The state of affairs in Connecticut is interesting as the development of casinos here is in the hands of two tribes as has been approved as a law passed by the current governor of the state this year.

Both tribes have been building new casinos in other parts of the state such as a new casino that is underway at East Windsor as well as MGM is constructing a property in Springfield, both of which will start operations in 2018. While the tribes definitely object to MGM’s plans of expansion, MGM Resorts International was also unable to move court when they filed a petition stating that the two tribes and the permission they have gives them an unfair disadvantage for other competitors. Continue Reading

Come July and the Card Player Poker Tour will be moving back to the Ocean’s 11 Casino.

The tournament officials and the organizers have started the groundwork necessary to conduct the event and to make it a big one. The tournament officials have fixed a $100,000 estimate on the prize pool. Continue Reading

Beth Hall being an actress surprised her fans, but making it to Day 4 of the poker tournament that was being held at Hawaiian Gardens.

She has played as Mom opposite Allison Janney, who has won an Emmy award as well. Season four is on the air now on Thursday nights. Hall is also known as Caroline and Roger Sterling has her as his eccentric assistant. This is aired in Mad Men on AMC. Hall has played in other shows as well such as Parks and Recreation and Jane the Virgin. In real life she resides with her husband and adopted daughter in Los Angeles. Continue Reading

Adam Pliska, The CEO of World Poker Tour, has announced the acquisition of WPTDeepStacks by the WPT.

Adam Pliska said that the WPT with the support of its parent company Ourgame is looking to move forward with the acquisition of businesses and management teams that reflects the brand image and the values of the WPT. The acquiring of the WPTDeepStacks is one such move and everyone at the WPT is very happy with this procurement.

The WPTDeepStacks season 4 kick started on Jan12. This tour was launched in 2012. It ran into WPT partnership in the middle of 2014. Chris Torina, the WPTDeepStacks executive director, said that he was very happy to take the relationship with the WPT to the next level. Through this partnership, the WPTDeepStacks will become a premier mid-major tour. It is one of the friendliest tournaments for the players hosted in some of the wonderful properties all over the world. Continue Reading

The asset of poker market of New Jersey was reported $4.5 million in the month of September; the figure was taken from the (DGE) state Division of Gaming Enforcement.

At 4.5 million dollars asset of poker in New Jersey the individual contributors are live poker rake 2.1 million Dollars and online poker revenue 2.4 million Dollars. Coming to last year, i.e. 2015, In October the rake of live poker was 2.23 million Dollars and that of online poker was 1.9 million Dollars. Combined, both make revenue of 4.13 million Dollars.

In October of the current year, Borgata headed the path in a live setting with amount 1.28 million Dollars in rake. It was followed by Bally’s ($254,000), Tropicana ($222,000), Golden Nugget ($73,000) and Harrah’s ($252,000), Continue Reading