Archive | November, 2009

There was praise all around for the US government after an announcement was made that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, UIGEA, has been delayed for at least six months.

As reported by Roger a couple days ago on our US updates page, early, unconfirmed reports are circulating that the US Treasury Department is expected to delay the implementation of the UIGEA by six months.

A 12 page study on internet poker in Florida will be presented to the state legislature towards the end of November, hopefully bringing Florida one step closer to a legalized online poker industry.

Despite that fact that top analysts have declared without a doubt that poker is a game of skill that cannot be won if the player does not have the relevant skill levels and knowledge of the game, the Saskatchewan Provincial government begs to differ.

Are we going to see regulated online poker in Canada by next year. If all goes well, Loto Quebec believes it will be able to convince the provincial government to okay a law that will see a secure, government regulated poker site up and running by summer, 2010.

A top UK poker professional, who has won hundreds of thousands of dollars at tournaments across the country, has been charged with murdering his wife in the United States and dumping her body twelve years ago.

As the time draws near for the legal implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act on December 1st, US banks have started to carry out what is known as due diligence.

We speculated in an earlier piece about the identity of the new poker player to hit the high stakes online poker circuit, Isildur1, and recent rumors have it that the mysterious player is none other than Viktor Blom.