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The Great Dane will be representing Team Winamax at upcoming poker events alongside the likes of Adrian Mateos and João Vieira, as The Great Dane makes his long-awaited return to the world of competitive poker.

The advocacy campaign #GrowPApoker is entering its second month. John Pappas, former executive director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), outlines the ways poker players can help make shared liquidity a reality in PA.

Jack Fazzari, a spokesman for AG Doug Downey, said the province wants to know whether Ontario’s online poker rooms can share liquidity with other markets on the international stage.

The co-parent of BetMGM was successful in convincing the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) to give it another extension of its interactive gaming license.

Over 30 events will be shown in real time throughout June and July, including all the high rollers, Championship events, Main Event, and a number of fun preliminary events with massive player pools.

Lawmakers in both states will have to learn from missteps this year in order to be successful with expanding regulated online poker in 2025 and beyond.

“Expect us to share some news on this front soon,” teases GGPoker’s Global Managing Director, in an exclusive interview with PRO.

In a bizarre meeting where the pace of shared liquidity was blamed for continued delays in bringing BetMGM Poker NV to market, the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) agreed to recommend that MGM get another extension.

In an exclusive interview, WPTG President Alex Scott concedes that they are still “at least a year away” from launching in the UK and its approach to regulated markets will be cautious.

The leading global online poker site is assisting efforts in lobbying the province for global liquidity, says GGPoker Global Managing Director.

In the wake of the #GrowPApoker campaign to get Pennsylvania into MSIGA, a surprise has emerged — a colonial era law could put Kentucky into the compact for online poker first.

Governor Josh Shapiro’s press secretary says he is following the progress of HB 2078, the bill that aims to get Pennsylvania into a multi-state gaming compact for online poker. Join our #GrowPApoker campaign to help get it passed.

Despite horror stories of players waiting hours to register in person for WSOP Toronto (with cash), nearly all of the events are sold out. Re-entry is now permitted, and alternates will now get to play. The prize pool is expected to exceed $2.5 million.

The province launched a regulated — but also segregated — market for real money online poker back in April 2022. Now, it wants its operators to have access to the international market and shared liquidity.

HB 2078 has just been introduced in the Pennsylvania House. It’s basically a push for the state to join MSIGA, through an end run around a reticent governor. The whole issue raises several questions — we answer them here.

Rep. George Dunbar (R-Jeannette) remembers how wonderful online poker was before Black Friday. Now, he’s introduced a bill to basically “poke” Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro into making a decision on joining MSIGA.

Both have hired lobbying firms ahead of a possible igaming overhaul in Alberta, which just devoted $1 million to study the idea.

Entain is reportedly interested in selling what was once the biggest online poker room in the US and was also among the largest globally, too. Put MGM Resorts and DraftKings on the short list of potential buyers.

On both sides of the border, and with different partners in Canada and the US, WSOP has welcomed more cash game players than PokerStars since 2023.

GGPoker announced that an eight-event WSOP Circuit series with an estimated prize pool of $3.9 million is coming to Daniel Negreanu’s hometown, Toronto, for the first time this spring.