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Possible Tax Ramifications from UK Poker Study That Says It’s Game of Skill

A UK poker study says that poker is a game of skill, but that may prove to be an unlucky finding for professional British players currently used to walking away scot-free from the taxman. Poker players have long been waging a...

Nevada and Delaware Online Poker Player Pool Sharing Officially Launches

Online poker players in Nevada and Delaware are officially able to play against each other through what is being called a Multi-State Poker Network (MSPN), the first such agreement in the United States. The official launch of the...

PokerStars Granted Dismissal Of Illinois Loss Recovery Case

PokerStars may not have much of a presence in the United States anymore, but they’re still finding ways to win in the USA. Judge David R. Herndon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois granted...

RAWA House Subcommittee Hearing Pits Fiction and Fear Against Facts in Online Gambling Battle

The latest outing for the Sheldon Adelson-backed Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) took place on Wednesday in a House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations pow wow. In a...

Online Poker Pools Now Sharing Between Nevada and Delaware

Internet poker pools in Nevada and Delaware began sharing liquidity on Tuesday, a result of an interstate agreement signed by the states’ governors in February of 2014. The soft launch of the pact will bring Nevada’s...

Optimal Payments Purchases Skrill And Introduces Bitcoin Deposits

Optimal Payments Plc, the parent company of Neteller, has announced that it will be purchasing one of its financial peers, Skrill. The takeover, which is said to be worth £800 million, will bring together two of the poker...

Horse Racing Industry Says Experience Counts In California Online Poker

Online poker in California could come from any number of potential operators. There are the card rooms, which operate countless live poker games throughout the state. There are Indian tribal groups, which have a monopoly on...

Amaya Receives UK Licenses For PokerStars and Full Tilt 

Amaya is now officially approved to operate online poker and gaming networks in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland after both PokerStars and Full Tilt received licenses from the United Kingdom’s Gambling...

PPA to Show RAWA Flaws with Capitol Hill Demonstrations

RAWA, watch out: the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has a few tricks up its sleeve to make you vanish from the American landscape. The fate of online poker in the US could be made somewhat clearer on March 25, once the House Crime,...

Bwin.party Pennsylvania Partner Mystery Deepens 

The announcement that bwin.party has struck a deal with a land-based licensee in Pennsylvania in preparation for the state’s possible regulation on online poker has caused some industry observers to turn into sleuths....