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China’s crackdown on poker apps and the ban on social media promoting the game has forced PokerStars and others to cancel events and close poker rooms in Macau.

Phil Galfond has put out the first in a series of press releases which will act as apologia for the decisions made by the dev team.

Maria Ho and Lupe Soto have cemented their places in female poker history by being voted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame.

China has banned all online poker applications and poker promoted via social media effective June 1.

The company has signed up as a Founding Member of All-in Diversity Project, in hopes of pushing further their efforts to make important changes in gaming sector.

CoinPoker has expanded its reach into Asia even further by teaming up with the Japanese Poker Association (JPA) as this year's sponsor of the Japan Poker Cup.

The evolution of digital currency and its place in poker - both live and online - took a step forward as CoinPoker announced a partnership with the Asian Poker Tour.

The hope is that tournaments and players will adopt the new rules as the industry-standard, helping to avoid horrible situations.

The security theatre of an airport should keep the crims at bay and the influx of bored tourists might just make for full tables with high turnover.

Richard Branson has joined the moguls of Vegas’ casinos with his purchase of the Hard Rock Casino for “an undisclosed sum”.

A shutdown is appearing ever so likely for the Poker Players Alliance come April 1.

Cheating at ACR has been confirmed, with the site refunding players and stating they have “investigated and recently uncovered unfair gameplay practices”.

The Stars Group acquired CrownBet for over $100 million; and recently, under their new leadership CrownBet bought the Australian branch of William Hill.

Casino Barcelona has announced it has further strengthened its partnership with PokerStars, with the sponsorship of the casino’s CEP.