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The World Poker Tour will bring a $5,000 championship event to the Venetian in Las Vegas this fall, with the main event set to kick off on November 5, 2026, according to PokerNews. The published prize fund for the championship stands at $2,000,000. The broader Venetian fall series runs from October 28 through November 15,…

Sean Winter captured Event #10 of the 2026 Poker Masters, a no-limit hold’em tournament, taking home $620,000 for the victory. Alongside Winter’s win, Adrian Mateos closed out the series by claiming the Purple Jacket title, according to PokerNews. Sam Laskowitz reached heads-up play before falling short, finishing as the runner-up and collecting $387,500. Igor Yaroshevskyy…

MSIGA is the compact behind shared online poker liquidity in the US. See which six states belong, when each joined according to regulators and the agreement text, and what the rules mean for players.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has moved to pause two micro-style sports prediction contracts — one from Novig and one from ProphetX — citing concerns that such products may be susceptible to market manipulation. According to Legal Sports Report, the CFTC placed a hold on Novig’s contract tied to which team scores the first basket…

The PokerNews Online Championship on 888 is winding down, with the Mystery Main Event set to conclude on October 27, 2026, when the series champion will be decided. As of Wednesday, seven opening flights for the Mystery Main Event remained available to players. PokerNews reported that the series had completed 16 events heading into the…

Poker winnings are taxable whether or not a Form W-2G arrives. This guide covers IRS reporting, W-2G rules for tournaments, withholding, and the 90 percent loss deduction limit for tax years beginning after 2025.

Jeremy Ausmus captured Event #7 of the 2026 Poker Masters at PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, taking home $278,400 from the $15,700 buy-in tournament. The field drew 58 entries and generated a total prize pool of $870,000. According to PokerNews, the victory marked Ausmus’s 10th PokerGO Tour title. Aram Oganyan was the last player standing…

Ivelin Kolev has claimed the title at the WPT Prime Cyprus Championship, taking home $171,600 after topping the field at the $1,100 buy-in event held at Chamada Prestige Hotel & Casino. Kolev outlasted Said Tahar in heads-up play to secure the victory. Tahar earned $100,000 for his runner-up finish. Joseph El Khoury rounded out the…

GGPoker has prohibited third-party poker software from being used on its platform, PokerNews reported. Among the tools now banned is HUD software, which players have long used to track and display opponent statistics during play. According to PokerNews, GGPoker had previously permitted certain third-party tools that did not alter gameplay. The specific programs named in…

DraftKings chief responsible gaming officer Lori Kalani told Legal Sports Report that the company employs responsible-gambling triggers designed to identify bettors who may need intervention. Kalani also said that when a customer service representative receives a report indicating a customer is experiencing distress or financial difficulty, DraftKings staff conduct a review of that account. The…

A disagreement over a reported partnership between prediction market operator Kalshi and an Oklahoma tribe has come to light, with conflicting accounts emerging from the parties involved. According to Legal Sports Report, a dispute has surfaced regarding Kalshi’s claimed tribal partnership in Oklahoma. The chief of Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town stated, according to Legal Sports Report,…

The Venetian poker room has become the first on the Las Vegas Strip to implement slide dealing, according to PokerNews. The move comes ahead of a major tournament at the property, with the $5,000 WPT Venetian Las Vegas Fall Championship scheduled to begin on November 5, 2026. PokerNews reported that South Point had already begun…

Sergio Aido captured the 2026 WSOP Online $10,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers title on GGPoker on September 30, 2026, according to PokerNews. The victory earned Aido $2,228,762 and secured his third World Series of Poker bracelet. The event drew a field of 1,753 entries, per PokerNews. The nine players who reached the final table each locked…

Michigan requires licensed operators to display a responsible gaming logo that connects users to a dedicated page containing a toll-free helpline number, responsible gaming resources, and the operator’s own responsible gaming policy, according to Legal Sports Report. The state maintains several additional tools and programs to support players. Legal Sports Report noted that Michigan keeps…

Poker News Daily reported that Joao Hayashi won his first World Series of Poker bracelet after surviving a 1,022-entry field spread across four continent-restricted Day 1 flights. The title came in Event #15: $1,000 Rounder Cup Battle of the Continents at the 2026 WSOP Online on GGPoker, and Hayashi collected $164,990 from the event’s $970,900…

As first reported by Poker News Daily, Klemens Roiter broke through for his first Triton Super High Roller Series title in Jeju II by winning Event #2: $20K NLH 8-Handed for $771,000. The Austrian had previously made 11 final tables on the series without a victory and had to survive a near-elimination before beating Alejandro…

After an earlier 2026 stop in Paris, the Unibet Open next heads to Morocco, where Casino de Marrakech is set to host an 11-day festival from September 24 through October 4. More than 30 tournaments are on the schedule, spanning buy-ins from satellite entries up to a MAD 25,000 Super High Roller, with two flagship…

According to Poker News Daily, Chess.com has expanded into poker by launching Gambit, a standalone free platform focused on teaching players the game instead of generating gambling revenue. The report said there is no real-money play and no rake, and noted that the popular chess site, which draws millions of users each day, has given…

Entering EPT Barcelona in second place on the High leaderboard, Klemens Roiter made the most of his time in Spain — winning both a €25,000 and a €10,000 event and finishing runner-up in another, according to PokerNews. The results were enough to vault him to the top of the 2026 PokerStars Live League’s High tier,…