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Holladay resident arrested for hosting poker tournaments

02-11-2011
A Holladay resident has been arrested for hosting poker events in his basement. Salt Lake City police refused to reveal many details about last Friday's arrest. However, a police spokesperson said that poker players wagered huge amounts of money during the poker games. Previous to the arrest, the Lake Police Department and Drug Enforcement Administration asked for permission to search his house. "Police officials found gambling related items like gambling machines in Stanworth's
 

Paddy Power Poker boosts its deposit promotions

04-07-2011
Poker fans at Paddy Power Poker benefit from extremely rewarding deposit bonuses. The online poker site welcomes new players with a 200% first deposit bonus. In addition, existing customers benefit from a 100% re-deposit windfall worth up to $10,000. Current players can take advantage of this re-load bonus until July 14. Punters who benefit from the re-deposit bonus have 60 days
 

IGT launches mobile version of Jacks Or Better

03-04-2011
Video poker fans can now enjoy Jacks Or Better on their smartphone. International Game Technology (IGT) defines Jacks Or Better as an extremely popular online game. This video poker game can now be played on iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android devices. The popular video poker title features stakes up to €52 per hand. Competitors draw 5 cards from a standard deck of 52, after which they
   

Poker-cam application at 888 Poker

05-03-2011
Online poker fans at 888 Poker can interact with other competitors through the new poker-cam application. The new poker-cam innovation enables competitors to communicate with other poker players while enjoying Texas Hold’em. 888 Poker revealed that the poker-cam application follows the revision of its Poker 6 portal. This has resulted in an enhanced intuitive usability, focused on the mainstream player. The
 

Win a Day Casino adds video poker game

03-03-2011
Win a Day Casino has launched Jacks or Better video poker which enables competitors to play fifty hands at a time. Jacks or Better also comes with an exclusive double or nothing round. Customers at Win a Day Casino who play between now and 9th March receive €11 into their account. The online casino rewards poker fans who try out Jacks or Better with bonuses worth €362. Jacks or Better can be defined as a regular and easy poker game. The video
   

Bonus and coupons for newcomers at Poker Time

28-02-2011
Newcomers at Poker Time take advantage of an exclusive 100% first deposit bonus up to €436. On top of this, pokers fans receive a coupon worth €7,25 for opening an account at Poker Time. Players benefit from an additional bonus of €7,25 when they collect 50 poker credits or more. When newcomers manage to earn 50 poker credits more they receive another voucher of €7,25.
 

Intertops Poker offers redeposit bonus

04-02-2011
Poker players can take advantage of a special 100% redeposit bonus up to €218 at Intertops Poker. The online poker domain announced that this bonus features a pair of free gold chips, which can be exchanged for prizes and free events. Competitors need to submit the code ‘Q1’ in order to benefit from the redeposit bonus and free gold chips. Players can find all details on the
   

Irish Open tickets at Cake Poker

16-01-2011
Online poker fans at Cake Poker can win tickets for the key tournament of the next Irish Open for only €0.85. The No Limit Texas hold ‘em poker event takes place from April 22 to 25. The Burlington Hotel in the capital city of Ireland will host the five day-long event of poker. Prize packages feature a main event seat, five-day accommodation at the Burlington Hotel and €1.157 in spending
 

Money-off tournaments at Titan Poker

08-01-2011
Titan Poker has discounted the buy-ins to various prominent tournaments. Obviously, players can take advantage of the usual fixed prize money. The online poker site starts with low-priced buy-ins to 14 New Year Super Sale events. Those tournaments are loaded with a shared fixed prize pot of
   

Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars leave Washington market

21-12-2010
The reason behind this withdrawal is the fact that the Supreme Court in Washington has taken on a new online gambling law. With this law it is strictly forbidden for citizens of Washington to gamble of play poker online. PokerStars has announced that they won’t let any citizen of Washington play on their site anymore,’ thus writes Andrew Feldman in his pokerblog on
 

