All signs point to yes? No official announcement has been made, but it sounds like WSOP.com might soon be linking players Michigan with those already playing on its shared liquidity platform in Nevada and New Jersey. Though all three states, along with West Virginia and Delaware, are in the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA) and… Read more »
The Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA) has been a boon to internet gaming, otherwise known as iGaming, in the States of America. It has allowed smaller states, such as Delaware, Nevada, and West Virginia, to join forces with some larger states to support larger prize pools and player fields. Now, one of the larger states… Read more »
It has been a long road from the U. S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn PASPA, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, in 2018. In that time, many states have enacted laws regarding iGamng, while others have gone the full route and passed online casino regulations, online poker, and sports betting. So, with the… Read more »
It appears that WynnBET is all but done in the US sports betting industry, as it is leaving one of just two states in which it still had a presence. On Tuesday, Caesars Entertainment announced that it has agreed to acquire WynnBET’s Michigan online gaming business. The company also inked an extension of its partnership… Read more »
We may not have a firm schedule – yet – but the 2024 World Series of Poker is already beginning to run satellite tournaments online. In New Jersey, Nevada, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, players on the WSOP.com sites can get in on the action each weekend. These satellite events will give their winners a $10,000 “passport”… Read more »
Threatened in casino parking lot Late last month, we reported that George Janssen, a poker player from Bad Axe, Michigan, was home safe after he was allegedly kidnapped and held for over a month. Recently, more details have come to light about what allegedly happened. All that was known publicly a couple weeks ago was… Read more »
The FBI is investigating the case of a Michigan poker player who says he was kidnapped in an attempt at extortion. George Janssen of Bad Axe was found bloodied with his hands bound in zip ties along a road on December 16. He was treated at a local hospital and is now back home with… Read more »
It’s about time? In December 2019, the Michigan legislature passed the Fantasy Contests Consumer Protection Act, which formally legalized fantasy sports in the state. Part of the Act, naturally, was to create the regulatory framework for Michigan fantasy contests. Now, nearly four years later, those rules have finally taken effect. In a press release on… Read more »
All thanks to the poker software Out with the old, in with the new. The World Series of Poker has replaced Event #4 on its WSOP Online schedule for Michigan and Pennsylvania, switching from a $400 Progressive Knockout bracelet event to a $500 Mystery Bounty tournament. Just like progressive knockout tournaments were all the rage… Read more »
In the world of poker, the laws have been changing in some areas very quickly. Michigan is one of those states where online poker has recently come to town, but it has also come with a crackdown on charitable poker. For one Michiganite, the myriad of gaming laws has resulted in him pleading guilty to… Read more »
“Limited time,” so get in quickly PokerStars player pools in Michigan and New Jersey have been combined for about three weeks now, but as is common upon new online poker launches – in this case the launch of an interstate poker network – not all game types have been available from the jump. This could… Read more »
Beginning on January 1, the state (no pun intended) of the States of America online poker industry will be reshaped. On that date, PokerStars – long looking for a way back into one of the largest poker markets in the world – will compact its online poker operations between Michigan and New Jersey. The question… Read more »
Finally, a second interstate poker network This past weekend, poker players in Michigan and New Jersey found a long-awaited gift under the Christmas tree: the merging of player pools on PokerStars. They will have to wait to open the present, as the shared liquidity does not begin until January 1, 2023, but after waiting this… Read more »
It was bound to come eventually as the once mightiest online poker room in the world expanded across the States of America. In the next few weeks, PokerStars’ U. S. operations in two states will become only the second online operation in the country to compact their offerings. This compact will allow for the player… Read more »
One of the worst parts about the UIGEA was the removal of the States of America from the global poker pool. Instead of having chances to earn passage into major international poker tournaments, those in the States have been left to languish (unless they wanted to travel to a friendly country!). PokerStars is trying to… Read more »
Since the U. S. Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), there has been a rush by many states to enact new gaming avenues and venues for their citizens. Sometimes those venues also call for expansion on their own. In two states, Illinois and West Virginia, new gaming avenues are potentially… Read more »
The Michigan jury in the murder case of Susie ‘Susie Q’ Zhao only spent sightly more than an hour in the deliberation room debating the merits of the case against her accused killer. In the end, that jury came back unanimously with a guilty verdict in the brutal homicide, plus additional charges. The decision rendered… Read more »
Just when you think that the season is done for the World Series of Poker, they come back into the game. The organization recently announced the schedule for the World Series of Poker Europe’s triumphant return, and they aren’t done with that. WSOP officials have now announced that they will be going online for two… Read more »
Interstate online poker could be just days or weeks away Online poker players in Michigan are very close to compete against players in other states. On Monday, the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) announced that executive director Henry Williams has signed the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA) to share player pools with Nevada, New Jersey,… Read more »
It has been a long time coming. After spending much of the last decade as a trio, the multi-state online poker compact will be adding a member to the fold. That lucky state will be Michigan, which will join Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey in providing their online poker products and open the doors for… Read more »
Power of three Michigan poker players have reason to be excited today, as WSOP.com has gone live in the state. The launch breaks up the duopoly of PokerStars and BetMGM. Online gambling in Michigan began in late January of last year. PokerStars was the first online poker room to launch, doing so a week into… Read more »
Could it be? The slowest-growing industry in the United States may be in for some good news. According to PokerNews, Michigan appears to be gearing up to form an interstate online poker compact with one or more states. There is no word as to when this might happen, but it looks like the legwork has… Read more »
$4.5 million in guarantees PokerStars has announced the schedules for its three U.S.-based Spring Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP) in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey. Running March 25 through April 11, this year will be the first time all three will be held simultaneously. While all three SCOOPs span the same dates and their schedules… Read more »
Time to show off the new 888poker platform It’s an embarrassment of riches in Pennsylvania and Michigan! It appears that both states will soon have a third competitor in the race for online poker supremacy. In a recent investor conference call, 888 CEO Itai Pazner said that WSOP.com, which runs the 888poker platform, will soon… Read more »
BetMGM is set to host its first online poker tournament series in Michigan, less than a month after the site launched. Simply called the BetMGM Online Series, it will run Sunday, April 18 through Sunday, April 25 and consist of ten events. The $75,000 guaranteed Main Event is the final tournament on the schedule and… Read more »
