April 15, 2016
Ourgame International Holdings Ltd., the Asia-based group which acquired the World Poker Tour for $35 million around the middle of last year (see previous report) has announced that the WPT brand will be made available to Indian online poker operator Adda52.com. The agreement covers exclusive product licensing and services, and will enable Adda52 to qualify […]
April 14, 2016
This Sunday sees the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Sunday Storm tournament at Pokerstars, and to make it a memorable occasion the company has boosted the prize pool guarantee to $1 million…more than three times the usual $300,000, but for the same $11 buy-in. Entry is capped at 175,000 players, and satellites for […]
April 14, 2016
The wide range of interested parties in the legalisation of online poker in California (see previous reports) will be preparing for the next round of debate on Wednesday April 20, when the California Assembly Governmental Organization (GO) Committee has scheduled a hearing to discuss Assemblyman Adam Gray’s bill AB2863. Preparing the ground for their views, […]
April 13, 2016
According to Steve Stallings, chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association, an amended online poker bill will be heard by California law makers by the end of this month. The bill submitted by California State Assemblyman Adam Gray in February “is set to move ahead,” Stallings told Card Player in an exclusive interview, “with […]
April 12, 2016
BetConstruct’s latest poker software update debuts Bad Beat Guard tables, following the prior introduction of No Bad Beat tables. No Bad Beat tables make it possible to refund a player’s contribution to the pot if they experience a Poker Bad Beat but its latest update provides players the option to protect themselves in all-situations from […]
April 12, 2016
The ongoing uncertainty regarding online poker legalisation in Poland (see previous reports) could soon be at an end, according to recent information posted by the legal specialist DLA Piper. The presently unregulated gene will be the subject of a new gaming bill scheduled for introduction by the end of April, a DLA Piper legal expert […]
April 9, 2016
The independent online poker monitor Pokerscout’s latest Q1-2016 assessment of global online poker traffic shows a further 1.3 percent quarter-on-quarter decline, perpetuating the steady negative trend that has prevailed for the past three years. The monitor’s recorded numbers show that seven day occupied seat average numbers have declined from 56,768 in 2013 to 38,464 currently […]
April 8, 2016
The Amaya group has announced a senior appointment at subsidiary PokerStars, advising the promotion of Full Tilt managing director Dominic Mansour to senior vice president for southern European markets. Mansour was appointed m.d. at Full Tilt in March last year (see previous reports) and is an experienced gaming industry executive who has previously served as […]
April 7, 2016
The Iowa tribe of Oklahoma’s long fight to be allowed to operate an international online poker site from its tribal territory appears to be reaching a successful conclusion. The Journal Record reports that the tribe and arbitrator Charles Chapel met with federal Judge David Russell this week for another discussion on the proposed PokerTribe.com venture, […]
April 7, 2016
Media reports from the iGaming North America Conference currently in progress in Las Vegas note that one panel was especially interesting to online poker fans as executives from Pokerstars and Caesars Entertainment discussed the barriers to legalisation in the States. Pokerstars’ communications chief Eric Hollreiser and Caesars corporate development boss Michael Cohen demonstrated several areas […]