Australian television stations promote PokerStars.net

18-12-2010
The Interactive Gambling Act states that it is illegal to promote online gambling sites. The television networks received a warning after they promoted the online gambling and poker site PokerStars.net.During several big sports events, the two television stations showed several adds for PokerStars.net. The Media Authority demanded that the two stations gave their staff a special
   

Titan on French iPoker Network Playtech

17-12-2010
‘We are very pleased to further enhance our commitment with Titan, as well to expand our influence on the French market. Titan is a worthy addition to our French platform en we are very confident that we will further explore and conquer the French market through our own French poker network,’ thus said Mor Weizer, the Chief Executive Officer of Playtech.The CEO of Titan.fr, Benjamin Issembert, has said: ‘We are very pleased that we received our license from
 

23 year old Canadian wins Word Series of Poker

09-12-2010
Duhamel had to play the final match against John Racener from Florida. Racener and Duhamel were the last two survivors of the November Nine and they left exactly 7319 contestants in the tournament behind them, before entering the finale. This tournament was the second-largest World Series of Poker Main Event ever to be held and Duhamel’s victory underlines the fact that not only Americans
   

Dragonfish launches Poker Subito

01-12-2010
The network offers her players several games, exciting tournaments and poker solutions and is a joint venture of Prima Networks Ltd and 888 Holdings Plc. Software from Microgaming supports the network. Due to this joint venture, both companies can share their players-base on one platform and their services are available for players and licensees from Dragonfish, 888 and Prima Network in
 

Live Rush Poker action for Android users

27-11-2010
Android users can now enjoy live games of Rush Poker on their mobile phones, according to Full Tilt Poker. The Android-offering is still in a beta test stage. Competitors can play for real money or take part in free games of Rush Poker. The new offering is available for the Android 2.2 OS with flash 10.1 or higher.
   

Carbon Poker player hits $156,402 jackpot

23-11-2010
A Carbon Poker player has won $156,402 in cash thanks to the ongoing Bad Beat Jackpot promotion. The winner, who only wanted to be referred to as ‘dk2112’, triumphed at one of the $.50/$1 no-limit tables that was packed with a $55 pot. Nevertheless, Carbon Poker celebrated more winners besides ‘dk2112’. Another lucky poker player, who goes under the pseudonym ‘BlackOutBob’, took home the $55 pot
 

Red Kings hosts $10,000 poker tournament

21-11-2010
Red Kings online poker celebrates the eight edition of its Fish Market tournament. Established multi-table tournament players can also join the event for a $11 buy-in. All players start with a stack of 1.500 chips. The levels of the upcoming Fish Market event alter every 10 minutes, which results in a high-speed poker tournament. All newcomers who deposit at the online poker room between now and two hours
   

Cake Poker premieres War and Tourney Blackjack

26-10-2010
Online poker room Cake Poker has added War and Tourney Blackjack to its extensive offerings. Cake Poker revealed that all competitors receive the same ten cards when playing War. The object of the game is to collect the most cards by out-thinking and out-guessing other competitors. “Besides the very easy game-play, the game of War features incredible strategy, interaction and bluffing options. Both poker fans and gamers will love the game due to psychological challenge and competition. The
 

Telltale Games launches crossover poker game

15-09-2010
Telltale Games has unveiled a crossover poker game inspired on the idea of how video gaming characters would play poker. The new poker game is called Poker Night At The Inventory. It features Sam from Sam & Max, Tycho from Penny Arcade, The Heavy from Team Fortress 2 and Strong Bad from Homestar Runner.
   

PKR rewards sports car

14-09-2010
The PKR ‘Win A Porsche’ promotion has produced a winner! A 45-year-old Danish player won a brand-new Porsche Cayman. Carsten ‘Levica’ Ørum was the lucky winner of the promotional raffle. Ørum collected 25 entries for the raffle, which rewarded him the desirable sports car.
 

