Nevada regulators mull interstate collaboration on internet poker

September 14, 2013

Nevada governor Brian Sandoval obtained the state Legislature’s approval to negotiate interstate compacts to improve online poker player liquidity in February this year but he is still bound by the need for agreed technical specifications, it appears from reports on a meeting of the Nevada Gaming Control Board last Wednesday in which the issue was […]

Next Nevada online poker site launch date?

September 14, 2013

A high powered team of senior Caesars Interactive Entertainment executives headed by CEO Mitch Garber is scheduled to appear at a CIE press conference in Las Vegas Monday at which it is anticipated that the long-awaited launch date for Nevada’s second legal online poker website will be announced. CIE and 888 have partnered on the […]

Why Fertitta launched online poker

September 13, 2013

The young male demographic of Ultimate Fight Club fans, and the “tens of millions” of dollars in advertising offered to the company persuaded the Fertitta brothers to move into the intrastate online poker space, UFC chief exec Lorenzo Fertitta revealed in a televised interview with the program “In the Loop” on Bloomberg business news Thursday. […]

Extent of Party Poker’s software glitches revealed

September 13, 2013

It’s now well known that the much-hyped launch of Party Poker’s new software earlier this week was accompanied by an alarming level of gremlins and glitches, and on Thursday a Party Poker representative confirmed the extent of the problems with a post on the twoplustwo forum. Here’s what the rep had to say: “A server […]

U.S. FTP payments process to start next week

September 13, 2013

It’s been a long, two year wait for US Full Tilt Poker players left stranded by the Black Friday closures in 2011, but it appears that the US Department of Justice commissioned Garden City Group has finally come to grips with the complexities of the massive pay-out and is ready to go. The independent administrator […]

Majorspftware upgrades for poker networks

September 12, 2013

Winner Poker Network twoplustwo forum poster Winning_TD has announced the rollout of a major software update to the Network in the coming days. New features include on-demand tournaments, preferred seating, auto timebank, highlighted tables, ante animations, folded cards and straddle notifications. iPoker Network players can look forward to a soon to be rolled out update […]

International Stadium Poker Tour returns – but without the stadium

September 12, 2013

The next outing of the International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT) – now intriguingly rebranded with a Superman-like logo to ISPT Silver – has no stadium component at all, and will take place as a pretty standard live poker tournament at the Casino de Tanger in Tangier, Morocco. Our readers will recall the much hyped but […]

PartyPoker and WPT combine in new UK tournament

September 12, 2013

Bwin.Party stablemates PartyPoker and World Poker Tour are combining to lay on another five-leg major live tournament for the UK market, this one falling under the WPT National brand and located initially at Aspers Casino in Stratford City, launching October 24-27 this year. Other stops will likely be at Aspers properties across the country, although […]

Golden Gaming online poker deal gets the nod

September 12, 2013

The plan by Nevada land casino operator Golden Gaming to route its players interested in online poker through 888-powered Treasure Island’s proposed internet poker website (see previous reports) has been initially approved by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Treasure Island and 888 will operate the new site, sharing the income with Golden Gaming. Golden Gaming […]

Are pros excluded from FTP remission process?

September 11, 2013

Rich Muny, vice president of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), has taken to the twoplustwo forum publicising an e-mail that apparently originates from Full Tilt Claims Administrator, the Garden City Group. The e-mail, which was forwarded to Muny from an unidentified source, seemingly outlines a number of exclusions from the remission process which Muny says […]