Legal

Archie Karas Dodges More Jail Time on Blackjack Cheating Charges

Archie Karas, the legendary gambler and poker player, who in the 1990s went on the most famous winning and losing streak in gambling history, has avoided jail after being found guilty of cheating at a San Diego casino, a charge...

California Online Poker Coalition Sees San Manuel Join PokerStars and Morongo

The prospects for California online poker were bolstered this week, following the defection of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians from a coalition of tribal gaming operators fighting to prevent online poker giant PokerStars...

Ray Lesniak Warpath Rages On with More Anti-Christie Tweets

New Jersey State Senator Ray Lesniak has turned Twitter into his own personal grenade launcher, with his target none other than Governor Chris Christie and his weapon of choice being PokerStars’ projected return to the...

At Silk Road 2.0, the FBI Finds the Worm

Silk Road 2.0 could be a cautionary tale in every sense of the word: what not to do and how not to do it, with a satisfying morality wrap up at the end. The Dark Net site’s somewhat mythic ride seems to have gotten too...

Pala Interactive CEO Jim Ryan Raises Eyebrows and Questions in Borgata Team Up

Pala Interactive, in tandem with new partner Borgata, is set to become New Jersey’s first tribal gaming operator, and will offer online poker and gambling in the Garden State. The company, which was founded by the Pala Band of...

Mars Callahan: Alleged Death Threats, Extortion, and Fraud, Oh My!

Mars Callahan, actor, TV producer, and former WSOP Main Event contender,  is facing more drama in real life these days than he’s ever portrayed on the screen or at the poker tables: Callahan is being sued by his former...

GOP Election Sweep Could Impact Fate of US Online Poker

That the GOP swept yesterday’s US elections is already well-known, but more murky is how the new Congressional power players will affect the future of America’s online poker industry. Not that online poker was an...

Phil Ivey Back to Court for Crockfords Edge Sorting Appeal

Phil Ivey is to appeal against the judgment of the High Court in London in the Crockfords Casino edge-sorting case. According to his lawyer, Matthew Dowd of Archerfield Partners LLP, Ivey has formally filed papers to challenge...

South Africa Online Poker Ban Proposal Taken to Task by Legislators

Officials in South Africa have introduced a sweeping set of proposals that would ban online poker and all other forms of Internet gambling in the country. Those rules have been suggested by the Department of Trade and Industry,...

PokerStars UK Platform Ready to Roar on November 3

PokerStars UK, after much ado, is finally launching its new platform this coming Monday, November 3rd. In accordance with its new gambling license, the delayed PokerStars.co.uk platform is being pushed out to customers...