Poker and Gambling News for March 31, 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 natural 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.






 7) In Sept. 2012, Mickelson forked over close to $2 million for gambling debts to professional gambler Billy Walters, according to documents presented at Walters’ insider trading trial on Thursday. That year, the PGA winner earned $48 million, the same court document said.

 https://www.forexfactory.com/news.php?do=news&id=653048

 6) Nine has become the first TV network to have breached new rules on broadcasting gambling ads during children’s programming.An investigation  found six commercials for CrownBet were shown on 9Go! during the kids film The Spiderwick Chronicles.

 https://mumbrella.com.au/nine-acma-gambling-rules-ads-children-spiderwick-chronicles-435860


 5) FantasyLabs provides a wealth of data available at the fingertips of the DFS player to help identify top plays, save time in building multiple lineups, and look at where the value is in a given slate of games based on factors ranging from projected ownership to simple projected points per dollar.

 https://www.pokernews.com/news/2017/03/fantasy-nba-draftkings-and-fanduel-value-plays-for-march-29-27493.htm?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=homefeed&utm_source=rss 

 4) After he banked over $1.5 million and a World Poker Tour title in 2016, German pro Dietrich Fast remains on fire. It’s the second-biggest cash for Fast after his win at the L.A. Poker Classic for $1 million last year. Mateos will move past $7 million in career cashes.

 http://www.poker-grind.com/dietrich-fast-adrian-mateos-chop-seminole-hard-rock-50k/



 3) The walls of the room are filled with poker photographs and memorabilia from the early years of the WSOP, which was held at Binions until 2004. Although the WSOP was moved to the Rio All-Suite Las Vegas Hotel & Casino on year later, Binion's is still a breath of fresh air for poker purists.

 https://www.pokernews.com/news/2017/03/binions-poker-jam-schedule-2017-27513.htm


 2)As you probably already know by now, PokerStars will be celebrating the 11th anniversary of the Sunday Million this Sunday. PokerStars has also announced they will be randomly awarding 99 €530 tickets to the Sunday Monte Carlo Mega Satellite during the event.

 http://www.parttimepoker.com/poker-stars-add-monte-carlo-seats-to-sunday-million-anniversary 

 1)Poland’s new online gambling regime, which is to come into force within days, has prompted a stampede out of the market by operators.The mass exodus is in protest of the country’s “liberalized” new gambling laws and the 12 percent tax on operator revenue they bring with them.

 https://www.casino.org/news/polands-brutal-new-online-gambling-tax-regime-sparks-mass-operator-exodus

GL ALL.