Shawn Daniels Leads at 2018 WSOP Main Event: Winner to Get Paid Nearly $9 Million

Placerville, CA's Shawn Daniels leads all Day 2AB players in the 2018 WSOP Main Event after bagging 533,500 in chips Thursday night.

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Weekend Parlays To Increase Profit and Encourage More Per Head Business

Encouraging promoted parlays is a great idea to keep money flowing and keep players entertained. Online bookies should absolutely include the World Cup Quarterfinals. Find out which other games to include right here.

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How Online Bookies Increase & Monitor Their Hold Percentages

Online bookies only make a profit when they understand their hold percentage. Having the right pay per head tools can help agents stay on top and increase their profit. Find out how exactly you can increase your hold percentage now.

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Wall Street's Tom Lee Cuts His Year-End Bitcoin Price Target by About 20 Percent

Wall Street's Tom Lee Cuts His Year-End Bitcoin Price Target by About 20 Percent

Any return approaching his $20,000 forecast for bitcoin by the end of 2018 would be up about 200 percent, Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee argues.  Lee is the only major Wall Street strategist to issue bitcoin price targets.

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Hollywood Celeb, Poker Pro James Woods Dumped by Agent Over Political Views

The Hollywood actor, a devout supporter of US President Donald Trump, went on to call his now former agent, Ken Kaplan, "a political liberal" in his tweets confirming the breakup, but did manage to take the high road.  Not so for Kaplan....

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India's Ruling Party Caught Up in Bitcoin Scam

India's Ruling Party Caught Up in Bitcoin Scam

India’s largest political party, the Indian National Congress (INC), accused the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) of orchestrating what could equate to a $12.78 billion bitcoin scam on Thursday.

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Spanish Gambling Market to be Examined at European Gaming Congress 2018

Based on the recent reports, Spain’s revenues of the online gaming market, or GGR, for the first quarter has touched 163.3 million euros.

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The BOSS Returns to Americas Cardroom With $3,020,000 Guaranteed

The BOSS Returns to Americas Cardroom With $3,020,000 Guaranteed

Las Vegas isn’t the only place to find multimillion dollar poker action this July. While we’ve already awarded over 50 * $12,500 WSOP prize packages to lucky players, that’s just the start of the huge summer we have planned here at Americas Cardroom. 

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Former NHL Player Shifts Focus From Online Casinos to Land-Based Casinos

Former NHL Player Shifts Focus From Online Casinos to Land-Based Casinos

Sami Helenius found a way for his website to avoid legal problems in Finland

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Phil Hellmuth as Super Hero Thor ...7000 and Counting in This Year's WSOP

The entries at this year's World Series of Poker is above the 7000 mark and a final tally was coming during the overnight hours.

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Hard Rock Casino in Atlantic City Launches Online Gambling Site

The newly opened Hard Rock Casino and Hotel, once the Trump Taj Mahal, launched its online gambling site a day before the 4th of July.

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Ripple Hit With 3rd Lawsuit in Three Months, Accused of Security Fraud

Ripple Hit With 3rd Lawsuit in Three Months, Accused of Security Fraud

The latest lawsuit, filed on June 27, alleges that Ripple Labs Inc. and its CEO Bradley Garlinghouse have conflated a private XRP investor’s token with its proprietary Ripple technology and even illegally profited from price increases.

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Doug Polk is Giving Away 3 Percent of His WSOP Main Event Winnings .... to YOU

Doug Polk is Giving Away 3 Percent of His WSOP Main Event Winnings .... to YOU

Plus Dan Matsuzuki defeats Scott Bohlman heads-up to earn $10K Seven-Card Stud hi-lo bracelet and $364,387

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Betway eSports Rep in Hot Water for Defending Gamer Who Used Anti-Gay Slur

Betway's eSports representative Thorin has come under fire recently for defending a fellow gamer's using an anti-gay slur.

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Where Can I Bet the Nathans Hot Dog Contest Fourth of July

Where Can I Bet the Nathans Hot Dog Contest Fourth of July

You can bet this year's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at BetOnline, which was featuring a handful of wagering options for 2018.

