Poker has become the hottest thing, an obsession, with more and more players each day. World Series of Poker attendees grow by thousands each year.If you love the game of poker and what to try and make some money at it there is an interesting option in taking part in this multi-billion dollar industry: becoming [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | July 24, 2007

The Internet is full of offers, promotions and bargains, but few come even near to this one: for only $1 you can get a chance to win a $12,000 package for the Party Poker Million VI in 2008, which includes an 8-day Mediterranean cruise, the buy-in for the Millions Main Event, and even some spending [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | July 20, 2007

There have been some questions floating around the internet this week as to the validity of an e-mail from Sportsbook.com.The e-mail was sent to most people on July 17 and requests that the recipient update his date of birth on his Sportsbook.com account.
Normally, that would be a fairly ordinary request.But many people who received it [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | July 19, 2007

Have you ever paid your buy-in for an online sit-and-go and a few minutes in say to yourself, “Why did I start playing?I don’t have the time for this.”Well, fear not, for Party Poker has come up with a solution for you.They are introducing the time-based tournament.
Normally, a tournament lasts until all the chips belong [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | July 19, 2007

It appears as if the Neteller debacle will soon come to an end for American customers.The company announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) investigation has been concluded and that it is just about time to get people their money back.
Neteller had wanted to make this announcement last week, but it said it [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | July 18, 2007

Registration is now open for the new special event at UltimateBet, the Heads-Up Smackdown.A 64-player, single-elimination, bracket-style tournament, the $530 buy-in event will award $11,200 to the winner.
Only 64 players will be included, so signup early (although if you miss it, there will be future Smackdowns).The first round will begin August 4 and each successive [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | July 18, 2007

Troubled e-wallet Neteller announced in June that, working with the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO), it had come up with a plan to distribute frozen funds back to its U.S. customers.The company had targeted July 13 as the date by which it would let its customers know the exact process by which they could retrieve [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | July 17, 2007

You could lineup their tombstones like in an old Wild West town: Neteller…Firepay…Citadel…Central Coin…the list of online payment processors who have fled the U.S. market goes on and on.Now we can add EcoCard to the pile.
EcoCard was never an extraordinarily popular payment method for online gambling, but it was still something.And something is generally better [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | July 16, 2007

Within two weeks of each other, Neteller co-founders Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre gave up in their fight with the U.S. Department of Justice.Arrested in January on conspiracy charges for promoting internet gambling through providing funds transfers to and from online gambling sites, the two men have both pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal courtroom.
Lawrence’s [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | July 13, 2007

This July,
Party Poker is making online poker history.They are giving away a record breaking $12 million in prize pools guarnateed, starting from a $1 rebuy to a $530 NL Freezout.You can check it at
Party Poker’s website under what they call the “$12 Million All Tournaments Guaranteed”; they are guaranteeing that even [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | July 12, 2007