Online poker news
Paf, a major online gaming provider for Northern Europe, has joined Ethoca's global Fraud-Fighting community to strengthen its security levels and industry standing. Read more »
Anyone who says that the internet gambling boom in the United States is subsiding would be stating the exact opposite of a recent report issued by comScore Media Metrix. Read more »
This week, Playtech, a provider of software for online poker, casino games, Bingo, and live odds for sports books, announced that it had acquired MIXTV. Read more »
Just before midnight ET on Thursday, August 14th, the world record for an online poker Bad Beat Jackpot was broken when one lucky table hit a whopping $1,013,381.63. Read more »
It's hard to believe that PKR is already two years old. I remember when the site first launched after being formed in 2005. To celebrate its second birthday, the online poker room is holding a massive promotional day for its customers on Sunday, August 17th. Read more »
On Thursday, Ultimate Bet announced that, in addition to its Ante Up for Africa Tournament, the online poker room will be holding a 50 Seat Aruba Poker Classic. Read more »
Fresh off joining the Microgaming Network two years ago, Unibet will adopt Microgaming's downloadable casino platform, the company announced on Thursday. Read more »
The Party Poker Den Big Game is back once more, and this time it will run for 36 hours of continuous high stakes cash play. Read more »
Ultimate Bet announced that on August 15-17 it will host six "Ante Up for Africa" tournaments, with all of the tournament fees being given to the Ante Up for Africa charity. Read more »
According to a recent study performed by PayPoint.net, 81% of people who gamble online are concerned over security. The study was reported by eGaming Review, which also stated that "61% expressed concern about what options are available to them if they encounter a problem gambling online." Read more »
It's been almost a year since Natalie "TheV0id" Teltscher took down the 2007 PokerStars WCOOP Main Event and was disqualified by PokerStars. She filed a lawsuit against the site, but withdrew it recently. Read more »
Poker bots remain the "bogeyman" of online poker players, generating fear and mistrust. But the world's leading authorities on computer poker research say there is nothing to fear. Read more »
Word broke recently that Carlyle Gaming and Entertainment will venture into online poker in the United States with PokerTwin, which it described in a press release as "a skill game and legal in most US jurisdictions including California and New York State. Read more »
In the midst of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series, which is going on full-swing on one of its largest rivals, Bodog announced brand new features to its online poker offering. Trying to catch up with its rivals, Bodog let the world know that resizable tables, full-screen mode and detachable details are just some of the brand-new bells and whistles that users of the online poker room will be able to access immediately. According to a press release issued by the online poker room, the upgrade "follows a recent public beta test and comes just as Bodog gets ready to host its largest guaranteed tournament ever, the $250,000 Guaranteed on August 10th, at 4 p.m. (EST)." Read more »
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series kicked off on Wednesday night with a bang: the $216 buy-in no limit tournament attracted a whopping 5,776 players, ranking it among the largest FTOPS fields ever. Read more »
This is complicated, but we'll try to make it as clear as possible: Ladbrokes does not accept players from the US into its poker rooms, but it will allow some of its high stakes players to compete against US players already in the Microgaming network. Read more »
The popular online poker room Ultimate Bet has stepped up to the plate to sponsor the first annual Tony and Eva Parker Celebrity Casino Night benefiting Eva's Heroes. According to a press statement released by Ultimate Bet late Wednesday night, the beneficiary organization is focused on "enriching the lives of those with developmental challenges and helping children and young adults with special needs to integrate and flourish in society." The tournament takes place on Saturday night, August 9th and comes with a $300 price tag. Read more »
It's that time again. The ninth installment of the wildly popular Full Tilt Online Poker Series kicks off on Wednesday, August 6th. The Main Event, which is a highly-anticipated $535 buy-in $2.5 million guaranteed tournament, takes place on Sunday, August 17th and will award one of the richest online poker prizes ever. There are 25 events that will comprise the tournament series, each hosted by a different member of Team Full Tilt. There is more than $15 million in guaranteed money on the line in FTOPS IX. Let's take a look at the event schedule for the ninth Full Tilt Online Poker Series and check out some of the highlights of past tournaments. Read more »
In case you missed it, the guarantee of the PokerStars Sunday Million, the largest prize pool tournament offered in the world of online poker every week, skyrocketed to a whopping $1.5 million this weekend. The move brought a sigh of relief from many players in the industry who continue to deposit and play on the Net's largest online poker room. The giant turnout in the Sunday Million highlighted the action from the virtual felts on Sunday, the busiest day of the week for online poker. Let's take a look at who made headlines in this week's tournament roundup. Read more »
The Olympics keep inspiring poker rooms to launch special promotions: Paddy Power Poker has recently announced they will hold their own PPP Olympics with over $20,000 in prizes. The PPP Olympics will kick off on August 8, just like the real ones in Beijing. Read more »
Recently, Betway's sports book was downgraded to an "F" by Sports Book Review. The website alleges that two of its "players are waiting for Moneybookers payments initially requested in late May and early June. Betway has claimed that it had sent the funds via Moneybookers to one player but the e-wallet returned the funds back to them. Betway displays a familiar pattern of a book in financial trouble, first looking for reasons to recover winnings from sharp players, and later stalling and making slow-pay excuses." Poker News Daily recently spoke with Betway officials to learn about the downgrades by SBR. Read more »
Devilfishpoker.com – the irreverent poker site sponsored by notorious poker pro Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott – holds nothing sacred, and the Olympics are no exception. Devilfish Poker is launching its first ever Devilympics, which will determine "poker's greatest athlete across 75 Money-Added Tournaments." Read more »
According to a report released by Forbes on Wednesday, the United States government has seized $24 million from bank accounts belonging to Bodog. The report cites court documents filed in Baltimore, Maryland which outlines that the money in question was seized from four of the largest banks in the U.S.: Wachovia, Bank of America, SunTrust, and Regions. All four are publicly traded companies on the New York Stock Exchange. Forbes noted that "word of the seizures is likely to rattle the confidence of U.S.-based online gamblers that they will receive their winnings, not only from Bodog but from the industry's other remaining participants." Read more »
The Kahnawake Gaming Commission appointed former New Jersey State Gaming Regulator Frank Catania to complete "a full forensic audit/investigation of the online gaming business" of Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker. Read more »
The Olympics are not the only exciting event to happen in China this year. The massive gaming company AsianLogic Ltd has joined forces with interactive media company C Y Foundation to establish a pan-China online game network which will offer Texas Hold'em along with traditional Chinese games. Read more »
