Phil Hellmuth aiming to 'change humanity'

LAS VEGAS -- Whether it's sitting at the ESPN featured table under the hot lights, or bumping into a reporter in the hallways of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and taking part in an impromptu interview, Hellmuth's bravado gauge is always on full.

PokerStars becomes Italian market leader

PokerStars Casino.com, an Amaya Inc. brand, has become the market leader among online casinos in Italy after just two years in the market. PokerStars Casino, which launched in April 2015 and is the sister brand of PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, topped the June casino GGR charts with 8.85% of the Italian online casino market share to take the top spot from longstanding leader Lottomatica, as reported by Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato (AAMS).

Betway becomes sponsor of ESL One Cologne 2017

Leading eSports sportsbook operator Betway Sportsbook has been announced as a key sponsor for ESL One Cologne 2017, the world's biggest CS:GO tournament, from 7-9 July.

British pro wins over $1 million in WSOP $50K

Elior Sion doesn't play many live tournaments, but there's one he looks forward to every year: the $50,000 Poker Players Championship at the World Series of Poker. This year he made it count, topping a field of 100 of the toughest poker players on the planet to win $1,395,767, a gold WSOP bracelet and a place in poker lore forever on the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy.

Poker Central, WSOP to host freeroll tournament for subscribers

Poker Central and the World Series of Poker will host a $10,000 freeroll tournament exclusively for PokerGO subscribers on Thursday, 6 July at 12 p.m. PST at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Only days away from the most famous tournament in the history of the game – the World Series of Poker Main Event – PokerGO subscribers will get their chance to "Get in the Game," with cash prizes for the top five players and the eventual winner receiving $5,000.

Las Vegas to host huge Fourth of July weekend

Las Vegas will celebrate the Land of the Free with live music, pool parties and star spangled glamour all holiday weekend. An estimated 323,000 visitors will travel to Las Vegas to enjoy the holiday weekend, which is up slightly from 2016.