Jennifer Newell has been writing about poker and gambling since 2004. As the online gaming sectors have changed and grown, particularly in the United States and Canada, she has followed it all and written about it for websites like World Poker Tour and PokerScout. In her free time, she runs a small business, reads, cooks, and enjoys music.
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Canadian Stasiak Collects Second Bracelet of 2020 WSOP
The WSOP 2020 Online was an experiment in many respects, the first attempt to put the entire World Series of Poker online…in two places. The first portion was on the WSOP’s own site in a part of the US market, but Canada and much of the rest of the international…
Ontario Casinos Except Caesars Windsor Prepare to Reopen
The Ontario government and health officials gave the okay for most of the region’s casinos and charitable gaming centres to reopen. Canada has been slow to reopen its nonessential businesses due to the far of another rise in positive Covid-19 cases. However, as a part of the Stage 3…
Hempel and Bicknell Lead Canadians in WSOP 2020 Online
The 2020 World Series of Poker technically began on July 1 but only for players in the American states of Nevada and New Jersey. Players located in those states could play on WSOP.com for the first 31 gold bracelets of the WSOP 2020 Online. And then on July 19, the…
Lotteries and Gaming Centres Begin Reopenings After Covid
Canada seems to have put the worst of the coronavirus pandemic behind it. The Canadian government shut down all nonessential businesses in March and kept them closed – with most people quarantined in their homes – for several months. And as business owners begin to peek out from behind their…
How to Stay Safe When Returning to Canadian Casinos
Canadians are anxious to return to their local casinos and gambling halls. Even if they’re not big gamblers, there are restaurants and bars in those establishments. Most people find the notion of getting out of their homes and returning to some sort of normalcy extremely…
More Canadian Casinos Embrace Cashless Gaming Kiosks
For years, casino operators have considered cashless options. As more businesses embrace technology that reduces the need for cash-based transactions, casinos looked at those options, too. However, it wasn’t until the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world that casinos took this technology much more seriously. Several Canadian…
Eldorado Resorts Completes Caesars Buyout for $17.3B
Eldorado Resorts did it. The company bought Caesars Entertainment for $17.3 billion. The deal took well over one year to complete, and both companies had to sell some companies, move some interests around per regulatory requests. But it is final. Eldorado is now Caesars Entertainment and…
What You Need to Know About WSOP 2020 Online on GGPoker
The chance for poker players in Canada to win a World Series of Poker gold bracelet online is just days away. US players in Nevada and New Jersey kicked off their portion of the WSOP 2020 Online on July 1. They have played and will continue to play one tournament…
WPT Online WOC Announces Leaderboards and Changes
The World Poker Tour’s largest online poker adventure yet is scheduled to begin in just a few days. The WPT World Online Championships (WOC) will kick off on Saturday, July 18, on PartyPoker. And its numerous WPT-branded tournaments will run through Wednesday, September 16. In the days and weeks leading…
Top 10 Tips for Online Poker Bankroll Management
This July is a huge month for online poker players. Many of them have just gotten acquainted with online poker for the first time this year. Since March, when the coronavirus pandemic forced all nonessential businesses to close – casinos and card rooms among them – people began to turn…
