Online poker in Sweden is alive and kicking as Christian ‘eisenhower1′ Jeppsson and Viktor ‘Isildur1′ Blom dominates the 2015 online action in both cash games and multi-table tournaments.

The ride for online poker players in Sweden, over the past few years, has been tumultuous to say the least.

The environment has been plagued with tax issues. Players have had their homes invaded and goods effectively stolen. But throughout all of that, Swedish online poker remains as tough as dentine.

Online poker forum and ranking site PocketFives has announced Sweden’s Christian ‘eisenhower1′ Jeppsson as the winner of their annual PocketFives Leaderboard (PLB). Jeppsson came from behind in the final two weeks to overtake the Russian Artem ‘veeea’ Vezhenkov to become the eventual champion. Previous incumbents include Calvin Anderson, Griffin Benger and Chris Moorman.

Online poker in Sweden is alive and kicking as Christian ‘eisenhower1′ Jeppsson and Viktor ‘Isildur1′ Blom dominates the 2015 online action in both cash games and multi-table tournaments.

The ride for online poker players in Sweden, over the past few years, has been tumultuous to say the least.

The environment has been plagued with tax issues. Players have had their homes invaded and goods effectively stolen. But throughout all of that, Swedish online poker remains as tough as dentine.

Online poker forum and ranking site PocketFives has announced Sweden’s Christian ‘eisenhower1′ Jeppsson as the winner of their annual PocketFives Leaderboard (PLB). Jeppsson came from behind in the final two weeks to overtake the Russian Artem ‘veeea’ Vezhenkov to become the eventual champion. Previous incumbents include Calvin Anderson, Griffin Benger and Chris Moorman.

Chinese police think up an innovative way of trying to find cyber criminals as they place mugshots on playing cards before handing out decks to the community.

The Chinese police force has been busy of late.

[Image Credit: dailymail.co.uk]

South China’s Guangxi police force battling cybercrime have come up with an innovative solution to apprehend suspects. They have printed mugshots on the faces of playing cards. There are that many they have even had to use the two jokers in the pack.

Chinese police think up an innovative way of trying to find cyber criminals as they place mugshots on playing cards before handing out decks to the community.

The Chinese police force has been busy of late.

[Image Credit: dailymail.co.uk]

South China’s Guangxi police force battling cybercrime have come up with an innovative solution to apprehend suspects. They have printed mugshots on the faces of playing cards. There are that many they have even had to use the two jokers in the pack.

PokerStars have not renewed the contracts of Jan Heitmann, Leo Margets and the De Meulder twins Matthias & Christophe as they look towards new markets and new products.

The PokerStars Team Pro roster has thinned out after the world’s largest online poker room announced they would not be extending the contracts of current members Jan Heitmann, Leo Margets and the De Meulder twins Matthias & Christophe.

Yours truly picked up the news from a Remko Rinkema tweet.

Via @NederpokerNL I just read that @mattionfire @Crispokers @JanHeitmann and @LeoMargets are no longer Team PokerStars pros.

PokerStars have not renewed the contracts of Jan Heitmann, Leo Margets and the De Meulder twins Matthias & Christophe as they look towards new markets and new products.

The PokerStars Team Pro roster has thinned out after the world’s largest online poker room announced they would not be extending the contracts of current members Jan Heitmann, Leo Margets and the De Meulder twins Matthias & Christophe.

Yours truly picked up the news from a Remko Rinkema tweet.

Via @NederpokerNL I just read that @mattionfire @Crispokers @JanHeitmann and @LeoMargets are no longer Team PokerStars pros.

Cambodia’s government earned one-third more tax revenue from casino gambling in 2015 than it raised one year earlier.

On Monday, Cambodia’s Finance Ministry announced that it had collected $34.7m in casino taxes in 2015, up 33% from 2014’s total. The gain is a marked departure from 2014’s 12% gain and the 12.5% average annual growth recorded over the past three years.

The ministry’s deputy director-general, Ross Phearun, attributed 2015’s bonanza to improved nationwide tax collection. Pheaurn claimed that the ministry had issued only seven new casino licenses in 2015, only one of which had actually commenced operations last year.

NagaCorp’s flagship NagaWorld property in Phnom Penh accounted for 23% of the government’s casino tax haul. NagaWorld is not only the country’s largest casino, it’s also a far more diversified venue than the small gaming-only casinos that dot the country’s borders with Thailand and Vietnam.

Cambodia’s government earned one-third more tax revenue from casino gambling in 2015 than it raised one year earlier.

On Monday, Cambodia’s Finance Ministry announced that it had collected $34.7m in casino taxes in 2015, up 33% from 2014’s total. The gain is a marked departure from 2014’s 12% gain and the 12.5% average annual growth recorded over the past three years.

The ministry’s deputy director-general, Ross Phearun, attributed 2015’s bonanza to improved nationwide tax collection. Pheaurn claimed that the ministry had issued only seven new casino licenses in 2015, only one of which had actually commenced operations last year.

NagaCorp’s flagship NagaWorld property in Phnom Penh accounted for 23% of the government’s casino tax haul. NagaWorld is not only the country’s largest casino, it’s also a far more diversified venue than the small gaming-only casinos that dot the country’s borders with Thailand and Vietnam.

For the second time in as many weeks, a US state legislative committee has approved a daily fantasy sports bill.

On Tuesday, the Florida House of Representatives’ Business and Professions Subcommittee approved HB 707 by a vote of 10-3. The bill, which was introduced by Reps. Matt Gaetz and Ritch Workman, will now move to the Regulatory Affairs Committee for further vetting.

Similar to the DFS bill approved last week by a California Assembly committee, the legislators who voted in favor of HB 707 did so with caveats that they expect the bill to undergo further revisions – particularly in the areas of operator background checks and conditions for license revocation – before it comes up for a vote on the House floor.

The original draft of HB 707 lacked the fees proscribed under a Senate DFS bill that was introduced in November, but HB 707 was amended in committee to impose a $500k initial license fee with annual renewal fees of $100k, identical to the Senate’s SB 832.