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​Barely a week after the iconic signs were removed from the ‘Trump’ Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, Carl Icahn has sold the troubled building to a consortium.

​His name was once synonymous with Atlantic City poker-rooms and casinos, but no longer for the beleaguered POTUS Donald Trump.

​It will soon be the end of an area for the Monte Carlo resort in Las Vegas after the hotel’s owners confirmed that it will be shutting down its poker room.

Mike McDonald has relaunched the Bank of Timex as Poker Shares. The new site is in public Beta at the moment and the only currency available is Euros.

PokerStars has made more than a dozen millionaires through its popular Spin & Go jackpot poker game and will now give online slots players a chance to become millionaires as well.

The Asian poker market seems set to fulfil its promise as the rising sun of modern-day poker, with even the struggling Macau finally showing an increase in activity and profitability!

Next month sees President-elect Donald J Trump take over the reins at the White House, heralding in a new era in the USA...

William Hill Plc and GVC Holdings Plc ARE confirmed as being interested suitors for the Amaya-owned poker behemoths.

​In the meatiest piece of gossip to hit the poker world for years, there are rumors circulating that former PokerStars owners - the Scheinberg family – are planning to buy the site back.

The French will soon have much more options when it comes to online poker as they will be able to join EU licensed sites other than the ones localized in France.

Multiple reports state that the once popular Ongame Network is set to shut its doors on October 15th, bringing to an end 17 years of poker offerings.

Jeremy Johnson, who was sentenced to 11 years for making false statements to banks, has claimed that Nevada’s Democratic Senator Harry Reid made the pitch for money at a meeting in Las Vegas.

Controversy gives some validation and meaning to the honor, but too much controversy can threaten the integrity of the honor to the point that it becomes meaningless.

​Pre-vote political jostling has led to a last minute amendment being made to the Internet Poker Bill which could see Pokerstars facing a mandatory five year ban and $20 million fine for being seen as a “bad actor”.