December 25, 2008
The COO of UltimateBet parent Tokwiro Enterprises, Paul Leggett has expanded on his earlier statement following further timeous investigations into the incorrect payouts on games at UltimateBet.com over the weekend “There is a prevention system in place designed to protect hand results against disconnections,” Leggett explained in his statement. “However, after conducting an extensive source […]
December 25, 2008
Following some months of Italian “play-for-fun” poker operations, the London-listed software provider Playtech plc has announced the successful launch of a “play for real money” poker network in the rapidly expanding Italian poker market. Following license agreements, announced earlier in the second half of this year (see previous reports), with leading Italian operators Snai s.r.l., […]
December 25, 2008
Capitalising on the trend towards social networking in Internet gambling, a savvy webmaster has been making good progress with a website branded Twitter Poker Tour.com, which sets up weekly online poker micro-tourneys at PokerStars and Full Tilt and is modeled on the comfy “home game” concept. “Just a group of online friends playing poker,” the […]
December 24, 2008
The COO at UltimateBet.com owner Tokwiro Enterprises, Paul Leggett, was good to his word yesterday, making an early and presumably interim statement on an incident that saw a $5 600 pot awarded to the wrong player The statement reads: “On Saturday, December 20, 2008, two players DOUBLEBALLER and PHILHELLMUTH were playing heads up at a […]
December 24, 2008
The Club Royale Tucson private poker club that has been a thorn in the side of the Arizona state gambling authorities for many months (see previous reports) has closed after reaching a deal to end a civil suit brought by a local Indian tribe. But apparently the police investigation lingers on, with reports that the […]
December 23, 2008
The $300 million “settlement” and Wire Act guilty plea by Party Gaming founder Anurag Dikshit last week prompted the regional newspaper Isle of Man Today to ask locally-based online poker operator PokerStars.com for comment, postulating that the mood of the US authorities is growing increasingly hostile. The newspaper made the point that the action against […]
December 23, 2008
Reports earlier this week that a winner’s payout had been given to the loser of a hand at UltimateBet.com (see previous report) have been followed by further incidents, suggesting that the original mis-payment may not be an isolated incident. Posts on Casinomeister, poker forum 2+2 and the UltimateBet blog at http://blog.ultimatebet.com/2008/12/hand-1162170993/#comments indicated at least three […]
December 22, 2008
Another controversy at online poker website UltimateBet.com surfaced over the weekend, resulting in Hand #1162170993 becoming a much discussed topic on the respected poker forum 2+2, where the details of the hand were posted. In essence, it appeared that although poker ace Phil Hellmuth mucked his hand, he was still awarded a $5 599 pot. […]
December 22, 2008
PokerStars marketers have come up with a crowd-puller as a sideshow to the online poker site’s 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure scheduled for early January – a chance for online players to take on the former world famous tennis star Boris Becker, who plays as a celebrity for the site. The idea is for seven PokerStars […]
December 22, 2008
Activision has released the latest version of last year’s virtual poker game hit “World Series of Poker : Tournament of Champions” to mixed reviews, some of which advise that there are more serious products with better arrtificial intelligence on the market for the demanding poker aficionado. The game builds on last year’s popular version, taking […]