Day: 26 October 2018

2018 WSOPE €25,500 Brings Michael Addamo Second Gold Bracelet and Best Live Cash at King’s Casino in Rozvadov

Fri 26 Oct 2018 10.06 Harry Evans
2018 WSOPE €25,500 Brings Michael Addamo Second Gold Bracelet and Best Live Cash at King’s Casino in Rozvadov

Another bracelet winner has been crowned at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov mere hours ago, as Michael Addamo managed to emerge victorious from the 133-entry field in the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) €25,500 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller. After returning to the second day of the High Roller event as a chip leader, the Australian poker player managed to keep his pace in order to be crowned as the event’s winner and take home the first-place prize of €848,702 ($965,750). Apart from the lion’s share of the €25,500…

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UK Government to Put Back Implementation of FOBT £2 Maximum Stake until October 2019

Fri 26 Oct 2018 7.54 Daniel Williams
UK Government to Put Back Implementation of FOBT £2 Maximum Stake until October 2019

According to media reports, the expected reduction in the maximum stake of fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) will take effect in October 2019 at the earliest. Yesterday, The Guardian found that the deadlines for British bookmakers to slash the maximum stakes on the notoriously addictive machines from £100 to £2 will be delayed until next year. According to plans regarding next week’s budget, which has included an amount of £900 million expected to be won by local bookmakers, the expected change in the FOBTs regime is most likely to take place…

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