November 8, 2008
The respected Las Vegas Review-Journal reported this week that the change in the US administration ushered in by last week’s elections could be beneficial to online poker in the country. Quoting Harrah’s CEO and Chairman Gary Loveman who was responding to questions on a conference call, the LVRJ reported that the senior executive believes the […]
November 8, 2008
The sources which confidently asserted that the UltimateBet and Absolute Poker cheating scandals expose would be on the November 9 edition of the television program ’60 Minutes’ apparently got it wrong. The program schedule released Friday shows that the much anticipated expose is not being screened this week. And there is no indication as to […]
November 7, 2008
World Poker Tour Enterprises and Full Tilt Poker.net have signed an exclusive television sponsorship deal, aligning televised poker entertainment and online poker. The deal, which WPT claims is based on a unique sponsorship model for the sports and entertainment television industry, further boosts WPTE’s sponsorship business. Under the agreement, Full Tilt Poker.net receives title sponsorship […]
November 6, 2008
Full Tilt Poker.com traffic has recently soared to new heights, probably due to the start of the tenth edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series, which this time around is offering $15 million in guaranteed prize pools. According to independent poker-tracking statistics the average number of players per 24 hour period reached the 9 […]
November 6, 2008
The expulsion of NextPoker.com from the Ongame poker network looks set to generate more income for the legal profession, with the poker website owners, Abbantina Malta Limited, considering legal action against the network for accusing it of rakeback violations Abbantina issued a statement this week saying that the Ongame allegations that it indulged in repeated […]
November 5, 2008
Posters at several online poker forums are this week discussing the new PokerStars.com ban on player aid SharkScope’s database website and its ancillary Heads Up Display software. The discussion is unlikely to lead to any reconsideration of the policy decision, which consigns Sharkscope to a list of some 42 other programs that the giant online […]
November 5, 2008
World Poker Tour Enterprises released its performance figures for the third quarter ended September 28, 2008 this week, portraying a continued disappointing decline in revenues to $2.8 million, a marked decrease when compared with the same period in 2007, when $4.4 million was achieved. CEO Steve Lipscomb said the decline was primarily the result of […]
November 5, 2008
The Ontario Superior Court ruling earlier this week that Excapsa should contribute to refunds to players prejudiced by its rigged software could mean more breathing space for UltimateBet as it tries to comply with Kahnawake Gaming Commission deadlines. On September 29 this year, following an independent investigation by online gambling regulation expert Frank Catania, the […]
November 4, 2008
The giant Ongame Internet poker network underlined its aversion to rakebacks this week by announcing the expulsion, effective November 1st, of NextPoker.com. Ongame spokesmen said that the expulsion was: “Due to repeated violations of the rakeback policy, Ongame Network will exclude NextPoker from their poker network effectively by the 1st of November 2008. Ongame Network […]
November 4, 2008
According to reports on several online poker information portals this week, the burgeoning Merge Gaming poker network has joined Microgaming in excluding Kentucky residents from all network activity, presumably as a precaution against the predatory behaviour of Kentucky governor Steve Beshear and his contingency-contracted lawyers in their efforts to seize international domain names. As far […]