Online poker news
In an interesting development out of New Jersey on Friday, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has granted conditional approval to an online gaming partnership between Marina District Development Company, LLC, which is the parent company of Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, and Pala Interactive, LLC, a venture created last summer… Read more »
Residents of the state of California can now gamble for real money online. Before those of you out west shed tears of joy, though, this is not exactly the online poker explosion of which you have been dreaming. The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel has launched Desert Rose Bingo, a real money internet bingo site… Read more »
People were afraid that the purchase of PokerStars by Amaya Gaming would be the beginning of the end for the internet’s most popular poker room and as it turns out, they may be right. On Wednesday, the world’s largest online poker room made yet another customer-unfriendly change, announcing that it has raised the rake on… Read more »
The Equity Poker Network (EPN) announced on Friday that it has mutually parted ways with the 5Dimes Group. The Group, better known for its online sports betting than for internet poker, includes the sites 5Dimes.eu, Sportbet.com, IslandCasino.com, and Vietbet.eu. In a press release, an EPN spokesperson said, “We are happy with where the Network is… Read more »
While the New Jersey poker community waits with bated breath, the new Amaya Gaming-led PokerStars seems to be taking their time in making their grand entrance into the Atlantic City online gaming and poker industry. In September following the completion of the sale of the #1 online poker site in the industry to Amaya Gaming,… Read more »
PokerStars…Full Tilt Poker…partypoker…Adjarabet? We are used to seeing those first three names at or around the top of the charts in the online poker industry, but that fourth one? Most people probably don’t even know what Adjarabet is. As it turns out, according to PokerScout’s cash game traffic rankings, the Georgia-based online poker room (Georgia… Read more »
When Full Tilt Poker removed the likenesses of Gus Hansen and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom from its website, people started gossiping that something was up. It was. The two high stakes poker pros are no longer sponsored by the site. In a statement released to multiple media outlets, Full Tilt confirmed the departure of Hansen and… Read more »
In a stunning case out of the United Kingdom, a (formerly) sponsored online poker affiliate and World Series of Poker bracelet winner has been charged with several counts of online gaming fraud. The British newspaper the Grimsby Telegraph reported that British poker professional Darren Woods was charged with 13 counts of fraud and money laundering… Read more »
Online poker cash game traffic monitoring site PokerScout.com reported a two percent decrease in ring game activity last week. That is certainly not good. Or is it? As PokerScout notes, though, decliners beat advancers in the top ten six to four, there were twice as many sites and networks that saw their traffic grow in… Read more »
It appears that Betfair will survive in Atlantic City. For now. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has agreed to let Betfair house its online gaming equipment at Caesars after Betfair’s online gaming partner, Trump Plaza, closed less than a month ago. The regulations for online gaming in New Jersey state that all… Read more »
We knew it was coming. It was only a matter of time. Even so, it does feel a little strange. PokerStars now has casino games. Currently available only on PokerStars.es, PokerStars’ strong Spain-only site, if the pattern established with PokerStars’ Spin & Go’s follows, casino games will likely spread to the “dot com” site in… Read more »
On Tuesday, without any sort of advance warning, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, both under the Rational Group umbrella which is now owned by Amaya Gaming, withdrew from certain so-called “gray markets.” These countries, which have been reported by players to include Bangladesh, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Turkey, have laws that do not exactly make… Read more »
In early July, PokerStars launched its version of the popular Lottery Sit-and-Go, dubbed “Spin & Go,” on its Spanish site, PokerStars.es. It was a test run of sorts, giving PokerStars a chance to evaluate the game’s popularity before rolling it out worldwide. It appears the returns were positive and now the world’s largest poker room… Read more »
In May, partypoker launched its “Casual Cash Games,” designed for, you guessed it, the recreational player. While the internet poker world is great for grinders who want to maximize the number of hands they play per hour, not everyone wants to multi-table. The Casual Cash Games are made for these people. On Friday, partypoker announced… Read more »
According to players who hold affiliate accounts with the site, PokerStars has begun to purge long-standing affiliates from their roles. The question from many is why it is coming at this time. Many of these affiliates received e-mails yesterday from PokerStars that announced the termination of these agreements, which provided revenues to those affiliates for… Read more »
It is not the mainstream sponsorship that would be huge for an online poker site, but Nevada’s Real Gaming, the online poker presence of the South Point Casino, announced Monday that it has indirectly partnered with two popular brick-and-mortar retailers to give its players more options with which to fund their accounts. Real Gaming customers… Read more »
In past articles about this topic, I have said that it appears that the long saga of the frozen Full Tilt Poker funds dating back to April 15th, 2011, better known as Black Friday, is nearing an end. Well, it still appears to be nearing an end, it’s just that the end is drawing closer… Read more »
One of the heads of online gambling firm Everleaf Gaming was arrested last week, according to a press release from the Malta Lotteries & Gaming Authority (LGA). According to the statement, Michael Zwi Oros was charged with “misappropriation of players’ funds” as well as “before Magistrate Doreen Clarke charged with misappropriation of players’ funds. He… Read more »
PokerScout has carved out a valuable niche in the internet poker industry as the go-to source for cash game traffic statistics for every online poker room and network out there. We here at Poker News Daily reference the site frequently and greatly appreciate the service it provides. Apparently, however, not all of the poker rooms… Read more »
Last week, September 19th to be exact, was the one-year anniversary of WSOP.com’s entry into the Nevada online poker market. To celebrate, the site is running a couple of promotions for its players. The biggie is the WSOP.com Anniversary Tournament Series. The nine-tournament series started last week on the anniversary date, but there is still… Read more »
New regulations passed by Parliament in the United Kingdom have put the online gaming and poker industry in turmoil as gaming companies either announce plans to pull out or adjust their offerings inside the borders. The bill, called the U. K. Gambling, License and Advertising Bill, was passed in May through Parliament and will take… Read more »
In a stunning announcement on Friday, Ultimate Gaming – the force behind both Nevada’s Ultimate Poker and the provider of services in New Jersey through the Trump Entertainment properties – announced that they have terminated their contract due to “multiple contract breaches” with the Trump organization. Ultimate Gaming issued a press release late yesterday afternoon… Read more »
After not showing up for a planned showdown on the virtual felt – and his dizzying high stakes losses in the online arena – the future of poker professional Gus Hansen in the industry has come under question. This past Sunday, Hansen was expected to take part in a special event on Full Tilt Poker.… Read more »
It was to be the biggest thing in New Jersey online poker since…ever. The Garden State Super Series, hosted by the Party Borgata Network, was the biggest tournament series to hit New Jersey. It started last Sunday, was to run for two weeks, and consisted of 20 events, each split into three tournaments with different… Read more »
The transformation of Full Tilt Poker into an all-around online gambling site continues. On Monday, the popular internet poker room launched a Full Tilt-branded live dealer online casino. That is right. Live dealer. Online casino. It really is just what it sounds like: there are live dealers stationed in front of cameras running the games… Read more »