Poker3 presents 3D poker site

07-09-2010
Poker3 has introduced a 3D online poker room providing heads-up Texas hold’em. BetSoft Gaming Limited powers the new three-dimensional poker room. The new website offers cinematic avatars and astonishing realistic animations. This 3D poker room adds a new dimension to online poker for players from all over the world.
   

Cake Poker launches Money Night Football tournaments

03-09-2010
Cake Poker has added Money Night Football tournaments to its September promotions. Every Monday, for four weeks, punters can join these tournaments. Then there is a €390 Kamikaze tournament. Players need to refer with their screen name to their favorite football club and they need to win money in one of the tournaments to access the Kamikaze tourney.
 

Poker criminal tracked down through Facebook

13-08-2010
Justin Grant, a passionate online casino fan, landed back in jail due to his poker habit. He demonstrated authorities his passion for online poker although he was hiding from the police. Grant escaped police custody from the Townsville Hospital in July, which turned out a rather brief escape. Due to his passion for poker, he needed to update his Facebook account as he tried to organize online poker games with his buddies.
   

ARJEL issues another nine licenses

07-08-2010
The French Autorite De Regulation Des Jeux En Ligne (ARJEL) has issued another nine licenses. PKR and FullTiltPoker are set to enter the French poker market. ARJEL also authorized Ladbrokes’ Canal Win sports betting joint venture. So far, the French regulator has issued 27 licenses.
 

Poker remains a game of skill in Switzerland

16-07-2010
Court rooms all over the world are dealing with the chance versus skill discussion. This debate is providing varied outcomes due to the different countries. The Swiss Supreme Court has ruled that poker is a game of chance instead of a game of skill. This ruling is a major disappointment for the poker industry.
   

World Series of Poker entry for life

02-07-2010
Online poker room Party Poker has introduced a tempting poker promotion. The online gambling company offers entry for life to the World Series of Poker main event. Party Poker offers two tickets for life to the World Series main event. Players can compete for these unique tickets at a leader board challenge and a tournament.
 

Party Gaming expands its French poker network

01-07-2010
Party Gaming has signed a B2B agreement with Aviation Club de France (ACF). The online gaming company delivers the French card room a white label online poker service. ACFPoker joins Party Gaming’s poker network that already consists of Partypoker.fr. After obtaining the necessary license, players can profit from a shared pool of player liquidity. Poker fans can play on a single portal.
   

Formula one rookie performs well at first bounty tournament

29-06-2010
Spanish F1 ace Jaime Alguersuari has performed well at his initial bounty tournament at the Party Poker website. The Party Poker ambassador finished 53th in the €734 added event. The tournament consisted of 199 runner-ups who joined the Spanish ‘pangeboy’. Jaime Alguersuari finished in 10rd position at the Gran Premio de España, which provided him one point.
 

Betsson buys poker operator Betfriends

28-06-2010
Online gambling company Betsson has acquired Betfriends. Betsson is headquartered in Malta and offers online gambling. Betfriends has a customer base of 4.000 players and offers online sports betting and casino entertainment. Betsson’s press release didn’t reveal the acquisition price. The acquisition should improve Betsson’s deteriorating online poker activities.
   

IMSA recognizes poker as a skill game

26-06-2010
The International Mind Sport Association (IMSA) has officially acknowledged poker as a mind-sport of strategic skill. With this recognition poker joins bridge and chess. IMSA president José Damiani commented: “I’m excited that the International Federation of Poker (IFP) joins the IMSA. Chess and bridge are other mind sports that feature the yearly IMSA events. The participation of poker in these events proves that it’s a skill game and mind sport.”
 

RaiseandFold offers 40% rake back

24-06-2010
Internet poker room RaiseandFold offers players a 40% rakeback to stimulate its players to play more. The generous rake back plan has been introduced to support players in a difficult economic environment. RaiseandFold is part of the Everleaf network. The rake back surely appeals to a lot of players. The plan gives players the chance to spend more money at the internet casino.
   

