January 14, 2015
You have to give Mississippi state Representative Bobby Moak credit for sheer perseverance; with the state legislature just back in session this Democratic Party politician has launched his fourth consecutive bill proposing the legalisation of intrastate online poker. Never-say-die Moak has retitled and reintroduced his Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming Act Of 2015 this week, apparently […]
January 13, 2015
The departure of Unibet’s poker chief Martin Stalros to Relax Gaming has created an opportunity, albeit an “interim” one whilst a permanent head is sought, for Andrew West. West is on the list for consideration as permanent head of poker, but in the meantime will run the operation, a role for which he is well […]
January 13, 2015
According to a press statement from the Isle of Man-based online poker provider Pokerstars, a Russian player has scored a truly impressive return on investment in the first-ever $1 million Spin & Go competition, winning a million dollars on a stake of only $5….in just 13 minutes and 26 seconds. Player ‘sss66666’ was the victor […]
January 13, 2015
Online poker managers at PartyPoker and Borgata online gambling sites have used forum posts to assure New Jersey players that every effort is being made to sort out the system crashes that have caused a furore recently. Discussions around the MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class) errors this week suggest that the faults occur when something happens […]
January 12, 2015
Operators, affiliate marketers or software suppliers wishing for a generic domain suffix that reflects their activity will soon have their ambitions met by the introduction of a new top level .poker domain name. The domain name will be released in a three stage process, the first of which commences on February 5, when applications for […]
January 12, 2015
Washington State, notorious for being the most online player-hostile state in the union for its draconian laws against online gambling, may be offered an antidote to its poisonous legislation following the introduction of an online poker legalisation bill by Representative Sherry Appleton, a Democrat from the 23rd District. Online players in Washington are treated as […]
January 11, 2015
New Jersey Senator Ray Lesniak has tweeted that he expects the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement to allow Pokerstars into the intrastate online gambling market by March 2015…but he has been wrong before, predicting back in September last year that a licence would be issued in a matter of weeks (see previous reports). Lesniak […]
January 10, 2015
Caesars Interactive Entertainment has announced that from next week the WSOP.com and 888Poker.com online poker sites will share a common player pool, which should see better rewards for players. A Caesars spokesman told the Associated Press news agency that the player sharing initiative is designed to increase player liquidity, a key area if New Jersey’s […]
January 10, 2015
It’s not every day a player gets to beat a major tournament ace and pick up a fat pay check, but Boca Raton, US, mainly internet and cash game player Josh Kay (28) did just that this week at the inaugural Latin American Poker Tournament in the Bahamas. In the heads up he faced – […]
January 9, 2015
The PartyPoker and Borgata online Garden State Super Series Poker returns for its second season in the regulated New Jersey online poker market this Sunday (January 11) with Six Max and Full Ring No Limit Hold’Em events. Following player comments, steeper payout structures have been added to all events in the $1 million online tournament […]