Online Poker News

The push for the legalization of internet online poker is growing ever stronger as the states beginning to stress over possible infrastructure funding cuts. In a move that could greatly strengthen the chances of online poker hitting the US once again, casino operators are offering state leaders a cut of the profits from internet poker, [...]

Ohio casinos have just opened with the first four being inaugurated in Cleveland, promising new jobs, tax windfalls and also an urban revival which is located in the heart of the Rust belt. There are also growing signs of new direct visitors, with a widespread clean of the area in order to introduce new members. [...]

Bwin.party has recently initiated a successful venture deal with the United Auburn Indian Community (“UAIC”). The UAIC currently owns and operates the Thunder Valley Casino Resorts located in Sacramento, California. The two have entered into formal agreements that will allow the offering of online poker services in California. The services however are offered on the [...]

Groupe Bernard Taipe (GBT) recently attempted to purchase Full Tilt Poker, but this attempt failed and prevented any resolution coming about. Despite the inability to purchase, they GBT had announced that they were interested in creating their own new poker site using the money which was planned for investment in Full Tilt Poker. In an [...]

Shuffle Master, one of the premium providers of gambling and gaming equipment has reported a jackpot in the month of March, with it’s their straight quarter reported at double-digit sales and earnings growth standing as its biggest sales gain in the past four years. This growth is seen to coincide with the consistent efforts of [...]

Stepping in a room full of men busy with their cards is not an unusual thing when you go to a poker club. Smoke rising up in the air, cards on their hands and blank faces worn are not very surprising; it’s what you see on those Texas Hold’ Em tournaments show on TV along [...]

New Jersey aims to be the first and the biggest online poker state in the US. The race to be the first state to legalize online poker is on and many states want to receive the first rank. New Jersey however, is the one big on becoming the Silicone Valley of Internet Gambling. Earlier this [...]

In a survey undertaken recently, around 70% of Australians have shown support for initiatives to prevent problem gambling through either mandatory recommitment technology of the introduction of mandatory $1 bets on pokies machines. The independent research firm AMR had conducted their survey from a net of 1,212 people regarding their views and opinions on the [...]

The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) announced a date for a public hearing concerning the license application submitted by Full Tilt Poker subsidiary Orinic Limited on Thursday. The hearing is said to take place in Braye Beach Hotel in Alderney on Thursday, May 3 at 14:00 local time. Orinic Limited applied for a Category 2 online gambling license with the AGCC on March [...]

Nigel Morrison, the chief executive of Sky City Hotel Auckland has publicly stated that he believes the national lotteries are causing more harm to the general public and their pockets than his own casino establishment and the gambling devices found within. He continued to state that whilst his hotel establishment Sky City plans to implement [...]