France’s regulated online gambling market experienced its single largest year-on-year gain in sports betting and the highest quarterly wagering total yet recorded.

According to figures released Monday by French regulator ARJEL, online sports betting handle in the three months ending March 31 reached €516m, up a whopping 47% from the same period last year. Total online sports revenue by French-licensed operators improved by 30% to €82m.

ARJEL credited the sports betting gains to a 2.1-point rise in betting returns to players, which the regulator believes encouraged punters to reinvest their winnings, as did a 75% year-on-year increase in bonus offers. The numbers were also given a jolt courtesy of a 34% rise in the number of weekly active betting accounts.

Every single individual sport enjoyed solid gains in Q1, with football stakes rising 45%, tennis up 46%, basketball rising 57% and rugby gaining 71%, while hockey more than doubled year-on-year.

3-Barrels of pure value including the time of Full Tilt’s funeral, 1,500 former American-based Full Tilt players have their petitions denied, and Raising For Effective Giving (REG) look to the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) to change some lives.

James Altucher was talking about minimalism. He wrote a blog post on it, pissed people off, and then followed up with a podcast to respond to those with rattled cages.

Altucher talked about clearing physical items as a way to help clear some mental space. At one point he talked about throwing away his college diploma. It had sentimental value. His award went into the bin along with his sentimentality.

Inspired by the man I opened my wardrobe and tried to be chic when I came face to face with my silver Full Tilt Jersey.

3-Barrels of pure value including the time of Full Tilt’s funeral, 1,500 former American-based Full Tilt players have their petitions denied, and Raising For Effective Giving (REG) look to the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) to change some lives.

James Altucher was talking about minimalism. He wrote a blog post on it, pissed people off, and then followed up with a podcast to respond to those with rattled cages.

Altucher talked about clearing physical items as a way to help clear some mental space. At one point he talked about throwing away his college diploma. It had sentimental value. His award went into the bin along with his sentimentality.

Inspired by the man I opened my wardrobe and tried to be chic when I came face to face with my silver Full Tilt Jersey.

Macau casino junket operators appear to have been blindsided by the local government’s recent decision to ban telephone aka ‘proxy’ betting at VIP gaming tables.

On Friday, Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) confirmed rumors that casinos would no longer be able to offer proxy betting as of Monday (9). On Saturday, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said this step was taken “to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings or the risk of irregularities.”

Proxy betting involves a trusted intermediary sitting at a casino VIP table, relaying real-time card info to a gambler (usually) on the Chinese mainland, who in turn issues instructions on how much money to wager on a particular hand. The practice gained popularity as Beijing tightened controls on the flow of money and individuals to and from Macau.

Leong claimed that proxy betting had previously been made available to some registered VIPs, although he declined to specify with whom said VIPs had registered. Leong further claimed that the government had determined that a proxy betting ban “will not hurt the sustainable development of the gaming sector.”

Macau casino junket operators appear to have been blindsided by the local government’s recent decision to ban telephone aka ‘proxy’ betting at VIP gaming tables.

On Friday, Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) confirmed rumors that casinos would no longer be able to offer proxy betting as of Monday (9). On Saturday, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said this step was taken “to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings or the risk of irregularities.”

Proxy betting involves a trusted intermediary sitting at a casino VIP table, relaying real-time card info to a gambler (usually) on the Chinese mainland, who in turn issues instructions on how much money to wager on a particular hand. The practice gained popularity as Beijing tightened controls on the flow of money and individuals to and from Macau.

Leong claimed that proxy betting had previously been made available to some registered VIPs, although he declined to specify with whom said VIPs had registered. Leong further claimed that the government had determined that a proxy betting ban “will not hurt the sustainable development of the gaming sector.”

Liv Boeree is scheduled to talk at the Oxford Union; the Women in Poker Hall of Fame open voting up to the members of the public for the first time, and Cate Hall sits on top the Global Poker League Female Rankings.

The Women in Poker Hall of Fame (WiPHOF) have changed their voting system.

For the past eight years, the short list for the WiPHOF has been formed by members of the public but that’s as far as their involvement went. The final decision to elect someone into the WiPHOF has always been in the hands of the Board of Directors, inductees and selected media members.

All that will change for the class of 2016 after the WiPHOF decided to deepen the role of the general public by allowing them to have a say in the final vote. If you want to get involved then press the following link and click on the name of the person you believe is more deserving of the award.

Liv Boeree is scheduled to talk at the Oxford Union; the Women in Poker Hall of Fame open voting up to the members of the public for the first time, and Cate Hall sits on top the Global Poker League Female Rankings.

The Women in Poker Hall of Fame (WiPHOF) have changed their voting system.

For the past eight years, the short list for the WiPHOF has been formed by members of the public but that’s as far as their involvement went. The final decision to elect someone into the WiPHOF has always been in the hands of the Board of Directors, inductees and selected media members.

All that will change for the class of 2016 after the WiPHOF decided to deepen the role of the general public by allowing them to have a say in the final vote. If you want to get involved then press the following link and click on the name of the person you believe is more deserving of the award.

PokerStars Data Integrity Team has returned funds to players involved in Spin & Go games after they found action where player(s) had broken their Terms of Service (TOS)

PokerStars Spin & Go product shows they understand who I am, my worldview, my problems, and what I need to overcome them.

It’s a gambling revelation.

I want to use a food analogy to describe why I believe Spin & Go is the bees knees.

PokerStars Data Integrity Team has returned funds to players involved in Spin & Go games after they found action where player(s) had broken their Terms of Service (TOS)

PokerStars Spin & Go product shows they understand who I am, my worldview, my problems, and what I need to overcome them.

It’s a gambling revelation.

I want to use a food analogy to describe why I believe Spin & Go is the bees knees.

The World Series of Poker has agreed on a multi-year agreement with the card manufacturer Copag prompting Lee Davy to question how the customer’s worldview fits into the equation?

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has continued with their trickle of change announcements after declaring a new multi-year deal with playing cards manufacturer Copag.

According to their website Copag cards are 100% PVC plastic and last 20 to 50 times longer than regular paper cards. They cannot be bent or torn and are nearly impossible to crease or mark.

The WSOP is in good company. Copag is the official playing card used on the European Poker Tour (EPT). The World Poker Tour (WPT) doesn’t have an ‘official’ deck, instead relying on the equipment used by their casino partners, but the majority of them also use Copag as the playing card of choice.

The World Series of Poker has agreed on a multi-year agreement with the card manufacturer Copag prompting Lee Davy to question how the customer’s worldview fits into the equation?

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has continued with their trickle of change announcements after declaring a new multi-year deal with playing cards manufacturer Copag.

According to their website Copag cards are 100% PVC plastic and last 20 to 50 times longer than regular paper cards. They cannot be bent or torn and are nearly impossible to crease or mark.

The WSOP is in good company. Copag is the official playing card used on the European Poker Tour (EPT). The World Poker Tour (WPT) doesn’t have an ‘official’ deck, instead relying on the equipment used by their casino partners, but the majority of them also use Copag as the playing card of choice.