February 7, 2012
The postponement of the Macau Millions reported recently has been confirmed by the Pokerstars blog, which announced this week that the project will cease next month for an indefinite period. The online poker giant gave no reasons for the decision, although its local manager Danny McDonagh did comment to Macau Business: ?Our current agreement to […]
February 6, 2012
The 2012 edition of the PokerStars Macau Millions tournament has been postponed indefinitely due to its agreement with SJM Holdings-owned Casino Grand Lisboa expiring in March 2012, said a company statement. PokerStars director of live operations in Asia-Pacific, Danny McDonagh added: “We will provide an update on Macau Millions and live poker tournaments in the […]
February 4, 2012
Two major American land gambling groups that recently signed an online poker partnership deal with Bwin.party digital entertainment, a major European internet gambling group, have become the latest to apply to the Nevada Gaming Control Board for an intrastate internet poker licence, according to a report in the respected publication Card Player. The Bwin.party group […]
February 4, 2012
In an announcement this week the International Federation of Poker revealed that the Brazilian Sports Ministry has officially acknowledged poker as a sport. Although the decision was announced in a private meeting with members of the Confedera??o Brasileira de Texas Hold’em (CBTH), it was subsequently confirmed in government communications which recognised the CBTH as the […]
February 4, 2012
The UK mainstream media is currently reporting criticism of singing star Robbie Williams’ decision to enter the world of online poker, quoting an ‘outraged’ Liberal Democrat politician. The Robbie Williams poker community, to be launched online this year at http://www.robbiewilliamspoker.com/site/login, says the main focus is ?fun? but some of the games cost money. The site, […]
February 4, 2012
Alan Meltzer, the music mogul and nosebleed poker player who regularly appeared on the High Stakes Poker show with some of the top professionals in the game until his sudden death in October last year, left $1 million to his chauffeur and $500,000 to a doorman in his will, it emerged this week – some […]
February 3, 2012
Fertitta Interactive, a subsidiary of a US land gambling company that owns the Station casinos, has again indicated an interest in the online poker business by applying for a Nevada online poker licence. Fertitta was in partnership discussions with a major online poker company which it dropped after Black Friday, but subsequently acquired poker software […]
February 3, 2012
Significant sums of money – between $10 and $20 million – are allegedly owed to embattled Full Tilt Poker by poker professionals like Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, David Benyamine, Erick Lindgren and others according to a lawyer involved in the acquisition of FTP by the French company Groupe Bernard Tapie. GBT attorney Behnam Dayanim told […]
February 3, 2012
A survey commissioned by the lobby group the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) and conducted by US Gaming Survey over three weeks in December 2011 has delivered a positive response to the regulation of online poker in the country. The panel survey utilised respondents who are currently playing or recently participated in poker games online with […]
February 3, 2012
Online poker software developer B3W’s venture into the white label poker market with an all-inclusive product has paid dividends, according to the company, which this week reported that in six months four fully integrated poker rooms had been signed up for its Poker Pack Network. The Poker Pack Network offers a turnkey solution for investors […]