Ultimate Poker Founder Blames Regulations for Slow Growth

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Ultimate Poker launched about thirteen months ago, becoming the first legal, regulated online poker room in the United States. Things started out well enough and even though Ultimate Poker was small, it wasn’t unexpected. But after some growth the first few months, results have been disappointing. The latest bad news: the April numbers released by… Read more »

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Pennsylvania iGaming Report: $129 Annual Poker Revenue, $77 Million in First Year

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In a report published this month by Econsult Solutions, the revenues for the first year of a theoretical regulated online poker regime in Pennsylvania were estimated at $77 million. The report was the product of a study of the state of Pennsylvania’s gaming market, authorized by the Commonwealth’s legislature in December of last year. To… Read more »

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Dewey Tomko Did Not Write Anti-Online Poker Editorial

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And so the opposition’s crusade against online poker gets dirtier. It has been revealed that an op-ed piece published by the Press of Atlantic City in March has been wrongly attributed to Poker Hall of Famer Dewey Tomko. And this attribution was not an accident. The piece, published on March 19, and allegedly written by… Read more »

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partypoker to Launch Casual Cash Game Tables

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In an ongoing effort to shift its customer demographic towards the recreational player, tomorrow partypoker will be introducing “Casual Cash Games,” tables for those who just want to play a game of poker and aren’t concerned about maximizing the number of hands they see per hour. Casual Cash Game tables are no different than any… Read more »

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