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According to a number of reports, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) is targeting November 23rd as the launch date for online gambling in the Garden State. When the gaming legislation was passed, the soft go-live deadline was nine months from February 26th, thus three days after this most recent mark. The DGE… Read more »
According to multiple reports, the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas has closed its poker room. Last week, a representative from the casino told USPoker.com that the poker room simply closed; there was no internal or external communication about it at all. CardPlayer.com wrote yesterday that a spokesperson said the poker room will… Read more »
The Maryland Live! Casino opened its new poker room last Wednesday to the thrill of its customers, who lined up hours in advance just to be amongst the first to play there. The 52-table room cost approximately $20 million to build and features such amenities as phone charging ports in the table legs, roving masseuses,… Read more »
Poker legend and 1979 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Bobby Hoff passed away Sunday at the age of 73. Known in the poker community as “The Wizard,” Hoff was regarded as one of the best No-Limit Hold’em cash game players in the world. Despite his status as a truly intimidating cash game player,… Read more »
In February, one of the most popular “non-poker” poker celebrities, Dr. Jerry Buss, passed away. The former owner of the Los Angeles Lakers had been battling cancer for quite some time, finally losing the battle at the age of 80. This Sunday, August 25th, the World Poker Tour Foundation will hold a tournament in his… Read more »
People have been collecting sports and entertainment memorabilia for ages. Most of us have at least one item in our homes that has some special meaning, be it historic or just personal, even if that meaning stems from what someone else did with that item. A homerun baseball, a musician’s guitar pick, a prop from… Read more »
One of last year’s victories for poker was muted a bit Tuesday when the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York overturned a judge’s ruling that a New York man was not guilty of operating an illegal gambling business. As a result, Lawrence Dicristina is facing up to 10 years in prison. The… Read more »
The M Resort in Las Vegas shuttered its poker room this weekend, becoming the second casino to do so in the past week. As those familiar with poker might expect, the decision is purely financial, as the space will become home to slot machines that will be used for tournament play. Rina Foster, a casino… Read more »
Online gaming firm 888 Holdings, operator of 888poker.com, released its Interim Management Statement Tuesday, presenting positive financial results for the second quarter of 2013 and revealing some information about its plans for the New Jersey market. As to the company’s financial results, 888 Holdings reported overall revenue of $97 million for the quarter, a five… Read more »
The hottest ticket going right now in online gaming is one that may permit entry into the New Jersey market. On Tuesday, the state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) confirmed that 37 applications for internet gambling licenses have been received and an initial review has been completed. In a statement originally published by Bloomberg, DGE… Read more »
Greece’s Commission for the Supervision and Control of Games (CSCG), a division of the Hellenic Gaming Commission, has published a 401-member blacklist of online gambling sites that will supposedly be prohibited from operating in the Mediterranean nation. The list will be sent to Greek internet service providers, who will be instructed to deny subscribers’ access… Read more »
Atlantic City’s Revel Casino Hotel has announced that it is closing its poker room next month. Poker rooms have never been the money makers that the rest of the casino games are and it appears that it just wasn’t worth it anymore for the Revel to keep the poker games going. The casino released a… Read more »
With the UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Galway ready to roll this week, Full Tilt Poker has announced its four ambassadors that will represent the site on the Tour. The timing is not coincidental; UKIPT Galway is Full Tilt’s first sponsored poker festival since the online poker room rose from the dead last year.… Read more »
For those of you who have been following the 2013 World Series of Poker and have been eager to view it on television, your time has come. Tonight marks the first of this year’s WSOP broadcasts on ESPN, the revival of “Tuesday is Poker Night” on the Worldwide Leader. Kicking off the schedule is the… Read more »
Irish gaming firm Paddy Power announced last week that it will soon launch the first real money sports betting app on the Facebook social networking platform. The app, called Paddy Power In-Play!, is currently in beta testing and may launch in said beta format within the next week or two. “The app will add social… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a time of celebration in the poker world and while there has been plenty of excitement and joy for many this year, two tragedies have marred the poker festival for much of the poker community. The first occurred Friday night, June 14th. During a 30-minute break of the… Read more »
The Ohio government wants to put internet sweepstakes cafés out of business as soon as possible. As such, both sides of the state legislature have passed House Bill 7, which will effectively do just that. The term “internet sweepstakes café” is a bit vague-sounding, so let’s discuss what they are: unlicensed gambling halls. They are… Read more »
PokerStars will have to wait a bit longer to get back into the United States gambling market. On Wednesday it was revealed that the deal between its parent company, Rational Group, and The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel in Atlantic City has been scrapped. NorthJersey.com’s John Brennan broke the news Wednesday morning on his “Meadowlands Matters”… Read more »
The poker community was shocked to find out last Tuesday that poker player Matt Roth had died by apparent suicide. Matt, who played online under the screen names “notnmyhouse” (Full Tilt Poker) and “mattroth” (PokerStars), was extremely well liked by people who knew him and had made a comfortable living playing poker online prior to… Read more »
During the poker boom in the middle of last decade (was it really that long ago already?), a few poker players become minor crossover celebrities. Poker was hip, so the people who were seen winning on television found a modicum of notoriety in the non-poker world. To be truly recognized in other circles for more… Read more »
The attorney of former Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar appeared in Manhattan court Monday as his client did the same via video from Los Angeles. As expected, Bitar pled guilty to two felony counts stemming from the Black Friday indictments of exactly two years ago. The two counts to which Bitar pled were: 1) … Read more »
Neteller, the e-wallet of choice for Americans during the online poker boom, is looking to make a return to the States. Six years after the payment processor exited the U.S. market after running afoul of the Department of Justice, it sees online gaming legislation at the state level as a way back in. When online… Read more »
Last month, Team PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu and Full Tilt Poker “Professionals” member Gus Hansen got into a friendly war of words over Twitter, resulting in Negreanu issuing a challenge to Hansen via a YouTube video. The challenge: Full Tilt’s Professionals – Hansen, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom – against Negreanu and two… Read more »
On Monday, the American Gaming Association (AGA), a lobbying organization for the commercial casino industry in the United States, filed a brief with both the New Jersey Casino Control Commission and Division of Gaming Enforcement, urging them to deny Rational Group’s application for an Interim Casino Authorization (ICA). Rational Group, the parent company of PokerStars,… Read more »
The poker and sports worlds lost a friend Monday as Los Angeles Lakers’ owner Dr. Jerry Buss passed away at the age of 80. The end came after an extended battle with cancer, resulting in Buss spending much of the past year and a half in the hospital. Buss was a self-made man, he grew… Read more »
