But first, what about Doyle?
First, I will answer the question I received from people in the poker industry this week regarding Doyle Brunson. No, he did not get arrested. When I spoke with him this morning, he laughed and told me that these types of rumors fly about every year. Usually the rumor says […]
Online gambling giant 888.com has reported record growth, with 3.6 million members now betting online.
The website reported a 35 per cent increase in real money memberships in its final quarter results for 2006 despite the operator having to exit its operations in the United States because of regulation changes.
Changes in legislation limited online gambling companies […]
Online poker room Party Poker has announced that qualifiers are in full swing for the inaugural Party Poker European Challenge, which will take place in March in Vienna during the heart of the Spring Poker Festival.
This year they are qualifiers with a difference, however, as the first 50 online qualifiers from Eastern Europe will take […]
I am not really that into online poker; I lack the patience to be truly great at poker.
However, I have several friends that swear by it, and we were all quite annoyed when Congress decided to attach a ban on transfers to online gambling companies in a rider to a port security bill last year. […]
Many online poker players and industry members are holding out hope for some kind of exemption for online poker from the the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), but president of the American Gaming Association Frank Fahrenkopf doesn’t think that there is “a chance in hell.” The head of the Poker Players Association recently met […]
Holland appears to be heading in the same direction as Spain and Great Britain. The Dutch government will begin allowing online gambling via its licensed land-based Holland Casino.
The beneficiaries in all of this: Cryptologic. The leading software developer to the global online casino gaming market, has announced an exclusive three-year licensing contract with […]
On a darker note, we now learn that the FBI has actually frozen the funds of all US clients, which were still ‘on account’ at NETeller the online e-wallet. It was earlier believed that the digital money would be refunded to US players and now they are calling it evidence and the cash is on […]