Amaya CEO Rafi Ashkenazi says he will be on the lookout for acquisitions in mid-2017, with top priority given to sports betting. Will Amaya go...
PokerStars is either dropping Neymar Jr and Ronaldo from its marketing strategy or giving them less emphasis. Both options imply a new advertising strategy.
Amaya's 2016 results show online poker revenues slightly down, but CEO Rafi Ashkenazi has plans to grow the vertical in 2017--and Amaya will get a...
888 is out of the Australian online poker market and despite the revenue pain, PokerStars is likely to follow suit very shortly.
A convoluted mix of commercial, state, and tribal concerns stand in front of a bill to regulate online casino and poker in Michigan.
A recent district court ruling that a Santa Ysabel online bingo site violated the UIGEA also offered the tribe a shard of hope regarding online...
Amaya's board demanded a higher price than David Baazov was prepared to offer. The Board must now produce growth to create shareholder value.
Now that Nagaland has issued the first ever online poker license in India, where poker is not defined as gambling, the floodgates are open for...
The International Poker Tour is the latest Chinese venture in poker. Founder Alisports plans a global program of poker tournaments, and other mind games.
A possible explanation for last week's bizarre events, and no denials from Amaya or Baazov's Chinese investors makes for a more believable bid.
Four funders are now down to two, but David Baazov's bid for Amaya hasn't gone away as Chinese money turns an interested eye toward...
One of the funders listed in David Baazov's SEC filing, KBC Aldini, claims that it has no knowledge whatsoever of the deal for Amaya.
Amaya releases Q3 results and announces that David Baazov has put a real, albeit non-binding bid, to take the company private. But will Amaya accept?
William Hill couldn't sell a merger with Amaya to its investors so the deal is off the table and both companies will continue independently.
No statement from GVC and enthusiasm from the Amaya board suggests that William Hill is poised to become the next owner of PokerStars.
Amaya has confirmed that it is in talks with William Hill "regarding a potential all share merger of equals" between the online gambling giants.
Upcoming VIP Club changes at PokerStars are bound to have a massive impact -- on both online poker players and the company itself.
Reporter Dave Palermo offers his take on the underlying issues causing division among tribes over California online poker legislation.
With a friendly bill being introduced, Pechanga and other California tribes are now exploring their online poker partnership options.
PokerStars is strongly opposing a bill that would keep it out of the California online poker market for five years, but does that make it...
Gaming attorney David Fried offers thoughts on the relevance of the UIGEA to the debate over "bad actors" in California online poker legislation.
With an Aug. 31 legislative deadline looming, powerful CA tribes are said to be open to adjusting the bad actor penalty period in online poker...
David Baazov's formal exit from all positions at Amaya accompanies news of a quarter that was better than expected for PokerStars.
The sale of Playtika to Giant for $4.4 billion leaves the WSOP in need of a new corporate home, and CIE CEO Mitch Garber in...
Amaya job losses after merging Full Tilt are not a restructuring. A deal with Playtech for online slots does not mean a full bid for...