Tower Gaming recently partnered with Cake Network, an innovative online poker network operated by Cake Gaming NV. Tower Gaming had been a part of the Ongame Network for quite long. The former operates a casino, poker and sportsbook online. A 33% rakeback, the maximum that can be offered through Ongame Network, is its main attraction. [...]
Companies Comprising Full Tilt Poker Claim the Money in Seized Bank Accounts
November 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Jonathan Harris, Chris Ferguson’s attorney, filed quite a few motions on November 14th with the United States District Court (Southern District of New York). One of the motions included allowing the attorney Ian J. Imrich to participate pro hac vice. This essentially means that even though Imrich doesn’t have the license to participate in cases [...]
Anthony Holden Speaks in Favor of Poker Being a Mind Game
November 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Anthony Holden, the author of, ‘Big Deal: A Year As A Professional Poker Player’ is an active member of IFP (International Federation of Poker). The organization has been involved in getting poker a respectable status – similar to that which games like bridge enjoy – for the past few years. Did you like this? Share [...]
Caesars Entertainment Expects to Establish an Internet Poker Website Legally Within 12-14 Months
November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Carbon Poker Offers $10,000 Chip King Freeroll Tournament this November
November 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Carbon Poker has announced an exciting promotion for this month. The Chip King Promotion that the site is running is worth $10,000. The program started on November 1st. From November 6th, a free-roll tournament is being made available to players on every Saturday. The promotion will run for the entire month. Carbon Poker Sets Qualifying [...]
US Department of Justice Refutes Claims of Payment Processors
November 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) refuted the claims made by indicted payment solutions. It was claimed by some payment processors earlier this year, that Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars are not gambling platforms. Hence it was not an illegal act to process transactions for the sites. In response to these claims, the DOJ litigated [...]
PokerStars Announces Special Events on its 10th Anniversary
November 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Operating since December 2001, PokerStars is completing its 10th anniversary this year. The year hasn’t been great for the poker room as the US Department of Justice pushed PokerStars out of the American market with allegations of conducting illegal operations. The poker site faced a significant loss in its revenue due to the indictment. Nevertheless, [...]
NGC to Amend Online Poker Regulations
November 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Full Tilt Poker’s Acquisition Deal to Be Confirmed in Few Weeks
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PartyPoker Announces World Domination Promotion
November 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Ranked as the second largest poker room in the online gambling industry, PartyPoker is introducing a unique promotion next week, called World Domination. Players have to collect cities through their games at real money table of PartyPoker. Based on the cities collected by players, cash prizes will be offered. PartyPoker Awards ‘Cities’ on Earning PartyPoints [...]
Launch of New Software Client by 888poker
November 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
MGM Resorts Signs Deal with Bwin.party Digital Entertainment
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Tourney King Promotion at Carbon Poker
November 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Carbon Poker is running a promotion called Tourney King, through which it allows players to claim several benefits. A royal throne and a crown are two of the top prizes. Tournament results of each player are monitored by Carbon Poker. Based on this, points are rewarded. According to the performance of players, both Low Limit [...]
Kahnawake Gaming Commission Announces the Termination of CEREUS Network
November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In a recently released statement, Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) announced the termination of CEREUS Network along with its two sites, UB.com and Absolute Poker. A decision was taken to settle the ongoing disputes of the company. Along with CEREUS Network’s dissolution, the KGC’s statement also discussed the legal actions taken by the Southern District of [...]
DoJ to Allow Acquisition Deal between GBT and FTP
November 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The much awaited decision on the part of the US Department of Justice (DoJ) has finally been announced. The (DoJ) will allow the acquisition deal to continue between Full Tilt Poker and Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT). The progress on the deal is subject to the decision of Full Tilt Poker’s shareholders to go ahead with [...]
Tribes Want To Regulate Themselves in Internet Gambling
November 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The congressional hearing held recently, invited a tribal delegate of NIGA (National Indian Gaming Association) to participate. In the testimony, the delegate made demands for certain rights to be conferred upon the tribes, in case the legalization of online gambling becomes a reality. He told the sub-committee that the manner in which the present proposed [...]
Negotiations between Full Tilt Poker and Group Bernard Tapie Continues
October 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Negotiations with regard to the take-over deal continue between Full Tilt Poker and GBT (Group Bernard Tapie). The greatest obstacle that is coming in the way of the deal being finalized is the amount of funds seized from the poker room by the US Department of Justice. There is a possibility of fines to be [...]
American Gaming Association Issues Statement on Online Poker
October 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
An official statement has been issued by a powerful lobbying group in the United States – the American Gaming Association (AGA) – on the online poker safety hearing that took place recently. As stated by the CEO of AGA, Frank J. Fahrenkopf, it has been made clear at the hearing that federal guidelines have to [...]
Tony G Criticizes the Closure of Full Tilt Poker
October 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
An eminent poker professional, Tony G, criticized Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) for closing down Full Tilt Poker. Although investigations suggest that the poker room was involved in fraudulent activities and money laundering, Tony G said that AGCC is at fault for not protecting its players. Decision to Abandon the Poker Room was Taken After [...]
