Financial

Yahoo Online Poker Shuts Down, Citing Security Concerns

Yahoo online poker has announced it will be shutting down its play money games effective at the end of the month, citing the fact that changing technologies have left it in a state that Yahoo no longer wants to support. Yahoo...

Breakout Gaming “Crowdsale” Falls Short

Breakout Gaming, the first ever gaming platform to be powered by its very own decentralized crypto-currency, the Breakout Coin (BRO), has reported a disappointing initial “crowdsale.” The crowdsale, which is essentially a...

Conservative Backlash to Sheldon Adelson and RAWA

Sheldon Adelson’s RAWA (Restoration of America’s Wire Act) push hit an unexpected snag this week after it emerged there is growing concern among Republicans regarding the purpose of the anti-online gambling bill. A...

PokerStars Announces Worldwide Casino

PokerStars is ready to diversify as it announced Friday it’s in the process of launching casino table games and sports betting. The first two games offered, expected to be released by month’s end, will be blackjack...

Norway’s Felix Stephensen Will Pay 50 Percent in Tax on WSOP Winnings

Felix Stephensen might still be celebrating his second place finish at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event this month, but it’s likely that his home nation of Norway is celebrating just as much. Part of that is due...

Delaware Online Poker Year One: Tepid Results, Future Lies in Liquidity

The Delaware online poker industry hit its first anniversary marker last week, and while the market might not be everything it had hoped for when it took the precarious step of becoming the second US state to legalize the game,...

Peeved PokerStars Players Push Back Against Rake Increases

Players protested PokerStars’ recent rake increases on multiple occasions early this month, hoping to show that customers were dissatisfied with the new policies. However, it seems as though those efforts varied in their...

Amaya Could Purchase bwin.party as Rumors Swirl

Bwin.party, the popular online poker and casino provider, may be taken over soon by an as-yet-unnamed company, according to a recent statement by the board of directors. Following mounting speculation that the head honchos at...

Everleaf Director Jean Pavili Arrested in Malta, Charged with Player Fund Fraud

Everleaf Gaming poker players may be one step closer to repayment after former company director Jean Pavili was arrested by Maltese authorities on charges of having misappropriated player funds and failing to pay for licenses and...

At Silk Road 2.0, the FBI Finds the Worm

Silk Road 2.0 could be a cautionary tale in every sense of the word: what not to do and how not to do it, with a satisfying morality wrap up at the end. The Dark Net site’s somewhat mythic ride seems to have gotten too...