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Betfair broke new ground by being the first company licensed to offer its betting exchange services in the U.S. when the New Jersey Racing Commission gave its approval.

​The gambling software company Playtech has announced it is scrapping its planned $698million purchase of Plus500 because of problems with regulatory bodies.

The DFS industry is facing a new discussion about its possible negative effects on 18-21 year olds, after Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey proposed a ‘playing ban’ on the age group.

​The online-gambling legality debate in Massachusetts is taking place even before the 3 casinos planned for the state have opened their doors.

MPN finds itself with a seven-day player average of 800 cash game players, according to traffic tracking website PokerScout.com.

Rake-free poker games sounds like a dream come true for poker players, and now TonyBetPoker have introduced just that to their player pool.

Thomas' debt collection company ‘tricked and co-erced’ more than $31 million from thousands of victims in the US.

Pennsylvania’s House Gaming Oversight Committee voted to pass a bill – officially known as House Bill 649 – that will see online gaming legalised if it is passed.

The Chinese state media have reported that 98 online gambling-related arrests have been made by authorities since July as part of the continued crackdown on illegal internet activity in the country.

Winamax recently introduced "Sit &Go Killer," a new format game of poker that pays out the entire prize pool in bounties.

MPN will rerun its popular Cash Drop promo from Nov. 20 through Dec. 17, awarding €5 in cash to a random player every five minutes.

The Global Poker Index has partnered with USA TODAY, a deal that calls for the publication to post poker-related content in print and online.

Out of all the online gaming mediums available in the country, poker fared the worst, having fallen by five per cent year-on-year.

The Marketplace is a forum on the popular PokerVIP.com, where you can buy up a portion of another player’s action, essentially betting on that player’s ability to win.