September 25, 2011
With two rival online poker bills before the California Legislature, and interested groups vying for attention, the legalisation issue is gaining traction in the sunshine state, and prompted The Press-Enterprise and other California media subscribers to commission a poll from Field Poll earlier this month. Conducted between September 1-12 among a random sample of 520 […]
September 25, 2011
Matt Giannetti, already a November Niner in this year’s World Series of Poker main event, made another big score over the weekend when he took down the World Poker Tour Malta Championship, winning Euro 200 000 and a $25 000 seat in the WPT World Championship at the Bellagio next April. Giannetti used some of […]
September 23, 2011
In the absence of full, public and efficient communications from either Full Tilt Poker or the Alderney Gaming Control Commission, rumour and speculation is increasing regarding the fate of the embattled company and the identity of the investor with whom it is apparently in serious talks The strongest, and as yet unconfirmed, speculation over numerous […]
September 23, 2011
Following closely on the heels of The Hendon Mob cutting ties with beleaguered online poker firm Full Tilt Poker (see previous report), the online poker portal has announced the signing of an exclusive contract with Genting Poker. Barny Boatman, Ross Boatman, Joe Beevers and Ram Vaswani, the four English poker professionals behind The Hendon Mob […]
September 23, 2011
The PPA?s pro-online poker petition on the US Government communication website entitled ?We the People? is seemingly off to a leisurely start with only 2000 signatures registered thus far, far short of the 5000 required. The petition requires a minimum of 5000 signatures within a 30 day period in order for the issue to receive […]
September 22, 2011
Full Tilt Poker’s trials and tribulations continued to dominate the online gambling news headlines Wednesday, with legal representatives for the company refuting allegations by the US Justice Department that it was nothing more than a global Ponzi scheme. “I disagree strongly with the allegation that FTP operated as a global Ponzi scheme,” said Jeff Ifrah, […]
September 21, 2011
An amendment to the United States Southern District of New York’s civil complaint against online poker companies PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker under Case Number: 1:2011cv02564 was filed by Assistant United States Attorney Michael D. Lockard today (Tuesday). The amended complaint itemises amongst other issues distribution payments to Full Tilt owners totalling $443 […]
September 21, 2011
European players and industry people awoke this (Wednesday) morning to widespread mainstream media reports on the latest Full Tilt Poker bombshell, dropped by US enforcement authorities after the close of business in Europe. The Justice Department additions to its civil claim against Full Tilt Poker claiming that the company was in effect a Ponzi scheme […]
September 21, 2011
The Euro Cake Network has announced that the Eastern European-facing online poker operator, Chocolate Poker.com, is joining its network and will have full access to a variety of Cake services to players under a Malta licence. Chocolate Poker is operated by Best Function Gaming Limited and has its origins in the Hungarian market, where it […]
September 21, 2011
For the second time in as many days, the American Gaming Association (AGA) has added impetus to the move towards online poker legalisation in the US, this time by using the now notorious Full Tilt Poker issue to further its agenda. Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr., the president and chief executive officer of the AGA issued […]