Day: 14 September 2017

Matt Hyman Proceeds as Chip Leader to Poker Masters Series Event #1 Day 2

Thu 14 Sep 2017 15.35 Harry Evans
Matt Hyman Proceeds as Chip Leader to Poker Masters Series Event #1 Day 2

The first-ever high-stakes poker tournament series Poker Masters already started at the ARIA Resort and Casino this Wednesday, with the first of the four No-Limit Hold’em events featuring a buy-in of $50,000. The inaugural Poker Masters series is to be held from September 13th to September 20th at the ARIA Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Apart from the four 50,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em events, all of which take place in two game days, there will also be a single $100,000 NL Hold’em event that is to feature a…

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Paddy Power Betfair Reveals 1 Strike Affiliate Policy Guidelines

Thu 14 Sep 2017 13.55 Olivia Cole
Paddy Power Betfair Reveals 1 Strike Affiliate Policy Guidelines

A couple of days ago, one of the users of the Gambling Portal Webmasters Association (GPWA) forum posted a note signed by the Head of Partnership at Paddy Power Betfair, Anthony Elders. The note regards the attitude of the gambling operators towards marketing compliance and affiliate activity. In the note shared with the users of the GPWA forum Paddy Power Betfair confirmed that it was aimed to comply with the UK Gambling Commission’s Guidelines, so it was willing to make sure that its affiliates were acting in a manner responsible…

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Wisconsin Sees New DFS Legislation Attempt

Thu 14 Sep 2017 10.27 Daniel Williams
Wisconsin Sees New DFS Legislation Attempt

Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) issues seem to be brought to the state of Wisconsin once again thanks to an initiative of the State Representative Tyler Vorpagel, E-Plymouth. The truth is that the status of daily fantasy sports in Wisconsin requires more clarity. Currently, the legality of DFS in the state is more of a matter of interpretation. As a matter of fact, the local players are given the opportunity to access daily fantasy sports such as DraftKings, but such operations have never been made officially legal within the state. As…

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Australia Could Lift Online Poker Restrictions

Thu 14 Sep 2017 8.38 Daniel Williams
Australia Could Lift Online Poker Restrictions

It came to Casino Guardian’s knowledge that the Australian Government could soon lift online poker restrictions thanks to the efforts of the Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm. At the beginning of August, the federal Government of Australia approved the Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016, under which stricter regulatory regime on the country’s gambling market was imposed. The new piece of legislation also limited online gambling operations to sports betting only. New Feasibility Study This, however, could change as a result of months of lobbying by the Australian Online Poker Alliance…

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