August 7, 2008
Latest information on Assemblyman Lloyd Levine’s proposal to liberalise poker in California is that his bill AB 2026 has undergone another revision, taking it back to a study of the prospects for the game within California. AB2026, the California Gambling Control/Intrastate Legalization Act, was originally intended to study whether California should take advantage of the […]
August 6, 2008
World Poker Tour Enterprises has released its numbers for the second quarter 2008, ended June 29, with plenty of developments but weak results and a reducing headcount throughout the company. Business highlights for the quarter included the delivery of eight episodes of Season VI of the World Poker Tour (WPT) television series; the continued progress […]
August 6, 2008
If it’s anything like previous seasons, thousands of players will this week be clicking over to the giant Full Tilt online poker site to take their chances in the ninth season of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series. The 25-event FTOPS IX schedule will commence this evening (August 6th) with a $200+$16 NL Hold’em event […]
August 6, 2008
The chairman of the one million member Poker Players Alliance, Former Senator Alphonse D’Amato says that the Alliance cannot support Texas Representative Pete Session’s Bill HR6663 because it confuses a clear judicial understanding of the status quo of online poker. HR6663 (see previous report) is designed primarily to determine what is legal and illegal under […]
August 6, 2008
ClubWPT, the ingenious UIGEA workaround for America’s estimated 60 million poker fans, is to be featured in a Fox Sports Net television series following an agreement with World Poker Tour Enterprises. ClubWPT was launched at the beginning of 2008 as a membership-by-subscription organisation operating under US sweepstakes rules, and offers daily poker and blackjack events. […]
August 6, 2008
London’s Leicester Square will again be the centre of UK poker action next week as a reprise of last year’s popular “Poker in the Park” festival is presented each evening between August 15 and 16. The event will undoubtedly heighten the profile of the game in preparation for the World Series of Poker Europe, which […]
August 6, 2008
The Nordic Growth Market listed gambling software provider Designed Quality Entertainment AB (DQE) has announced the sale of its 3D Internet poker and blackjack software to Stockholm-based Proactive Gaming Scandinavia AB in a lease-buy deal worth SEK 8 million that includes all related activities, personnel and contracts. The agreement means that Proactive Gaming will initially […]
August 5, 2008
The 2008 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) has announced that it will be hosting this major event under one roof at the Casino at the Empire, LCI’s newest club in the heart of London on Leicester Square. Running September 19 through October 2, 2008, the tournament will feature four bracelet events, commencing with an […]
August 4, 2008
Tax authorities in Finland are causing confusion and perhaps even consternation with their latest strategy – demanding a declaration of Internet and land poker winnings from selected citizens who are poker players. The recipients of the letters from the taxman were selected from winner lists in online and land gambling media and websites, a tax […]
August 3, 2008
The very useful MarketPulse section at Poker Listings.com has been augmented by 8 new tracking facilities, enhancing the original MarketPulse features of biggest pots won and a player search function profiling over 3.4 million online players. The new additions include the following key elements: * Real-time lists of the top 100 moneymakers and top 100 […]