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Martin Jacobson’s Past Led Him to Make WSOP Main Event History
Martin Jacobson is your 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, which, if you didn't know by now, our sincere apologies for the spoiler. Before this year's $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship, few had heard of the 27-year-old from Stockholm, Sweden....
Sweden’s Martin Jacobson Sweeps World Series of Poker Main Event
Martin Jacobson of Sweden won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Tuesday night, making a set of tens on the final hand to claim poker's biggest championship. Jacobson's victory marked his first WSOP bracelet win, and also came with...
Caesars Entertainment Tanks with $908.1 Million in Third Quarter Losses
Caesars Entertainment is the company to compare yourself to if you ever want to feel better about your spending habits or bank statements. Already much-chastened with the casino industry's highest debt load by far, new reports of posted Q3 losses of $908.1...
Jorryt Van Hoof Leads as WSOP Final Table Down to Three
The World Series of Poker final table is down to three players, with Dutchman Jorryt van Hoof finishing yesterday’s play as he began, with the chip lead and bossing the table around. And despite Phil Hellmuth’s once disparaging remark about “Northern European...
Caesars Interactive Spanked by NJDGE for Gaming Regulation Breaches
Caesars Interactive's WSOP.com casino site in the Garden State has become the first online gambling site since legalization to be reprimanded by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) for breach of its gaming regulations. Operator Caesars Interactive was fined $10,000...
Ontario Lottery Ready with First Regulated Online Gambling Site
A new Ontario lottery will shortly make the Canadian province the fifth to launch a fully regulated online gambling platform, with the announcement that PlayOLG.ca, operated by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), is to launch “in the coming weeks.” PlayOLG.ca...
New Jersey DGE Loosens the Reigns on Gambling Regulations
The New Jersey DGE (Division of Gaming Enforcement) issued four amendments to state gaming regulations last week, all of which will offer new options for operators in the online gambling market there. The new rules cover topics ranging from the types of...
All Around the EU, a License to Deal
The EU, AKA the European Union, is having something of a licensing and regulatory frenzy of late. The European gambling industry has been busy with a flurry of announcements regarding licenses, revenues and new legislation, many making headlines across the continent. From...
Chukchansi Gold Casino Tribal Leaders Turn Themselves In After Break-In
Two tribal council members charged with serious offenses relating to last month’s armed standoff at the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino near Coarsegold, California have turned themselves in. The casino was stormed by 20 armed men on October 9, the culmination of...
Nationwide Election Results May Affect US Online Gambling
Election Day 2014 didn't feature a referendum on Internet gambling, nor did anything earth-shattering occur that will forever change the gaming landscape in the United States. Still, there were a number of local results that were of interest to those who care...
