PokerStars and Full Tilt Exit Select Gray Market Countries

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On Tuesday, without any sort of advance warning, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, both under the Rational Group umbrella which is now owned by Amaya Gaming, withdrew from certain so-called “gray markets.” These countries, which have been reported by players to include Bangladesh, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Turkey, have laws that do not exactly make… Read more »

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PokerStars Rolls Out Spin & Go’s to Dot Com Site

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In early July, PokerStars launched its version of the popular Lottery Sit-and-Go, dubbed “Spin & Go,” on its Spanish site, PokerStars.es. It was a test run of sorts, giving PokerStars a chance to evaluate the game’s popularity before rolling it out worldwide. It appears the returns were positive and now the world’s largest poker room… Read more »

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partypoker Expands Casual Cash Games Stakes

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In May, partypoker launched its “Casual Cash Games,” designed for, you guessed it, the recreational player. While the internet poker world is great for grinders who want to maximize the number of hands they play per hour, not everyone wants to multi-table. The Casual Cash Games are made for these people.  On Friday, partypoker announced… Read more »

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“Molly’s Game” A Middling Effort That Could Have Been Better

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Everyone in the poker community is enthralled with the legends that come out regarding high stakes cash game poker. Whether conducted in the dusty saloons and riverboats of the 19th century or online in the 21st century, these games still have the ability to draw people in, entranced by the millionaire (or billionaire) players throwing… Read more »

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PokerStars Terminates Contracts of Long-Term Affiliates

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According to players who hold affiliate accounts with the site, PokerStars has begun to purge long-standing affiliates from their roles. The question from many is why it is coming at this time. Many of these affiliates received e-mails yesterday from PokerStars that announced the termination of these agreements, which provided revenues to those affiliates for… Read more »

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Revel Auction Delayed Until Next Week

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The Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City was set to be auctioned off on Wednesday, but despite all relevant parties being in attendance, nothing happened. The auction will resume – or start – next Tuesday, September 30th. Closed September 2nd, the Revel received a bid of $90 million on September 10th from real estate developer… Read more »

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Real Gaming Players Can Now Deposit at 7-Eleven, Family Dollar

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It is not the mainstream sponsorship that would be huge for an online poker site, but Nevada’s Real Gaming, the online poker presence of the South Point Casino, announced Monday that it has indirectly partnered with two popular brick-and-mortar retailers to give its players more options with which to fund their accounts. Real Gaming customers… Read more »

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More Full Tilt Reimbursements Coming This Week

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In past articles about this topic, I have said that it appears that the long saga of the frozen Full Tilt Poker funds dating back to April 15th, 2011, better known as Black Friday, is nearing an end. Well, it still appears to be nearing an end, it’s just that the end is drawing closer… Read more »

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Everleaf Gaming Executive Arrested

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One of the heads of online gambling firm Everleaf Gaming was arrested last week, according to a press release from the Malta Lotteries & Gaming Authority (LGA). According to the statement, Michael Zwi Oros was charged with “misappropriation of players’ funds” as well as “before Magistrate Doreen Clarke charged with misappropriation of players’ funds. He… Read more »

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Bodog Wants to be Removed from PokerScout’s Rankings

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PokerScout has carved out a valuable niche in the internet poker industry as the go-to source for cash game traffic statistics for every online poker room and network out there. We here at Poker News Daily reference the site frequently and greatly appreciate the service it provides. Apparently, however, not all of the poker rooms… Read more »

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WSOP.com Celebrates First Anniversary

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Last week, September 19th to be exact, was the one-year anniversary of WSOP.com’s entry into the Nevada online poker market. To celebrate, the site is running a couple of promotions for its players. The biggie is the WSOP.com Anniversary Tournament Series. The nine-tournament series started last week on the anniversary date, but there is still… Read more »

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When In the Blinds, You Don’t ALWAYS Have To Defend

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One of the things that I see in virtually all cash games and tournaments is players, when they are in either the big or small blind, defending them as if they were their first-born child. Despite heavy action in front of them – or the hijack, cutoff or button putting in an expected raise –… Read more »

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Ultimate Gaming Exits New Jersey Market Due To Trump Issues

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In a stunning announcement on Friday, Ultimate Gaming – the force behind both Nevada’s Ultimate Poker and the provider of services in New Jersey through the Trump Entertainment properties – announced that they have terminated their contract due to “multiple contract breaches” with the Trump organization. Ultimate Gaming issued a press release late yesterday afternoon… Read more »

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Full Tilt Launches Live Dealer Online Casino

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The transformation of Full Tilt Poker into an all-around online gambling site continues. On Monday, the popular internet poker room launched a Full Tilt-branded live dealer online casino. That is right. Live dealer. Online casino. It really is just what it sounds like: there are live dealers stationed in front of cameras running the games… Read more »

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Atlantic City’s Trump Plaza Closes

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We have all known this day was coming for quite some time, but is sad nonetheless. At 6:00am this morning, Atlantic City’s Trump Plaza casino closed its doors. The Trump Plaza is the fourth Atlantic City casino to shut down this year. The first was the Atlantic Club casino at the south end of the… Read more »

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