The 45th World Series of Poker gave Nevada’s iPoker industry a much needed boost in both May (+17%) and June (+20%), but with the tournament series drawing to a close on July 14th the state’s online poker revenues fell back 7.62% to $985,000 last month compared to the $1,037,000...
August 29th, 2014 By Shane Larson
Isai Scheinberg may have stepped down from any involvement with PokerStars parent company Rational Group in 2012, but by the end of 2013 a federal indictment still outstanding against the poker room’s founder was cited as a reason by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) for locking...
August 28th, 2014 By Lucy Brown
The Delaware Lottery has just released its latest tranche of iGaming results for July, revealing a 7.6% fall in revenues to $173,096 compared to the $187,944 the Diamond State generated in the previous month. In contrast to June, however, online poker reported an uptick in revenues, while online gambling...
August 27th, 2014 By Stephen Smith
Last week, two of poker’s biggest names, Olivier Busquet and Daniel Coleman, evoked an outpouring of views from the poker community after choosing to wear T-shirts supporting the plight of the Palestinian people at the final table of the televised European Poker Tour Super High Roller in Barcelona. Immediately...
August 26th, 2014 By Charles Washington
On April 30th, 2013, Ultimate Gaming, a majority-owned subsidiary of Station Casinos, launched UltimatePoker.com, the first regulated iPoker website in the United States. At the time Chairman Tom Breitling expressed his hope the pioneering brand would eventually carve out a place for itself as “the players’ choice for online...
August 25th, 2014 By Shane Larson
PokerStars.tv has not screened a USA poker tournament since 2010 but this week it was announced that two final tables at the Florida Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, namely the $10 million guaranteed Main Event and the $100k High Roller, would be streamed live on the media. What is...
August 22nd, 2014 By Lucy Brown
Rumours of PayPal’s triumphant return to the United States took a step closer to becoming reality after a number of reports concerning the online cash transaction company have appeared across various media outlets, including EGR and Online Poker Report, where reporter Chris Grove announced: “Paypal plans to announce a...
August 21st, 2014 By Stephen Smith
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