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A fascinating article that ties the worlds of Chinese exchange controls and the Triads to casino junkets in Macau to the Vegas strip and to the shady individuals who pay the way for the presidential hopefuls.

The question of today’s article is does the UK present DraftKings with a golden opportunity to grow their business exponentially?

PokerStars have now announced that they are also pulling out of Slovenia – a move which appears to be the first European market to suffer from the Amaya-owned site’s summer changes.

The House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has passed an online gambling regulation bill - HB 2150 - that will be sent to the state’s Senate for approval.

​PokerStars seem to be ringing in the changes this week, with Israeli players being informed that they will be unable to play real money poker on the site as of today, Monday, June 27th.

The UK is a hotbed for online poker - not only does it host one of the world’s most enthusiastic players pools, it’s also home to a lot of the world’s leading gaming regulators. So what will it mean for poker players now that the UK has decided to leave?

In an effort to get people to put their money where their mouth is, David ‘ODB’ Baker tweeted this offer a while ago.

The good news for supporters of the draft bill was that it emerged from the committee stages this week and will now be debated on the full senate floor at an unspecified time in the future.

Recent management changes at High Times have resulted in a change of emphasis for the company which has seen plans put into place to shift the brand from a top shelf entity known only to its core users to a major lifestyle brand.

Attention spans in the internet age are notoriously fleeting, and it seemed as though poker was destined to be nothing more than a fad that was replaced by the next big thing.

Players obtaining advantages by taking illegal drugs is not the way to persuade image conscious commercial partners to invest in the game.

​The Aria Casino in Las Vegas recently announced that they would no longer ban players from using their “2 ways communications devices” during a live hand, which practically speaking means players will be able to use their cell phones whilst involved in a hand.

The state Republicans have noticed that Internet gambling and poker would offer a source of revenue not currently available to them. It would not fill the entire shortfall, but it would make a start towards balancing the books.

UK-based journalist and poker player Victoria Coren Mitchell and poker journalist and industry veteran Debbie “Does Poker” Burkhead will be added to the Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Las Vegas on July 6th.