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Russia looks set to legalise “skill game” poker

11.03. | Earlier this week, major domestic betting brand Liga Stavok announced that it had become the first company ever to secure an official betting license in Russia, sparking rumours that the nation is finally on the cusp of legalising online gaming – including poker.

Brazilian Rodrigo Santos is the newest LAPT champion

10.03. | In a relatively short Final Table, a new champion of the Latin American Poker Tour in Vina del Mar, Chile, was defined. Rodrigo Strong took almost seven hours to gather all chips from his other seven tablemates in the halls of Enjoy Hotel & Casino.

Daniel Negreanu: “I’d pay $100.000 to see Trump’s penis”

08.03. | Off the back of some bizarre banter last week between US presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Donald Trump, poker’s all-time money leader Daniel Negreanu has announced to the world he’d pay the princely sum of $100,000 to get a good look at the latter’s genitals.

Joe Stapleton Joins Poker Night in America as Commentator

07.03. | Fresh off his live appearance on Twitch during the inaugural Global Poker League draft, poker industry personality Joe Stapleton has landed a gig as co-commentator of CBS Sports Networks’s TV program Poker Night in America.

Ying Lin Chua Wins Largest Freezeout in Asia-Pacific History

06.03. | Ying Lin Chua took down recently the largest freezeout ever held in the Asia-Pacific region for HK$1,904,000 or approximately US$250,000. Chua won the PokerStars Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon HK$12,000 buy-in Main Event, that attracted a record-breaking field of 1,075 players this year.

Swedish Court Acquits Bot Ring. Defendants found not guilty of fraud

05.03. | The use of bots in online poker has been a source of huge and often frenzied discussion recently, and a ruling by the Swedish Court of Appeals will only add to the furore, as they have overturned a lower court’s decision that it does not constitute fraud!

Daniel Negreanu: "Trump has no shot of becoming president"

29.02. | In a new interview with Pokerlistings, Daniel Negreanu shares his thoughts on the 2016 presidential primary election. According to the interview, Negreanu took last year steps to gain American citizenship, meaning he's finally eligible to vote as well.

Global Online Gambling Market Growing At 11-Percent Clip

28.02. | Between now and 2020, the global online gambling market is expected to see a compound annual growth rate of nearly 11 percent, according to analysis released late last year from research group Technavio.

Global Poker League teams have been drafted!

27.02. | The biggest draft in the history of poker games is done and 48 players have been assigned to join the 12 teams in the first ever Global Poker League. Teams were allowed to draft from a list of 203 players hand-selected from the top 1000 players from the Global Poker Index database.