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17 May, 2018 Poker may be allowed in Japan Casinos

According to a report in The Mainichi, Japan may be ready to lift the ban on poker in the ‘Integrated Resorts’ (IR) bill that will be permitting the establishment of casinos in the country. The authorities believe that only those games whose outcomes are dependent on luck or...

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17 May, 2018 WPT to take over Esports Arena, Las Vegas

The World Poker Tour (WPT) is one of the biggest poker brands across the world and they are set to take control of the Esports Arena at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. They will take over the arena between 25th and 28th of this month as the poker schedule at the venue is busy [...

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Gambling

17 May, 2018 Paddy Power Betfair to acquire FanDuel?

FanDuel is a web-based fantasy gaming portal that has over 6 million registered users, making it the world’s second largest company in the daily fantasy sports industry. Founded in 2009, the company is headquartered in New York and they specialize in NBA, MLB and PGA fantasy sport...

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17 May, 2018 ‘msv77’ Is The Electra Winner On Spartan Poker

Wednesday evening is a delight for all as the weekend is near and The Spartan Poker adds to the midweek fun by hosting the INR 7 Lac GTD Electra at 7:30 pm on this day. The INR 1,650 buy-in re-entry tournament saw a participation of 509 entries to make a prizepool of INR 7,63,500 going ...

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17 May, 2018 Double Or Nothing SnG On Spartan Poker

When it comes to innovation and bringing something exciting for their players, The Spartan Poker has always made sure to deliver. This time around The Spartan Poker has come up with a Sit & Go tournament format but with a twist and that twist is ‘Double or Nothing.’ As the name sugg...

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17 May, 2018 PokerBaazi Premier League set for this June

  One of the most popular online poker series in the country is the PokerBaazi Premier League (PPL) which returns this year with its summer edition only at PokerBaazi.com from 18-24 June. Recently, the site announced the full schedule of PPL Summer 2018 with an overall guarantee of INR ...

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Gambling

17 May, 2018 IPL 2018: Mumbai Indians script another comeback story

When you talk about famous comebacks in the Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians will always pop into your head. They followed a trend of making late surges to qualify for the playoffs each year, but while most thought it wasn’t possible this year, they’ve kept the dream al...

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17 May, 2018 Ericsson files bankruptcy plea against Reliance Comm

On Tuesday, 15th May, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) admitted an insolvency plea filed by Sweden’s Ericsson against India’s Reliance Communications (RCom), ruining or at least delaying the latter’s plans of selling its wireless assets to Reliance Jio Infocomm, to l...

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There are many tournaments that are taking place across various poker platforms. Both Indian and international poker platforms are offering some high value tournaments for poker players, both for pros and newbies. Tournaments series like India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) and Final Table Series are very well-known in the Indian poker circuit. Poker players always look forward to participating in these tournament series as they offer massive guarantees. The poker game as we all know is a very thrilling one.

Aspiring poker players look for poker games through which they can get some great learnings. Online poker took prominence after live tournaments came to a halt due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Online poker news generated had players winning big in these online poker tournaments. All the poker platforms across the globe had to adapt to the new online poker system, owing to the pandemic. Now, everyone who is enthusiastic about poker will play poker online, and will wait till live tournaments are held more frequently.

Good news is that some international poker brands have slowly steadily kick-started getting the live poker tournaments rolling. Many poker players are eagerly looking forward to seeing what the live tournaments feel like in a post lockdown era. The poker news fraternity is also looking forward to covering some action packed poker tournaments.

Poker news is also covered with respect to some major business happenings across the globe. Be it mergers or acquisitions, these business deals include massive money. Readers are intrigued to know how the global poker scene is shaping up with these business deals. The poker platforms are expanding their bases, and gradually adding more value for the players as well.

Poker news is read widely, and makes for some interesting read as well. Poker new sites also cover in-depth analysis of some high value tournaments that are hosted globally. Many poker players take these poker news stories as their study material on a regular basis. Poker news is all the more important as it tells you, which poker platform or poker player is making headlines. The growth of the poker scene, both national and international becomes very crucial to track. 

In India there are some poker platforms that always make headlines. Poker rooms like Spartan Poker, PokerBaazi, Adda52, Natural8, Calling Station, PokerStars India, 9stacks among others always get covered due to the popularity aspect and how poker players flock their sites to play poker.

Poker news also comes from players venturing into different arenas like poker commentary, live-streaming and poker coaching. Many veteran poker players in India have taken to poker coaching as it gives them immense joy to coach budding poker players. Poker news comes from poker tournaments which have an underdog winning poker tournaments that nobody expected. The poker news is always thrilling to read as it covers the complete low down of what went down on various poker felts.

Online poker is also expanding its wings. Earlier poker players preferred the live poker set-up. But, due to the pandemic lockdown, players had to adapt to the regular online poker tournaments. There are many poker sites in India and abroad who are competing daily with each other to make sure that poker news is disseminated quickly and regularly to millions of readers out there.

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Talking about poker news and its importance it is crucial to also look at the legality of the poker game. States like Goa and Sikkim are allowed to have casinos and the union territory of Daman. While other states like Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala and Telangana do not allow online poker. State governments have the right to construct the legislations for their respective states. The legislations are different in various states.

Even after the Supreme Court defining clearly what is a game of chance and what is a game of skill, the state governments have gone ahead to put in place the legislation as per their will. The final ruling to allow or disallow online gaming stays with the head of state. There has been a lot of furore about the state governments making different rulings. The operators in the online gaming industry have specifically voiced their displeasure. In states where online poker is allowed, the online poker platforms have witnessed growth in terms of user base and revenue state the news reports.

Many poker platforms in the country have been steadily witnessing growth as more and more people come on board. The poker tournaments have seen their advertised prize pools getting crushed. The poker fanatics across the country are heavily participating in online poker tournaments. The poker community in India is growing and the number of professional poker players is also seeing a sharp rise. The Indian poker community is making headlines with their winnings and achievements and poker platforms too are making sure that players get a best-in-class experience while playing the poker game.