July 18, 2012
Rumours of an online poker legalisation deal put together by Nevada Democrat Sen. Harry Reid and Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl have been rife for most of this year, with little in the way of hard evidence emerging, but that changed Tuesday in an article that appeared in the National Journal reporting that the politicians […]
July 18, 2012
Last week’s flurry of motions seeking the dismissal of civil claims against Black Friday-indicted online poker companies and individuals, and the subsequent counter-motions by US enforcement officials (see previous reports) continued this week. First up was the state of Kentucky, notorious for its claimed jurisdictional over-reach in attempting to seize numerous international online gambling domains […]
July 18, 2012
The Canadian company TransGaming Inc., which specialises in the multiplatform deployment of games, has announced that it is developing an exclusive World Poker Tour game for Smart TV that is expected to launch in the fall with a number of operators around the world. The WPT video game will be available on GameTree TV, TransGaming’s […]
July 18, 2012
Latest numbers from the independent online poker monitor PokerScout show that traffic to online poker sites globally continues to slide. Looking at a year-on-year comparison this week, the monitor reports that there has been a 16 percent decline since July 2011, with the three majors in the sector – Pokerstars, iPoker Network and Party Poker […]
July 18, 2012
Optimistic rumours have been surging back and forth in recent months regarding a Pokerstars deal with the US Department of Justice that would enable Stars to take over Full Tilt and pay the numerous players owed by the currently moribund online poker operator. But one columnist and poker pro, Matt Glantz, is not so sure […]
July 18, 2012
Another online poker e-cash processor, Darren Wright, has been arraigned before Judge Catherine C. Blake in a Maryland District Court, pleading guilty to conducting an illegal gambling business. Wright was among prosecutions launched by Maryland enforcement agencies in mid-2011 (see previous reports), along with David Parchomchuk and Ann Marie Puig. Parchomchuk pleaded guilty earlier this […]
July 16, 2012
In the early hours of the Monday morning Vegas time, just 27 players were left on Day 6 as the last three tables formed in the 43rd World Series of Poker main event. Tournament officials had earlier decided to depart from the planned schedule of playing down to three tables for a total of 27 […]
July 16, 2012
Industry observers could be excused for feeling a little confused this week as the news broke that French regulator ARJEL had issued a licence to Turbopoker.fr, listing it as “operated by Iliad Gaming and domiciled in Malta.” Our readers will recall that earlier this month the French telecommunication service provider announced that it had ceased […]
July 16, 2012
The US racetrack owner Churchill Downs Incorporated is among the latest batch of applicants for Nevada online poker licensing, requesting a service provider licence. The company was in the news earlier this year when it acquired online poker specialist medium Bluff Media. It also has impressive experience in the online betting field through its operation […]
July 15, 2012
The cash bubble at the 43rd World Series of Poker main event popped Friday night, guaranteeing a minimum pay-out of $19,227 for the 666 survivors at that point, and sending home cash-less 24-year-old David Kelley of Mercer Island, Washington, who finished 667th but gets a free seat in next year’s main event. Just short of […]