Michigan has become the biggest US regulated online poker network — quickly, at that. Online poker launched in Michigan on January 29, 2021, and is the 5th state in the US to introduce legal online poker. Despite being live for just two weeks, this has launched the state to… Read More
If 2020 was the year for poker players to head online and win millions, it was also the year that heads-up poker was truly resurrected. The news that Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth plan to take each other on heads-up for huge amounts of money should excite every poker fan… Read More
This week’s casino news starts off with an important lesson: careful about bragging too much about your winning bets. The streaker from this year’s Super Bowl found out the hard way. Super Bowl Streaker Likely Won’t Get Paid On Prop Bet Winning bettors always love to brag, don’t they? A… Read More
Fernando Tatis Jr. delivered what Punxsutawney Phil couldn’t: a sense the spring season is right around the corner. The Padres franchise phenom hijacked the headlines when he inked a 14-year, $340-million contract extension the same week MLB pitchers and catchers reported to spring training facilities. San Diego will carry a… Read More
Ever turned $5 into $1.1 million? Frank Nagy did—A New Jersey won an over a million-dollar jackpot on a progressive poker game on Saturday. Nagy, of Monomouth County, has been a long-time patron of the Tropicana casino. His win broke records, too—The jackpot is the largest won in… Read More
We hesitate to say that Jake Paul takes anything particularly serious, but it looks like he is taking his burgeoning boxing career seriously, and is set to box another professional athlete — this time, one who’s expertise is in fighting — but not boxing. Jake Paul is set to fight… Read More
If you following gambling news (and if you’re here, we’re going to make a wild bet that you do) you’ve probably noticed an influx of states rushing to legalize gambling or sports betting — Nebraska is one of the most recent states to legalize casino gambling. Right now, the industry… Read More
Despite the pandemic slowing down business, and well, everything, some industries are seeing an uptick in interest & growth, business, and therefore, advertising spend. One of these industries is the sports betting industry, and it doesn’t show signs it’s going to slow down. According to a report from Media… Read More
Where were you when reddit manipulated the market? I was sitting on my couch on a Tuesday, browsing some personal finance advice on a little website you might’ve heard of called Reddit when a user popped up asking, “Did I make a huge mistake putting $15K on Game Stop?” The… Read More
It doesn’t get tested often, but Reddit’s wallstreetbets forum has challenged the old adage that the house always wins. In short (no pun intended), this recent stock market phenomena, has caused GameStop’s stock price to skyrocket from $17 on January 4 to as high as $483 per share earlier this… Read More
It comes as no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic has driven mobile sports betting to new heights. Placing bets online has been a growing trend in recent years — while some books are only optimized for desktop, or require users to download apps, many books have adapted and now offer… Read More
If you’ve only seen casinos in movies and television, you’d probably have a very inaccurate perception of what actually goes down in those gaming venues. Hollywood makes it seem like casinos are seedy, shady crime-hubs where protagonists come in and overcome the odds to win big. After all, when is… Read More
