Russian Online Poker To Be A Victim Of Ukraine Conflict?
In June 2009, the Russian Federation ordered the Sports Ministry to remove poker from its national sports registry, and since then the government has intermittently ordered Internet Service Providers to block online gambling websites from the country. Recently, however, Russian authorities signaled a U-turn in its negative approach towards iGaming after it requested the Russian […]
PokerStars To Transform NJ Into Silicon Valley Of Internet Gaming
For a while now New Jersey‘s gambling industry has been more a cause for concern rather than optimism, but recently there has been a distinct change in mood after State Senator Ray Lesniak (photo) hinted that PokerStars was now on the fast track to making a New Jersey return. The online poker room was once […]
New Regulation Forces Mansion Poker From UK iGaming Market
On October 1st, the UK’s new licensing and regulatory laws are due to be implemented requiring online gambling companies to obtain a UK license and pay 15% tax on any profits generated from UK bettors. The new gambling legislation is expected to cause many of the country’s 150+ online gambling operations to exit the UK […]
New Jersey iGaming Growth Continues Into August
The slower online gambling summer months are now in New Jersey’s rear view mirror, and after three months of falling revenues the state has followed up July’s positive growth with a slight 5% improvement in revenues for August, too. Not including iGaming revenues, however, Atlantic City’s 11 casinos operating last month won $294.4 million from […]
Gus Hansen Online Poker Losses Now Surpass $20m
Danish poker pro Gus Hansen has long been the subject of endless articles related to his wild swings, but ultimately huge losses when playing online poker cash games. Towards the end of 2010, for instance, Hansen went on an $8 million upswing to reduce his losses on Full Tilt Poker to just $2.5 million, but […]
New Jersey And Nevada Discuss Interstate Poker Compact
According to a recent article written by Howard Stutz from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (photo) and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval have recently been discussing the possibility of the two states combining their online poker player pools by forming an interstate compact. Governor Christie was hosting a gaming summit in an […]
Ultimate Poker’s Tom Kobrin Hoping To Take Company To New Level
Ultimate Poker’s new chief marketing officer, Tom Kobrin, has been addressing some of the performance concerns leveled against the USA’s first regulated online poker website, and his message is clear; unlike its competitors, Ultimate Gaming should gain extra respect for being the country’s only all America operation, and that big plans are currently afoot designed […]
