Online poker news
The Equity Poker Network (EPN) announced this weekend that PokerHost.com has joined its roster of online poker rooms, making the jump from the Merge Gaming Network. Poker Host has been around since 2004, the beginning of the poker boom, but has never really been able to establish itself as a go-to site. In the decade… Read more »
In development since 2012, PokerStars’ new software, dubbed PokerStars 7, is still in the alpha testing phase. But now, anyone who wants a peek into the future of the world’s largest online poker room can give it a try. About a week ago (the last day of March, to be exact), PokerStars opened up PokerStars… Read more »
Online poker cash game tracking site PokerScout.com released its Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update yesterday and for about the gabillionth time this year, traffic declined from the previous week. To be a little more exact, rather than rounding up to the nearest gabillion, online poker traffic decreased for the eighth week in a row and… Read more »
Almost one year into its existence, the online poker industry in Nevada has finally released their first financial figures. Nevada Gaming Control Board regulations stated that such numbers would not be released until three outlets were underway and, with the opening of the South Point Casino’s Real Gaming recently, that goal was met. Those numbers… Read more »
In December, SPIELO G2, a subsidiary of GTECH, revealed that it will be shutting down the International Poker Network (IPN). The plan is for the old, beleaguered network to fade into history by the end of May, but there is still business to settle. One such piece of business, as reported by Pokerfuse.com, is to… Read more »
The bulk of the Full Tilt Poker Black Friday mess was resolved a month ago, but some issues still lingered. Yesterday, we drew even closer to putting this whole thing in the rearview mirror, as another large chunk of change was distributed to players who had been without their Full Tilt funds for almost three… Read more »
Another day, another opportunity to GAMBOOL at an online poker room. Full Tilt Poker has introduced Flip Tournaments, allowing players to not as much play poker as play the lottery. Flip Tournaments (derived from “coin flip”) are tournaments – either Scheduled or Sit & Go – in which every player is automatically put all-in on… Read more »
The Winning Poker Network (WPN) has made the decision to contribute to the jackpot for “The Beast” promotion out of its own pocket, rather than charging players additional rake. The promotion will continue to run, but will now be free for network customers. “The Beast” promotion is a progressive points race in which players earn… Read more »
The most recent figures have been released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement on the burgeoning online gaming scene in the Garden State. While there is plenty that can be viewed as “good” for the industry, there were some dips in the numbers that might be concerning. Overall, the DGE reported that the… Read more »
The vast majority of poker players in New Jersey have had little to no problems logging into the state’s online poker rooms, but gambling regulators don’t want anyone to have any trouble whatsoever. To that end, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) is taking steps to loosen geolocation restrictions for potential players. Now,… Read more »
Online gambling has been live in New Jersey for just over three months and from now on into the beginning of Spring, the state’s largest poker network will be celebrating fifteen key milestone hands. This week, BorgataPoker.com announced its Countdown to 30,000,000 Hands promotion in which it will reward players who participate in the milestone… Read more »
There are a lot of poker players in the United States simultaneously experiencing great relief and a revival of their frustrations with their federal government.* After nearly three years, thousands of former Full Tilt Poker customers have finally received their funds that had been in limbo since Black Friday. According to the Garden City Group… Read more »
In a ground-breaking agreement, Nevada and Delaware, the first two states to legalize and regulate intrastate online gambling, joined forces Tuesday to allow players from either state to play on internet poker rooms based in the other. Interstate gambling compacts are nothing new; many states around the country have combined to grow jackpots in lotteries… Read more »
It’s so close. Christmas in February nears. Well, if you consider receiving money that a former friend has owed you for three years a Christmas gift, then it’s certainly Christmas. On Monday, the Garden City Group (GCG), which is serving as the Claims Administrator for the frozen U.S. Full Tilt Poker funds, announced that payments… Read more »
A year and a half ago, the South Point casino was the talk of the poker world when it was granted the first online poker license in the United States. It was exciting; South Point was developing its own software and planned to be the first to market. Now, quietly, South Point Poker is finally… Read more »
PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room, has become the first poker operator to receive a license from Bulgaria’s State Commission on Gambling. The Commission posted an updated list of approved operators on its website yesterday. In a press release published on the website of the Rational Group, PokerStars’ parent company, PokerStars officials said, “The… Read more »
The gains online poker made a couple weeks ago, however slight, were short-lived, according to the latest Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update from PokerScout.com. During the first full week of February, cash game traffic at online poker rooms increased one percent, breaking three-week losing streak. But last week, the downward trend resumed, as traffic dropped… Read more »
While people around the world expressed their love for one another on Valentine’s Day, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal sent a hate letter to online poker players in the United States. The Republican governor penned a guest column for the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report last week, coming out strongly against internet gambling and vowing to… Read more »
After using the lure of a windfall from online gaming revenue taxation to gain its passage, the state of New Jersey is quickly realizing that there won’t be bounteous amounts of money flowing into the state’s coffers, at least for its first year. Noted New Jersey gaming writer John Brennan of NorthJersey.com took a look… Read more »
In this week’s Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update, PokerScout.com reported that online poker traffic (cash games only) increased a scant one percent last week, though that did snap a three-week losing streak, so that’s something. Overall, though, traffic is down sharply from the same time last year: 13 percent. Since the launch of its online… Read more »
Ultimate Poker, the first completely legal and regulated online poker site in the U.S. (rapidly approaching its first birthday, if you can believe it) really, really wants to get people to play in its tournaments. At risk of qualifying for government assistance, the poker room has launched the unique NO-verlay promotion a deal in which… Read more »
Online poker room Ultimate Poker introduced a new poker variant Monday, attempting to bring yet another game to the poker world that requires less skill and more luck. The game, Two Street Hold’em, saw the light of day for the first time in a live test game at the Ultimate Gaming Headquarters in Las Vegas.… Read more »
Just days after online poker got a new enemy, allies of the game have a new weapon to fight back. MGM International and what politico.com calls “other Washington powerhouses” launched the Coalition for Consumer and Online Protection (CCOP) Wednesday, a group stands in opposition to a ban on internet gambling. Though Nevada, New Jersey, and… Read more »
Poker players who are trying to make a living grinding it out at the online tables in New Jersey can rejoice. PokerTracker 4 (PT4) is now available in the Garden State. According to a press release issued yesterday, today’s new version of PokerTracker, PokerTracker 4.10.8, includes “official support for the USA Regulated Market in New… Read more »
Well, that was a quick turnaround. After complaints about how affiliates were being handled in regards to the reimbursement process for former U.S. Full Tilt Poker players, the Full Tilt Claims Administrator has made adjustments that will benefit the players. Last year, the Garden City Group (GCG), the company that is handling all the claims… Read more »
