Latest News

Playersonly $1 Million Freeroll Series Finals Starts Today

Sep 30, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Playersonly has started a new freeroll series that will kick off its finals today. For the next ten months there will be one final a month with each final boasting a prize pool of $100,000 for a total of $1,000,000 in prize money awarded. Players can qualify througho...

European Poker Tour Comes to an End

Sep 30, 2007 by Sadonna Price
The European Poker came to an end in London yesterday with Joseph Mouawad coming out victorious. Mouawad managed to outwit 391 other players to take the win and a first prize of £611,520. Mouawad qualified online with a sponsor to play in this year's event. The fathe...

10bn Gambling Habit in United Kingdom

Sep 30, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Poker Industry

Although the British government had pushed through their Gambling Act in 2005, they have failed to address some serious issues. The cause of more gambling woes are the terminals, the loss of betting duties, and the introduction of online betting, that have brought the biggest ...

Betfair

Sep 30, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Poker Sites
There have been some major changes with the online betting exchange Betfair as their annual revenues proved. They have said to benefit greatly from investment in new products and technology such as the introduction of an online casino, improved marketing, and a re-launch of Be...

Hollywood Poker Freerolls to WPT Barcelona

Sep 30, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The past two months have been lucky for some new online poker players giving them the chance to play in a freeroll poker tournament at Hollywood Poker. All the players had to do was earn fifty points to participate in weekly freerolls that were held from July 28th until Se...

The Battle Continues Between U.S. AND EU

Sep 30, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Earlier in the week the United States and the European Union talks had come a stand still, Friday the United States came back with their offer which the European Union rejected stating it was "insufficient."

The European Union has made it clear that unlike the...

The 3rd Annual eGaming Award Winners

Sep 30, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Poker Industry

The third annual eGaming Awards was held Friday night. Betfair took top prize as the gambling industry took center stage at this award party and celebrated another great year.


For the first time, the Outstanding Contribution award was handed out and this very first re...


It Will Soon Be Time For The ECOOP

Sep 30, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
November is fast approaching and excitement is in the air when it comes to the European Championship Of Online Poker and for the UK online poker players who will participate in this tournament.   Titan Poker the largest room of iPoker's room will be hostin...

Online Gambling School Starts Open Enrollment

Sep 29, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
When you think of college, you think of hard Math and English courses...but what about online gambling courses? Yes, as of 9/29/07, the Los Angeles Valley College has partnered with Gatlin Education Services so that they can provide training courses in casino gambling, which h...

RedKings Offers Seats on the European Poker Tour

Sep 29, 2007 by Sadonna Price
A seat at the final table of the European Poker Tour is a dream come true for many poker players. Who wouldn't love to be on camera playing poker in a beautiful city? Redkings is making that dream come true for its players. The first prize pack available is for the EPT P...

European Union Claims US owes $100 Billion

Sep 29, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Because of the ban on online gambling companies in the United States, online gaming sites in the European Union say that the US owes them about $100 billion in trade concessions. When the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was passed last year European online gam...

Ladbrokes Hires New Managing Director For Its Poker Division

Sep 29, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Category: Poker Industry

Edward Ihre, former Poker Room and Poker Stars Affiliate Manager, is bringing his expertise to the poker division of the UK online gambling group Ladbrokes. Ladbrokes, (an Egames Award Winner 2006) is a world-leader not only in retail services, but in remote betting which of...

Play For A Seat At The EPT In Prague

Sep 29, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Category: Poker Sites
RedKings is hosting a Poker tournament for the chance to win a seat in the Live European Poker Tour (EPT) Final held at The Hilton in Prague, December 10, 2007. They are running a three stage tournament with an additional qualifier. The tournaments will begin as 10 seater Sit ...

U.S. Regulations To Be Made Public

Sep 29, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

It seems that the official word will be made public shortly about the regulations that the United States has in the Unlawful Gambling Enforcement Act and there is sure to be comment on these from many fronts. What has not been made pubic as of yet is how much it will say abo...

Playwise Has Not Faired Well In Past Year

Sep 29, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Software
The report is in and Playwize, just as many other companies and operators for online gambling, have not faired well in this past year since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has taken American players out of the online casinos.


Playwize was known as Bits Cor...


The Luck Of The Irish and Online Poker

Sep 29, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Twenty-two year old James McManus of Dublin Ireland is a recent college graduate in math, and he is now also nearly $100,000 richer than he was two months ago. Luck has certainly been with him, while playing at PartyPoker he spent a few months earning points to enter int...

Will Norway Be Next To Ban Online Poker

Sep 28, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

Just a few weeks ago one resident of Norway Annette Obrestad made news as the youngest winner of one of the largest poker tournaments in Europe, and now word from the Gaming Intelligence Group have said that the culture minister Trond Giske of Norway is considering banning o...

Lobbyist for the American Gaming Association

Sep 28, 2007 by Sandra Taylor

Political Lobbyist are required to divulge information for actions taken or services rendered that could influence members of the executive and legislative branches. Activity must be registered with Congress within 45 days of being hired or engaging in lobbying, according to...

$15,000 Bugsy's Loyalty Freeroll

Sep 28, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
What poker player doesn't like a little competition? Online poker room BugsysClub.com has found a successful way to repay loyal players. Hold a No Limit Tournament. The tournament promises to be full of strong competition, and incredible payouts for loyal Bugsy's Clu...

Asian Pacific Poker Tour Ready to begin

Sep 28, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
What a week for poker - the European Poker Tour (EPT) London event is already being played, the World Championship of Online Poker has been bringing in record numbers and prize pools, and Seoul, South Korea is about to begin the biggest most talked about poker event ever held ...

New Strategy For Online Tournament Play

Sep 28, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
There is a new strategy in online poker tournaments for sites like Hollywood Poker, they have a new format that will be used in the seventeenth edition of the Grand Tournament. One of these games will be starting today and another tomorrow September 29th, these are being terme...

ECOOP at Titan Poker

Sep 28, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The Titan Poker tournament is coming up which will run for ten days and will have $2.5 million dollars spread over the games of the tournament. The tournament will run from November thirtieth until December ninth, giving some of the tournament entrants to leave with earl...

Fireswirl Technology Launches

Sep 28, 2007 by Sandra Taylor
Category: Poker Software
Fireswirl Technology is a poker software developer. They have launched its first channel partner Program. Their goal is to provide online poker solutions for the UK and Europe using local business partners.


The company plans to fully support Value Added Resellers (VARs) o...


No Increase in Online Gambling Addicts Since 1999

Sep 28, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
While the Interactive Gaming Council, (IGC) and others had fears of increased gambling problems among British citizens due to online and mobile gambling, it seems that this ever so accessible and convenient form of gambling, has not raised the amount of addicted gamblers.


...


PokerStars EPT Day One (A)

Sep 27, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
The Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London was the host for the Pokerstars European Poker Tour and day one saw 178 players "shuffle up and deal." This event has more than 200 players registered for the second half of the day and at a £5,200 buy in (~$10,500) the...

Massachusetts Representative Delahunt Supports IGREA

Sep 27, 2007 by Sadonna Price
William Delahunt signed on as a cosponsor for his fellow Massachusetts Representative Barney Franks online gambling bill. This will be the 37th signature since the bill was first introduced into the House of Representatives on April 26th. Delahunt voted against the UIGEA when ...

Dusk Till Dawn is the UKs First Legal Poker Club

Sep 27, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Dusk Till Dawn received its casino license on Wednesday September 26th making it the first legal poker club in the UK. It will also be the largest poker club in Western Europe. The club has had a hard time becoming a legal business. The club was rejected by three different cas...

Antigua Battles the US - The WTO to Follow

Sep 27, 2007 by Sandra Taylor
The dispute between the small island governments of Antigua and Barbuda fought the US to a standstill, in the continuing dispute over the US unilateral withdrawal its online gambling obligations.


The Controversy began when the United States unilaterally withdrew from its...


PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London Day One (B)

Sep 27, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
After day one A saw 178 players take to the poker tables, the second half saw 215 players pay the £5,200 entry at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour in London. In total the announced prize pool will be £2,038,400.


Though the 2006 EPT saw a total of six mo...


IMEGA and Ogilvy Working Together To Bring Awareness

Sep 27, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The company of Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association has hired Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, and while iMEGA is a non-profit organization their president Edward Leyden would not comment on the terms of the deal they have made with this company. He did how...

