February 18, 2014
The US state of Florida’s current review of gambling laws may provide a tenuous foothold for the legalisation of online poker if some lawmakers have their way. Last week the Florida Senate Gaming Committee discussed the draft of an upcoming gaming reform bill scheduled for introduction during the 2014 legislative session. The draft includes some […]
February 18, 2014
Citing a lack of player liquidity, Bodog88 Poker’s stand-alone network has restricted action to just two regions, withdrawing from all other markets to concentrate on China and Vietnam. Asian players were informed of the decision last week, and have ten days to exhaust loyalty and VIP points, whilst valid tournament tickets will be reimbursed at […]
February 18, 2014
A ring-fenced national player market and high taxes are thought to be the reason for the recently announced withdrawal from the Spanish online poker market of Poker770, a skin on the iPoker network. The company used Twitter to announce its withdrawal last Friday, confirming that it intends to shut down on March 1, and that […]
February 17, 2014
The Norwegian Minister for Culture, Thorhild Widvey (57) is pushing for a more liberal approach to live poker tournaments in the Scandinavian country, and has expressed the hope that the nation might host a Norwegian Poker Championship in 2015, according to a report in the publication Boerse-Express. Norway has traditionally imposed tough restrictions and fines […]
February 16, 2014
The fourth $100,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Alpha 8 High Roller was held in Johannesburg, South Africa this week and, despite the long travelling times, attracted some of the top international players in the industry. Among those who ponied up the massive buy-in was Phil Ivey, Daniel “jungleman” Cates, Dan Harrington, Antonio Esfandiari, Jason Mercier, […]
February 15, 2014
The latest study of the French online poker market shows that despite strenuous enforcement efforts up to 47 percent of French players have accounts at operators who are not licensed in the French market. The survey found that 23.5 percent of French players give their business exclusively to non-licensed sites, whilst a further 23.5 percent […]
February 15, 2014
Launched only three months ago the Equity Poker Network has already been targeted by online fraudsters, but has successfully identified the perpetrators and taken prompt action, confiscating money and arranging for victims to be made whole again. Equity announced Friday that it had uncovered a collusion ring following an investigation triggered by suspicious transactions. The […]
February 15, 2014
The World Poker Tour blog has released more detail on the recent poker tournament partnership agreement between the major French gambling group PMU and WPT. The two year exclusive partnership with the National Tour will visit three major cities in 2014; Paris 17-20 April, Cannes 29 May-1 June and Marrakech 9-12 October. The hosting venues […]
February 14, 2014
Unibet’s stand-alone online poker offering in collaboration with Relax Gaming is set to launch within the week, according to company sources. Our readers will recall that late last year Unibet announced that it would depart the Microgaming poker network to develop a stand-alone product in partnership with Relax Gaming of Estonia, an arrangement that would […]
February 12, 2014
With Ryan Riess’ $8,361,570 victory in the 2013 World Series of Poker main event last November still fresh in the memory, the organisers of poker’s most spectacular tournament have announced the official 2014 schedule, which will again be held at the Rio in Las Vegas. This year, US players in Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware […]