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888 poised to dominate US Online Poker with Bwin.Party Purchase

888 Holdings recently made big waves by purchasing bwin.party for $1.4 billion, outbidding Amaya Gaming to acquire the struggling company. The ramifications of this deal are many, with 888 likely making up a little ground on Amaya’s PokerStars in global online poker traffic. Another big benefit to 888 purchasing bwin.party is that they are now […]

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United States

3 Reasons why WSOP and 888 are Finally Sharing Players in New Jersey

WSOP.com and 888 Poker NJ have finally made the decision to start sharing players. This move has been anticipated for quite some time, seeing as how the two poker operations will share liquidity on the All-American Poker Network when it launches in Nevada. But for some reason, it has taken the two sides some time […]

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PokerStars

PokerStars Should Keep out of US for 1-2 Years says 888 Poker CEO

It’s no secret that a lot of online gaming interests would like to keep PokerStars out of the United States. And so far, they’ve been largely successful at doing so because PokerStars has been unable to obtain licensing in Nevada or New Jersey. If 888 CEO Brian Mattingley has his way, it will remain like this […]

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