Poker

Pennsylvania Online Gambling Heads Offline for 2015, Shelved Until Spring

The Keystone State had a July 1 deadline to approve a fiscal year operating budget, but the two sides have been locked in a stalemate now for six months and critical consequences have ensued including school districts being...

New Jersey Online Poker on a High Heading into 2016

New Jersey online poker sites received an early Christmas present this week after the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) released its latest iGaming revenue report. Outlining the vital stats of each online casino and poker site...

Further Protests as Players Fight Back Against PokerStars’ VIP Changes

Disgruntled PokerStars players recently made a public protest during EPT Prague’s €50,000 ($55,000) Super High Roller in response to the news that VIP rewards will be cut dramatically at the start of 2015. Just over week...

Boycott Proved Our Point, Says PokerStars

PokerStars boycotters, it appears, may have shot themselves in the foot. Two and a half thousand high-volume and high-stakes players staged a three-day sit-out last week in protest at the forthcoming changes to the Poker Stars...

San Diego Casino Raids: Money Laundering, Prostitution, and Mafia Links

Two San Diego card rooms and 25 players are under investigation by the FBI following a surprise raid earlier this week. The Seven Mile Casino on Bay Boulevard in Chula Vista and the Black Jack Palomar Casino, both in San Diego...

Tenth Amendment Overshadows Gambling Concerns During RAWA Testimony

The Tenth Amendment delegates powers not identified by the US Constitution to the States. On Wednesday, numerous members of the House Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) Committee conveyed concerns they had in regards to how...

Pennsylvania Online Poker Included in House Budget, Senate Unlikely to Approve

Pennsylvania online poker and the expansion of Internet gambling has been included in the most recent version of a $30.3 billion budget bill presented by the state’s House of Representatives. On Monday, the House...

PPA Joins Lawsuit Against PokerStars to Help Kentucky Grinders

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is joining a lawsuit filed against PokerStars in a bid to support the online poker community and, surprisingly, the operator itself. Announced late last week, the PPA’s decision to join the...

Portugal to Ring-fence Online Poker Market

Portugal has announced that its newly regulated online market poker will not pool liquidity with any other nation. This news surprised the industry this week, not least in its short-sightedness. Portugal’s close neighbors,...

Daniel Negreanu Documentary “Kid Poker” Hits Canadian TV, But America Has to Wait

Daniel Negreanu has always fascinated poker players. Now, those fans can learn more about their idol, at least if they’re in Canada. Negreanu’s documentary on his life,aptly named “KidPoker” after the...