October 6, 2008
Duplicate Poker.com has folded its cards, citing the global financial situation as the cause for its failure despite having what it claimed was a prosecution-proof answer to US player problems regarding legality. The closure comes after several weeks of reports of slow pays from the Internet poker website. The company posted a website notice Sunday […]
October 4, 2008
The World Series of Poker Europe 2008 came to a fitting climax this week with John Juanda emerging as the champion in the GBP 10 000 buy-in NLHE Main Event. It was a tough contest with an initial entry field of 362 players, many of them top names in the international game, generating a prize […]
October 4, 2008
Last week’s police bust of a freeroll poker tournament designed to entertain affiliate marketers attending a conference in Barcelona (see previous report) was the subject of comment from the organisers, the Casino Affiliate Programs team as the week ended. Spokesmen said that the Spanish undercover police raid on the fun, free roll event – dubbed […]
October 3, 2008
Senator Robert Menendez’s attempt to legalise online poker in the United States (see previous reports) advanced to the Senate this week with the introduction of the New Jersey Democrat’s bill S. 3616, the Internet Skill Game Licensing and Control Act. The bill immediately attracted the support of the Poker Players Alliance as another attack on […]
October 3, 2008
Recent statistics published by the Italian news agency AGI reinforce the decision of many gambling companies to focus on Italy, showing that 11 percent of the population, or 4.3 million Italians between the ages of 14 and 64 have taken a flutter The statistics originate from studies by StageUp Sport & Leisure Business and Ipsos, […]
October 3, 2008
Isle of Man-based online gambling software provider Playtech has revealed that it has extended its software licence with the international online casino, poker and sportsbetting group Mansion, to include its full suite of market leading poker games. Mansion has migrated its poker operations to Playtech’s iPoker network, having previously migrated its casino products to Playtech’s […]
October 1, 2008
According to the real-time tracking of independent industry monitor Market-Pulse, September has been a month to boost confidence in the Internet poker industry despite the gloom and doom surrounding international economic events. Poker Stars.com and Full Tilt Poker.com continue to lead the global charge, with traffic at the former up an impressive 43 percent, and […]
September 30, 2008
Online poker fans outraged by the Absolute Poker.com and more recent UltimateBet.com hole card scams may be mollified by a report this week from the Kahnawake Gaming Commission following an independent investigation carried out by gaming regulatory expert Frank Catania. For months players have bemoaned the apparent lack of action against the alleged perpetrators of […]
September 28, 2008
A bland note on the Poker Trillion website this week announces that the company’s multi-million dollar litigation against Swedish poker provider Boss Media has been halted and all claims withdrawn. The brief announcement does not link to a full explanation of the cause for the abandonment of the action, instead advising that “Trillion Limited announces […]
September 26, 2008
The Poker Players Alliance spent $283 000 in the second quarter 2008 to lobby Washington politicians for licensed and regulated Internet poker in the U.S., according to a mandatory disclosure report. The group lobbied the federal government on a bill that would exempt poker and some other games from the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, […]