Could There Be Light At The End Of The U.S. Ban

Sep 27, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

It has been reported that talks between Washington and two UK online gaming companies, PartyGaming and Sportingbet have broken down. The talks with the EU attorneys have been taking place in Brussels over compensation for losses suffered by the British and European companies...

Online Gambling Watching iMEGA Before iGaming Expo

Sep 27, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
Next week many online gaming operators will be keeping a close eye on IMEGA and the United States Government, some of these companies are PartyGaming, Paddy Power and LadBrokes. These online gambling operators will be attending the European I-Gaming Congress and Expo being hel...

New Poker League resembling Round-Robin

Sep 26, 2007 by Sandra Taylor
Category: Poker Industry

Bally’s Las Vegas location launched an innovative way to find the best of the best in team poker competition. The U.S. Poker League, formed in January 2006, and this is the Poker Bowl I.

This contest will take place October 20 – 23 at Bally’s in Las V...

Largest Poker Room Gets License

Sep 26, 2007 by Sandra Taylor
Category: Poker Industry

Much to the dismay of three casinos; London Clubs International, Gala and Stanley Leisure the Nottingham based poker club Dusk Till Dawn was granted a license to open their card room -– news that will delight poker players across the UK.

The case was heard over a...

FullTilt Refunds for Bot Intrusion

Sep 26, 2007 by Sandra Taylor
Category: Poker Sites
In an effort to address recent accusations, FullTiltPoker.com, a leading online poker site, has issued refunds to members who reported that poker ‘bots’ infiltrated game rooms. The ‘bots’ were alleged to have played on Full Tilt Poker Referral Code Texa...

Most Lucrative Place for Poker Bad Beat Jackpot?

Sep 26, 2007 by Sandra Taylor
Category: Poker Sites
Miami’s Absolute Poker has emerged as the most lucrative place to be for Bad Beat Jackpot. According to (PRWEB) September 22, 2007 -- Five lucky on line poker players continue to celebrate after collectively winning hundreds of thousands of dollars at Absolute Poker'...

Online Poker Powerhouse VC Profits Greatly

Sep 26, 2007 by Sandra Taylor
Category: Poker Sites

German based VC, an online casino and poker site reported profit margins rising sharply in the first half of the year. The organization accomplished this by switching from direct mail to online marketing.




Profits rose by 28 percent to Euro 8.54 million in the six...




Ultimate Bet Launches Bad Beat Jackpot

Sep 26, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Sites
UltimateBet.com recently announced its new feature The Ultimate Bad Beat Jackpot. It will allow the unlucky players a chance to win a nice size pot. Bad Beat Jackpot is a Texas Holdem Jackpot style game with a jackpot addition. 50 cents from every raked pot at the Bad Beat tab...

Taj Mahal Using Online System for Poker Tournament

Sep 26, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Industry
Many people love to play in poker tournaments. But they do not like having to wait in long lines to register for these tournaments. Waiting in line is looked at as a major inconvenience to many people who run busy lives but up until this week it had to be done if a person want...

2007 First Annual California Poker Players Conference (CPPC)

Sep 25, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Category: Poker Industry

Hey all you poker players! Whether you play by cash, tournament, or Internet or are just new to the game, Listen up! Here is something you won’t want to miss:


At The Hollywood Park US Casino on Saturday, October 20th and Sunday, October 21st, will be The 2007 F...


Poker and Obama - Things That Make You Say Hmmm

Sep 25, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall

2008 Democratic Presidential Candidate , Obama Barack does not accept political contributions from lobbyists or political action committees.  However, when he acted as Senator, he did not have any qualms about groups represented by poker players, making contributions.&n...

Winner World Championship of Online Poker

Sep 25, 2007 by Sadonna Price
We Have a Winner! Event #14 of the WCOOP boasted a guaranteed $2 million dollar prize so it was no surprise that over 3,000 players signed up for the tournament. This pushed the prize pool up to $3,325,000. So of course recent WSOP bracelet winner, James Mackey...

California State Poker Championship Results

Sep 25, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Eric Crisp was the last man standing when he beat out the 362 poker players in the main event in California on Sunday night. Of those 362 players only 27 took home some of the nearly $878,000 prize pool. There were 17 preliminary tournaments that led up to the main event. ...

Emanuel Karlen to Play Doyle Brunson for $25,000

Sep 25, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Players
Emanuel Karlen, otherwise known as “ManneKK”, was the winner of the Doylesroom.com $25,000 Summer Series Freeroll Grand Finale. With this win comes the chance to play the legendary Doyle Brunson in a heads-up match for another $25,000 dollar prize and of ...

PokerStars Giving Away PokerNews Cup

Sep 25, 2007 by Sandra Taylor
Category: Poker Sites

Want to join one of the most exciting Live Poker Events from down under? PokerStars has been running freeroll promotions for entry. The bulk of those freerolls have been completed however don’t give up yet.

The 2007 PokerNews Cup Australia will be hosted in Melbo...

United States Low Ball Antigua Over Poker Ban

Sep 25, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Pertaining to the claim, the United States has maintained the position that the requested 3.4 billion dollar estimate is unreasonable and too high. "The level of Antigua's nullification and impairment should be roughly half a million, and certainly no greater th...

US Responce to the Online Gambling Ban Claim by EU

Sep 25, 2007 by Catrina Rudd

The European Union has been contesting a number of trade areas with the United States for the last number of years. As the United States released their brief and offer to Antigua regarding the Gambling Ban (knows as the UIGEA), they also made an offer to the European Union.

Dolly and DiCaprio - Pardon me?

Sep 24, 2007 by Sandra Taylor

With the launch of the global warming documentary, an unlikely partnership became reality. The 11th Hour, a film funded in part by pro poker player Doyle Brunson and Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio. Brunson is one of five executive producers given credit on the film. T...

NRL - For now still dependant on Poker Machines

Sep 24, 2007 by Sandra Taylor

Hollywood actor and Co-owner of the South Sydney Rugby team, Russell Crowe continues to express his annoyance on the National Rugby Leagues’ dependence poker machines to generate revenue. Crowe has been campaigning for the NRL to relinquish poker machines in favor of a...

Swedish Gaming Group undergo reorganization

Sep 24, 2007 by Sandra Taylor
Category: Poker Software
24hPoker is a developer of proprietary software applications for online gaming operations, as a part of the Swedish gaming group.

Peter Astrom, CEO of 24hpoker announced his strategy to reorganize his company in order to become profitable. He was quoted as saying; &ldq...

Online Poker is heating up!

Sep 24, 2007 by Sandra Taylor
Online poker tournaments have added new dimension to online entertainment. And the Heat is on.   'Heat Tournaments' that is. This is how it works; each heat in a tournament event is scheduled to start separately from the other heats and lasts for a...

GLI Online Server Based Casino Software Launched

Sep 24, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Category: Poker Software

Innovative GLI-Certified Server Based Gaming System Launched


In Lima, Peru, Monday, September 24, 2007, one of the largest international casino operators, Limo Uno SAC, based in Latin America, has launched The Gaming Labs International (GLI) Certified Server Based Ga...


iMEGA v UIGEA to be heard

Sep 24, 2007 by Catrina Rudd

Lawyers representing the United States government agencies met the deadline to file a brief outlining why the case brought against the Justice Department that is challenging the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) should be required to be thrown out.

iM...



Online Poker Site to Fly Players to Aruba

Sep 24, 2007 by Catrina Rudd

Ultimate Bet, a major online poker site, has announced that the players competing in the Aruba Poker Classic on Saturday use its private jet to travel to the event from the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Turks and Caicos Poker Classic.

Ultimate Bet poker is a member of Ex...



PokerStars EPT: London's Largest Poker Tournament?

Sep 24, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Tuesday is the start of the Pokerstars European Poker  Tour (EPT) in London. The worlds best poker players, over 400 of them, are expected to compete in this event making it possible for this to be the biggest poker tournament ever played in the UK.


There has been a...


PokerStars Takes Player Protection to a New Level

Sep 23, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Sites

Any person will tell you that their personal information should remain just that, personal. Many people have problems with their personal information leaking over the internet and causing them problems. Apparently this has been the problem for many online poker sites. Player...

European Championship of Online Poker In November

Sep 23, 2007 by Sadonna Price
VC Poker, a British gambling group, is starting a new poker competition called the European Championship of Online Poker otherwise known as ECOOP. VC poker will sponsor the event and it will last for ten days in November. The tournament will have ten online events and boast a ...

Lee Rousso v Washington State Update

Sep 23, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
The Washington State Lawyer, who is challenging the validity of the states online gambling law, has hit a bump.

Evidently the State of Washington is in delay mode. The state has filed for an extension to allow them to conduct discovery on the case. Lee Rousso contends that ...

More TV Time at Poker News Cup

Sep 23, 2007 by Catrina Rudd

The opportunity to become known by poker fans across the world just got better!


In a recent on site announcement, PokerNews announced additional filming will be added to the PokerNews Cup this year. This is certainly an exciting announcement for H.O.R.S.E. players fro...


PPA Let the campaign begin!

Sep 23, 2007 by Sandra Taylor

In an effort to stay on top of lawmakers apposed to the online gambling industry, the Poker Players Alliance has moved its headquarters to Washington D.C.

 

In a bold move the PPA will lobby for the online poker industry revealed their intentions to congreg...

100,000 dollar cash event series at CakePoker

Sep 23, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Poker Sites
CakePoker is operating their premier Million Dollar Freeroll tournament schedule. The series consists of 10 $100,000-guaranteed tournaments wherein the winner of each one receives $75,000. CakePoker is one of a number of sites still accepting U.S. players. The...

PokerStars has a plan

Sep 23, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Poker Sites
While sponsoring two of the most expansive on going tournaments, PokerStars has devised a method of strategically placing their team in the events, this week splitting them up between 2 simultaneously. Being the primary sponsor, they are feeling a certain need to hold a solid ...

Poker Bots Busted On Full Tilt Poker

Sep 22, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Sites

For months now, Full Tilt Poker (a us poker site) has been investigating the believed presence of “bots.” A “bot” is a poker program that will play for you and win. During the investigation, Full Tilt Poker used a formula that ranked the number o...

B4Playing Acquires GWS

Sep 22, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Category: Poker Sites
In understanding their affiliates play a major part in their marketing activity, Friday, September 21, 2007, B4Playing acquired The Gambling Webmaster School site (GWS).  This strategic move reinforces their position in the market. They will also be contributing conten...

Roy Winston Claims Major Win

Sep 22, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Players

Roy Winston, a medical doctor and poker pro, won over 1.5 million dollars in the 2007 Borgata Poker Open at the World Poker Tour in New Jersey.

Winston advanced to the final table with the chip lead and kept a strong hold that protected his lead. Winston defeated se...

Absolute Poker Offers Great Incentive For Creativity

Sep 22, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Sites
Absolute Poker announced yesterday that they will be awarding $100 to three of its players who produce the most creative avatar. The avatar is a character a player can create that will represent themselves in online play. Any avatars created can qualify up until December...

2008 Irish Open - 3 Million Guaranteed No Limit Hold

Sep 22, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
The €3 Million ($4,228 Million US Dollars) Guaranteed Freezeout 2008 Irish Open was announced by PaddyPowerPoker.com September 23, 2007. Freezout is the most common form of tournament play There's no rebuy, play continues until one player has all the chips.

Poker Expansion in US State of Illinois

Sep 22, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
A new method of funding for Illinois State construction projects and more has been approved, after great debate, through the state senate. The new bill will permit three new casinos to come about in Illinois. There will be one land-based casino built in Chicago, and two ...

UK Gambling Commision Report Supports Regulation

Sep 22, 2007 by Catrina Rudd

Recently the Gambling Commission released a study regarding internet and other new forms of gambling. As these items have become more readily available, the expectation was that gambling would be on the rise, however the report shows a significantly different result. Acc...

The World's Next Top Celebrity Poker Player

Sep 21, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Can months of impassioned competition paired with unparalleled online activity result in the next poker superstars? Well, Team CelebPoker will try to prove just that. In the wee hours of Monday, September 17th, 2007, Team CelebPoker selected their eight winners who will now co...

Pennsylvania and a Poker Table

Sep 21, 2007 by Catrina Rudd

Recently Pennsylvania approved a number of slots parlors requesting to operate with in the state. Many have started business, however some are still in the final stages of preparation. Even knowing that not all of the slots parlors are operational, Pennsylvania Democratic Ho...

Sheikhan Facing Deportation

Sep 21, 2007 by Sandra Taylor
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, high-stakes poker regular Shahram "Shawn" Sheikhan, faces deportation for his 1995 California misdemeanor conviction for 'sexual battery and annoyance or molestation of a child. Despite the fact that Sheikhan maint...

Governor Renegs - PPA Campaigns

Sep 21, 2007 by Sandra Taylor
Category: Poker Industry
Governor Ernie Fletcher has reneged on his promise to allow Kentucky residence to vote on a proposal to legalize table gaming in the state. As a result, the U.S. Poker Players Alliance (PPA), lead by the PPA's State Director, Rich Muny has launched an advocacy campaign ...

Knowing When To Pay Your Poker Taxes!

Sep 21, 2007 by Cathy Roberts
Beginning in 2008 land based casinos and poker card rooms will be required to hold back 25% of your poker tournament winnings if the prize won is more than $5000.00. This doesn't include the buy in, so if you buy in for 25k and you win the cut off prize for 27k, winnin...

Annie Duke hosts $100,000 Hold'em in California

Sep 21, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
World Series of Poker Bracelet Holder and poker diva, Annie Duke has agreed to host the $100,000 Hold’em Poker Tournament at southern California’s San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino at the end of October.   “After the success of our la...

Poker and Racing, a match in NASCAR History

Sep 21, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Poker Sites

The popularity of Poker is growing, and so is the NASCAR brand. It was only time before it became a marriage in sports history. This site is legal in the NASCAR home of the United States.

 

A new free poker site has launched bringing some of the greatest race...

IMEGA Hires Oglivy Public Relations Worldwide

Sep 21, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Category: Poker Industry
Oglivy Public Relations Worldwide, a New York-based public relations firm was chosen to represent The Interactive Media Entertainments and Gaming Association (IMEGA). Oglivy is an internationally respected and influential firm with over 60 bureaus around the world. They hav...

Foxwoods Charity Poker Champion - Franklin Becker

Sep 20, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
The Foxwoods Food and Wine Festival drew a crowd of more than 5,200 people to enjoy three days of festivities including celebrity chef demonstrations and book signings, wine and spirits seminars, tasting events and gala dinners. Adding to delight is the Celebrity Chef Poker To...

UIGEA brought to YouTube

Sep 20, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is getting some hard hitting attention from YouTube visitors.


Earlier this week the Association of Players, Casinos and Webmasters uploaded a video on the popular social video site, criticizing the United States Gove...


Absolute Poker in question

Sep 20, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Poker Sites
The internet is buzzing about the recent concerns on Absolute Poker and the cash players on the site. It has been defending themselves for some time now regarding the prospect of 'superuser' accounts in the poker room. The concern connected with Absolute Poker an...

104 Year Old Gaming Law Challenged

Sep 20, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Five men arrested Saturday Sept 8th, during a friendly Texas Holdem game with a $100+$10 buy in, appeared in court on September 13th. The men were arrested for violating a law written in 1802. The 104-year-old anti gambling law in Greenville, South Carolina, is written...

Large Pots Generous Hearts, Hold'Em 100

Sep 20, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Beginning in 1995 Conrad Brunner organized a group of poker players to start a charity tournament which was expected to attract 100 players, titled 'Hold'em 100', it got 104. "A 100-player tournament was a really big deal back then," said Brunner. "W...

Further Poker Backlash from South Carolina

Sep 20, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
South Carolina authorities recently charged fourteen people with participation in illegal gambling activities. In Greenville County deputies dealt out 14 citations at an illegal poker game this past Wednesday, under the state's unlawful betting law (USA Poker Rooms). Inves...

2007 Aruba Poker Classic & UltimateBet.com

Sep 20, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
From September 29th through October 6th, The 2007 Aruba Poker Classic will be underway at the Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino. What does this mean for fellow online poker players? Well along with an estimated $2.5 million prize pool, the weeklong event will offer the op...

Slotland Online Slots Player Survey

Sep 20, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Category: Online Casino
Betting habits, memorable wins and strategies for winning are the focus of the Slotland Online Slots Player Survey. Any online slot player may take this survey. To entice participation in this, there is a free contest after completion for a random drawing where one player will...

Team Pokerstars Adds New Players To The Lineup

Sep 19, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Sites
The worlds largest online poker site announced on Tuesday that they are adding four new players to their Team PokerStars. American Hevad Khan, Italian Dario Minieri, South African Raymond Rahme, and Canadian Tuan Lam are the four standout players who will be joining Team Poker...

Greg Raymer Wins WCOOP Event 6

Sep 19, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Greg Raymer, otherwise known as "fossilman", was one of ten players left in the 2007 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) tournament when he suddenly lost his Internet connection. Play continued for another twenty minutes before Raymer was reconnecte...

DTD Trying to be UK's First Legal Poker Club

Sep 19, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Europe's Largest Poker Room in Next Stage of Battle to Become UK's First Legal Poker Club Nottingham Magistrate Court will be the place on Sept 24th that will decide if Dusk Till Dawn (DTD) will become UK's first legal poker club. Europe's largest car...

Will Italians Deem Poker A Skill Game?

Sep 19, 2007 by Donna Jordon
Category: Poker Industry
It wasn't long ago that Italy rejected all considerations of licensing and regulating online wagering operations. In a surprising turnabout, the Italian government decided licensing would be the best option, though only certain types of wagering would be allowed, including...

Chipleader brings Jet Promo to CAP Euro

Sep 19, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Poker Industry
The Casino Affiliate Program Euro Barcelona has the attention of the most active and driven affiliates in the casino market, online and off. Each year this event draws in the crowd of people learning the ropes in the casino business, and the new online casino business. One maj...

South African Poker Open

Sep 19, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Last year the world had only heard about the South African Poker Open. This year is different because South Africa has their Poker Champion, Raymond Rahme. This South African father of 6, business man, placed 3rd in the 2007 World Series of Poker. As he moved in on the highest...

Cardinal7 Wins WCOOP In Limit Hold

Sep 19, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Event # 7 in the World Championship of Online Poker ended in victory for Cardinal7. He defeated TheMasterJ33 to win the title and take home almost $68,000. More than 2,000 players bought in at $215 dollars making the guaranteed $100,000 go up to almost $400,000...

Who gambles online? 3.5 million Britons do...

Sep 19, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
According to British Gambling Commission, some 3.5 million Britons make a regular habit of gambling online. Over five years, the number marked a six-fold increase, states The Daily Telegraph on Thursday.


The commission states about 7% of regular players are "problem ...


Big Names on High Stakes Poker

Sep 18, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
High Stakes Poker on GSN continues tonight with none other than the poker legend Doyle Brunson making his season four debut.


With 10 WSOP bracelets to his credit, Doyle Brunson said, "I love it. This is my favorite TV show. This is the only one that I say I will uneq...


Time is Up at DoylesRoom for $25,000

Sep 18, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Poker Sites
If you're a poker fan, or player, you know how competitive Doyle Brunson is, and the opportunity to play against him live and online, is almost over. The Summer Series Freeroll at Doyles Room is coming to a close as the summer draws to an end.


The opportunity to regi...


PokerSchoolOnline Signs TJ Cloutier

Sep 18, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Poker Sites

TJ Cloutier is the newest poker professional to join the ranks at Poker School Online. It has been announced that Cloutier will join Team PSO as a content writer and poker instructor.


Mr. Cloutier brings with him some stout credentials. Member of the Poker Hall of Fam...


IGREA on Hold, but not dead

Sep 18, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
The Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA) has stalled in the United States House of Representatives, as was recently disclosed by Congressmen Barney Frank.


The IGREA was proposed early this year in an effort to not only overturn the UIGEA but to regula...


Bodog Was Newbodog and Now BodogLife

Sep 18, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Poker Sites
Reading a popular forum today, there was a thread that hinted that bodog.com might be back shortly, some even believed it would be back to its old form as soon as today. Susan at Bodog, didn't dispute the statement but did say "we're very hopeful" thoug...

Crowe vs Poker Machines

Sep 18, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Hollywood has always had the activist crowd, now they are spreading abroad. Australian actor Russell Crowe has been reportedly speaking out against the South Sydney Leagues Club, claiming they should remove the 160 video poker slots machines currently run at the establish...

Players Only Sends Winners to Canada

Sep 18, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Online Casino
Players Only, the Antigua based us online casino, is sending tournament winners to the World Poker Tour (WPT) North American Poker Championship at the end of October, to play for hundreds of thousands of dollars.


This coming Sunday, September 23rd, will be the last of a ...


PKR Signs Its One Millionth Player

Sep 18, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Sites
Since PKR's August 6th release, players have been signing up in record numbers. After little over a year of operation the site received its one millionth sign-up this week. The site offers 3-D art graphics and immersive game system that allow players to customize character...

Video Games Meet Online Gambling

Sep 17, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Online Casino
There is a new video game in the works that could merge online video gaming with online gambling and this software in the development state by a company known as Canberra's Micro Forte Studio.

The development of the game in question will be a first person shooter, w...


Macau: Gambling Pleasure Zone

Sep 17, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Online Casino
The heart and soul of gambling has been set in a small Nevada town for decades now. Las Vegas is often the first thought in the mind of any player around the world, no matter the game of choice. There is a new voice heralding their stake in the live action gaming world. Macau,...

Did Online Gaming Get Their Man?

Sep 17, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Word is out that there might be a replacement for Alberto Gonzales for Attorney General who will be leaving office this week since resigning. This replacement leads any list there might be and he is a former District Judge named Michael B. Mukasey.


The announcement of his...


Ladbrokes Poker Going 3D

Sep 17, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Poker Sites

Soon Ladbrokes Poker will be 3D. The parent company, Ladbrokes International Ltd, signed a development and license deal with Playwize today.


Foo Katan, Chief executive of Palywize stated, "We are very excited about creating a poker room for Ladbrokes that incorp...


$1,000 Freerolls From Pokerstars And Pokerlistings

Sep 17, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Starting this October, Pokerlistings and Pokerstars are stepping up their game by giving its players 25 days of $1,000 cash tourneys. The freerolls are available to all Pokerlisting members new or existing. To qualify a player must earn 100 FPPs in September.


"J...


New Online Casino Slot Machine by Rival Gaming

Sep 17, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Online Casino
USA Online Casino players now have more games to pick from as Rival Gaming has announced that they have launched a new i-Slot online slot machine, called Hole-in-Won. And i-slot is still a relatively new idea as there have only been four other i-slots released by Rival Gaming ...

Illegal Gambling in Iowa Update

Sep 17, 2007 by Catrina Rudd

With the available legal means of playing poker these days, some people continue to push the limits until they are burned. This was the case recently in Iowa, when the police arrested Tammy Louann Proulx. At the time of the arrest there was an ongoing poker cash game in her ...

Internet Gambling Has Taken A Life

Sep 17, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Online Casino
Whether you use Internet gambling for entertainment, extra pocket change, or as a means of income, you probably set aside plenty of time in your day for other things. Such as taking a shower, going to work, spending time with family, eating, and oh yes, even sleeping.


But...


Aussie Millions Date Set for 2008

Sep 16, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Aussie Millions poker tournament is set to start a few months from now in Melbourne, Australia. Many pro players will making the trip "down under" to participate in the much anticipate event. The tournament is set to receive a record of over 1000 players and boasts a...

Pennsylvania and a Poker Table

Sep 16, 2007 by Catrina Rudd

Recently Pennsylvania approved a number of slots parlors requesting to operate with in the state. Many have started business, however some are still in the final stages of preparation. Even knowing that not all of the slots parlors are operational, Pennsylvania Democratic Ho...

Iowa Woman Arrested for hosting Illegal Cash Game

Sep 16, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
With the available legal means of playing poker these days, some people continue to push the until they are burned. This was the case recently in Iowa, when the police arrested Tammy Louann Proulx. At the time of the arrest there was an ongoing poker cash game in her home. The...

North Carolina arrests Poker Stars for Illegal Activity

Sep 16, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Johnston County Sheriffs Office and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol partnered with the North Carolina State Alcohol Law Enforcement Division to execute a raid on a major violation of state gambling laws, a suedo casino. During the raid, Chris Bell and Maciek 'Micha...

France, The EU, The Meeting Place

Sep 16, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
Coming up soon will be the meeting between France and the European Commission where France will need to justify why they have a monopoly in online gambling. At this meeting France has indicated that they will concede to allow online gambling offered by outside operators, with ...

