February 11, 2012
After yet another in a series of deadline extensions, PokerStars, Absolute Poker, and Full Tilt Poker now have until March 19, 2012, to respond to the DoJ’s Black Friday amended complaint. The latest extension notes: “Full Tilt is in settlement discussions with the United States and has requested additional time to answer or otherwise respond […]
February 10, 2012
Following closely on its announcement of the award of a Belgian licence, PokerStars adds Malta to its growing list of licencing jurisdictions. Pokerstars.eu is scheduled to launch in the imminent future, possibly servicing Sweden and Finland. The online poker firm is licenced in the Belgium, Malta, Isle of Man, Denmark, France, Italy and Estonian jurisdictions […]
February 9, 2012
Circus Groupe and PokerStars have jointly announced that Pokerstars.be has been granted a Belgian online poker licence under the Casino de Namur A+ licence. The site was authorised in 2011 by the Belgian Gaming Commission in a test phase, and now has been granted a full operational licence. Etienne Marique, chairman of the Belgian Gaming […]
February 9, 2012
The furore over a reportedly $16.5 million total debt owed by former Full Tilt Poker professional players to the embattled company continued Wednesday with allegations that Mike Matusow owed $700 000. Matusow immediately denied the claim via Twitter. On the face of it, the allegation comes from a persuasive source – Groupe Bernard Tapie’s lawyer […]
February 9, 2012
Belgian government officials have followed up on their threats to block unlicensed operators from accessing the Belgian online gambling market by black listing major internet gambling companies like Chilipoker, Titan, Everest Poker and 888, according to local media reports. The blacklistings have apparently been communicated to Belgium’s main Internet Service Providers, who will be required […]
February 9, 2012
It’s every poker player’s nightmare to lose a hand of Hold’em while holding bullets and flopping quad Aces, but when it comes to bad beat jackpots it can be a rewarding experience. That happened at American’s Cardroom.com this week when the company’s $500 000 Bad Beat jackpot was breached. On February 7th online poker player […]
February 9, 2012
Yet another story on the supposedly imminent introduction of an online poker legalisation bill in Congress has surfaced following tweets from a U.S. publication titled The Helmsman, firing up hopes triggered last year when there was talk of Nevada Senator Harry Reid and Arizona Senator Jon Kyl collaborating on such a move. The Helmsman quotes […]
February 7, 2012
Laurent Tapie of Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) has confirmed his lawyer Ben Dayanim’s comments on monies owned by ex-Full Tilt professionals (see previous report) in an interview with iGaming France today (Monday). Originally thought to be in the region of US$10 to US$20 million, Tapie confirmed that an amount of US$16.5 million is owed to […]
February 7, 2012
After five gruelling days of top level poker and a 12 hour final table, the 24-year-old Belarusian poker ace Vadzim Kursevich has emerged as the winner of the EPT Deauville main event, claiming the top prize of Euro 875 000. Kursevich despatched his final opponent, second placed Paul Guichard, who gave an impressive account of […]
February 7, 2012
One of a series of five Cezanne impressions of card players painted in the 1890’s has changed hands for a record $250 000, reports the publication Vanity Fair. Greek shipping magnate George Embiricos let the masterpiece, widely believed to be the best of the series, go after an offer from the oil-rich Qatari royal family […]