Jeffrey McMillan
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Tribal Suit Against Card Rooms Likely Headed for California Supreme Court as Judge Stands by Dismissal Decision
The California Superior Court has upheld its tentative August decision to dismiss tribes' lawsuit against the state's card rooms, though a Supreme Court appeal is now inevitable. The suit is the culmination of many years' effort to force the card rooms to stop dealing games that the tribes consider to...
Polymarket Ironically Opens Market Speculating on Own Legality in the U.S.
Polymarket recently opened trading on whether sports prediction markets will be banned in the U.S. this year. That's an ironic speculation on their own future legality, since Polymarket itself is...
Harrah’s Casino Stabbing in Atlantic City Results in 7-Year Sentence
An Atlantic City man was sentenced to "more than seven years in prison" for a stabbing that occurred in a nightclub at Harrah's in 2022. The stabbing occurred on Thanksgiving...
Deliberations Begin For Final Selection of New York Casino Licenses
The battle for the coveted Downstate New York casino licenses is close to an end, as a five-member Gaming Facility Location Board will pick winners among the final four proposals....
Max Neugebauer Comes Up Short at WSOPE Main Event Final Table, Fails to Repeat 2023 Performance
Austrian poker player Max Neugebauer was in contention to become the WSOP Europe's first two-time Main Event champion, but came up short at the final table yesterday. He bowed out...
Ukrainian Shipping Mogul Loses Media Lawsuit Following Illegal Poker Bust
Ukrainian businessman Vyacheslav Lysenko lost a lawsuit against the media after reports surfaced that he had run an illegal poker game organized via his shipping business and his CEO Club...
New York Man Sentenced For Stealing $450K From Volunteer Fire Funds to Gamble
A man from Depew, N.Y., has been sentenced for taking nearly $450,000 from a volunteer fire company to fund his gambling habit. The Erie County Court judge handed James Hoffman...
Taiwanese Baseball League Suspends 3 Pitchers for Playing Online Poker
The Taiwan-based Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) has sanctioned three TSG Hawks pitchers for involvement in online gambling, including poker. The professional baseball team from Kaohsiung discovered that Guo Yu-yan,...
WSOP Europe Attendance Continues to Dwindle After Main Event Draws 100 Fewer than 2024
The 2025 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event drew just 659 entries, as the event's attendance continues to dwindle. Several players shared opinions that it's time for the WSOPE...
It’s Time For WSOP Europe to Move On From Rozvadov and Realize Its Potential
The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is once again taking place in Rozvadov, a tiny town on the Western border of the Czech Republic. Hopefully, it's for the last...