Big Game II Today

Sep 16, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Today is the day that the Big Game II begins at PartyPoker's Poker Den, and has a minimum ten thousand dollar buy-in. This game is pulling in some of the large names in poker according to a spokesman from Party Poker, adding the regular's player's will see an ...

WSOPE Champion is Now Queen of Poker

Sep 16, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
An impressive stride into history, Annette Obrestad the new Queen of European Poker, took home the first ever WSOPE bracelet. She stands out for many reasons. Her gender, her tender age of 19, but most of all her skill. Throughout the tournament she played hard against some of...

The Perfect Summer Job

Sep 16, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
For most teens their summer job consists of doing yard work or flipping burgers, but one teen and the sun of a kindergarten teacher his summer job was playing internet poker.


Eighteen-year-old Chris Benton a Sonoma State sophomore decided for his summer job he would neit...


Online Casino Will Feature New Spider-Man Slot

Sep 15, 2007 by Cathy Roberts
Category: Online Casino
Spiderman isn't the first ever Marvel game to make it to an internet casino, in fact, Cryptologic Limited, a big name in the online gambling software industry has introduced several Marvel Comic book slots to online casinos such as the Playboy Casino. Other available online

WSOPE Final Table is Set

Sep 15, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
The final table at the WSOPE is set and well start at 2 p.m. GMT September 16 at The Casino at the Empire on Leicester Square.


Officially not one high profile poker professional will win a bracelet at the WSOPE because not one is in the final nine spots. The £1 mill...


New LazerWager Gets Experienced Managers

Sep 15, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Online Casino
LazerWager.com has new managers. Not just any managers but five former executives of Nine.com, BetOnSports, Evolution Software and others. Combined that is 50 years on online gaming experience brought it.


Nin Pendleton, spokesperson for LazerWager confirms, "We are ...


Playtech's Shuki Barak Resigns

Sep 15, 2007 by Cathy Roberts
Category: Poker Industry
According to an article written on accountingweb.co.uk, Shuki Barak has resigned as Playtech's chief operating officer. Barak spent only 18 months in this position. Barak's departure comes about two years after the gambling ban came into effect, the ban, involves the b...

Reputation Damaged In Online Betting Case

Sep 15, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Online Casino
The twenty-six year old Russian tennis player Nikolay Davydenko arrived in China from the United States where he had lost in the U.S. Open semifinal to Roger Federer.

He will now play at the China Open where he intends to play his best though he knows he will also be an...


Taking poker to the Extreme

Sep 15, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
What is Extreme Poker? Well, so far they have played poker in the Arctic, in a plane and underwater. Now they will play in Sydney, Australia on October 4th, while dangling over a cliff 294 feet above the Pacific Ocean.


The winner will be off to the Caribbean were the Extr...


Skill Game Protection Act Gets Another Supporter

Sep 15, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Robert Wexler introduced the Skill Game Protection Act on June 7th of 2007. At that time the bill only had 1 sponsor, and now 3 months later it has reached 13. One of the newest supports is New York State Democrat, Eliot Engel.


He has joined a growing list of people who ...


Online Poker Rooms Recruiting Young Guns

Sep 15, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Online poker rooms are finding it harder and harder to recruit big name players for their sites. The top online poker players normally have already signed lucrative sponsorship deals which is making it harder for websites to find big name players. Because of this, online rooms...

The Alaskan Poker Showcase

Sep 14, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Bob Elyard, a Lazy Mountain Television producer is betting on the fact that viewers will tune in to see local poker players go head to head and hopefully ride the popularity wave of Texas hold'em.


Elyard is planning a local access Channel 303 show call the "Alask...


Is Online Poker The New Income For Teenagers?

Sep 14, 2007 by Sadonna Price
It seems every year teenagers are becoming smarter and learning new ways to make money. As for one California teen, he has found the perfect way to earn an income from the comfort of his own home. Chris Benton, age 19, has learned that playing Texas hold'em online can be a...

$5000 PokerNews Cup Australia Freerolls

Sep 14, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Saturday Sept. 22, the first of two $5,000 PokerNews Cup Australia Freerolls hosted at the online poker site Hollywood Poker. Players will have until Sept 19th to try and qualify for the poker tournament. Melbourne Australia's Crown Casino will host the first eve...

The Supreme Court, Arkansas and Gambling

Sep 14, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Thursday was a big day for gambling in the state of Arkansas, the voters and the Family Action Council Committee. Each side brought their evidence and opinions to the table over gambling at two racetracks in, Hot Springs and West Memphis lasting close to an hour's time. Th...

2008 World Poker Showdown Bahamas Poker Open

Sep 14, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
A $7000 prize package and a chance to play poker in paradise is what Titan Poker is offering its players. Titan Poker is now running qualifying tournaments to win a seat to the 2008 World Poker Showdown Bahamas "Deep Stack" Poker Open.


The prize package incl...


Gambling Bust in Indonesia

Sep 14, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Online Casino
There have been reports recently in several countries of crackdowns on gambling the latest to join in is Indonesia. In the capitol city of Jakarta, the police busted an apartment where the inhabitants were running an online gambling site.


Reports on Thursday from a polic...


AP Enhances the Poker Experience for US Players

Sep 14, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Software
Absolute Poker, one of the most popular us online poker rooms, plans to seriously enhance game play in the next few weeks for primarily in the US. AP will now offer first time depositors an amazing 100% deposit bonus up to $550. with exclusive bonus code 550Bulldog "T...

Everest Poker Avalanche Final Event Scheduled

Sep 14, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
The final for the Everest Poker Avalanche poker tournament will be held at 15:00 GMT. The online poker main event which is a $5,000+$300 buy-in will no longer be accepting new registrations.


According to Jonathan May, Everest Poker property manager, "This is...


China Makes a Firm Stand Against Online Gambling

Sep 13, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
North East China is seeing a rise of illegal gambling, however recently there was a mass arrest of thirty-two individuals for playing online. The total amount of yuan involved equals 5.8 billion, or 773 million USD. Ten of the offenders are being further investigated to be for...

E-Check Returns to PokerStars for US Players

Sep 13, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Poker Sites
Go to the PokerStars website, and find the cashiers station. Posted there is a message to their players saying "Instand eChecks are now available to a limited number of players, with plans to make eChecks available to all U.S. Players in the near future." The exclusi...

California Gambling Control Commission Loses Revenue

Sep 13, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
After a recent court hearing it has come to light that the California Gambling Control Commission did not approach the California casinos that are run by the twenty-eight Indian tribes properly to ensure that California would benefit from the correct amount of revenue. They ha...

Gambling Pill Tested

Sep 13, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
A recent study was done at the University of Minnesota involving gambling and a supplement known as N-acetyl cysteine. This was an eight-week study that included twenty-seven volunteers and a University associated professor Jon Grant M.D., who lead the study and is also a prof...

A Woman wins Big with Caribbean Stud

Sep 13, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Online Casino
CarbonPoker recently announced that their first Caribbean Stud Jackpot, was awarded to a Belgium Player.


The winner who goes by Yvetje, a woman, won 20 318.75 Euro on the equivalent of a .20 cent jackpot bet place nearly a week ago. She began playing with Carbon Poker in...


SportsBook Company Sponsors Million Dollar Series

Sep 13, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Online Casino
"We've got a couple of poker tournaments going right now where the prizes are trips, one to the WPT Turks and Caicos and another to baseball's World Series, but this series is for cold cash and lots of it," said David Anderson, Poker Brand Manager for Players...

Support Builds Against UIGEA

Sep 13, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
On April 26th of this year, Representative Barney Frank proposed the bill that will overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA). This bill is dubbed IGREA or the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007. To date there are 36 cosponso...

PPA's voice on 2+2

Sep 13, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is reaching out to the broader poker player base. In the effort Executive Director, John Pappas recently posted a very engageing message on the 2+2 forum. The message made clear that Rich Muny was asked to become a member of the PPA Board of Direct...

Betfair.com Wins Court Case

Sep 12, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
A court case has been won by Betfair, which is a part of Sporting Exchange, the online gambling company against their former CEO of operations in Ireland. Although Betfair won this case they expect that Raymond Farrell the defendant in this case will be appealing.

The High...


The Battle Goes On Over Online Gambling

Sep 12, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
There has been more news surfacing in the newspaper in Antigua about the showdown between the United States and Antigua, in the court battle that is before the World Trade Organization.


While these two battle out online gambling, there have been many other companies and ...


