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The first event of the 2017 Aussie Millions saw Melbourne's Robert Raymond best a field of 1,565 entries to grab the title and AUD$320,830 in prize money. When the final table was down to four handed-play, Raymond only had 1.64 million in chips and was the short stack against against Qiang Fu (3.7 million), Alex Lynskey (4.95 million), and Michael Addamo (5.4 million).

Read more » 2017 Aussie Millions: Robert Raymond Wins Event #1

This is an update of the news back in September 27, 2016, in which a drunk driver involved in fatal crash says the casino is responsible too.

Jack Casino, formerly known as Horseshoe Casino, located in Cincinatti, is in danger of losing its liquor permit on January 19, 2017 unless its owners pay a fine worth $50,000 to the Ohio Liquor Control Commission, according to the Ohio Department of Public Safety's news release.

Read more » Casino in Cincinatti to lose liquor license unless they pay $50K fine

888poker has ultimately decided to leave the Aussie market for good in order to avoid a potential US$5 million fine, that is, if the new gaming law will successfully be implemented in the country. 888poker players in Australia have been recently informed that they shall no longer be allowed to play on their website starting January 16, 2017.

Read more » 888poker exits Australia

Daniel Negreanu tragically lost his best friend 'Mushu' last Friday while playing Day 2 of the PokerStars Championship Bahamas $25,000 High Roller.

Negreanu, who is 1st on the All Time Money List with $32 million in tournament earnings, shared the sad news on Twitter and received a lot of answers from his followers and fellow pros who wished to express their condolences.

Read more » Daniel Negreanu Mourns The Tragic Death of His Best Friend of 17 Years

This week, Comedian Kevin Hart has just lost over $300,000 playing high-stakes poker. Despite the tremendous loss, he's still overall fortunate because he can afford it, as last year he had earned $87.5 million, and according to Forbes magazine, Hart was the highest paid comedian of 2016.

Read more » Comedian Kevin Hart lost over $300K on his first foray in high-stakes live poker tournaments

According to the authorities in South Florida, a verbal argument at a poker room resulted to the fatal shooting of a former Army Ranger just outside a Miami casino last Christmas. The two suspects, Mikey Lenard and Kenin Bailey, both age 25, were apprehended and brought to court on Tuesday, December 27, for allegedly shooting Fernando Duarte, 33.

Read more » Former army ranger killed outside Miami casino after ‘poker room table talk’

This year we continued the Lottery tradition from previous years, where you could win MobPoints, MobDraw tickets and MobSafe shots. The way to get tickets to the lottery, would be if you won a prize in the Christmas Calendar that you were unable to use, for one reason or another.

Example: If you won a freeroll entry worth $15 you would get 15 tickets for the lottery if you decided to claim lottery tickets, instead of the actual prize. 

The lottery in 2016 had the following prizes available:

• 2 x 4,000 MobPoints
• 3 x 3,000 MobPoints
• 5 x 2,000 MobPoints
• 15 x 500 MobDraw tickets
• 10 x 100 MobSafe "shots"
• 15 x 50 MobSafe "shots"

And today we ran the "randomizer" and found the winners to the prizes above. Basically, the more tickets you had, the bigger chances of winning.Read more » Christmas Calendar 2016: Lottery Winners and "100+ door" freeroll info

2016 is soon coming to an end and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all our members, partners and affiliates for yet another successful year filled with Rake Races, Leaderboards, Freerolls, and other competitions exclusive to Mobsters.

We will do our utmost to make 2017 an even better year. We can already now reveal that we will launch a new mobile-friendly website next year with lots of new functions to make your stay on bankrollmob.com more enjoyable.

Happy New Year!

Best regards,
BankrollMob Crew

Poker pro Phil Ivey and his friend is ordered to give back about $10.1 million that they won from the Borgata casino in Atlantic City while they were playing cards and using a technique called "edge sorting" to improve their chances of winning.

Read more » Phil Ivey and friend ordered to repay $10M to Atlantic City casino

Free play is simple to understand - you get the chance to play games by the casino for free, no money involved. For now, gambling operators are not required to pay taxes on wagers/bets placed by customers who are availing their free play offers.

Read more » UK online gambling sites soon to say goodbye on Free Play

According to WSOP.com, the WSOP announces their most popular festival scheduled to run right May 30 to July 17 next year. WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart stated in a release, "We want to wish everyone Happy Holidays and best wishes for a safe and successful 2017. We are busy trying to finalize the entire 2017 WSOP schedule. We anticipate a similar series to last year with a few new wrinkles, but ensuring a broad array of options to satisfy every potential participant."

Read more » 2017 WSOP scheduled for May 30 to July 17

It looks like this would be considered an early Christmas present for two poker players who had their money unlawfully confiscated while they were driving (with out-of-state plates) through the state of Iowa back in April 2013 as they have now finally settled their lawsuit.

Read more » Poker players win lawsuit against Iowa police who unlawfully confiscated their money

Having the power to predict the future or hindsight can really be a wonderful thing, but it can also be a double-edged sword. This is what WPT winner Mike Sexton knows very well.

Read more » Mike Sexton sold partypoker shares too early, lost $500M

Casino owner, antique dealer and recreational poker player Leon Tsoukernik of Czech Republic was crowned the winner of the EPT Prague €50,000 Super High Roller on Tuesday after having bested an extremely tough field consisting of many of the world's best tournament players, including poker prodigy Charlie Carrel heads-up. Carrel, 23, and Tsoukernik, 43, seem to have captivated all observers since they ended up at the same table for the first time on Sunday afternoon.

Read more » EPT Prague: Leon Tsoukernik Wins The €50,000 Super High Roller

As part of the WPT Five Diamond Poker Classic, a $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller tournament was played over the weekend at the Bellagio Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. A massive $3,724,000 prize pool was generated thanks to 38 entries, though, only the 6 finalists received a share of it.

Read more » World Poker Tour: $100k High Roller Crowned 2 Millionaires!

The Season 1 of the Global Poker League which is comprised of 12 teams from Europe and America have concluded last week with the Montreal Nationals winning in the finals against the Berlin Bears, claiming the first-ever GPL Championship title.

Read more » The Global Poker League Goes To China In 2017

The 2016 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic drew a field of 791 entries to beat the precious record that was set in 2007 when Ukraine's Eugene Katchalov outlasted a field of 664 entrants to bank $2,482,605. The field size also tied the WPT record in $10k buy-in events with the 2007 WPT L.A. Poker Classic, which was won by Eric Hershler for $2,429,970.

Read more » James Romero Wins Record WPT Five Diamond For $1.938 Million!

On Tuesday, the partypoker WPT Prague Main Event final table concluded after 122 hands of play with Oleg Vasylchenko from Ukraine as the champion for €132,200 and a $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT® Tournament of Champions.

Read more » Oleg Vasylchenko Wins WPT Prague!