The Netherlands may be one of Europe’s biggest online gambling markets, but the country of 16.8 million people also has no actual legislation governing its iGaming industry. That may all be about to change soon, however, as the country’s new State Secretary for Security and Justice, Klaas Dijkhoff (photo),...
April 16th, 2015 By Charles Washington
As the biggest poker room on the planet, PokerStars has invested millions of dollars on the latest computing technology, but even the online giant is not immune to the server and connectivity issues which spoiled its players’ fun over the weekend. As a result, thousands of PokerStars customers found...
April 15th, 2015 By Lucy Brown
Pennsylvania is considered one of the US states most likely to introduce online gambling legislation within the next few years, and this is reflected in the level of interest being shown on the hot topic, with State Representative Tina Davis (D-Bucks County) recently having introduced to the state legislature...
April 14th, 2015 By Stephen Smith
On April 6th, the poker community heard the sad news that one of the games most celebrated players, Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, passed away from cancer aged 61. Despite news of his cancer reaching the media near the end of March, Ulliott’s demise still came as a shock for players...
April 10th, 2015 By Shane Larson
The Delaware State Lottery has released its online gambling figures for February 2015, and while overall revenues of $143,101 were lower by 14% compared to the same month last year, iPoker revenues rose to $34,526 during the short month, up 25% from the $27,695 generated in January, and representing...
April 9th, 2015 By Charles Washington
Once a supporter of online poker legalization, last year Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) performed a complete about-turn and announced his support for Sheldon Adelson’s Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA). Speaking about the anti-iGaming bill on KNPR‘s State of Nevada talk show last week, the 75 year-old...
April 8th, 2015 By Adam Brown
Representative Joe Barton (R-Arlington) took over the mantle of US online poker defender from Barney Frank after the Democrat Representative retired in 2012, and over the years Barton has helped champion online poker player rights across the US, including introducing a number of bills into the House of Representatives....
April 7th, 2015 By Stephen Smith
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