October 12, 2012
Online poker players transferred to the Enet Poker Network when Bluff Gaming closed its virtual doors last month (see previous reports) are experiencing further obstacles to their continued poker action this week as Enet tries to unravel a problem with Bluff owners IG and Partners over non-compliance with the original agreement. This week players were […]
October 12, 2012
Despite the rancour generated last month between Nevada politicians Dean Heller and Harry Reid over the lack of progress of the latter’s online poker legalisation initiative (see previous reports), Heller still appears to view a post-election legalisation drive as possible, and says he is prepared to work with Reid on it. During an interview with […]
October 11, 2012
After being widely touted as the first Nevada licensee likely to launch intrastate real money internet poker operations, South Point Poker is reportedly recruiting security and software development staff at present. A subsidiary of Michael Gaughan’s South Point land gambling group, South Point Poker LLC is currently seeking “poker investigators” in anticipation of a Fall […]
October 11, 2012
Pokerstars appears to be at full steam ahead on its plans to resurrect the recently acquired Full Tilt Poker brand, contacting non-US players this week to bring them up to speed on the arrangements for the November 6 re-launch. The email advises players that the Rational Group, which owns and operates Pokerstars, has appointed new […]
October 11, 2012
The owner of the Wynn Resorts US land casino group, Steve Wynn, was voluble in his praise for Nevada Senator Harry Reid’s efforts to legalise online poker at the federal level this week, indicating to the television talk show Ralston Reports that he prefers federal to a state-by-state legalisation…and only on online poker. Describing the […]
October 10, 2012
The US-friendly Merge Poker Network is short an operator this week after the FeltStars site shut its doors Monday without giving a reason. “The entire FeltStars Team would like to thank all of our loyal players for all the years you have played poker on FeltStars,” a website message advised visitors to the online venue. […]
October 9, 2012
Full Tilt Poker, now part of the Pokerstars-Rational group, has been granted an operating licence by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC), allowing the company to provide online poker services from the Isle of Man. The Rational Group, which operates Pokerstars and acquired the assets of Full Tilt Poker in August (see previous […]
October 9, 2012
Online social gaming giant Zynga Inc’s general manager responsible for its poker offering, Laurence “Lo” Toney, has joined the exodus of senior executives who have left the struggling company this year as share prices dropped 70 percent, reports the Reuters news agency. Toney’s departure was picked up on his LinkedIn profile on Monday and confirmed […]
October 9, 2012
In its second weekly gain running, traffic to online poker sites rose 2.3 percent overall last week, according to the independent internet poker monitor Pokerscout. The monitor reports that PartyPoker surged 7 percent and recaptured second place after spending 13 weeks at third behind Playtech’s iPoker Network. The surge is attributed to Party’s Card Rush […]
October 9, 2012
According to an article in The UK Sunday Times, PokerStars has bought a stake in London’s terrestrial casino The Hippodrome. The stake is reported to be a minority share in the Thomas family-owned venue, both percentage and consideration were undisclosed. Bingo entrepreneurs, Father and son team, Jimmy and Simon Thomas invested GBP 40 Million on […]