This year, we conducted more than half a dozen exclusive interviews with executives from 888, WPN, PokerStars, partypoker, GGPoker and PokerMatch. Yaniv Sherman on 888’s Poker Progress in the United States: Exclusive Interview (May 2021)
Top line: “When pokerfuse spoke with Yaniv Sherman, 888 Holdings’ Senior Vice President and Head of US, in February of this year, it felt like the US online poker market was poised for transformation.”
Key takeaways: With the competition making aggressive moves into the US online poker market, PRO catches up with 888 Holdings’ Senior Vice President and Head of US to get his take on their progress in Michigan and Pennsylvania, expectations for shared liquidity, hopes for new US states and more.
“[W]e hope that Pennsylvania and Michigan would join the existing poker compact. If that’s the case, perhaps, we’re attempting to launch them pretty much concurrently. If not, we’ll just have to stagger them.”
“I would say that in 2022 at the latest, we’ll be looking to open additional poker brands in the marketplace.”
“What we are trying to do—not very successfully so far—is to educate policymakers of the differences between poker and casino.”
“It’s a matter of when, rather than if. I think of West Virginia, they’re out there, we start rolling out 888poker, we’ll launch there at some point in time”
Eight Questions for Randy Lew, WPN’s New Security Consultant and Former PokerStars Team Pro (June 2021)
Top line: “The prominent US-facing offshore online poker network Winning Poker Network (WPN) has recently ramped up its efforts to keep the site free from bots and other fraud activities.”Key takeaways: The prominent US-facing offshore online poker network Winning Poker Network (WPN) has recently ramped up its efforts to keep the site free from bots and other fraud activities. Late last year, in a bid to double down on its game safety and security, WPN appointed former PokerStars Team Pro Randy “Nanonoko” Lew as the network’s new security consultant and gameplay expert. PRO got the opportunity to ask Lew about his new role at the company, share more details on bot statistics, what steps […]
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