The Nevada online poker bill, AB258, was introduced on Friday March 11 in the state Assembly by William Horne. The objective was to enable Nevada residents to play at online poker sites subject to the restrictions set out in the draft bill. After deliberations some amendments were made in the original bill. The amended online…
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Online Poker Black Friday Fallouts Continue
April 28th, 2011 by admin
The fallout of the seizure of the three largest US online poker sites on Friday April 15 by the Department of Justice continues unabated. The fallout is taking different forms and affecting different aspects of the online poker industry. Online poker sites have begun to voluntarily announce that they will cease to accept players from…
Major Fallouts of DoJ Action
April 18th, 2011 by admin
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has initiated an indictment against PokerStars.com, FullTilt.com and AbsolutePoker.com on Friday April 15. Because of the weekend the full impact of this action has yet to be felt. But rumblings can already be heard and fallouts of this action have begun to appear. Two of these online poker sites had…
US Online Poker Sites in Trouble
April 16th, 2011 by admin
It is the news that was always on the cards. But the online poker industry was hoping that it would never materialize. Now, it has. In an indictment unsealed by the federal prosecutors 11 persons were accused of serious financial offences under the UIGEA of 2006. These included the founders of the three biggest American…
Washington DC Legalizes Online Poker
April 12th, 2011 by admin
It is not the kind of legislation that the online poker industry dreamt of in which privately owned online poker sites would be given licenses to provide national services in a regulated environment. The Washington DC proposal allows only the district’s lottery operator, Intralot, to add an online poker site that will service players strictly…
ChiliPoker.com Offers Social Networking Tool
April 10th, 2011 by admin
Tools like odds calculators and games trackers can be found at online poker sites. Now ChiliPoker.com has come up with a completely different tool called Chiliconnect. Chiliconnect is an integrated toolbar within the poker software that will allows players to share results, connect with other players, challenge friends with side bets and much more. It…
Bluff Online Poker Challenge
April 7th, 2011 by admin
Bluff Magazine is one of the leading poker journals, which covers both land poker casinos and online poker sites. Apart from being a storehouse of the latest information, Bluff Magazine offers several exciting features. It ranks players at online poker sites on a continuous basis. Its annual list Bluff Power 20 of the most influential…
Poker Sites Tie Up With Land Casinos
April 2nd, 2011 by admin
There is still no certainty as to when legalized and regulated online poker will become a reality in the United States. There is also no certainty as to whether there will be federal regulation first or whether the initiatives taken by some of the states will bear fruit first. But the players in the industry…
Cereus Network to Acquire New Poker Site
March 29th, 2011 by admin
Poker networks are software platforms that cater to a number of online poker sites. This results in the creation of a combined pool of players from all the poker sites that can play against each other. Typically poker networks start off catering to single online poker rooms and then attract others because of the advantages…
Iowa Rejects Online Poker
March 24th, 2011 by admin
Iowa became the second American state to say no to online poker sites. Less than 30 days ago the New Jersey online gambling bill, which included online poker, was vetoed by the governor of that state after passing through the state House and Senate. In Iowa, the governor had confirmed that he would not veto…