August 25, 2012
Having successfully applied for a Nevada online poker operator licence (see previous report) Monarch Interactive issued a statement discussing the next steps it will take to realise its online poker ambitions. Before launching the interactive gaming business, Monarch must enter into contracts with licensed interactive gaming service providers, a process which has not yet been […]
August 25, 2012
Online gambling operator Betsafe has spread itself out when it comes to internet poker operations, recently adding Poker Black.com on the Microgaming Poker Network to its popular Poker Red brand which operates on the Ongame network. Although Ongame is the larger network, Microgaming has the advantage of offering the popular fast-fold form of poker with […]
August 25, 2012
Anonymous sources “close to the issue” have told the Pokerfuse information site that Everest Poker’s two struggling poker rooms – on licensed in Malta and the other in France – are to abandon their software and join Playtech’s growing iPoker network. Numbers from the independent online poker monitor Pokerscout have shown a persistent decline in […]
August 25, 2012
Online poker message boards were abuzz Friday following a Swedish newspaper article earlier in the week reporting the arrest of an as yet unidentified, 23-year-old poker player on a range of 20 serious charges that includes: • 4 blackmailing cases between June and December 2011.• 1 robbery in December, 2011• 1 aggravated robbery or aggravated […]
August 25, 2012
A recent applicant for a Nevada online poker service provider licence, Tennessee-based Player Verify LLC, is starting to attract attention with a service which managing member Mark Dalton claims is unique. Essentially, the company stores verified player ID documents for a small charge, certifying the player to operators, who are also members for a similarly […]
August 24, 2012
It was not only South Point Poker that benefitted from the Nevada Gaming Commission’s intrastate licensing hearing Thursday (see previous report); the Reno-based Monarch Interactive Inc., a subsidiary of a land casino operator, was also approved as an operator. Monarch is likely not as far advanced in its planning as South Point, which hopes to […]
August 24, 2012
Laurent Tapie and Prosper Masquelier’s ambitious International Stadiums Poker Tour inaugural outing at the Wembley stadium near London moved a step closer to fruition this week with the approval of the local council. The Brent Council has approved a Temporary Use Notice allowing the 30,000 player online and live tournament to take place at the […]
August 23, 2012
The US company Hall of Hands.com is providing online poker players with an ingenious way to boost bragging rights – a free app that allows the player to turn a particularly memorable hand into a professional looking video featuring real actors and even a voice-over commentary. The Hall of Hands publicity blurb claims that the […]
August 23, 2012
Tain Poker has added Instadeal’s fast poker product to its offering, claiming that the game is up to 5 times faster than existing poker solutions, and offers a browser based client, a downloadable client and a fully operational mobile client that works on iPad, iPhone, and Android devices. The InstaDeal Poker system supports connecting to […]
August 23, 2012
Michael Gaughan’s South Point Casino online poker venture, South Point Poker LLC, was approved Thursday for the issue of the first actual operator licence under Nevada’s intrastate online poker legislation. South Point has been smart in developing its own software and moving ahead with the required technological testing whilst its application went through the Nevada […]