May 2, 2013
The controversial gambling expansion bill in Illinois, from which an online poker legalisation amendment was stripped last week (see previous report) has successfully passed through the state Senate on a vote of 32 – 20. The bill, which allows slot machines at racetracks in Illinois and five new land casinos in the state, now goes […]
May 2, 2013
The action group Poker Players Alliance has appealed to online poker players to show their support for legalisation in the United States by voting in a Wall Street Journal poll just up at: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/04/30/vote-online-gambling/ The respected business and financial publication launched the poll, asking the key question: “Should Washington Allow Online Gambling” in the wake […]
May 1, 2013
The attempt by Pokerstars parent The Rational Group to acquire Atlantic City’s Atlantic Club Casino in New Jersey has encountered a hopefully temporary obstacle due to delays in the licensing process. The original January agreement between Rational and Atlantic Club Casino parent group Colony Capital LLC called for Rational to successfully achieve an interim casino […]
April 30, 2013
Paul Leggett, former chief operating officer at Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet and a man well known in the industry following the scandals, trials and tribulations of parent company Tokwiro Enterprises and successor Blanca Games, has a new job as the man running Amaya Gaming’s online operations, which include Ongame poker network, Chartwell Technology, Cryptologic […]
April 30, 2013
Linking children to poker in a speech was always going to attract the attention of the UK media, and comments made by a top headmaster this week have certainly done just that. The point Christian Heinrich, chairman of the Boarding Schools’ Association, was trying to make in a speech to the Association’s conference in Brighton […]
April 30, 2013
The attempt by 18 Massachusetts Representatives to attach an online poker legalisation amendment to a budget bill (see previous reports) is showing encouraging signs of progress, with the state House voting 122 – 29 on the preliminary budget containing the amendment (number 365). The amendment proposes the licensing and regulation of a maximum of three […]
April 29, 2013
The now almost legendary online Pot Limit Omaha nosebleed-stakes clashes between Swedish poker star Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom and Ben ‘Bttech86’ Tollerene reached another landmark level over the weekend, ending with the young Swede earning a total of almost $1.37 million in two sessions, only to lost a hefty chunk of it in the third. The […]
April 29, 2013
Taiwanese poker pro Terry Fan (30) bested a record 891-player field in the Pokerstars Macau Red Draghon tournament main event over the weekend, earning himself HK$1,771,000 (about $230,000.) Fan survived the crowded field to enter the final table as chip leader, facing Gie Reyes (Philippines); Fei Xie and Wesley Zhu (China); Andy Asihwardji and Ryan […]
April 29, 2013
Swedish software development firm Cubeia Ltd has launched Cubeia Social, a new social poker network that enables operators to create and run their own social poker site. The HTML5 poker client runs on most mobile devices and computers and is compatible with all operational systems and major browsers. It delivers a simple sign-up process, without […]
April 28, 2013
The public consultation on the practical implementation of Nevada’s online poker legislation (see previous reports) ended April 15, and the state regulator has published the thoughts and suggestions of 17 individuals and companies that responded to the call for comment. In an interesting article on the subject over the weekend, the information website Flushdraw looked […]