September 17, 2011
The French online gambling regulatory body ARJEL has notified interested parties that it will continue its July 4, 2011 suspension of Rekop Limited’s (Full Tilt Poker) online gaming licence. The decision follows a meeting with ARJEL on September 1 2011 that resulted in Rekop Limited requesting an extension of its licence suspension for fulltiltpoker.fr until […]
September 17, 2011
The bulk of high stakes online poker action appears to have moved to Pokerstars since the fall from grace of Full Tilt Poker, and last week large sums of money continued to change hands across the virtual tables there. One standout player was mainly live tourney ace Rafi Amit, who shattered a wide range of […]
September 16, 2011
Massachsetts Republican Daniel Winslow’s proposal to legalise intrastate internet poker in Massachusetts (see previous report) made it through the state House of Assembly this week as an amendment to a wider bill expanding land gambling in the state. The Winslow amendment, one of several included in the gambling bill, proposes allowing up to five Internet […]
September 15, 2011
It has been an eventful day for industry observers following the ongoing Full Tilt Poker saga with the release of a Full Tilt Statement and the Alderney Gambling Control Commission announcing a private hearing on September 19 2011. The Full Tilt Poker statement released exclusively to Poker Strategy.com reads as follows: “On April 15th 2011 […]
September 15, 2011
iGaming service provider GTECH G2 has contracted with the Californian Barona Resort & Casino (Barona) to provide play for fun poker services. Barona’s interactive free-play online poker site is beta test phase and provides Club Barona members with free-to-play poker with the chance to win prizes from home. Only select Barona players will have access […]
September 15, 2011
Swedish poker firm 5050 Poker Holding AB?s application for listing on NASDAQ OMX First North has been accepted with trading in the Consumer Discretionary Sector commencing today (Wednesday). Founded in 2007, 5050 Poker Holding AB owns and manages companies operating within the online gaming industry. While its current focus is on poker, the company intends […]
September 15, 2011
American subscription-based online poker room Gold Strike Poker has rebranded and changed its name to Gold Rush Poker.net in a strategic push it says is in anticipation of the legalisation of online poker in the country. “It’s not a question of if online poker will be legalized,” said John George, CEO, Gold Rush Poker. “It’s […]
September 13, 2011
In California the rivalry between groups interested in the legalisation of online poker has increased this week with one organisation turning up the heat in a media campaign and another calling for a slow-down in order to achieve a more considered and consensual approach. The California Online Poker Association, backed by the Morongo and San […]
September 13, 2011
Internet and live tournament poker pro Sorel Mizzi has boosted his career earnings by a useful Euro 234,495 by winning the 2011 WPT Grand Prix de Paris High Roller event, beating Freddy Deeb heads-up in a reversal of the title Deeb took from him a year ago. The Euro 15,000 buy-in event attracted only 36 […]
September 13, 2011
Players on the internet poker information site PocketFives this week report receiving email notifications from PokerView.com advising them that it is switching networks from Everleaf to Merge mid-September. Apparently PokerView’s US players will be “grandfathered” over to Merge in the move (Merge does not accept new US player registrations although it services existing American players […]