Sweden Still On The Hunt

Sep 12, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
Reports of recent days has been about Sweden, who has seemed to be changing some of their ideas about gambling, some of this may be attributed to the monopoly on gambling that they will have to justify to the European Commission.

Lotteriinspektionen, which is the Swedis...


Is Sealand A Go ?

Sep 12, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Online Casino
Will Sealand Casino become a reality, this time around? It is a plan that has been the in the works for sometime and though the U.S. and the U.K. applied pressure in the past, it is back in the news again. This time there has been an offer from a Russian group of investors who...

Another Gambling Act Approved

Sep 12, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Poker Industry
South Africa is now the latest in the long line of countries to decide how they will handle online gambling, and to answer this they have approved the National Gambling Amendment Bill. This bill, which passed their Parliament, was written to open the gambling market making it ...

Roulette Gone Live

Sep 12, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
In a press release the company Zone 4 Play has said that they have releasing two new television shows on the Winner Channel. These two shows are being telecast live, the first of which is named Red Hot, and the second is named Pitch Roulette.

At this time both roulette ...


Online Gambling Alive and Well in U.S.

Sep 12, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites
After the ban in the United States for online gambling, while many online casinos have made public their profit statements from this past year and are only now beginning to see a profit again after losing their many American players, but not all online sites have lost American

New Partnership for Card Player

Sep 12, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Card Player has done it again. They have contracted with one of the major tournaments in the United States to be an exclusive media partner. Card Player and Caesars Palace are working together on the coverage of the Caesars Palace Classic, and its 10 thousand USD main event.

Competitive Sponsorship for WSOPE

Sep 11, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Poker Players
Vega Promotional Systems, Inc. announced it would be hosting Bob Clarke, AKA Bob the Butcher, a renowned UK Poker Pro, adding another prominent showing for UK poker pros. The event began last week with a keen interest in the UK poker competitors, as the WSOPE is in London for ...

The Face of Million Dollar Poker - Gus Hansen

Sep 11, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
'The Great Dane' is showing his talents in new ways. He created a name for himself as an aggressive, motivated and yet serious poker player through high stakes online poker and prominent live tournament events. Now partnering with Gameloft, Gus Hansen is the face and a...

24hr Cash Game Returns

Sep 11, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Poker Den: The Big Game II is in place and ready to play. On Monday, September 17th 2007, PartyPoker's 24 hour cash game event will be played. This years event is to be filmed and is slated to be televised next year across Europe.


The Gibraltar-licensed and developed ...


The WSOPE Main Event Has Begun

Sep 11, 2007 by Cathy Roberts
The No Limit Texas Hold'Em tournament, has a 10 thousand GBP buy in. The registration showed 350 players to compete in the week long event with a prize pool of 3.5 million GBP.


Split between three London Casinos, The Empire, the Sportsman and the Fifty, the two day 1 ...


GamedayPoker.com gets into Australian Culture

Sep 11, 2007 by Cathy Roberts
Category: Poker Sites
International poker room GamedayPoker announced a multi-year partnership with Australian V8 Supercar Championship team PWR Racing. The deal will see the cars of PWR Racing's Cameron McConville and Paul Dumbrell display the logo of the London-based online poker room through...

Poker Skill Transcends All Forms of the Game

Sep 11, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Sit n Go Poker website, Sitandgoplanet, recently released astounding results from a broadly conducted survey. The survey was designed to uncover the actual winners and repeat winners in Sit N Go tournaments. Conducted in partnership with the Star Tracker Database, the immense ...

Online Casino Industry Healing Slowly from UIGEA

Sep 11, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Online Casino
Several companies have incurred astounding financial loss as a result of the serious repercussions the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) has caused to the entire online gambling business. However, in places such as Europe, Asia and Latin America more companies...

Lights, Camaras and Online Casino Action

Sep 11, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Poker Industry
Those in the industry believe there'll be a surge in casino ads by the Christmas period now that online casino gaming companies have finally started advertising on TV.


Aspers Casino, mainly popular in the Newcastle area, made history over the weekend after becom...


Historic Europeans Win First WSOP Europe Bracelets

Sep 10, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
German player Thomas ‘Buzzer' Bihl, sponsored by Betfair.com and Italy's Dario Alioto of Palermo, got the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe off to a flying start by becoming the first two European players to win the recognized WSOP bracelet outside of the US.

India Online Gaming Company To Launch Luxury Gambling Vessel

Sep 10, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Online Casino
Rival of some of the best Las Vegas has to offer, India has decided that it is time to expand their gambling world and, further threatening Vegas' long time stranglehold on the world's gaming operations. Part of Subhash Chandra's Essel Group, Sinha, said about...

IMEGA Anti-UIGEA Hearing Postponed

Sep 10, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
According to IMEGA, all parties, including - the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors agreed to the last minute postponement. To respond to the lawsuit filed by iMEGA in June, an extension for the deadline was alre...

Will the U.S. Collect From 888.com

Sep 10, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
Today is the day that many have waited for, and the United States is among those who have been waiting for the financial report from the Gibraltar based online casino company 888.com.


When their financial report came out the corporation like many others showed a decline a...


Bodog Licenses Trademarks to Canadian Mohawks

Sep 10, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Poker Industry
Bodog Entertainment, in an interesting counteraction to the recent loss of its domain names, has licensed the use of all Bodog domains and the Bodog trademark to Morris Mohawk Gaming Group for the operation and marketing of gaming services in North America.


Because of th...


Online Casino Deal Gets Progressively Longer

Sep 10, 2007 by Cathy Roberts
Category: Online Casino
Leading international supplier of integrated online us casino and jackpot management system solutions, Progressive Gaming, has announced the extension of the period to complete the sale of its table games division to Shuffle Master to September 17.


The exclusivity agreem...


Online gambling site launches WSOP Academy Aruba Edition

Sep 10, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
The Aruba Classic of this year is just a short way off, and UltimateBet, the online gambling site, recently announced a major addition to their signature poker event. UltimateBet will host the WSOP Academy Aruba Edition, an exclusive Texas Hold'em training boot camp on Oct...

32 charged in six-billion yuan online gambling case

Sep 10, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Online Casino
In the Liaoning province in northeast China, thirty-two people have been charged with involvement in illegal online gambling involving a total of $5.8 billion yuan, which is about $773 million U.S.dollars.


A local government statement said the principal offenders...


World Series of Poker Academy

Sep 9, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
The World Series of Poker Academy is a 2-3 day poker camp that the WSOP puts on in different cities year around. This gives up to 200 poker amateurs a chance to learn from poker professionals and improve upon their own game.


The WPT also runs a similar school called The ...


WPT Gulf Coast Poker Championships Day 3

Sep 9, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Day three concluded Saturday at the WPT Gulf Coast Poker Championships narrowing the field to the six final spots at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino.


A Pensacola native, John Little, sits a top the leader board with 1.4 million in chips.


A lot of local players ar...



Playtech Loses CEO

Sep 9, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
Playtech the online gaming websites has had a rough time since last year when they lost their American players and rebounded to show a nice profit in the last finance report that they made comment on recently. Now however the man that has taken them from their loss of players ...

Online Casino Worker Arrested for Taking Cut

Sep 9, 2007 by Cathy Roberts
Category: Online Casino
Yoshiaki Takahashi a resident of Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba as been accused of accepting money gained from crimes in an incident involving an internet casino group taking a cut from profits earned by a Kyoto Internet café. The café operator earned money from customers ...

Two Seats Remaining for $1,000,000 Tournament Titan

Sep 9, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Titan Poker needs two more poker players to compete in the Tournament titan for a $1,000,000 tournament prize purse. The $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool is to be the richest Sit n Go tournament ever played and set to go for December 8th. Limited to 20 playe...

Casino and Management Go To Court

Sep 9, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Online Casino
Des Moines Iowa was the place that the two entities met in court and one walked away the winner of a $10 million dollar judgment as ruled by the jury. In Polk County District Court Gerald Kirke owner of Wild Rose Entertainment and John Pavone, president of Signature Manage...

Aces Royal Launches Roulette Game for Mobile

Sep 9, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Online Casino
Aces Royal has released their third follow up to their poplar mobile poker and blackjack games. They have released the classic game of roulette to play on your mobile.


Roulette is the first game to be released on the AR3, the world fastest mobile gaming platform, develope...


Internet Gambling Takes a Trip to Washington

Sep 8, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
This week Washington will see the arrival of people who are representatives of online casino gaming, this trip is planned so they can make their voices heard for not only their companies but also for the millions of Americans that would like to have the choice to gamble online...

