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 […]

A year has passed after the DOJ sealed the fate of the three largest US poker sites, PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker/Ultimate Bet. This dark event for the sites and its poker fans gravely called this the ‘Black Friday’. So what happens after a year? Where are these three companies who flew across […]

California news state that Californians wager about $13 billion a year on online poker alone, a number too high to ignore. Due to this, a bill is being proposed by Sen. Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Sen. Roderick Wright (D-Inglewood) introduced a bill that would allow online poker to be played within the state. The Internet Gambling Consumer Protection and […]

Online Poker has reached new heights in Canada as shown by the great turnout for a 888 University Poker Championship event that takes place this month. Montreal was the host, maintaining 84 competitors from over fourteen universities in Quebec which had qualified for the tournament. Each had accumulated points via playing online poker at 888 […]

The Manitoba government within Canada is set place it’s hand in the cookie jar and partake in the spoils of benefits and changes towards online gambling, including online poker, which has been amidst controversy over the past few months. The province has set forth plans to have its own online casino, offering casino games, online […]

Playtech, the leading software provide for most online casino companies in the United Kingdom that supplies gaming companies likeTitan, bet365, William Hill and Betfair had released its intention to expand their operations to the United States by getting ready to apply for a Nevada license. Playtech CEO Mor Weizer told eGaming Review that they were only weeks […]

2UP online gaming and entertainment company acquired online affiliate pokies website, WebNetPokies. The aim was a value-add strategy wherein 2UP will utilize the pokies website’s technology and marketing expertise to maximize traffic on the site. Despite being a fully owned subsidiary of 2UP, WebNetPokies will run as an independent business unit. The pokies website will […]

32-year-old Nevada resident Chad Elie, one of the 11 people charged last year for illegal internet gambling has pleaded guilty for helping non-US poker companies make transactions from customers who are residents of the US. The founders of the three large poker companies, namely, Absolute Poker, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker were also among those […]

The world of online poker has some big names in the industry but none come any bigger than the illustrious PokerStars, who recently has announced that they will be introducing a new feature known as Zoom Poker. The new table game that has been unveiled introduces a similar style of game to that of Rush […]

Issues surrounding frozen account balances on the site Full Tilt Poker of its members are not taking a turn in the right direction, amidst rumours that the site will be bought out by a new group. The website Full Tilt Poker came under the scrutiny of United States government officials during an event known as […]