Alex Weldon
Latest Articles By Alex Weldon (118)
BetMGM and WSOP Fight for US Online Poker Dominance as PokerStars Abdicates the Throne
According to new revenue estimates by PokerScout, the highest-grossing network in regulated US online poker is either BetMGM or WSOP, depending on the time of year. For most of the past year, it has been BetMGM at the top of the heap, but added traffic from tie-ins with the live World Series of Poker propels WSOP...
PartyPoker Merges European Players With iPoker Network — Will Global Pooling Follow?
PartyPoker's European network will soon be gone, at least in the form players have known it. Starting September 2, the France-Spain network will become nothing more than a skin on iPoker...
‘Insider Trading’ on Polymarket Foretold Taylor Swift’s Engagement
Swifties learned overnight on Tuesday of their beloved pop idol's engagement to her long-time boyfriend Travis Kelce, but at least one Polymarket user appears to have known this was coming nearly 24 hours before....
Unpacking the AGA’s Latest Data on Americans’ Illegal Gambling Habits
Illegal gambling in the US is on the rise, according to the American Gaming Association (AGA), but legal gambling is growing even faster. The AGA, which represents regulated U.S. gambling...
Odds of a Federal Takeover of Washington D.C. Briefly Surge on Kalshi After Trump Deploys National Guard
President Donald Trump exercised his powers on Monday to take control of the Washington D.C. police and deploy the National Guard to the capital. The events leading up to that created...
CFTC Clears Two More Predictions Exchanges to Serve US Customers Without Federal Interference
Yesterday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced its staff had issued no-action letters to two predictions trading companies seeking to enter the US market: Railbird Exchange, LLC and QC Clearing LLC. The letters clear the...
GTO Wizard AI Takes On the Difficult Problem of Multiway Postflop Situations
GTO Wizard AI has made some important progress toward its next roadmap milestone of adding full multiway postflop functionality to its solver. The app now supports custom solutions for three-handed situations...
Kalshi Suffers Setback in Maryland Federal Court: Congressional Intent Could be Prediction Markets’ Kryptonite
Maryland can enforce its cease-and-desist against Kalshi, a federal District Court has ruled, dealing the predictions market its first real legal setback of 2025. Judge Adam Abelson denied the company's request for a restraining order,...
Newsom’s Presidential Odds Rising Despite Potential Tribal Casino Scandal
California Governor Gavin Newsom currently looks like Democrats' best hope to win the next presidential election, and predictions market bettors don't seem particularly bothered by media attempts to manufacture a scandal out...
Legal Poker and Blackjack Stripped from Washington, D.C. Budget
Washington, D.C., counselors passed the District's 2026 budget this week, but a proposal to legalize poker and blackjack was no longer present in the bill's final draft. A separate provision...
