Poker

DDOS Attack on Online Gaming Site Knocks Sweden Offline

Online poker players were out of luck as a massive DDOS attack on an unnamed Internet gaming site knocked most of Sweden offline this week. The attack, the scale of which has seldom been seen before, crippled Sweden’s largest...

Dan Bilzerian Bad Boy Streak Continues with Bomb Making Arrest

Bad boy poker player Dan Bilzerian was arrested by police at LAX on Tuesday night, charged with the possession bomb-making equipment. According to the criminal complaint, it seems Bilzerian had been illegally dabbling with...

PrivateTable.com Perched to Launch by California IIpay Nation Tribe

Online poker site PrivateTable.com, brought to you by the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, appears to be pressing ahead with its launch, despite facing an imminent legal challenge from the State of California, which wants to pull...

Sheldon Adelson RAWA Bill Stalled During Lame Duck Congress

The Restoration of America’s Wire Act, nicknamed RAWA, has been a threat for a number of months. But now, online poker players across the US are celebrating after Sheldon Adelson’s latest attempt to kill the virtual...

Danish Poker Player Accused of Online Fraud

An unnamed Danish poker player has been accused of online fraud by Denmark’s Economic Crimes Department, which says that the player may have cheated in high-stakes games by planting a Trojan horse program on the computers...

Andorra Online Poker Nears Approval

Andorra, the small nation sandwiched between the borders of Spain and France, is close to approving online poker and other gaming options. The Legislative Committee has produced the final version of a bill that would update...

Jennifer Shahade Wins World’s Biggest Open-Face Chinese Poker Tournament

Jennifer Shahade beat back a strong field to win the €10,000 ($12,400) Open-Face Chinese Poker World Championship High Roller tournament held at the King’s Casino in Prague. The tournament was the richest tournament...

Ralph Caputo New Jersey Bill Would Require Strict Licensing for Online Gambling

New Jersey Assemblyman Ralph Caputo’s bill would impose much stricter regulatory requirements on Internet gaming companies, and it has already passed through the State Assembly’s Tourism, Gaming and Arts Committee,...

Feds Go After $13 Million as Paul Phua Pleads Not Guilty in Sports Betting Bust

Paul Phua and his son Darren will plead not guilty to charges that they operated an illegal sports betting ring out of a Caesars Palace villa this summer, a decision that will send the case to trial. The two Phuas are the only...

PokerStars Recruits Players to Help Fight Seating Scripts

PokerStars is hosting a meeting at their Toronto offices in the hopes of finding an equitable solution to the problem of seating scripts, programs that help players automatically sit at cash game tables where they feel they have...