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Solana Backs WSOP-Themed Blockchain-Based Poker Fantasy Hybrid Product
Solana, a blockchain platform that sponsored this year's World Series of Poker, is working with a team of independent creators on something called "WSOLP," which it describes as "Poker's Premiere Fantasy Championship." WSOLP doesn't appear to stand for anything, but is a portmanteau of WSOP and SOL, the latter being...
BetMGM Poker’s Market Lead Looks Fragile Amid Spring Slowdown
BetMGM Poker remains the most successful U.S. site for the moment, but it no longer looks as dominant as it has for the past year. In large part, that's due...
GTO Strategy: New Poker Training Tool Aims to Lower the Barrier to Entry
AI-driven analysis and study tools have made the gap between professional poker players and amateurs wider than it has ever been, but unfortunately, many of these solvers are difficult to...
For Lawmakers, Political Gridlock on Gambling Issues May Be a Feature, Not a Bug
After considerable investment of time and money by all parties, the situation for California cardrooms and the gaming tribes who oppose them is right back where it started. Last month, the cardrooms...
PokerStars’ Reboot as FanDuel Poker Stops the Bleeding
Flutter's decision to reboot its U.S.PokerStars sites as part of FanDuel's product has paid off. Whether you can consider is a success per se depends on your frame of reference. The...
BetRivers Poker’s Days of Market Share Growth Appear at an End
BetRivers Poker got off to a promising start last year, looking like it might successfully disrupt the U.S. online poker market. Yet, even with the former market leader PokerStars in a...
Wabanaki Nations Wade Into Maine iGaming Lawsuit to Protect Tribal Interests
Last week, the federal court for Maine approved a motion by the Wabanaki Nations to interevene in a lawsuit challenging the state's new online casinos. Under that law, which passed in...
Virginia House and Senate at Odds Again, This Time on Fairfax Casino Bill
Once again, the lawmakers in the Virginia House and Senate seem to be in alignment on passing a gambling bill, but at odds on the specifics. The issue this time...
Imperial Treasures: Wind Creek Launches Secondary Online Casino Brand in Pennsylvania
This week, a new online casino brand arrived in the Pennsylvania market: Imperial Treasures, which will operate on the Wind Creek Bethlehem license. It's a new brand that doesn't operate in any other markets,...
Virginia House and Senate Split on Regulatory Issue, Putting Online Gambling Effort in Jeopardy
To legalize online casinos and poker, Virginia only needs House and Senate legislators to agree on the details, but the failure to pass a related regulatory bill on Tuesday raises...
