August 13, 2014
Writing in an op-ed for Yogonet this week, John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance opines that a federal legalisation of US online poker is increasingly unlikely, and a state-by-state process is probably the way forward. “Fractured by ongoing partisanship and the typical stagnation of an election year, the United States Congress today […]
August 12, 2014
Patrick B. McGuigan, publisher of Oklahoma’s The City Sentinel, and editor of CapitolBeatOK.com, resurrected the PokerTribes.com issue this week, warning that failure to act in the burgeoning online gambling sector could see the state’s 39 tribal gambling interests lose ground. Our readers may recall the PokerTribes project almost eighteen months ago, in which the Cheyenne […]
August 12, 2014
Online poker provider Pokerstars launched a new PR video this week, taking viewers on a tour of the company’s Isle of Man headquarters and explaining how it addresses a wide swathe of customer and technology-related matters. The video is introduced by head of communications Eric Hollreiser, who underlines the values that have made Pokerstars a […]
August 11, 2014
The news that California politicians Lou Correa and Reggie Jones-Sawyer have pulled their intrastate online poker legalisation bills at committee stage (see previous reports) has apparently not discouraged the powerful Pokerstars, Morongo tribal group and LA card rooms alliance, which has issued a statement on the issue underlining a continued commitment to participate in a […]
August 9, 2014
The online high stakes poker tables at Full Tilt were good to French ace Alex “Alexonmoon” Luneau in the first week of August, enabling him to emerge from a series of skirmishes with top nosebleed pros as the biggest earner with over a million dollars in profits. Reporting on the period August 1 to 8, […]
August 8, 2014
The once mighty US social gaming firm Zynga has cut its earnings forecasts and delayed the launch of the much publicised upgrade for Zynga Poker and other games after worse than expected quarterly results and declining player interest. Revenues for the second quarter fell 33.5 percent to $153.2 million, with revenue for the six months […]
August 8, 2014
After achieving licensed status from Bulgaria in mid-February this year, online poker provider Pokerstars has launched its Bulgarian website, including the currently beta testing Pokerstars 7 software in desktop mode. The company is the first to launch operationally since the Bulgarian authorities opened the market, a point made by Rational Group communications chief Eric Hollreiser, […]
August 8, 2014
Action movie star Steven Segal is one of the leads in a new poker movie set for release September 1 in the States and titled “Gutshot Straight”. Directed by Justin Steele, the film also stars George Eads (“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” TV star) and UK hard man Vinnie Jones. Pre-launch publicity material describes the lead […]
August 8, 2014
PokerStars has widened accessibility to its beta test version of the new Pokerstars 7 software, announcing its availability for the public to try out on .com, .es and .eu clients as the next evolutionary step in its introduction. Pokerstars spokesman, Lee Jones, said Thursday that PokerStars 7 is the next major client update for the […]
August 8, 2014
Barely a day after California state Senator Lou Correa announced the demise of his bill SB1366 seeking to legalise online poker in the Golden State (see previous report), a second and similar bill has been withdrawn by proposer Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer. Members of the Assemblyman’s staff said Thursday that the reasons for the withdrawal were […]