Last week, the Republican Part in the US conducted a national convention where they had formally announced Mitt Romney as their candidate for the 2012 Presidential Elections. This was also the time when delegates voted to approve a proposed ban on online poker. The 54-page document will serve as the party’s manifesto as the US […]

This week, reports have surfaced that the Republican platform will not really be in favor of Internet poker. Its wording would possibly put an end to a multi-billion dollar sector of online gambling, especially online poker. The platform wrote, “Millions of Americans suffer from problem or pathological gambling that can destroy families. We support the […]

Zynga Chief Creative Officer may be quitting the company, but he is moving forward with his new online gaming venture. Mike Verdu will be creating his new online gaming company backed by Zynga itself. The name of his new ventures not been released as of press time, but Verdu has disclosed that Zynga will be […]

Online poker supporters received a boost as a New York Judge had ruled that poker is a game of skill and not chance. Judge Jack Weinstein of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed a federal criminal indictment on Wednesday against a man who was accused of operating a poker […]

Another online poker room has pulled the plug on their operations. Dracula Poker has recently closed their doors to their patrons and have joined the number of online poker rooms that have shut down their operations permanently. This iPoker Network skin catered to players residing in Romania and Hungary. They immediately shut down their operations […]

Barely a week after introducing CAP table, Americas Cardroom has already expanded CAP table to include all limits. They had introduced CAP tables at low stakes tables in their latest software update. Now, CAP tables are already available at low, medium and high-stakes without needing software update to access the latest expansion. Americas Cardroom spokesperson […]

PokerStars is certainly back on the Road to 100 Billion this week and they will be dealing their 85-billionth hand within the next seven days. The online poker site celebrates each time they get five billion hands. They do this by awarding their players with cash prizes for being dealt into every millionth hand. The […]

Poker players from Jakarta, Indonesia have been charged for playing online poker using Facebook. These 11 players are facing up to seven months behind bars for playing the said online game, which is considered illegal in many countries all over the world. Online chips were transferred when the crime was committed Chips are considered “virtual […]

Poker Pro Matt Marafioti is reported to have been accused of conspiring to hack accounts of other poker players through the assistance of another player, Samer Rahman. This was first reported on the TwoPlusTwo.com forum. Allegations have not been proved nor confirmed by other news websites, but administrators of the forum site have elected to […]

As the deadline for California’s online poker legislation looms, lawmakers see many odds that will possibly hinder the law from being passed. The August 31 deadline has left lawmakers little room in passing the legislation. This move would have made online gambling legal within the borders of California. Senate President Darrell Steinberg said that it […]