Poker

Greece records a 73.1% increase in tax from online gambling wins in July and August 2026. Record comes after the introduction of higher tax rates on online casino and poker payouts. The increase in state receipts came despite a slight decline in gross gaming revenue (GGR) across the affected operat…

Ontario’s regulated iGaming market recorded a 27% month-over-month increase in sports betting revenue in September, according to market performance data released by iGaming Ontario (iGO). The province generated CA$9.71 billion ($6.94 billion) in total cash wagers, a 0% month-over-month increase, an…

A sophisticated hack targeting big-stakes online poker players may have scored between $1.5 million and $4 million in illicit winnings. The attacker allegedly accessed the players’ computers and saw their private cards in games through compromised poker software. Online Poker Malware Scheme May Hav…

High-stakes online poker players may have lost as much as $4 million to a cheater who secretly viewed opponents’ hole cards, according to a new investigation that has raised questions about at least one operator’s response to the issue. The attacker allegedly compromised Jurojin and IntuitiveTables…

Betsson has just become the ninth gaming company to secure approval for online poker in France. Officials called this a major development for the company and promised players that exciting experiences await. Betsson Becomes the Ninth Company Allowed to Offer Online Poker As it turns out, Betsson ha…

Poker rooms are adapting to a new style of dealing cards called “slide dealing,” with the change now coming to the Strip in Las Vegas, as The Venetian has become the second property to adopt the practice. Previously, South Point announced that its dealers would adopt the practice. Pitch Dealing Giv…

ICONIC21 has launched a new product that mixes the Gravity Series with Texas Hold’em poker and offers players the opportunity to benefit from multipliers of up to 1,000x and various side-bet rewards. In a press statement shared with GamblingNews, ICONIC21 announced the launch of its dedicated Gravi…

Professional poker player Damien LeForbes could avoid jail and get probation after pleading guilty to running an illegal gambling business and money laundering. His defense attorneys and federal prosecutors have recommended a sentence of home confinement and mandatory counseling, but a judge has po…

A professional poker player and bookie who gambled at least $148 million at a Las Vegas casino and lost more than $10 million at Resorts World could escape prison despite pleading guilty to illegal bookmaking and money laundering. Federal prosecutors have joined Damien LeForbes‘ attorneys in recomm…

Italian sports betting and gaming operator Sunbet Italia has adopted Fast Track CRM to manage customer relationship management and player engagement activities from a single, integrated platform. The deployment covers the operator’s sports betting, casino, poker and bingo products and includes the…

Leading games provider BetGames has agreed a new long-term deal with STS, keeping its Polish Poker and Live Studio content exclusive to the operator in Poland until the end of 2028. The extension confirms STS as the exclusive provider of BetGames’ Polish Poker in Poland, with the title developed sp…

Americas Cardroom will enable Winning Poker Network’s ScreenShield table-protection feature by default for players across the network starting November 4. The feature is designed to prevent protected poker-table content from appearing through supported screen-capture and screen-sharing methods. Pla…

Americas Cardroom players will no longer need to ask for ScreenShield. From November 4, Winning Poker Network will switch the table-protection feature on by default for players across the network. ScreenShield is designed to stop protected WPN poker-table content from appearing through the screen-c…

Las Vegas’s Venetian Resort, which has an iconic poker room with 50 card tables, has become the first one on the Strip to adopt the “slide dealing” technique, which is designed to prevent cheaters from using hidden cameras to see the cards. The Venetian Mandates the Use of “Slide Dealing” to Preven…

Americas Cardroom player kingqueensuited secured a second consecutive Sunday Banana victory on October 11, bringing the two first-place payouts to $204,657.43. The latest Sunday also added 63 NLH and 17 PLO Venom qualifiers and awarded seven $30,000 Paradise packages. JAMERECIA topped 1,025 entries…

Las Vegas’s Venetian Resort, which has an iconic poker room with 50 card tables, has become the first one on the Strip to adopt the “slide dealing” technique, which is designed to prevent cheaters from using hidden cameras to see the cards. The Venetian Mandates the Use of “Slide Dealing” to Preven…

Bryn Kenney, former ambassador for GGPoker, the world’s largest online poker platform, is not suing the company for allegedly unpaid commissions. Despite a long and seemingly mutually beneficial relationship, the two parties could not resolve their financial disputes, leading to court allegations o…

Poker star Bryn Kenney is suing GGPoker’s parent companies and CEO for tens of millions of dollars, claiming he helped build the online poker giant only to be denied commissions and a promised ownership stake. In a first amended complaint filed Wednesday, Oct. 14 in federal court in Nevada, Kenney…