The striking players have planned to boycott the card tables on the site from the 1st to 3rd of December, as a response to the new VIP program whichRead Full Article

The world’s most popular online poker room has rolled out the plans for its Christmas Festival this year, with a combined prize pool of $10 million to be won. PokerStars is giving customers the opportunity to win a share of the Christmas Festival’s huge jackpots through a series of tournaments and special offers. PokerStars, whichRead Full Article

PartyPoker has recently unveiled their newest site brand ambassador as the four-time world super middleweight world boxing champion Carl Froch. A star of the boxing world, Froch has been successful at both amateur and professional level, with British and Commonwealth titles as well as World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation titles.Read Full Article

The 2015 World Poker Tour partypoker Main Event has concluded in Nottingham, with Iaron Lightbourne winning the largest prize of his career thus far on Sunday when he scooped a massive £200,000 in the tournament’s finale. Lightbourne succeeded over hundreds of competitors to lay claim to the much coveted winner’s trophy. The tournament took place at the Dusk Till Dawn CasinoRead Full Article

Partypoker’s successful annual online poker tournament, Pokerfest, has commenced with the final due to take place on the 8th of November. The 80-event extravaganza sees at least $2.5 million paid out over the course of 15 days and is a popular event on every online poker fan’s calendar. The 2015 Pokerfest online festival kicked off inRead Full Article

Two of the world’s largest gambling companies have recorded serious drops in profit for the third quarter of 2015.  In recently released trading updates to the London Stock Exchange, UK bookmakers William Hill and Ladbrokes (both of which have popular online poker sites) have admitted to investors that they have suffered significant dips in their profitsRead Full Article

The UK Gambling Commission has recently announced plans to review the regulations placed on peer-to-peer online poker – whereby players play against each other rather than playing the operator. On the 8th October the authority released a statement outlining its intention to investigate whether the use of automated poker robots and third party software could triggerRead Full Article