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Written By: Maya Michaels | October 14, 2012 | Posted In Poker News

Zynga Incorporated, an American social and media gaming firm, has now lost the man in charge of launching a new real-money poker game less than a week after decreasing its full-year revenues and earnings predictions. Laurence ‘Lo’ Toney has resigned as Zynga Poker’s General Manager after joining in March of 2010 to assist in its […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | October 9, 2012 | Posted In Poker News

PokerStars is going in the land-based casino industry with a major investment in London’s Hippodrome Casino. Based on a recent report in the Sunday Times, the online poker giant’s stake raises Hippodrome’s value to approximately £100 million. Precise information on the deal haven’t been made public yet, but the action wasn’t quite unexpected. Speculation about […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | October 4, 2012 | Posted In Poker News

A  man from Las Vegas was sentenced to 5 months in prison after he pleaded guilty in March in assisting overseas internet poker companies conceal payments from their clients in the United States. Chad Elie, 32 years old, was charged as part of the “Black Friday” crackdown on illegal online gambling that focused on the […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | October 3, 2012 | Posted In Poker News

The Great GTECH G2 Poker Tournament is set to give a lucky authorized US tribal or commercial casino employee at The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) a free installation of a GTECH G2 online play for fun poker platform for their company. Additionally, GTECH G2 will be releasing its brand new instant poker client at the […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | September 28, 2012 | Posted In Poker News

The American players of Cake Network received a huge surprise yesterday when the company declared that it will no longer taking their action. All of the affiliate partners and players of the company received the news through an e-mail. The e-mail stated that the Cake Network Affiliates program has contracted with Juicy Stakes Games Ltd. […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | September 26, 2012 | Posted In Poker News

Pokerstars has publicized their intent of paying off all the players of Full Tilt Poker that are located outside of the United States. The $184 million program is a portion of the list of business events leading to the relaunch of the legendary poker site on November 6. The repayment is a patchwork of programs […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | September 24, 2012 | Posted In Poker News

WMS Industries Incorporated, an American slot machine and lottery designer and manufacturer, has released a statement that its subsidiary, WMS Gaming Incorporated has been given an interactive gaming manufacturer and service provider licenses by the Nevada Gaming Commission. WMS Industries which is based in Waukegan runs developer Jadestone, JackpotParty.com’s internet casino and the Facebook app […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | September 20, 2012 | Posted In Poker News

Last spring, IGT surprised the poker world with its $114 million acquisition of the Swedish Entraction Network. That action signaled a significant drive by the company to enhance the player experience on Entraction, at the same time, while getting ready for an entrance into the US market. The company had been authorized for a Nevada […]

Written By: Maya Michaels | September 18, 2012 | Posted In Poker News

Zynga, Facebook’s gaming giant has moved a step closer to providing legit poker games by starting a tender for a real-money poker system. Based on a talk with eGaming Review, mentioned software program companies Playtech and GTECH G2 posted offers to provide the system. Playtech is popular in the field for giving software program for […]

Written By: PokerNet.com | September 7, 2012 | Posted In Poker News

iPoker, the world’s second largest real money online poker network, has now split into two new different entities. They will be naming these entities, iPoker 1 and iPoker 2. The second and new entity of the site will be targeting smaller player pools and will feature mid to low stakes on No Limit Hold’em cash […]