November 2, 2011
Following wide-spread reportage this week on an e-mail from Full Tilt?s Ray Bitar addressed to Tiltware shareholders (see previous report), Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) has confirmed that it has reached an agreement in principle with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) that will lead to the reimbursement of Full Tilt Poker players and clear the […]
November 1, 2011
In the United States, news breaking Tuesday in the mainstream media revealed that terrestrial casino operators MGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming Corp. have signed an agreement to partner with bwin.party interactive’s online poker operations should internet poker be legalised in the USA. The agreement would see the three companies take a stake in a […]
November 1, 2011
Interest in the legalisation of US online poker continued unabated this week with an article by the respected Forbes magazine on how the business possibilities of internet poker have captured the imaginations of billionaire US businessmen. The article identified some of these successful business executives, starting with US Digital Gaming’s founder Richard Bronson, a former […]
November 1, 2011
Zynga Poker, the social gaming content developer that boasts almost 30 million users a month on its free-to-play poker product, appears to be taking up much of the advertising slack created by the departure from the US of major advertisers like Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker in the wake of Black Friday. The company has […]
November 1, 2011
Online gambling operator 888.com has posted another excellent quarter, reporting the highest quarterly revenue ever achieved in its history, helping to build an outstanding 2011 nine month performance with player numbers at record levels. On current trading, management notes that the performance has been strong into the fourth quarter, and the expectation is that EBITDA […]
November 1, 2011
Bwin.party digital expanded Wednesday on its internet poker agreement with US corporates MGM International Resorts and Boyd Gaming (see previous report), saying the deal was central to bwin.party’s strategy for entering the US market, subject to appropriate US legislation being passed. “While there is no certainty that online poker legislation will be enacted in the […]
November 1, 2011
John Keown of Northern Ireland has won the 2011 Paddy Power Poker.com Irish Winter Festival, besting a 395-strong field in the Euro 1,000 + Euro 100 buy-in main event at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin to claim the Euro 100,000 first prize Monday. The icing on the cake for Keown was lifting the Paddy Power Poker.com […]
November 1, 2011
The German poker information portal Hochgepokert.com has created a furore on top poker information forum twoplustwo and the information site High Stakes DB with allegations that a German player has been up to no good at live tournaments, inserting malware onto other players’ laptops when they’re not looking in order to cheat them in future […]
November 1, 2011
888 Poker’s promised Poker Lounge feature enabling players to set up their own private online cash games and tourneys has launched. Players click through to the Lounge tab in the 888poker lobby to start customising, with a wide range of options: players can set own limits, format, prize structure and add unique additional features, like […]
October 31, 2011
French online gambling regulatory body ARJEL has approved and issued an online poker licence to Euro Online Gambling operating a new website at EuroPoker.fr on the Ongame network. ARJEL has repealed friendbet.fr?s online pari-mutuel sports betting licence at the request of LIL Managers Limited. The site has been unavailable for some time, possibly another casualty […]