Swedish Officials on a Rampage

Sep 8, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The Swedish gambling monopoly has been in the news lately as the European Commission wants answers or for Sweden to change these laws, in the mean time Sweden has taken steps to change gambling both online and land based in their country.


The Svenska Spel is government a...


eCOGRA Approves British Gambling Act

Sep 8, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Poker Industry
For its testing approach to online gambling software, the British Gambling Commission won the approval of eCOGRA. Especially pleased are Online Gaming Regulation and eCommerce and Assurance (eCOGRA) with the Commission's recognizing of the validity of outcome-based testing...

Pokerstars World Cup of Poker

Sep 8, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
The Pokerstars World Cup of Poker has crowned a new champion and it is Team USA. Like in most major poker tournaments it was full of great hand drama, remarkable skill and a lot of luck.


The five poker players for team USA John Kenlan, Tyler Netter, Randy Principe, Shaun ...


Antigua Justifies $3.4 Billion Internet Gambling Claim

Sep 8, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Poker Industry
The USTR declined to comment on Antigua and Barbuda's submission to the World Trade Organization justifying their $3.4 compensation claim, according to an article in the Antigua Sun.


The official who responded from the USTR pointed out that there has been insuffi...


Doyle Brunson partners with Leonardo DiCaprio

Sep 8, 2007 by Catilina Munoz

In partnership with Leonardo DiCaprio Doyle Brunson, presented a extremely important project to everyone at the Doyle Brunson Poker Network, global warming.


Global warming and the negative effects, is an issue taken very seriously. Doyle Brunson and Leonardo DiCaprio...


Bodog Poker roll out promos

Sep 8, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Internet-Poker.co.uk, the world's best online poker guide, and Bodog Poker, the high-rolling wild card of the poker world, recently announced yet another exclusive, high-value bonus package for their players, this one topping out at well over $50,000 in cash and satell...

Online Casino

Sep 7, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Online Casino
The joint partnership between Spanish group Codere and Bookies William Hill, Victoria, is set to roll out in the Madrid region in late 2007 and in the Basque region in 2008 its sports betting operations.


The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding and outlined...


Sweden

Sep 7, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Poker Industry
Owners of non-profit lottery company A-lotterierna, Sweden's Social Democrat party, are attacking the country's gambling monopolies, such as Svenska Spel, for pushing out of the lucrative online gambling market the non-governmental organizations (NGOs). H&arin...

The Latest White Label Online Casino from TotalESoft.com

Sep 7, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Online Casino

TotalESoft.com is one of the most favored casino software companies. With their latest release of White Label online casino options, they have certainly kept with their image of being the most innovative and forward-thinking companies worldwide.

 

The newly r...

Hypercasino Launches Revamped Website

Sep 7, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Online Casino
Hypercasinos launched its completely revamped website, Hypercasinos, on August 31st. Already an established internet gambling portal, Hypercasinos.com has made their website faster and more user-friendly. Founded in 2004 and run by a small team of dedicated individuals, the co...

Cyberslotz Up For The Highest Bidder?

Sep 7, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
Cyberslotz is a well known to online gamblers and online casino operators in the U.K., it came on line in 2001 and is currently operated by Talarius and Quicksilver which is a subsidiary of CZ Trading who are licensed in the U.K., and also is a member of the Remote Gambling As...

France Gets More Time

Sep 7, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
France has been given more time by the European Commission to make changes in their gambling regulations; this extension will give France until October 29 of this year. The first deadline for France was in August, which they have not met, where Internet providers were required...

Germany's New Favorite Online Casino

Sep 7, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
Category: Online Casino
On August 20 of this year brought a new online casino to the market, its name is 49 Jackpot City and since it's opening the German Internet players are sending this site to the top. This online casino has more than thirty games for their players and is using software from ...

Sweden Targets Illegal Poker

Sep 6, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Lotteriinspektionen, the gaming board in Sweden, has said to the police to adopt a tougher and more active approach to what it called ‘underground poker clubs'.
With approximately one hundred private poker clubs operating in Sweden a report issued claimed that illeg...

Online Casino Giant Wins in Court

Sep 6, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Online Casino
An administrative court in Germany has ruled in favour of VfB Stuttgart football club in a row over an advertising ban on Internet Poker gambling group Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG.


Bwin
is forbidden from advertising because of a ban made by the German state of Bade...


Gaming Software Recovery

Sep 6, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry

Tuesday showed that the company Playtech is seeing signs of recovery without U.S. funds, they have had an eighty percent hike in their profits and this increase in revenues has the Playtech software corporation almost back to where it was before the ban last year when the Un...

Paddy Power Profits

Sep 6, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites
Paddy Power is Irelands main online gambling provider and they have seen large profits in 2007 and this company feels they will continue to see more profit as the year comes to an end. The profits they have seen this year are up by forty-two percent and to guarantee Patty Powe...

Latest PartyGaming Partners

Sep 6, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites
There is a new business deal between PartyGaming and ITV, talks have been going on for PartyGaming to provide their "White Label" gaming software to ITV. This "White Label" software is for online gaming to ITV owned websites to provide ITV users gaming and ...

WassOnline Reemerges

Sep 6, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites
WassOnline began in 2005, as a new comer to the online gaming community and now today after WassOnline was launched again in August 2007, it came back new and improved for its online gamers entertainment. This company moved rapidly up the ladder in 2005 in the online gaming co...

A New Bill For California Poker Players

Sep 6, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

Its been a year since Senator Dean Florez wanted to pass a bill that eliminate the amount of money that could be wagered in card rooms in California; he now wants legislation to make adding tables in small card rooms legal.

He feels this expansion is needed as players ...

Imperial Package to Dubai Unveiled by Online Casino

Sep 5, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Online Casino
ImperialCasino, one of the leading online casinos, recently announced a new promotion that could see one lucky player win a five-day holiday to Dubai. Canada's Ultra Internet Media SA, with nearly a decade of experience in online gaming, is the owner and operator of I...

InterCasino, InterPoker obtain Malta license

Sep 5, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
InterCasino and InterPoker companies have successfully completed the stringent requirements of the Maltese government to operate their online gaming business from Malta, and now they have been granted online casino gaming and online poker licenses from the government Malta.

Online Casino Makes a Powerful Start to 2007

Sep 5, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Poker Industry
Paddy Power, the largest bookmaker and online gambling provider in Ireland, has announced a 53 percent surge in its first half operating profit hitting €14.8 million. The total amount wagered at the firm's online sportsbook increased by 19 percent to €279 mi...

Littlewoods Unifies Online Gaming Sites

Sep 5, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Online Casino
Thanks to the help of digital marketing agency KMP Associates, Littlewoods Football Pools announced that it has completed an eight month project to rebrand and re-launch its online offering.


Coinciding with the beginning of the new football season and unifying the six Lit...


Online Casino on a Losing Streak

Sep 5, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Online Casino
Shares in Austrian online gaming firm Bwin, a company with online sportsbetting, casino and poker interests, have been demoted from 'hold' to 'sell' with the target price also slashed from €23 to €15 by analyst Alfred Reisenberger of CAIB Research.

Online Gambling Eager to Advertise

Sep 5, 2007 by Cathy Roberts
The UK new white list restrictions are not likely to cause a decrease for British television companies in advertising revenues. If anything, it is more likely to have the opposite effect. Able to advertise are land-based and online casinos that made it onto the white list or a...

Light At The End of The Tunnel

Sep 5, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
In the past year there has been much controversy in the United States, there has been Bills passed that have all but devastated some online gambling companies, specifically online poker and put them in the hot seat being investigated and losing gamers from the United States. T...

New law New Revenue for the State

Sep 4, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
In the United States, Florida has new state figures for the 18 regulated poker rooms, and the state representatives are impressed. In a months time, the rooms increased revenue by nearly 60% between June 2007 and July 2007, reaching a record of 7.7 million USD. Under a recentl...

New Tool for Online Poker

Sep 4, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Poker Sites
B4Playing is a website designed for the ease of the online poker player. This tool allows players to find a simpler easier method of managing Poker Tournaments schedule and offered. Any player can chose the game of choice, limit, and timing to narrow down tournament preference...

Salvation Army Concerned with Gambling Act

Sep 4, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The Salvation Army is concerned with the Gambling Act 2005, which has gone into effect as of September 1, they as well as other charity organizations fear that the advertising and easier access may cause a rise in citizens having gaming addictions.


