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
Canadian players in Quebec may soon find themselves unable to access some of the most popular online poker sites in the world, after the province’s government announced its intention to introduce new legislation forcing Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to unlicensed internet gambling and poker websites. The...
April 6th, 2015 By Shane Larson
In 2013, Morgan Stanley predicted the US online gambling market would be worth $9.3 billion by 2020, but the financial services corporation subsequently cut that forecast to $8 billion then $5.2 billion in 2014, and now a few months into 2015 company analysts have lowered estimates further to a...
April 3rd, 2015 By Shane Larson
While PokerStars remains locked out of the US iGaming market, the operator continues to dominate the online poker industry around the world and in the fourth quarter of 2014 helped send the revenues of its parent company Amaya Gaming Group Inc soaring to C$368.6 million. That figure represents a...
April 2nd, 2015 By Charles Washington
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