Nevada’s Online Poker Regulations Make Progress

Nevada’s Online poker regulation discussions are making good progress, according to recent reports.  The plans, titled Regulation 5A, were under intense discussion this week at a public regulatory workshop.  The discussions raised several interesting questions about the range and the definition of the activities covered under the regulations, which would come into effect should the [...]

Full Tilt License Revoked

The Alderney Gambling Control Commission has held a hearing about the US-run poker site, Full Tilt, and opted to revoke the site’s license.  The AGCC said that the owners of the side had misled authorities about the amount of cash to hand, and that the site was like a “global Ponzi scheme”. The site’s license [...]

More Debate over Pokies

Following on from last year’s Productivity Commission report on pokies and gambling, the debate on poker machines has been revived, as the Prime Minister bets everything on independent MP Andrew Wilkie. The commission’s report was a balanced one, noting that poker machines provide a valuable service and support local clubs and pubs, but that gambling [...]

EPT Now in London

The PokerStars European poker Tour has arrived in london for an eight-day long event.  The event will feature thirty-one live poker tournaments, with the Main Event being a £5,250 buy-in tournament.  Last year, the main event was won by David Vamplew.  This year, there are several well known poker-pros taking part in the tournament, along [...]

Lee Nelson Wins ANZPT Melbourne

Lee Nelson, a 68 year-old retired doctor turned professional poker pro, has won the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Melbourne.  Nelson defeated a field of 310 players over a period of three days to take the trophy and a prize of $156,550. The victory makes Nelson the highest earning poker tournament player in New Zealand, [...]

US Online Poker Hearing Goes Smoothly

There may be some good news for our US poker playing bretheren.  The state Gaming Control board in Nevada spent an hour and fifteen minutes fielding questions over a new iGaming regulation, and working through amendments to other regulations that would pave the way for the state to become the first in the country to [...]

Freerolls & Cash Prizes at 888poker

888poker ramps up its bonus offers with the all-exciting Coupon Crazy promo this summer! poker players will relish The Big Deal contest. There’s some great news making its rounds for new poker players at 888poker. A handsome $10,000 in Freeroll prizes is waiting to be won alongside a host of Apple Products giveaways. Get ready [...]

Giannetti and Oboodi Win on WPT

Season ten of the World poker tour is now well underway, and two new players have earned the right to call themselves Champions.  Matt Giannetti and Bobby Oboodi have taken bracelets at WPT tournaments this week. The $3,500 buy-in WPT event at the Borgata has proven to be one of the highlights of this year’s [...]

Full Tilt Issues Financial Statement

Full Tilt poker has issued a financial statement which has caused mixed reactions in the poker world.  The statement follows the company’s promise to keep players up to date with news relating to its current troubles following the events of Black Friday, when the US DoJ sized assets of several online poker sites.  The statement, [...]

Bodog Poker Attempting To Save The Fish

Online poker site Bodog Poker is working to protect the interests of their casual and inexperienced players – known in poker circles as “fish” – by preventing data mining programs from accessing the site. Earlier this year, Bodog made several changes to their software, and now they are expanding on those changes by preventing HUD [...]

WPT Atlantic City Action Heats Up

The Borgata poker Open is now down to the final table, and the action on the World Poker Tour circuit in general is continuing as the season starts to heat up this week.  The WPT Borgata Poker Open sees Bobby Oboodi taking the lead, holding 11 million chips and the prime seat on the Final [...]

Poker Sites Fire on US Justice Dept

Attorneys for Full Tilt have opened fire on the United States Justice Department for their civil case against the website.  The site decried the department’s assertion that the company was running what amounted to a “massive Ponzi scheme”, and that they conned players out of more than $300 million. “While the government has obviously taken issue [...]

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