November 29, 2011
Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack’s House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade has already held two hearings on the legalisation of internet poker in the United States, but she could be calling for a third…and the Department of Justice may be invited to give evidence. The ranking politician on the sub-committee, North Carolina Democrat G.K. Butterfield, […]
November 29, 2011
Schleswig Holstein, the most liberal and progressive German state (at least as far as online gambling is concerned) has attracted another internet gambling company sponsorship following Bwin.party.digital’s recent deal with the THW Kiel handball team. In the latest initiative by an online gambling firm targeted on the internet gambling-friendly lander (province) PokerStars has won the […]
November 28, 2011
Team Pokerstars pro and respected internet player Randy ?nanonoko? Lew (26) awoke $483,902 wealthier this morning, having bested 575 entrants to take down the Pokerstars Asia Pacific Poker Tour at the Grand Lisboa Casino in Macau. It was Lew’s first major live tournament victory, made all the more remarkable by the fact that he started […]
November 28, 2011
Besting poker aces like Bertrand Grospellier and WSOP champ Josh Duhamel in an entry field of 274, local Moroccan player Mohamed Ali Houssam claimed the main prize of almost Euro 200,000 and a $25,000 seat in the WPT World Championship over the weekend in the Euro 3,000 World Poker Tour Marrakech final table, following four […]
November 28, 2011
Online games developer Leander Games has launched of one its first games on Playtech’s EdGE games platform following a partnership agreement with Playtech’s Gaming Technology Solutions (GTS) subsidiary. The company’s new offering, Reely Poker, will join the Reely series, a spokesman said this week, noting that it will be taken up be a significant number […]
November 28, 2011
Hollywood A-Lister Tobey Maguire has reportedly settled a lawsuit brought against him and others by the bankruptcy trustees of Brad Ruderman a hedge fund investor, who is currently in jail for a ponzi scheme. Ruderman allegedly led High Stakes Texas Hold’em underground poker sessions, that included well known celebrity players Maguire, Nick Cassavetes, Leonardo DiCaprio, […]
November 26, 2011
The popularity of Full Tilt Poker’s “first to market” concept of fast online poker, Rush Poker, appears to have motivated other companies to offer similar services despite threatening noises from FTP that it has applied for patents. The concept behind the popular trend is to deliver a fast game for players in a hurry by […]
November 26, 2011
Email communications with affiliate marketers this week confirmed that Chiligaming subsidiary Chili Poker has established a partnership with an unidentified Spanish company in order to be eligible for a licence to operate in the newly regulated Spanish online gambling market. Chili Poker will extend its relationship with the Playtech platform in Spain and will operate […]
November 25, 2011
Online poker fans were pondering what has gone wrong at 24Poker.com Thursday following the appearance of a press release from software provider Microgaming advising that the website has been blocked. The Microgaming press release read: “Microgaming today announced that all game play on the 24 Poker website has been blocked due to the Kahnawake Gaming […]
November 24, 2011
Just a day ago, we commented on the lucrative high stakes poker heater being enjoyed by Finnish poker ace Ilari Sahamies, who was closing in on top leaderboard player Rafi Amit; overnight Sahamies has enjoyed more success and now occupies the lead position. Playing 836 hands, mainly on the Pokerstars $200/$400 6-Max tables against several […]