November 15, 2012
John Pappas, Executive Director of the Poker Players’ Alliance gave some insight into the progress of the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) plan to refund US Full Tilt Poker player account balances. Pappas met with officials from the DoJ’s Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section today (Wednesday) accompanied by PPA counsel Marc Zwillinger and Ken […]
November 13, 2012
Following the announcement of iGAME Malta’s move to the Microgaming Poker Network, iGame’s poker sites iGame, 24HPoker and Pokerihuone have all gone live following a smooth transition from its previous network (believed to be IGT’s iPoker Network). Tommi Maijala, managing director for iGame Holding Ltd, comments: “The transition to the MPN has been seamless and […]
November 12, 2012
PokerStars inaugural 2012 APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker main event was won by Xing Zhou who bested a 184-strong player field over five days. Going into heads-up with Ying Kit Chan, Zhou held a substantial lead of 4 860 000 to Chan’s 664 000 but still it took over six hours of play for […]
November 10, 2012
Online poker room PKR.com revealed its latest software update building on its virtual drinks feature to now include virtual food, tableside ‘lucky’ collectables, an array of new chip tricks and an expansion to the existing virtual drinks menu. Players can use PKR Points to purchase virtual food – eg. Pizzas, olives and sushi – to […]
November 8, 2012
The president and chief executive officer of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation has penned a letter to US Senator Mitch McConnell formally opposing the Draft Reid-Kyl poker bill that would regulate interstate online poker and proscribe other forms of internet gaming. In his letter Arthur L. Gleason, Jr. urges McConnell to oppose the adoption of the […]
November 8, 2012
Carbon Poker has reportedly expanded its offering to include a sportsbetting channel at Carbon Sports.ag covering wagering on NFL, NCAA (football, basketball), CFL (Canadian Football), NBA, NHL, Soccer, Boxing, Horse Racing, Car Racing, Tennis, Golf and others along with live betting functionality. The website, professional in design, is licenced by the Directorate of Offshore Gaming […]
November 8, 2012
The sudden collapse of the tribal group and card room internet poker legalisation alliance COPA (see previous report) earlier this month has led to the closure of COPA’s play-for-fun online poker website Calshark.com. The site which was created as part of a deal between COPA and online-poker software provider Playtech in anticipation of California legalisation […]
November 7, 2012
Swedish gaming operator Betsson has selected the Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) following in the footsteps of other well-known operators that include Paf, iGame Malta, 24H Poker and BetVictor Poker. Betsson.com will feature MPN’s new lobby, of which it was instrumental in shaping the design and functions of in cooperation with other key operators. Henric Andersson, […]
November 7, 2012
A message posted on Sun Poker.com’s website informs players that owner Peak Interactive N.V. has closed Sun Poker’s virtual doors with immediate effect citing the iPoker Network split and its placing on what is viewed as the bottom tier as the reason for its closure after ten years in the business. Peak Interactive said it […]
November 7, 2012
Isle-of-Man registered Full Tilt Poker.com opened its real-money-play virtual doors today at 12 noon GMT allowing players access to the cumulative $184 million in their accounts, with the exception of players from the United States, France Italy, Spain, Denmark, Estonia and Belgium. Full Tilt Poker’s enforced shut-down and the inability to retrieve their funds doesn’t […]