January 3, 2013
The US Justice Department’s crusade against online gambling in general and poker in particular in 2012 generated over $3 billion for government coffers in terms of forfeitures and seizures, reports the New York Times. The U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan was the principal generator, but the overall total is a new record for the 93 […]
January 2, 2013
The top earner at the online nosebleed tables this year was Ben “Sauce 123” Sulsky, who won nearly $4 million on the virtual high stakes tables, according to a report on the respected poker information website Card Player.com. “The 25-year-old New Hampshire native won $3,581,763 on PokerStars, to go along with $367,981 on Full Tilt […]
January 2, 2013
The irony of the state of Texas regarding the game of poker as an illegal activity has frequently been the subject of comment in the industry, but that may be about to change….although not to the advantage of online poker. The year 2013 starts with news from the information site Pokerfuse that a new bill, […]
January 1, 2013
Back in 2010 poker pro Paul Carr placed second in a major Irish live poker tournament, taking home almost Euro 313,000, but this month he found himself in court fighting to reclaim Euro 36,000 of his prize, which he had left in the care of his friend Jason Ahern. The money ended up in Irish […]
December 31, 2012
Reinforcing the view that poker is a game in which skill and smarts play a key role, the game has again been featured in this year’s Vienna Mind Sports Festival, along with equivalents like chess, backgammon, risk, scrabble and several other popular gaming pursuits. Running from February 11 to 25, the festival conveniently coincides with […]
December 29, 2012
Top poker pro Gus “The Great Dane” Hansen will be relieved this week that he has been able to shake off a losing streak that has seen him go $2.6 million down since early November on the nosebleed tables at the re-launched Full Tilt Poker.com. Over the past week the Danish pro has executed a […]
December 28, 2012
The UK and Australia online gambling group Betfair has clinched a valuable deal with Crown Casino in Melbourne that will see the company’s brand achieving prime coverage during the 2013 Aussie Millions poker tournament. As Presenting Partner at the tournament, Betfair’s branding will appear in a number of premium locations, including each table in the […]
December 27, 2012
After all the unpleasantness of Black Friday and an ensuing absence from the internet scene (see previous reports), one of the world’s top poker players returned to the virtual tables in December and has since been deploying his considerable talent to good advantage at Pokerstars.com and Full Tilt Poker.com. With perhaps wry humour, Phil Ivey […]
December 27, 2012
Jeff Lamberti, the articulate chairman of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, and Iowa Gaming Association executive director, Wes Ehrecke maintained momentum on the possibility of Iowa joining the move to regulate online gambling this week in taping an interview for the Iowa Public TV program “Iowa Press.” The program will air on December 28, […]
December 25, 2012
Congress has passed up any chance of delivering a federal online poker legalisation law this year, and the prospects for the 2013 session of Congress are not much brighter, according to Las Vegas Review-Journal expert writer Howard Stutz. Despite strong support and a determined last minute campaign, the American Gaming Association and its influential land […]