After industry stalwarts like Steve McLoughin and David Gzesh sounded the alarmabout Senate Bill 40 in Nevada, which could have outlawed poker staking, the Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, AG Burnett (pictured), clarified the bill’s intentions on Wednesday. In an email that appeared on Pokerfuse, Burnett said, “I’ve seen a couple articles on […]

One of the hot topics in recent days is the introduction of Nevada Senate Bill 40, which was pre-filed on December 20 and “would prohibit [and] criminalize player-to-player staking for brick-and-mortar poker tournaments, among other activities,” according to an industry legal rep.

Last month, the two leading poker tracking programs, PokerTrackerand Hold’em Manager, announced they would be joining forces to create a new company called Max Value Software. The news of the merger led to much speculation in the poker community about the future of the popular applications and whether the alliance would create a monopoly that […]