Study analyzes regret and gambling decisions Good decisions determine the long-term gambling career of each person, and a new study shows that the results may have more to do with our state of mind than previously thought. The new study comes from Temple University faculty member Crystal Reeck, whose paper was recently accepted for publication…
Month: August 2024
Can New Crypto Poker Sites Challenge Industry Leaders?
Crypto poker expanding Decentralized poker games have often been speculated as one potential use case for blockchain technology, although both players and sites have been slow to adopt it. Soon, however, players will have two serious platforms from which to choose: CoinPoker and the soon-to-be-launched Phenom Poker. CoinPoker, which is backed by Antanas “Tony G”…
“Hawk Tuah Girl,” Dwight Howard to Join Celebrity Poker Stream
The Celebrity Poker Tour will host a $50,000 tournament this Saturday, August 31, as a new range of stars line up for the fourth iteration of the show. The tournament will be shown on the PokerGO subscription service, and also streamed live on the official Celebrity Poker Tour YouTube channel. Basketball stars Dwight Howard, JaVale…
Poker Pro Pleads Guilty to Illegal Betting, Money Laundering
LeForbes pleads guilty Professional poker player Damien LeForbes has pled guilty in federal court to running an illegal sports betting operation in California and Nevada. LeForbes, who appeared on the eighth season of High Stakes Poker in 2021, also entered a guilty plea of money laundering in both California and at a Las Vegas casino….
Seth Davies Wins Super High Roller Bowl IX for $3.2m
With nearly $30m in live poker tournament winnings in his career, Seth Davies has earned his share of gigantic paydays. None, though, were as big as the prize he claimed on Sunday, when he won the Super High Roller Bowl IX for $3.2m. The tournament field was only 24 entries, but that is understandable with…
Lily Newhouse Stars in Nail-Biting Climax to the PokerStars “Big Game”
“Sorry David, I don’t remember” Last week, Dara O’Kearney and I interviewed “Big Game” loose cannon Lily Newhouse for “The Chip Race” poker podcast. It was four days before the airing of the finale of the show, which was filmed nine months ago during the NAPT in Las Vegas. After a 25-minute chat full of…
DraftKings Moves Into Online Poker in Michigan
DraftKings has made a major step into the world of online poker, releasing a real money, player-vs-player poker game in Michigan. The game, called Electric Poker, can be found by any players in Michigan with a DraftKings account in the casino lobby. allows players to win large amounts of money from a small buy-in in…
Hustler Casino Live Co-Owner Declares NBA Star Jimmy Butler Persona Non Grata
When Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler appeared on the Hustler Casino Live poker livestream in June, it did not seem like he particularly enjoyed his time at the table. It appears that others shared the same feelings about him. On Monday’s stream, HCL co-owner Nick Vertucci said that Butler will not be welcomed back to…
Bill to Expedite NYC Casino Licenses on Life Support
Legislation to speed up bidding for three New York City-area casino licenses faces a bleak near-term outlook. The objective of the bill was to open the window for proposals by the end of this month, but that appears unlikely because there’s less than three weeks left in August. An aerial shot of the New York…
Indiana Veterans Groups Urge Legislature to Allow Electronic Charitable Gaming
Veterans groups in Indiana have formed a political action committee (PAC) to encourage state lawmakers in Indianapolis to pass legislation authorizing electronic charitable gaming. Indiana veterans groups are asking state lawmakers to allow electronic pull tabs at their nonprofit facilities. Indiana’s charitable gaming law currently only allows paper games as shown in the photo. (Image:…