Poker and Gambling News for March 17, 2017

We are  passionate about poker and gambling industry news and we try to offer, daily or as often is the case, the most interesting news in an descending order that we consider relevant but not necessarily the most important.
Each notice will present a short summary and a link to the author of the news for those who want detailed information.

1) After crushing what was the smaller of the Day One fields, Ukrainian professional Igor Yaroshevskyy has continued his domination as he holds the Day 2 lead at the PokerStars Championship Panama’s Main Event.
Second place was a bit of a surprise for many in the form of MMA champion Tito Ortiz!

http://www.pokernewsdaily.com/2017-pokerstars-championship-panama-main-event-igor-yaroshevskyy-continues-domination-in-leading-day-2-29506/


2) ''Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they’ll come up with dozens of different opinions. That’s just the nature of the game.
The Hand
With three players left in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star main event, chip leader Sam Panzica raised to 500,000 on the button.''

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/21447-poker-hand-of-the-week-sam-panzica-vs-chino-rheem


3) I love rehab...

 Angela Ingerson plays a poker slot machine as part of cognitive and physical rehab for patients at the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Henderson on Thursday, March 9, 2017.

 https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/mar/14/rehab-jackpot-video-poker-machines-used-for-therap/


4) ''Ryan Wyatt, Global Head of Gaming Content at YouTube added: “This is our most significant investment into esports to date and illustrates our continued commitment to growing esports with the hundreds of millions of gamers watching YouTube each day.''

 http://www.esportsinsider.com/2017/03/week-esports-washington-gambling-regulation-broadcast-rights/


5) Germany’s individual states have approved the country’s new federal gambling treaty, despite European Commission warnings that the new pact will likely face the same legal challenges that derailed the 2012 treaty.

  http://calvinayre.com/2017/03/17/business/german-states-approve-new-federal-gambling-treaty/


6)  Four people have been arrested after a lengthy investigation into what police call a bookie-style gambling operation in Gwinnett County.
The investigation began after police received complaints of illegal gambling happening at the H&S Gift Shop at 1848 Old Norcross Rd.in Lawrenceville.

http://patch.com/georgia/lawrenceville-ga/four-arrested-gwinnett-gambling-raid


7) '' The game finished 2-1 to Doxa and UEFA said Ermis was the party responsible.
The report said there was high betting activity that Ermis would lose the game. The betting activity before the game showed that people had prior knowledge of the result.''

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/03/17/new-notice-suspicious-betting-uefa/


Gl to all.