December 6, 2008
The Poker Players Alliance, an organisation dedicated to the political protection of the rights of Americans to play poker online, named Dianna Donofrio as its Nevada State Director this week. “The PPA is fortunate to have over one million dedicated members, and even more fortunate that Dianna is one of them,” said former New York […]
December 5, 2008
The Swedish and Malta-based online poker network Entraction, which has showed steady growth this year in terms of new member sites, has signed up with the Income Access affiliate administration program Entraction CEO Peter Åström said: “The Income Access [program] is completely brandable and customizable, it provides i-gaming operators the ability to extend their brand […]
December 4, 2008
Absolute Poker and UltimateBet affiliate reports earlier this week that Kentucky players have been blocked from the two sites were confirmed this week by owner group Tokwiro Enterprises. A Tokwiro statement advised: “In complying with the [Frankfort County] Court’s orders, Tokwiro has agreed to implement an IP Block across its Absolute Poker and UltimateBet websites […]
December 4, 2008
The next major poker tournament Downunder – the Aussie Millions – will run from January 4-26, 2009, according to a statement from the organisers. Following a 2008 championship in which records were broken seemingly every day, the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship will deliver a new set of historic firsts. The 2009 Aussie Millions will […]
December 4, 2008
The All In Energy Drink company, partly owned by 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Johnny Chan and launched in 2007, has signed up for another year as a sponsor of the 2009 World Series of Poker, the company announced this week. In terms of a multi-year option, All In will continue to be […]
December 4, 2008
The economic conditions may be troublesome, but Italian online poker players appear to be shrugging off the turmoil in world markets, if the latest statistics from the Ministry of Finance in Italy are anything to go by. The Ministry has just upped its predictions on the first year of real money Internet poker turnover by […]
December 4, 2008
The Toronto Sun newspaper has joined the chorus of criticism mounting against claims in the recent 60 Minutes television program that Internet gambling is illegal in the United States and Canada. Toronto Sun writer Chris Tessaro takes the program to task in an editorial this week, commenting that the first thing that jumped out for […]
December 4, 2008
Spencer Bachus, the anti-online gambling representative from Alabama, was quick to respond to last weekend’s 60 Minutes program on Internet poker, posting a statement on his website. Bachus took an opposing view to almost the every knowledgeable writer on the subject by agreeing with 60 Minute’s controversial assertion that online gambling is illegal in the […]
December 4, 2008
The executive director of the million-member Poker Players Alliance shared his thoughts on the future of online gambling in the United States with KSL-TV this week, opining that it’s only a matter of time before the pastime is regulated. “You know that phrase ‘strike when the iron is hot?’” said Pappas, “Well, people who want […]
December 4, 2008
According to reports on the Swedish poker information website Poker Forum.nu, the state controlled gambling organisation Svenska Spel had the embarrassing experience of a failed online poker tournament recently when the firm’s servers crashed during a major event. Reports suggest that the tourney was proceeding well, but on the third day ran into technical difficulties […]