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A woman from Woodbridge, Ontario luckily hit the jackpot on a slot machine last Saturday at a casino in New York; however, instead of receiving the prize and their warm congratulations, the casino kicked her out without her winnings.

Read more » Woman Kicked Out of Casino After Hitting Jackpot

On Wednesday, the last 4 players out of 110 entries returned to Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham to play the final day of the partypokerLIVE £10k High Roller. Czech Republic's Vojtech Ruzicka and Poland's Bartlomiej Machon started with the biggest stacks and it didn't take all that long until they were heads-up. 

Read more » partypoker: November Niner Vojtech Ruzicka Wins £10,300 High Roller in Nottingham

Aaron Hernandez, age 27, a former Patriots tight end, on early Wednesday morning hanged himself inside his jail cell and was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

Read more » Former Patriots star Aaron Hernandez dies by suicide in prison

We are spoiling our members with yet another leaderboard! This time you can compete for €2,000 in prizes at bet-at-home poker! Get your calendars and write down the dates and times of the following freerolls:

1st €250 freeroll on Sunday 23 April at 19 GMT
2nd €250 freeroll on Sunday 30 April at 19 GMT
3rd €250 freeroll on Sunday 7 May at 19 GMT
4th €250 freeroll on Sunday 14 May at 19 GMT

Everyone is welcome to particpate in these freerolls (options for rebuy and add on) and win prizes and collect leaderboard points! The one who collects most leaderboard points will take home an extra €400!

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Click here to visit the dedicated leaderboard page

A casino cruise ship suffered damages after a minor crash in Galveston at about 11:30pm last Saturday, April 15, causing it to cancel its Sunday cruise.

Read more » Galveston Casino Cruise Ship Crashes Two Weeks after Grand Opening

Amaya is looking to change the marketing strategy for PokerStars as it has recently dropped endorsement from their brand ambassadors. The company has officially stated that their brand marketing strategies will focus mainly on in-site offers.

Read more » PokerStars Drops Use of Sports Stars as Part of Marketing Strategy

888poker is giving away 15 packages worth $1,900 each to the 888Live Festival Main Event in Barcelona!

One of these packages could be yours!

Just make a deposit of $30 or more with code "Barcelona30" to gain entry to the $28,500 888Live Barcelona Festival Tournament (23/04/2017 at 18:15 GMT), where the top 15 players will win an incredible package! 

Phil Ivey opened his poker coaching site Ivey League in the beginning of 2014 and has since then produced poker training videos together with, for example, Patrik Antonius, Cole South and Griffin Benger. Last week, however, the site announced on twitter that they will no longer be posting new video content from May 1st and that they will refund yearly subscriptions.

Ivey League offered 3 types of memberships, with the most expensive one costing $75 a month.

A fire broke out on the roof of Bellagio Hotel on Thursday evening. Clark County Fire Department arrived at the scene at 10:50 p.m. local time after receiving the first call just 4 minutes earlier. The fire was put out around 11:09 p.m. after extremly difficult firefighter efforts due to the location of the fire and access to the location. There are no reported injuries.

Todd Brunson, son of poker legend Doyle Brunson, was playing poker at the Bellagio when the fire started.

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Maurice Hawkins made it into the World Series of Poker history books on April 10th when winning the 2017 Horseshoe Council Bluffs Main Event for $97,561 and, more importantly, his 10th career WSOP Circuit gold ring!

Read more » WSOP: Record-Breaking 10th Gold Ring For Maurice Hawkins!

Daniel Weinman and another 65 World Poker Tour Champion club members enterd the Season XV Monster WPT Tournament of Champions. It took three days of play to boil down the field of poker talents to the televised WPT final table, where Daniel Weinman played Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi heads-up for the title and the $381,500 first-place prize.

Read more » Daniel Weinman Defeats Michael Mizrachi To Win WPT Tournament of Champions

Caesars Entertainment Corp. in partnership with Gamblit Gaming has announced last Thursday, March 30, the introduction of the first ever skill-based gaming experience in Las Vegas, the gambling hub of the United States. The games are subject to an initial field trial phase at Caesars' Planet Hollywood property.

Read more » Caesars introduces first skill-based games in Las Vegas

The first ever PokerStars Championship Main Event in Macau concluded on Sunday evening after one of the longest heads-up matches in history!

Now, the final day started with 6 players and it only took two hours before the field had been narrowed down to the final two contenders: Elliot Smith (Canada) and Tianyuan Tang (China).

Read more » 11-Hour heads-up battle to determine a winner in PokerStars Championship Macau Main Event

Matt Savage is well known in the world of poker as a very excellent tournament director. His latest creation of a tournament schedule for his home casino, the Commerce Casino located in Los Angeles, has definitely riled up some players in the poker community.

Read more » Player’s Accessories outlawed in latest Matt Savage Social Experiment Event

Carnegie Mellon University has created another artificial intelligence bot to play against six top Chinese poker players in no-limit Texas Hold'em for a $290,000 winner-take-all challenge.

Read more » Chinese Players versus updated Poker AI for $290K prize

Tammy M. Laraway of Westfield, Massachusetts hit the jackpot worth $526,914.74 after playing on a penny slot machine game at the Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut on Saturday eve.

Read more » Woman wins $527K on slots at Connecticut casino

The gaming areas are diverse. There are a lot of them, but there are those who conquer their users hearts from the first seconds. Such sites can be counted on the fingers of one hand. And the number "one" may be PlayFortuna. The platform met the first user in the distant 2012 year. At the same time, this casino received all necessary licenses from Curacao eGaming. Along with the SSL encryption and PCI DSS certificate, it provides the best security conditions for real players.

Read more » Introducing Play Fortuna

A former dealer at East Chicago's Ameristar Casino has been accused of cheating the casino out of an approximate $26,000. Li Rong Gao, age 45, was charged on Friday with cheating, gambling and felony theft.

Read more » Casino dealer charged with cheating and theft worth $26,000

Steve O'Dwyer added yet another high roller title to his poker resume thanks to winning the PokerStars Championship Macau HK$400,000 Super High Roller last weekend. The event saw 88 entries (64 players and 24 re-entries) and was played over three days.

Read more » Steve O'Dwyer Wins Macau Super High Roller