July 11th, 2011 by Maria T
Cricket star, Shane Warne, is attending a poker tournament in Las Vegas these days and decided to bring along his good luck charm in the form of girlfriend, Elizabeth Hurley. The 46 year old decided to tag along for the ride to Sin City and root her for new man who is captaining the [...]
July 11th, 2011 by Matt W
Recently, egrmagazine published comments made by the attorney acting for Full Tilt Poker, that a deal with a group of European investors was soon to be sealed, and that things could be finalized as early as next week.
Jeff Ifrah, who has been providing the industry with news about the online poker site on a [...]
July 8th, 2011 by Maria T
Just when Full Tilt Poker thought things couldn’t get any worse, along comes the latest gaming jurisdiction to inflict even more damage. The French online gambling regulator, ARJEL, announced yesterday that it was suspending the license in Full Tilt Poker’s possession which it used to offer online poker services to its France poker citizens [...]
July 8th, 2011 by Renee K
A number of tabloids recently exploded with the news that actor Ben Affleck lost $400,000 in the same underground poker game network that has been the focus of so much media attention lately. Recent reports saw Spiderman star, Toeby Maguire named in a lawsuit to try and retrieve some of the winnings lost by [...]
July 8th, 2011 by Matt W
Egrmagazine reported this week that the American Gaming Association will not be backing Joe Barton’s proposed online poker law, and have made their intentions clear that they will be going ahead with plans to lobby for their own changes to online poker at a federal level later this year. The President and Chief Executive Officer [...]
July 3rd, 2011 by Maria T
In the ongoing Full Tilt Poker saga, it was reported yesterday that a class action lawsuit has been brought against the online poker site in the Southern District Court in New York. The plaintiffs, Nick Hammer, Steve Segal, Todd Terry and Robin Hougdahl, have sued the online gaming site for failure to pay out [...]
July 3rd, 2011 by Renee K
The latest statistics out of the online poker industry claim that Poker Stars has benefited the most from Full Tilt Poker’s shutdown. H2 Gambling Capital said that in the thirty six hours following the site’s closure, after the Alderney Gambling Control Commission ordered it to halt all operations effective immediately, the average player numbers [...]
July 1st, 2011 by Maria T
Spiderman star, Tobey Maguire, who was mentioned in a lawsuit claiming back millions in winnings from poker games against a convicted hedge fund manager, has denied any wrongdoing. The 36 year old star said the he “unconditionally denies having engaged in any conduct whatsoever in violation of law and further categorically denies having knowingly [...]