Cake Poker introduces Gold Stacks Cash Grab

22-06-2010
Online poker room Cake Poker launches the Gold Stacks Cash Grab for the month of June. This new promotion truly enriches the Gold Stacks loyalty scheme. All Super Turbo prizes reward 50% more in June. Online gamblers can win more than €254.605 as winnings are not capped. Cake Poker is popular among players of all levels due to the fact that it’s the most lucrative online poker website.
 

New World Poker Tour stop: London

16-06-2010
Party Gaming owns the World Poker Tour (WPT) and has added London to the WPT schedule. The capital of England and the United Kingdom hosts the popular poker tournament. The high-end Mayfair district, and particularly the Palm Beach Casino in the Mayfair Hotel hosts the WPT event. The WPT London takes place from August 29 to September 5 2010.
   

Team PKR Pro adds ‘welllbet’ Lövgren

12-06-2010
Swedish professional poker player Sofia ‘welllbet’ Lövgren joins Team PKR Pro. The 20 year old from Gothenburg, Sweden, is the first female player to strengthen the ten-strong Team PKR Pro. She joined PKR in March 2008 and has been a frequent player at the cash game tables. Lövgren has become one of the most successful players among the increasing group of female poker stars at the PKR website. ‘welllbet’ strives to become as successful as the Swedish Isildur1, but for now is pleased to join Team PKR Pro.
 

Danish online gambling legislation favors state monopoly

01-06-2010
Denmark capitulated to the European Commission pressure to liberate the online poker industry. Danish legislators have created a major competitive advantage for the state monopoly Danske Spil. In theory the new online gambling legislation creates a more competitive internet poker market. July 1st 2010 marks the opening of the online poker market in Denmark. Online poker operators need to apply for a license to enter the Danish online poker market.
   

Czechs love poker

25-05-2010
Online and land-based poker is very popular in the Czech Republic, according to a report in the Prague Daily Monitor. It shows that poker venues have flourished and the number of poker players have increased to approximately 200.000. Big prices make poker a very interesting game for new players.
 

Indecisive future Poker Channel and Poker Heaven

23-05-2010
Both Poker Channel and Poker Heaven are owned by Gaming Media Group. The Daily Telegraph reports that the British internet gambling firm considers to sell both companies. Cavendish Corporate Finance has been appointed to review the future options. Several trade buyers have approached the online gambling firm, according to the UK newspaper. Poker Channel was established in 2005 and is expected to post earnings of €365.521 on a €1.571.009 turnover this financial year.
   

Candywriter launches iPhone game

18-05-2010
Candywriter is an user-driven software label based in Seattle. This software developer has introduced Dogs Playing Poker. This fun game can be played on the iPod and iPhone. Dogs Playing Poker is an exciting and fun mobile poker challenge. It surely appeals to Texas Hold’em beginners and veteran players. Dog fanatics also love this new poker game.
 

World Poker Tour heads for Paris

12-05-2010
World Poker Tour (WPT) is heading for Paris to celebrate the WPT Grand Prix de Paris. Party Poker presents this event at the Aviation Club de France. It takes place May 8 – 12 and the final table is scheduled for May 15. The main event is broadcasted worldwide and rewards €10.000. World Poker Tour broadcasts the opening high roller event. This takes place May 14 – 15, while the Final Table is scheduled for May 16.
   

PlanetWin365 teams up with Entraction

08-05-2010
European sports book PlanetWin365 has inked a contract with Entraction. PlanetWin365 will deliver poker software and will get access to Entraction’s global poker network. Entraction poker will join additional gaming products in Vegas365 Poker’s portfolio, which is Planetwin365’s sister brand. Furthermore, it will enhance Entraction’s position in the South and Eastern European market.
 

