By Sadonna Price

PokerStars Settles Kentucky Lawsuit for $300m

September 23, 2021

It’s been a long and winding road, but it finally seems that the case between PokerStars and Kentucky is finally over. Parent company of the online poker giant, Flutter, announced this week that a settlement had been reached in the case. In total, $300 million will be paid to the state. Closing a Long-Running Case […]

By Sadonna Price

PokerStars Pays Up First Portion of Kentucky Lawsuit Payment

April 27, 2021

Kentucky is now collecting its first payment from the $1.3 billion lawsuit it won against online poker room PokerStars. The operator must pay up the first $100 million after Franklin Court Judge Thomas Wingate told the state it could move forward with the collection process. Late least year, a state Supreme Court judge ruled in […]

By Sadonna Price

PokerStars Fined in New Jersey for Self-Exclusion Issue

March 2, 2021

PokerStars is facing fines once again in New Jersey after a technical glitch led to a self-exclusion failure. A player that was on the self-exclusion list was able to access the brand and wager over $500,000. This was a huge misstep and PokerStars was hit with a civil penalty for not protecting the player. The […]

By Sadonna Price

PokerStars Reportedly Pulls Out of China, Taiwan, and Macau

September 1, 2020

Online poker giant PokerStars is reportedly not offering services in Taiwan, Macau and China. Parent organization Flutter Entertainment is making a move to stop providing gaming in black markets, so PokerStars is no longer accepting players from these territories. Cutting Off Services Online poker along with other types of iGaming are banned in the three […]

By Sadonna Price

Online Poker Booming in the United States amidst Coronavirus Outbreak

May 17, 2020

In the United States, the online poker industry is booming, as people are stuck at home due to the coronavirus outbreak. Since mid-March, states like New Jersey, Nevada and Pennsylvania have seen a solid increase in player traffic, both in cash games and tournaments. Uptick in Player Traffic It was just last month that casinos […]

By Sadonna Price

PokerStars Co-Founder Isai Scheinberg Surrenders to Authorities in New York

January 30, 2020

Isai Scheinberg, the co-founder of online poker giant PokerStars, surrendered to government officials in New York a few days ago, after voluntarily traveling to the United States to face several charges including gambling, money laundering and bank fraud. Scheinberg has been indicted on these charges stemming from 2011. Scheinberg has been negotiating with the United […]

By Sadonna Price

PokerStars Hit With Huge Fine by Dutch Gambling Regulator

September 24, 2019

On Monday, Kansspelautoriteit, the Dutch gambling regulator, announced that a subsidiary of The Stars Group was fined €400,000. The fine was issued to TSG Interactive Gaming Europe Limited for offering online poker gaming to Dutch customers via a PokerStars website. An investigation was launched by the regulator, covering the second half of 2018 via the […]

By Sadonna Price

PokerStars Poker May Be Coming to Pennsylvania

June 18, 2019

Last week, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board hosted a meeting where several decisions were made. The SugarHouse Casino will now be rebranded as the Rivers Philadelphia and the first mini-casino for the state was approved. Both of these events made headlines last week. However, it seems that one announcement did not draw a lot of […]

By Sadonna Price

PokerStars Retaliates Against Poker Pro Gordon Vayo

November 22, 2018

Poker pro Gordon Vayo decided to file a lawsuit against Rational Entertainment Enterprises Limited (REEL) in May 2018, alleging that the parent company’s PokerStars brand had stopped him from cashing out winnings from a poker tournament that took place in May the previous year. The pro claimed the site was illegally holding on to his […]

By Sadonna Price

PokerStars and Gordon Vayo Case May Be Dismissed

September 11, 2018

Civil litigation has been ongoing between poker pro Gordon Vayo and PokerStars, due to a tournament Vayo took part in back in May of last year. A court filing took place last week that revealed a hearing for the case to be potentially dismissed will take place on November 6th. The hearing was previously supposed […]