Players
April 1st, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesWe went in with fear, but came out with hope: that was the sentiment of the Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance, John Pappas. Reflecting on last week’s hearing of the Restoration of America’s Wire Act...
Financial
March 31st, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesAmaya made a variety of announcements during an earnings call Tuesday morning, covering topics ranging from the introduction of sports betting to their poker products to when PokerStars is likely to arrive in the state of New...
Casinos
March 30th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesThe Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) hearing last Wednesday by a Judiciary House Subcommittee to debate whether the Wire Act needs to be restored to effectively outlaw online gambling could soon be opposed by a pro...
Financial
March 27th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesPokerStars may not have much of a presence in the United States anymore, but they’re still finding ways to win in the USA. Judge David R. Herndon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois granted...
Legal
March 26th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesInternet poker pools in Nevada and Delaware began sharing liquidity on Tuesday, a result of an interstate agreement signed by the states’ governors in February of 2014. The soft launch of the pact will bring Nevada’s...
Financial
March 24th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesAmaya is now officially approved to operate online poker and gaming networks in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland after both PokerStars and Full Tilt received licenses from the United Kingdom’s Gambling...
Players
March 21st, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesDan Colman went from being a mostly anonymous poker player to one of the world’s most famous professionals in just a few months. And while he had a number of excellent results that made it clear he was an elite tournament pro,...
Legal
March 20th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesA now-defunct poker chip company’s former executive, John Kendall, has been found guilty by a jury in Maine, following a six-day trial on numerous charges related to tax evasion that occurred from late 2007 through 2012....
Casinos
March 17th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesFull Tilt Poker announced this week a new round of restitution payments have been approved for some 3,500 petitioners who claim they lost money as a result of poker’s Black Friday in 2011. The Garden City Group (GCG), the...
Poker
March 13th, 2015 | by
Kaycee JamesThis week has proved to be one of contrasting fortune for PokerStars’ Italian platform. Earlier this week news broke that the operator’s Italian business brand, Halfords Media Italy, is currently being investigated...