PowerPoker enters internet casino market with CTXM

03-05-2010
PowerPoker has entered the internet casino market. The poker brand has added a range of CTXM casino games, mini-games and fixed odds. “PowerPoker is very suitable for marketing due to the popular professional poker high stakes ace Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies. We believe that entering the internet casino market is without doubt a good decision. The partnership with CTXM guarantees an effective entry to this market. We think that CTXM’s software is one of the best on the market,” Chris Morton, the Power Entertainment Ltd. chief operating officer, commented.
   

French player wins World Poker Tour

27-04-2010
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of international poker tournaments. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the largest poker event in the world. Las Vegas hosts the WSOP every year. The WPT is the second largest poker tournament series on the globe. Bucharest, Romania hosted the latest World Poker Tour and the entry field featured many skilled poker players. The latest edition wasn’t won by a big name but a regular poker player from France took home the title.
 

PokerStars’ random number generator certified

18-04-2010
Cigital, the leading software security and quality consulting firm, has proclaimed that it has certified the reliability and safety of the random number generator (RNG) that PokerStars applies to shake cards on its poker website, proving that the product meets, and surpasses, the highest standards in producing unsystematic and statistically random numbers for dealing cards.
   

Poker recognized as official sport in Lithuania

15-04-2010
Lithuania has recognized poker as an official sport, while the Baltic state is also making progress with regard to legalizing online gambling. The Department of Physical Education and Sports recognized the Lithuanian Sports Poker Federation (LSPF) as an official sports association on March 20.
 

HeadsUp negotiates with internet poker company

28-03-2010
HeadsUp Entertainment, owner of the Canadian Poker Tour (CPT), has proclaimed that it is in talks with one of the leading poker firms on the globe that would either entirely acquire the Canadian Poker Tour or co-brand it. Both transactions depend on the process of investigation into the details by both parties and on the fulfillment of many standard requirements.

   

Ukash and PokerStars jointly present European Poker Tour seats

21-03-2010
PokerStars and Ukash jointly offer new Ukash users in Europe the opportunity to get all-inclusive seats at the European Poker Tour (EPT) event in San Remo, well known as the Milan-Sanremo cycling classic arrival.

 

Internet Poker Consumer Protection and Revenue Generation Act of 2010

18-03-2010
Democratic politician Joseph Abruzzo proposed the Internet Poker Consumer Protection and Revenue Generation Act of 2010, as he beat other political Representatives in Florida to the draw.

   

Tribes oppose to legalizing online poker

08-03-2010
The US is on the point of legalizing online poker and even internet casinos in individual American states, but not all parties support the proposed legalizing. A lot of American state governments are blinded by the potential money flows of legalized online gambling and are seriously thinking about intrastate legalization that should increase state revenues. California was among the initial American states to consider internet casinos, especially online poker, as a way to finance state programs. However, many of the state gambling operations are run by the tribes, who fear to lose some business to the online poker websites. The California Tribal Business Alliance questions the first claims of possible revenues that could result from legalized online gambling.

 

Dragonfish closes deal with Lex Online Entertainment Limited

26-02-2010
Dragonfish, the independent business-to-business division of 888 Holdings PLC, has signed a deal with the Greek operator Lex Online Entertainment Limited. The agreement targets on regions in the South Eastern market, a territory with a considerable potential for internet gaming, according to a representative of the company.

   

PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour won by Dutch student

25-02-2010
A Dutch college student, Joeri Zandvliet, has been crowned as the winner of the opening British event on the fresh PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT). He won GBP 63.200, as he also received admission to the EPT London event, which awards GBP 5.250 and it will be the season finale to the UKIPT. Furthermore, he will place first on the Season 1 UKIPT leader board, which will offer GBP 60.000 in prize money to the top 100 players over all events from the first season, while the number one placed finisher will walk away with all their buy-in and hotels for the second season.

