December 31, 2017
The latest overall poker revenue figures for November 2017 (the state’s statistics do not differentiate live from online poker) show that poker revenues from 62 state cardrooms and the single online poker operator raked a combined $8.9 million last month, a marginal growth of 0.44 percent year on year, and the seventh consecutive month of […]
August 1, 2017
Interesting comments made in a June podcast interview by New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement Director David Rebuck surfaced this week and make for interesting reading. In a wide-ranging interview with Roger Gros, Rebuck revealed: * Whilst the discussions on a player sharing compact with the United Kingdom have been abandoned (see previous InfoPowa report) […]
July 31, 2017
Total revenue from Nevada land and online poker (the state does not differentiate between on and offline) topped $16 million in June, according to official statistics – the highest since 2007. The improvement has been attributed in part to the World Series of Poker tourney, which took place June-July in Las Vegas, attracting thousands of […]
May 15, 2016
It may be just coincidence, but only a day after New Jersey regulators reported another rising performance for the state’s nascent online gambling sector (it included a more than 30 percent increase in rake from intrastate online poker), Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval put the message out that he would be interested in discussing a combined […]
September 5, 2015
The addition of another online and mobile payment option in the form of PayPal could give Nevada online poker a boost, industry observers have opined following Caesars Interactive Entertainment’s announcement that it can now offer the popular payment solution to WSOP.com players. CIE has confirmed that it will also roll out the PayPal option in […]
May 19, 2015
A bill designed to restrict any Nevada interstate player pooling compacts to online poker, introduced to the Nevada legislature earlier this year, has failed at committee stage. It was widely believed that AB414 (see previous reports) was another attempt by land casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson to disrupt legalised online gambling, although that has not been […]
April 28, 2015
The Attorney General’s Office in Nevada has laid charges against Bryan Micon, the alleged owner of the Bitcoin-denominated online poker site Seals With Clubs, which Our readers will recall was shuttered following a Nevada Gaming Commission operation in February this year. The action, and a visit to Micon’s Las Vegas home by officials armed with […]
March 25, 2015
The US states of Nevada and Delaware began sharing their players in an historic online poker development Tuesday after months of interstate negotiations on the project. Both states have enjoyed legalised online poker for more than a year, and it is hoped that building a larger and wider player pool will boost attraction for players. […]
March 22, 2015
Unconfirmed reports from usually reliable sources like Nevada gambling journalist Jon Ralston have suggested that land casino billionaire and anti-online gambling crusader Sheldon Adelson is the behind-the-scenes driver of a new Nevada political proposal that seeks to restrict any state player-sharing agreement with other states to online poker only. Whilst that may be conjecture, what […]
January 23, 2015
Affiliate marketers in the Nevada online poker market could be faced with a decision on whether it is really worth continuing to serve local operators if amendments to the state’s gambling legislation go through this year. SB40, currently in the senate Judiciary Committee, appears to be very broad in its application, and seeks to make […]