November 1st, 2011 by Matt W
According to recent reports, online poker players from the United States attempting to play at Poker Stars have had their accounts frozen by the online poker room. Since Black Friday, in mid April this year, when the Department of Justice cracked down on the online poker room, players from within the US borders have [...]
October 30th, 2011 by Maria T
Linda Johnson became only the second woman to be enshrined in the Poker Hall of Fame in the history of this award, following an announcement by World Series of Poker officials on Thursday. Johnson, a poker entrepreneur and player is joined by Barry Greenstein, champion poker player and the pair will have their names [...]
October 30th, 2011 by Matt W
The President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Gaming Association, Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jnr, issued a statement this week to coincide with a special hearing held by the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee which was entitled ‘Internet Gaming: Is there a Safe Bet?’
The president’s statement said that Tuesday’s hearing made is clear that a [...]
October 30th, 2011 by Renee K
Antanas Guoga, the online poker player also known as Tony G has slammed the Aldnerney Gambling Control Commission for not properly protecting funds belonging to players at Full Tilt Poker site.
The player criticized the way that the gambling commission dealt with the Full Tilt saga and blamed it for not moving faster to suspend [...]
October 26th, 2011 by Roger
Bwin.Party digital entertainment has confirmed that it wants to re-enter the US online gambling market, and is currently in negotiations with US based gambling groups. The group’s co-Chief Executive Officer, Jim Ryan, said that it aims to create a portal for Bwin.Party with the US companies so that it is poised to enter [...]
October 23rd, 2011 by Renee K
The Chairman of the Poker Players Alliance, Alfonse D’Amato has been asked to act as a witness in this week’s hearing scheduled by the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade. The hearing, which will be held on Tuesday, will be entitled “Internet Gaming: Is there a Safe Bet?” and will focus on online [...]
October 23rd, 2011 by Maria T
The governor of Ohio, John Kasich has been slapped with a lawsuit by an anti-gambling group in efforts to stall the expansion of gaming in the state. Governor Kasich is being sued in the Franklin County Court by the Ohio Roundtable, a sub-division of the American Policy Roundtable, with their immediate objective being to [...]
October 21st, 2011 by Matt W
A new bill, which has the potential to change the face of gambling in Florida, is currently pending in the legislature. If approved, it would allow the construction of three major gambling operations in South Florida.
Erik Fresen, a Republican from Miami who is co-sponsoring the bill, said that one of his priorities would be [...]