 

2010 Aussie Millions won by online qualifier

20-02-2010
Two of Party Poker’s online qualifiers finished in second and first spot in the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event at the Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex in Melbourne. The 27-year old Frederik Jensen from Copenhagen finished in second place and won $A1.100.100, while the 23-year old Tyron Krost, from Bondi, Sydney finished in first place and walked away with an amazing $A2.000.000. Both online qualifiers prevailed a final table that also featured poker stars like Sorel Mizzi and Annette Obrestad.

   

Faster poker action with TableNinja

19-02-2010
Many internet poker players attach much importance to speed, particularly in case of multi-tabling. The leading online poker tracking software and analysis tool, Holdem Manager, has created a solution. TableNinja is offered on a 30 day trial and should convince turbo players on websites such as Pokerstars that it is an essential feature at approximately USD35.

 

Sega launched long-expected poker website

17-02-2010
Sega introduced its long-expected internet poker platform, SegaPoker, last week. The online poker room is a professional, slickly designed, completely interactive poker website that contains all standard options, all non-essential features and has an attractive design. SegaPoker features all the characteristics of a modern internet poker platform.

   

Ivey moves into first position on all-time money list

02-02-2010
Phil Ivey, the best poker player on the globe, has claimed the top spot on the poker all-time money list, which is determined by tournament winnings in live events. Ivey earned $600.000 after being the runner-up at this year’s Aussie Millions USD $100K Challenge tourney, upgrading its career tourney winnings to $12.802.783. This puts him above prior leader Daniel Negreanu, by about $400.000.s

 

‘Help for Haiti Poker Tournament’ at Crazy Poker

29-01-2010
The strongest earthquake in more than 200 years rocked Haiti and stroke the lives and homes of millions of people. Today, Crazypoker has organized the ‘Help for Haiti Poker Tournament’, which gives online poker players the possibility to donate to the catastrophe relief program.

   

Patrik Antonius made $9 million in 2009

22-01-2010
Patrik Antonius, by many considered as the best earning internet poker player, has won millions on European websites, as well as a recorded eight figures on Full Tilt. This in combination with his 2009 earnings that total up an unbelievable USD 8.899.508, HSDB reported.

 

GlobetVIP provides affiliates freeroll competition

17-01-2010
GlobetVIP revealed that it will provide affiliates the opportunity to win share of a €500 pot at its online poker room thanks to a freeroll competition next month. The online gambling operator announced that the exclusive tournament would take place on February 11 from 7 p.m. (Paris time). Qualifiers will be excluded since a password is necessary to access the tournament.

   

Internet poker legalized in 2010?

15-01-2010
Online gaming and poker could be fully legalized in the US. However, politicians could try to delay the legalization and fail to focus enough on this controversial issue.There are plausible reasons to believe that at the end of the day the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) will be executed. Nevertheless, there seemed to be a slight advantage for the groups trying to regulate and legalize online gambling at the end of 2009, given the delay of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and the late congressional hearings where US Congressman Barney Frank explained why online gambling should be legalized and regulated.

 

More Internet Poker Consolidation

01-12-2009
The recent trend of consolidation in internet poker has continued this week with announcements that two major poker rooms on the iPoker network (Playtech) have merged forces.
   

APPT Philippines Won By A Korean

30-11-2009
The Pokerstars APPT (Asian Pacific Poker Tour) event that took place in Cebu in the Philippines brought in over 300 participants over the course of the weekend. This makes the event the largest poker tournament ever held in the country. The event was the 3rd APPT visit to the country. Previous APPT events took place in Manila.
 

The World Poker Tour Brand Now Owned By PartyGaming

23-11-2009
After months of working out the acquisition, this week PartyGaming finally confirmed that they are the new owners of the brand World Poker Tour in addition to other World Poker Tour related assets. There was a last minute attempt made by a media company based in Los Angeles to stop the deal, but the U.K. Telegraph reports that this attempt was quickly averted.
   

