Heads-up drama What started out as a friendly hustle to get Matt Berkey playing heads-up with Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot has spiraled into one of the petty feuds that Doug Polk has turned into an art form. the show took a turn in the last ten minutes On Wednesday, Nik appeared on Polk’s podcast to talk about ...
Allen Kessler Wants to Know Which Phil Is Better: Hellmuth or Ivey?
The fox and the hedgehog Allen Kessler has turned to the wisdom of crowds to solve a decades old question: who is better at No-Limit Hold’em, Phil Ivey or Phil Hellmuth? Kessler set up a Twitter poll to see what the poker community thinks. The question he asked was phrased as: “Who’s better at no limit ...
Father Tried to Make Child Play Games “Until He Vomits”
A man in Shenzen, China going by “Mr Huang” claims to have kept his son awake for 17 hours playing video games. Huang posted a video to TikTok video detailing the punishment. prohibited his son from sleeping and forced him to play video games Huang instituted the punishment after finding his child playing video games on ...
Slot Developer PopOK Joins Long List of Collaborators With VirtualSoft
Slot developer PopOK Gaming has teamed up with VirtualSoft. The new partnership, announced Tuesday, will allow VirtualSoft’s gaming platforms to support PopOK’s wide range of online slot machines. VirtualSoft provides its clients with what amounts to a full range of gambling software options. The company produces software to support online sports betting, live and digital ...
Anti-Gambling Protestors in India Mail Human Ashes to State
Strange protests Activists in Tamil Nadu – the southernmost state of India – are part of an unusual form of anti-gambling protest. The activists, members of the political organization Thanthai Periyar Dravidian Kazhagam (TPDK), claim to have sent human ashes to their governor Ravindra “RN” Ravi. According to TPDK, the packets sent to Ravi contain ashes ...
Austrian Man Lost $91k “Gambling” on FIFA 2022 Loot Boxes
Are loot boxes gambling in Austrian law? According to local news, an unnamed Austrian gamer is requesting that Sony pay them €85,000 ($90,599) for losses incurred buying FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) packs. The gamer contacted the law firm Salburg Rechtsanwalts GmbH asking for representation in the case against Sony following a court ruling on February ...
Todd Witteles in Twitter Battle With Jami Lafay Over Her Cancer GoFundMe Campaign
A Twitter firestorm Jami Lafay — the professional name of Jami Daniels, a poker player and Twitter personality who is best known for her semi-regular appearances on Hustler Casino Live — became the center of a Twitter firestorm this week when her GoFundMe became the target of one of Todd Witteles’s investigations. a goal of $50,000 ...
Chess Streamer and Controversial WPT Global Ambassador Nemo Zhou Makes Rookie Error Hustling Chess
Nemo struggles to hustle in NYC FIDE Master, Woman Grandmaster, and WPT Global ambassador Nemo Zhou tried to put together a video hustling some New York chess players, but things did not quite go as planned. Players who were hoping to see Nemo return to high stakes action after her poker controversy last year will ...
Is Eric Persson Poker’s Biggest Whale?
“The biggest hand in televised US poker history” Everyone is talking about the No Gamble, No Future million-dollar cash game on PokerGO from Sunday. During the Day 3 stream of the epic “Cash of the Titans” series, poker pro Patrik Antonius went head-to-head with casino owner Eric Persson in a pot that ended up being ...
TikTok Experiment With Gambling Ads Features Novelty Bet on Rihanna’s Super Bowl Show
Localized test run Ahead of Super Bowl LVII, TikTok conducted a limited experiment with gambling advertisements. The popular social media app has banned gambling ads, but the team at TikTok allowed Sportsbet to advertise to a small number of users in Australia, who were shown ads for novelty bets on Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show. “ads ...