End Of An Era As Gus Hansen and Viktor Blom Leave Full Tilt
The Full Tilt debacle which occurred post-Black Friday threatened to see the once popular internet poker site permanently shut down, but after PokerStars’ parent company, the Rational Group, rescued the operation in 2012 the site was relaunched together with a streamlined sponsored player roster which included three of the biggest draws in the game, namely […]
Lock Poker Owes Its Players More Than $3 Million
Back in 2011, Lock Poker appeared to be the toast of the industry, with the site employing a full roster of sponsored pros including an exciting new Portuguese poker prodigy by the name of José “Triple P” Macedo. Unfortunately, the site subsequently attracted a whole host of criticism after the 18 year-old was found to […]
New Jersey Hopes To Cash In On Real Money Social Gaming
Social casino games is one of the most lucrative and fast-growing segments of gaming, and unlike online gambling where real money is wagered, social casinos only allow players to spend real money purchasing virtual casino chips which cannot be cashed out but may later, depending on the company, be exchanged for preset prizes. Nevertheless, the […]
Bwin.party Director Accuses AGA Of Betraying US Online Gambling Industry
The American Gaming Association (AGA) prides itself on being the USA’s premier lobbying group for promoting and educating target audiences about the positive role commercial gambling plays in communities across the whole country. That support even extended to the issue of online gambling, but after coming under pressure from Las Vegas Sands Corporation owner Sheldon […]
Are Online Gambling Games Good For The Poker Industry?
Although online poker has always been regarded as a useful means of attracting new players to gambling sites and encouraging them to wager their funds on a variety of ‘house games,’ poker purists have often espoused the virtues of keeping the game of skill separate from casino-style games. Up to recently, however, while the majority […]
PPA’s Pappas Says Poker Needs Other Gambling Games To Survive
The ‘Restoration of America´s Wire Act’ (RAWA) is expected to be debated in Congress’ during the forthcoming lame duck session (November 9-26) and if the bill is eventually passed into law all forms of online gambling will subsequently be prohibited, with the exception of internet pari-mutuel horse race betting and fantasy sports betting. Ahead of […]
Pokerstars Partners Versus Affiliates Battle Heats Up
PokerStars, the world’s most popular online poker site, has been undergoing a number of significant changes over the past few months, not least a change of ownership following Amaya Gaming’s acquisition of its parent company the Rational Group on August 1st for $4.9 billion. Other major changes include PokerStars dramatically cutting back on its team […]