Brunson Embarrassed By Hellmuth's Entrance

20-11-2009
International professional poker playing legend Doyle Brunson has expressed his embarrassment for his colleague Phil Hellmuth's record of grand entrances. Hellmuth creates these grand displays in order to draw a high level of publicity at massive events such as the WSOP.
 

Alleged Robot Play In Full Tilt Litigation

18-11-2009
TMZ.com, a United States entertainment publication has reported that two players from California have initiated a litigation against internet poker giant Full Tilt Poker.
   

New Poker Tool For Apple Users

17-11-2009
Poker Copilot, software developed by MacUpdate, will now see retail availability. The software has been flaunted as the only poker hand analysis tool available for OSX that supports PokerStars in addition to Full Tilt Poker.
 

PokerStars.com Makes a Deal With English Rugby Team

29-10-2009
While rugby is not a highly popular sport in the United States, it's popularity is comparable with major league baseball internationally. England is one of the countries that it is most popular in.
   

Poker In The Park - A Great Success

26-10-2009
Nearly 20,000 fans from all across the United Kingdom visited London's Leicester Square for this year's Poker In The Park. Attendees enjoyed free competitions, live coaching, and the opportunity to learn from some of the most famous players in the game.
 

Upcoming Million Dollar Online Poker Tournament

25-10-2009
To celebrate the launch of their new tournament series, TitanPoker.com is hosting a massive poker tournament of epic proportions. Players will be given the chance to outwit their opponents in hopes of taking home their cut of the available one million dollars in cash prizes.
   

PartyGaming Set To Purchase World Poker Tour

25-10-2009
August 25, 2009 -- PartyGaming Plc, a British online gaming company, announced today that they will be purchasing World Poker Tour (WPT Enterprises Inc.) for $12.3 million dollars cash.
 

Online Poker Tournament worth a Million-Dollar Next Month

21-10-2009
Online poker gamers have the chance to win a share of a cool one million dollars courtesy of the new tournament series that will be launched next month by the online game maestro, TitanPoker.com.
   

New Online Gaming Site is Planned and WPT Brand Sells

15-10-2009
WPT Enterprises, Inc., the company that is behind World Poker Tour and Professional Poker Tour brands has announced a sale of a huge chunk of its assets to Gamynia Limited.
 

Full Tilt Poker Software Upgrade

15-10-2009
Full Tilt Poker has announced they have an all-new software upgrade, which brings better player-friendly features into one of the most popular online poker destinations.
   

Everest Poker is now Five Years Old

14-10-2009
In a commemoration of their fifth year in online gaming, Everest Poker have announced some amicable series of player promotions destined to become real hot topics in the poker player community around the Internet.
 

Affiliate Marketing Services and All New Design Marks PokerAffiliatesPrograms.com Re-launch

14-10-2009
The world’s longest running and largest affiliate marketing directory exclusively dedicated to affiliate marketing of the online poker industry, PokerAffiliatePrograms.com, has announced a launch of a complete redesigned website with all new features.
   

Win a Seat to Jamie Gold Charity Poker Tournament

13-10-2009
Bluff Europe, the leading poker publication has revealed the Casino at London’s ‘the Empire’, will be hosting satellites and sit-and-go tournaments to the 500-pound Jamie Gold Charity Poker tournament during the annual third Poker in the Park festival.
 

UIGEA Bashed by a Prominent Conservative

13-10-2009
A Pulitzer Prize winner, U.S. influential thinker and a Washington Post Columnist, George Will, in an article, defended the notion that online poker should be played freely.
   

The Opponents for New California Online Poker Campaign

12-10-2009
The novel initiative by an influential Southern California tribe, which is pursuing a new legalization of online poker in the state, is apparently not enjoying a lot of support among all tribes within the state.
 

More Interest Groups Joins California Online Poker Legal Fight

10-10-2009
The struggle to have online poker regulated and legalized fully has received a huge interest in California as well as a nationwide movement having the same goal.
   

