Latest Articles By Arthur Crowson (46)
PokerStars Live Set for Hot, Spanish Summer with Festivals in Málaga, Barcelona
PokerStars is making Spain the ultimate destination for European poker players this summer with two huge festivals. The mid-stakes PokerStars Open returns to Málaga June 22-28, 2026, with the monster European Poker Tour Barcelona kicking off the very next month from Aug. 16-29, 2026. PokerStars Open Málaga offers a viable...
Former Soccer Star Dele Alli Allegedly Lost £150,000 Playing Late-Night Poker
Former England and Tottenham star Dele Alli is reportedly losing tens of thousands of pounds playing late-night high-stakes poker at the Victoria Casino in London. The Daily Mail reported that...
Bots on AI Version of Reddit Are Trying to Organize Poker Tournaments
It seems that even AI bots dream of winning it big at the poker table. AI agents on Moltbook, which is basically Reddit for AI, are trying to organize poker...
Evolution Eyes US, LATAM Markets as European Profits Slump
Swedish casino software giant Evolution released its annual report this week, and while revenue was slightly down on the year, the appetite for live dealer games appears to be growing....
Google Adds Poker to AI Benchmarking Arena, ChatGPT Tops First Trial
Google’s DeepMind has added poker to its multi-model artificial intelligence (AI) benchmarking arena, Kaggle, but, surprisingly, OpenAI has emerged as the shark in the initial trial. Google’s partnership with Kaggle...
Illinois Takes Another Shot at Legal Online Poker with New Gambling Bill
Illinois legislators are considering a broader online gambling bill that would also legalize online poker in an effort to dissuade residents from gambling on offshore sites. The Internet Gaming Act...
Louisiana Escalates Crackdown on Sweepstakes With Racketeering Threat
Louisiana legislators introduced a new bill late last week that would elevate a number of gambling crimes to predicate offenses. If HB53 passes, sweepstakes gambling, sports bribery, gambling in public,...
Indiana Clears Key Hurdle to Relocate Rising Star Riverboat Casino to an Inland Location
It’s looking more likely that the struggling riverboat casino property, Rising Star, will get the green light to raise anchor and move inland to more lucrative markets in Northeastern Indiana....
Billionaire Andy Beal Allegedly Owed Tobey Maguire a $7.8M Poker Debt
Billionaire banker Andy Beal racked up a massive $7.8 million poker debt with actor Tobey Maguire. The huge debt was revealed during the ongoing trial of lawyer Tom Goldstein, another part-time...
Oxford Casino Sues, Calls Maine Tribal iGaming Law a ‘Race-Based Monopoly’
Churchill Downs property Oxford Casino has filed a lawsuit seeking to block Maine's upcoming iGaming bill, which will grant exclusive rights to the Wabanaki Nations to operate online gambling in...
