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Brazil betting ban and online poker: a red poker chip in front of the Brazilian flag with the headline Betting Banned, Poker Not Named, Brazil
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
8th Oct 2026

Brazil Online Poker Ban? MP 1.394 Leaves Poker Out

The law took betting sites offline on 6 October and bars Pix from touching them. Poker sits in neither of its definitions, yet some PokerStars players are already locked out.
Illustration of poker players who went to prison, including Tom Goldstein, Mike Matusow, Shawn Sheikhan and Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, seated at a dark poker table
Telma Casaca | Poker News
28th Sep 2026

Poker Players Who Went to Prison: 24 Verified Cases & Sentences

Counterfeit chips flushed down a hotel toilet, spyware on rivals' laptops and a $31 million debt collection scam: every poker pro sentenced to jail, which of them are still inside, and the famous names who walked free.
US Capitol dome behind stacks of poker chips with the headline 90% Tax Cap Repeal Advances, House Committee Votes 38-5
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
23rd Sep 2026

90% Gambling Tax Repeal Passes Committee 38-5, Now Rides a Crypto Bill

The five no votes were aimed at crypto, not poker, and the House will not vote again until after the midterms.
MMA gloves beside a stack of poker chips with the headline Three Fights, $300,000 as Tommy McMillen moves to 12-0
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
20th Sep 2026

ACR Poker’s Tommy McMillen Has $300,000 in UFC Bonuses From Three Fights

He was knocked down in round two, won round three, and wants another fight before the year is out.
Chess players who play poker: a black knight beside stacked poker chips with the title Chess to Poker, 11 Crossovers Ranked
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
9th Sep 2026

Chess Players Who Play Poker: 11 Crossovers Ranked

One has $61 million in poker earnings, one won the Main Event, one hustled chess in Washington Square, and two are world champions.
Chess.com enters poker graphic with a black king and a stack of poker chips announcing Gambit, the free-to-play Hold
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
5th Sep 2026

Chess.com Poker Site Gambit Tops 75,000 Members After First Streamed Cup

Two people built it in under a year, it charges no rake, and nearly 20 million hands have already been dealt.
Jason Koon inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame as the only 2026 inductee
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
4th Aug 2026

Jason Koon Enters the Poker Hall of Fame as 2026’s Only Inductee

Koon goes in first ballot. Matusow's twelfth nomination ends the same way as the last eleven.
Chris Moneymaker sits at the WSOP 2026 Main Event table after bubbling with jack-nine against pocket aces on Day 4
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
31st Jul 2026

Chris Moneymaker Explains His 2026 WSOP Main Event Bubble Call

Why Moneymaker called off with jack-nine when the board played, in his own words.
Chris Moneymaker at the table after bubbling the WSOP 2026 Main Event, with ACR Poker Bubble Effect branding and a $2,650 Venom seat prize
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
28th Jul 2026

Moneymaker Bubble Effect: ACR Poker Turned a WSOP 2026 Bubble Into a $2,650 Venom Seat

Bubbling a poker tournament has never paid better than it did on ACR Poker this week.
Goliath 2026 Is Under Way With Nine Day 1 Flights Still to Come
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
23rd Jul 2026

Goliath 2026 Is Under Way With Nine Day 1 Flights Still to Come

Europe's biggest live poker field is back in Coventry, and there is still over a week to buy in.

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