One group by the name ...


The Gaming Bug Strikes India

Sep 4, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
In Cyber cafes and even in private homes gamers will be finding their way to these sites as of Tuesday, September 4th , even though it is illegal to gamble in India and those caught can be arrested. Until now people in this country wishing to gamble hid away with others to gam...

Asia Opens Up to Online Gambling

Sep 4, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
In May of this year a prediction was made by Marc Lenick that the Asian gambling market would open up to online casinos very soon; one of the largest problems has been the monetary transaction. The currency difference was only one of the problems, there is also a difference in...

1st EPT Title Goes to Denmark

Sep 4, 2007 by
It's over in Barcelona, and the first event on the European Poker Tour (EPT) has a winner. Making headlines, the former chess and backgammon champion, Sander Lylloff took the title, after a heads up competition with his roommate.


Lylloff, 25, left the tournament with...


Pokerstars Poker Pro Daniel Negreanu wins again

Sep 4, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
In a $10 thousand dollar heads up competition against the formidable malicious222, Negreanu was successful, once again. Through the entire game, melicious222 displayed how star struck he was by asking for Daniel's advice and feedback throughout.


It is evident fro...


Harrah's Entertainment Files Lawsuit Over WSOP Domain

Sep 3, 2007 by Dido Arellano
Owner of the World Series of Poker has recently filed a lawsuit against a former employee of Binion's Horseshoe. As we know, the operations of the World Series of Poker was handled by Binion's Horseshoe before handing the event over to Harrah's Entertainment after ...

Svenka Spel Disregards EU Probe

Sep 3, 2007 by Dido Arellano
Category: Online Casino
Government-owned Svenska Spel is currently Sweden's most successful gaming company. This reputation has carefully been maintained through their flourishing operations in a wide variety of offerings. They have become very popular among online gamblers with their online oper...

Bodog Becomes New

Sep 3, 2007 by Dido Arellano
Category: Poker Industry
Bodog users complained of being unable to access the online poker site and website in Tuesday. The next day, the sites were transferred to a new domain name, creatively called "newbodog," and announced DNS problems due to legal issues concerning the bodog.com domain....

Many Fear Effects Of UK Gambling Act Ammendment

Sep 3, 2007 by Dido Arellano
Many UK organizations including the reputable Salvation Army has expressed their fear over the possible effects of the amendments to the UK Gambling Act of 2005. Through the amendment, both land-based and online gambling companies are given the freedom to advertise their servi...

Germany Delays Gambling Plans

Sep 3, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Poker Industry
Emerging reports from the Bloomberg news service, suggest that the state of Germany's plans to introduce a law upholding a state monopoly on gambling that may banish private lottery agents and sports betting companies have been postponed.


Prime minister of Lower Saxon...


Online gambling giant names Aegean Odyssey winner.

Sep 3, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Poker Sites
Everest Poker, one of the online gambling giants, is well known for its unusual and interesting gambling prizes. From the players of the recent July promotion, there is a lucky winner who won an expenses-paid stay in a luxury suite seven-night cruise to the Greek Isles, airfar...

32Red Poker and Betdirect Poker Offer $500 Bonus

Sep 3, 2007 by Catilina Munoz
Category: Poker Sites
Offering new players an amazing 100% Welcome Bonus on their initial deposit up to a huge $500 free, 32Red Poker and Betdirectpoker are having this special offer only available for one month to players who sign up by 20th September to their online poker site.


During th...


Golden Riviera Poker room Adds New Features

Sep 2, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Poker Sites
A leader in online poker software, Microgaming Poker Network, as announced that the Golden Riviera Poker Room has revamped its site to provide a better interface, more games and a better overall online poker experience to it's players. It's over 1 ½ millio...

Survive The Workweek at Everest Poker

Sep 2, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Everest Poker announced that their online poker room will be having a special promotion during September. Everest Poker's "Survive The Workweek" will be an online poker tournaments series held every Monday through Thursday night at 19:00 GMT beginning September 3...

Veags Partner Lounge New Online Game Portfolio

Sep 2, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Online Casino
The very popular online casino, Vegas Partner Lounge, has launched a new portfolio on online games.


Already very well known to provide its casino players with the best variety and high quality games, Vegas Partner Lounge it now going to offer the following games to its l...


UK Gambling Addicts Increasing In Number

Sep 2, 2007 by Dido Arellano
The Gambling Prevalence Study reveals that the number of gambling addicts in Britain is on the rise. The study was commissioned in 2005 as a follow up to a 1999 study that reported "relatively low' levels of gambling addiction in the UK. Set to be published this month...

Gambling Partnersips

Sep 2, 2007 by Dido Arellano
Category: Poker Industry
News Group Digital, the company behind the popular Sun Online and other news sites such as Page3.com and newsoftheworld.co.uk, proves to have made a good decision in partnering with online gambling sites. The company now has several partnerships and has closed deals that have ...

Cryptologic Buys Media Corp. Casino.co.uk and Related Assets

Sep 2, 2007 by Dido Arellano
Category: Poker Industry
Cryptologic reports this week that they have acquired Media Corp,'s well-known gaming portal Casino.co.uk. Also included in the Cryptologic-Media Corp deal are related online casino and poker room assets. The deal requires Dublin, Ireland based Cryptologic to pay Media Cor...

Cardoza Offers New Packages For Newbies

Sep 2, 2007 by Dido Arellano
Category: Online Casino
Cardoza has long been a trusted name for online gamblers. Prior to their venture into providing high quality games online, they were known for their efforts to educate new online gamblers through pertinent information and training. Cardoza continues to live up to their mission...

NPL Raises Money For Kids

Sep 1, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
The National Poker League (NPL) held its UK Open poker tournament in London recently. In conjunction with the well publicized event, the players attended the NPL Poker Care Fund Raising Auction for London's Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. This event raised mor...

More On Bodog Troubles

Sep 1, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Poker Industry
1st Technology LLC forced the hand of Calvin Ayre and Bodog.


1st Technology argued that the software being used to complete betting transactions by Bodog was their intellectual property. The ruling regarding copyright infringement, in this case forced the closure of all d...


EPT Barcelona Starts Tour Off

Sep 1, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Close to 600 players bought into the inaugural European Poker Tour Main Event, in Barcelona, Spain. The buy in was 7,700+ 300 Euro (10, 508.90+ 409.44 USD), this volume of players created a prize pool of more than 4 million Euro (545,920,066 USD). With that kind of pay out, it...

Celebpoker Pays Big for Referal

Sep 1, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Category: Poker Sites
CelebPoker is showing yet again why they are one of the most industriously successful online poker rooms. As many poker rooms are changing their software, uniting with competitors and trying other methods to drive more traffic to their site, CelebPoker is using the most tried ...

Ladbrokes Pub Poker Championship

Sep 1, 2007 by Catrina Rudd
Ladbrokes, one of the biggest names in the online gambling industry, is poised to take advantage of the new advertising venue in their home in England.


Beginning September 10th, the online Pub Poker Championship, will begin. Players will compete online as a representativ...


Ethoca Helps 888 to Combat Fraud

Sep 1, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Online Casino
888, one of the largest online casinos in the world, has chosen Ethoca Ltd. to protect their business and avoid fraudulent transactions, all of this because fraud and other unwanted activities have develop and grow in size and sophistication.
Ethoca uses methods like tracking...

Taxes Imposed To Limit Internet Gambling In South Africa

Sep 1, 2007 by Dido Arellano
Category: Poker Industry
Temporary deputy director of Trade and Industry, General Funghai Sibanda, announced plans on designing tax policies in hopes to hinder the growth of internet gambling. The government is highly concerned with the fact that internet gambling has become increasingly popular at a ...
Online Poker News Monthly Archive
MONTHLY ARCHIVE - 0
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
MONTHLY ARCHIVE - 2007
January
February
March
April
May
June July August September October November December
MONTHLY ARCHIVE - 2008
January February March April May June July August September October November December
MONTHLY ARCHIVE - 2009
January February March April May June July August September October November December
MONTHLY ARCHIVE - 2010
January February March
April
May
June July August September October November December
MONTHLY ARCHIVE - 2011
January February March April May June July August September October November December
MONTHLY ARCHIVE - 2012
January February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Newsletter Signup - get 10 free poker tips instantly as well as our monthly newsletter

GO