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Ultimate Poker Calls it Quits in Nevada for Online Operations

Ultimate Poker was the first poker room to make a home in the regulated Nevada online poker market, getting its product out to gamblers months before the competition. Now, Ultimate is also the first company to call it quits in...

California Online Poker Coalition Sees San Manuel Join PokerStars and Morongo

The prospects for California online poker were bolstered this week, following the defection of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians from a coalition of tribal gaming operators fighting to prevent online poker giant PokerStars...

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...

Ray Lesniak Warpath Rages On with More Anti-Christie Tweets

New Jersey State Senator Ray Lesniak has turned Twitter into his own personal grenade launcher, with his target none other than Governor Chris Christie and his weapon of choice being PokerStars’ projected return to the...

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...

Global Poker League Intent on Making Poker a Sport

The Global Poker League could do for poker what the Justice League did for superheroes: legitimize the concept. At least that’s the theory behind the Global Poker Index’s Alex Dreyfus thought process, who recently...

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...

Dan Fleyshman Named New Ivey Poker CEO

Ivey Poker has appointed  a new CEO in Dan Fleyshman, according to a recent press release. Despite Phil Ivey still having overall control of the social gaming poker site, Fleyshman will now lead the site into 2015. Back in the...

Pala Interactive CEO Jim Ryan Raises Eyebrows and Questions in Borgata Team Up

Pala Interactive, in tandem with new partner Borgata, is set to become New Jersey’s first tribal gaming operator, and will offer online poker and gambling in the Garden State. The company, which was founded by the Pala Band of...

PokerStars Changes Continue to Elicit Top Pro Opinions

PokerStars changes seem to not only be ticking off average Joe players, but experienced pros as well. The online poker site recently made a host of changes to its policies, including increasing rakes in many games and ending or...