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Vegas Cop’s Hesitation Prompts Review

Vegas Cop’s Hesitation Prompts Review

A veteran police officer’s self-described freeze in a Las Vegas hotel hallway while a gunman fired on an outdoor concert crowd is prompting a review of whether lives could have been saved if officers had acted faster to stop the deadliest mass shooting in the nation’s modern history.

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Atlantic City Hopes to Ride a Hot Hand at Hard Rock Casino

Atlantic City Hopes to Ride a Hot Hand at Hard Rock Casino

The grand opening of the new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino could signal that Atlantic City’s luck is about to change

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Las Vegas’s Asian Counterpart Sinks Stock Prices

Las Vegas’s Asian Counterpart Sinks Stock Prices

Las Vegas is often referred to as the gambling capital of the world. However, when it comes to real money gambling halfway around the globe, Macau, China would take those honors as the “Las Vegas of Asia”.

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Evolution of Technology vs Gambling Regulators Panel Discussion at CEEGC2018

The large impact of blockchain technology on the gambling industry is well felt by operators and suppliers and the demands to include cryptocurrencies in the deposit and withdraw options is also growing daily.

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Truyen Nguyen's Double Knockout Propels Him Near Top of Main Event Day 1A

Truyen Nguyen's Double Knockout Propels Him Near Top of Main Event Day 1A

Day 1A, the first of the event’s three starting days, got cards in the air at noon and attracted 925 players, an increase from last year’s 795 Day 1A entries. At the end of the flight’s five, two-hour levels, only 659 remained with Timothy Lau leading the way.

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845 Players Take Part in Day 1 of 2018 WSOP Main Event

845 signed up to take part in the first day of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event.

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Bitcoin’s Decline Takes a Big Bite Out of the Cryptocurrency Market

It was not all that long ago that Bitcoin’s value as the top crypto in the digital currency industry hovered near $20,000. That was in December of 2017 and since then the value has declined almost 70 percent to a tenuous bottom level of $6000.

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Over 800 Cryptocurrencies Dead Six Months After Bitcoin Reaches its Peak

Over 800 cryptocurrencies are now dead and worth less than one cent as bitcoin comes off its peak price of near $20,000 from December by 70%.

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MGM Springfield Now Accepting Room Reservations

MGM Springfield Now Accepting Room Reservations

Reservations are now open for rooms and suites at MGM Springfield—opening August 24, 2018.

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BtoBet Becomes Digital Sponsor at CEEGC 2018 Budapest

Central and Eastern Europe’s most prestigious gaming event is going to receive the support of BtoBet as Digital Sponsor.

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China Leader Xi Hates Bitcoin, Not Blockchain

China Leader Xi Hates Bitcoin, Not Blockchain

President Xi Jinping of China calls the underlying blockchain technology a "breakthrough" While all but dissing bitcoin.

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Odds to Win the 2018 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

Independence Day is July 4 in the United States, better known as simply The Fourth of July.  For gamblers the world over the 4th represents the biggest competitive food eating contest of the year, the Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest, and, yes, you can bet on it.

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Introducing Britain's Youngest Bitcoin Billionaire

Introducing Britain's Youngest Bitcoin Billionaire

Plus why open blockchain matters (watch)

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New Soccer Betting Tips Site Launched for Canadians

Just in time for the 2018 World Cup, a new soccer betting tips site focused primarily for Canadians has launched.

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ChancesCards Takes Down $3200 WSOP.comcom Online High Roller Event

ChancesCards Takes Down $3200 WSOP.comcom Online High Roller Event

Chance Kornuth became the second player in the short history of World Series of Poker online bracelet events to win a bracelet live and online.  

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Argentina se ha convertido rápidamente en uno de los principales países en cantidad de lectores para el sitio Gambling911.com. Nos entusiasma anunciar que nuestros amigos de BC.Game aceptan nuevos usuarios de la gran nación argentina.
How Jabulabets Reflects Modern Trends in the Gambling Industry and Digital Platforms

How Jabulabets Reflects Modern Trends in the Gambling Industry and Digital Platforms

The Spribe Aviator Game loads really quickly on his mid-range Samsung phone. He bets 20 Rands, watches the multiplier climb past 2x, cashes out at 2.4x, and then closes the browser.