December 23, 2012
California and Ukraine-based social gaming developer Playsino has launched two games under the Playsino Publishing Network, featuring poker and a Middle Eastern card game in its initial offerings. Five-O Poker, a particularly creative take on poker, and Yalla Tarneeb, a popular Middle Eastern card game were developed in collaboration with Chiki Gaming out of Israel […]
December 22, 2012
True to his word earlier this month, California Senator Rod Wright has shrugged off the failure of his online poker legalisation bill in the current session of the Californian Legislature, but has re-introduced the bill for consideration next year. Groups with vested interests in cornering the lion’s share of what promises to be a lucrative […]
December 22, 2012
PKR.com, a UK-based 3D online poker room, has used the skills of its avatar and graphics designers in a new television advertisement scheduled for flighting on Channel 4, ITV, Sky Movies and Sky Sports. The ad portrays typically high quality PKR graphics in action around the poker table, backed by a voice-over by Louis Mellis […]
December 21, 2012
Lengthy posts on the twoplustwo poker message board this week heralded the departure of Hero Poker from the Merge Poker Network, migrating its players to one of the flagship sites on the network. However, Hero Poker CEO David Jung, who is believed to operate out of Asia, indicated that he may start up another poker […]
December 21, 2012
The Nevada Gaming Control Commission gave its online poker licensing approval for Caesars Entertainment Thursday, bringing to seventeen the number of companies given the green light when the state finally opens its intrastate online poker market. Caesars Interactive division, headed by former Party Gaming chief Mitch Garber and based in Montreal, already has a partnership […]
December 19, 2012
Just a day after Bwin players from former subsidiary Ongame Network were migrated, Bwin.Party Digital Entertained subsidiary Party Poker.com has seen traffic soar 45 percent, reports the independent online poker monitoring site Pokerscout. The huge boost to the Party Poker player liquidity pool positions Party Poker ahead of market leaders Full Tilt Poker and the […]
December 19, 2012
Pokerstars has released details and the schedule for its next edition of the Pokerstars Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP). The event will run for 10 days from January 17-27, 2013, with a $5 million boost to the guaranteed prize pool, taking it to $15 million. Full details of the fifty events in the Championship […]
December 19, 2012
Former Full Tilt Poker director and Black Friday indictee, Howard Lederer has come to an agreement with the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York in regards to a civil claim filed by the Department of Justice. Whilst agreeing to forfeit the unpublished contents of bank accounts, vehicles and property, Lederer was not […]
December 18, 2012
Only a matter of weeks since its re-launch as a subsidiary of Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker continued to battle last week – its fourth consecutive week of double-digit decline – with player count dropping by 13 percent, reports the independent online poker monitor Pokerscout. The site offers no concrete explanation for the continued decline despite […]
December 18, 2012
In its third venue change in six years, the World Series of Poker Europe has chosen Paris as the venue for the 7th edition of this major poker tournament. Previous events have been in London and Cannes. The 2013 WSOPE will be held in Casino Barrière Enghien-les-Bains from October 11-24, 2013, tournament vice president of […]