WSOP Circuit Main Event Kicks Off at King’s Casino
Since the first tournament of the World Series of Poker Circuit kicked off back at the beginning of March at the King’s Casino in Rozvodav, the Czech Republic, the most anticipated tournament has been the main event. The Spring Festival’s Main Event begun officially last Friday and it will be continuing over a four-day span where all participants will be getting a chance to compete for the top positions. The very first flight of the...
Pennsylvania Online Poker License Applications Set For April
The wait is almost over for the casino operators who have been eagerly waiting for Pennsylvania’s long-awaited online gambling licenses as the Pennsylvanian Gaming Control Board begins processing the licenses in just a few weeks. During a recent House budget hearing, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Boards (PGCB) Executive Director Kevin O’Toole confirmed that the agency is already in the process of crafting some temporary regulations...
Online Gambling at Pennsylvanian Casinos Will Be Prohibited
Recently, the Pennsylvanian Gaming Control Board released a documentation pertaining to online gambling in the state. The FAQ document is meant to help the state’s citizens to gain a better understanding of its forthcoming online gambling industry. However, the two-page document contains no new, or rather groundbreaking, information. Still, there is a specific aspect of the law that has often been underreported or underplayed, that...
Pennsylvanian Poker Rooms Rake In $4.6 Million in January
According to recent financial figures posted by Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board, the state’s 10 land-based poker rooms generated revenues amounting to a total of $4.6 million in January 2018. All the ten casinos paid state taxes of a $648,000 on the revenue. Since the first poker room was officially opened in Pennsylvania, the casinos have enjoyed poker rakes of up to $436.1 million with over $56 million in taxes being paid on...
Poker Players Alliance Calls for Donations to Aid Their Work
For the very first time in its history, the Poker Players Alliance has sent out a desperate call for financial donations through an email that was issued by Rich Muny, the PPA’s new president, to their members and email followers. Muny takes over from John Pappas, the Poker Players Alliance’s outgoing president who is expected to officially leave office and depart the organization at the end of this month. It might have taken a while...