Reality Television Show for Online Poker Launching Soon

09-10-2009
A new poker online reality television program is set to start filming this autumn in the crevices of Las Vegas where 16 contestants will be competing for cash prizes and their favorite charity.
 

Promotions keeps Rolling from Full Tilt

08-10-2009
The Internet poker marketplace has become more popular and even more crowded. The current time online poker player has unlimited options about where to play and where to go. Thus, how does one entice players to linger near and play not just once but consecutively and at a specific site? A perfect and great way is through the maintenance of a hot series of promotions.
   

CardGang Freeroll Offer of $5,000

26-09-2009
Readers of the leading magazine in the European poker scene, Bluff Europe, were treated to a chance to win a share of the $5,000 for free, all courtesy of the virtual poker site in conjunction with the sportsbook BetFred.com.
 

Bodog can now be enjoyed by Canadians

24-09-2009
Online poker players who are living in Canada have the chance to sign up and begin playing through the immaculate Bodog iconic brand through accessing a novel site launched specifically for them at Bodog.ca.
   

Internet Poker Issue has California Politicians Stalling

17-09-2009
Senate Leader says they need more Time
The Senate President Tem Darrell Steinberg in California, a Democrat who comes from Sacramento, has said that he needs additional time to review the novel plan for legalization of online poker within the state, as has been advocated by many lobbyists, Indian gamblers and card clubs.
 

Poker Tournament at Bodog.com

15-09-2009
Last weekend, at the online poker room Bodog.com is the Sunday 100.000 dollar Guaranteed Tournament won by the online poker player xBlah. He won a prize of 25.000 dollar.
   

Last Chance to win Macau Seat

05-09-2009
Players who are hoping to win a seat into the main event of the Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival, next month, have been offered a final chance via satellite series at iPoker Network and Party Poker.com.

 

Pennsylvania poker chase does one step back

25-08-2009
The defense of a poker game Organizer in Pennsylvania claims that poker is generally a game of skill and falls because of that outside the gambling law limitation, report The Pittsburgh Post.
   

Colorado Supreme Court could determine chance vs. Skill Poker Debate

22-08-2009
The tireless poker advocacy group that is behind National Poker Week, plus other initiatives, The Poker Players Alliance or PPA, has in the wider battle to keep poker legal and under protection by the United States law asked the Colorado Supreme court to hear a case that involves settling Chance vs. Skill argument within that state. The filing came as a response to Colorado District court earlier ruling this month that defined the game of poker as gambling, thus making the distinction a state law.

 

Top Speakers to Feature in Park Poker

21-08-2009
The annual poker festival, the largest in Europe and now in its third anniversary, Poker in the Park, organized by Bluff Europe, will take place commencing from five in the afternoon to half past nine in the evening in the heart of Leicester Square. The action commences from 14 August from midday, to half past nine in the evening.
Unibet will host top numbers of top pro players, who will deliver lectures starting with a welcome speech from the legend, Jamie Gold, at five fifteen in the afternoon UK time. 

   

Software from full tilt poker upgraded

12-08-2009
The second biggest online poker company of the world, FullTiltPoker.com had upgraded brand new software with interesting new elements in it.
 

New live poker series

11-08-2009
The big name behind twelve new poker tournaments, titled Paradise Series of Poker, is Boss Media’s International Poker Network which is owned by 888.com. these new, live, poker tournaments will start in August 26th this year.
   

Mobility of a new chip for poker

10-08-2009
Online poker sites underneath each other is the secure chip transfer in a business gaining very much ground in the online poker business, a brand new service from SendMyChips.com is the first on the market which is leading the way.
 

Poker legalized in Holland

04-08-2009
Dutch minister of justice, Hirsch Ballin, has been known as an aggresive opponent of both the online gambling and the online poker industry. The European Commission already warned the Dutch government several times to change their monopolistic behaviour in the country's gambling industry. Holland Casino still helds the monopoly on gambling in the Netherlands.