Poker sites all over must be squirming in discomfort at the recent charges brought against Cyber World Group (the company that owns Golden Palace Casino) by the state of Quebec. Cyber Group has been fined $2 million after pleading guilty to illegal gambling charges, which seems to imply that the gaming license issued by the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | November 30, 2007

Denmark, along with other Scandinavian countries - including Norway and Sweden - has a state gambling monopoly that is at odds with EU regulations, and former Danish Member of Parliament Freddy Blak wants to see his country's long-drawn monopoly come to an end.
The European Commission had already noticed and condemned this monopoly four years ago, instituting an [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | November 29, 2007

Two weeks ago, Shahram "Shawn" Sheikhan, the professional poker player who is perhaps best known for his abrasiveness at the tables, was informed that he would not be forced to leave the United States because of a 1995 misdemeanor conviction.U.S. Immigration Court Judge Harry Gastley said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | November 29, 2007

In an unorthodox move, PokerStars.com recently announced the addition of a new member of its team of players.This time, it was not a professional poker player, but rather, a professional tennis player, Hall of Famer Boris Becker.
Becker told the PokerStars blog that he began learning how to play on the pro tennis tour in between [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | November 29, 2007

Technology has come a long way: poker books gave way to poker videos, then poker DVDs and now poker downloads. Through online multimedia company Zipidee, you can get inside the head of Phil Gordon and other experts to see how they tackle complicated poker decisions, all from the comfort of your own computer.
Poker pro [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | November 28, 2007

It is anyone’s guess how the stock market will behave, but most feel that Party Gaming stock must be on the rise, since CEO Mitch Garber has decided to not sell his shares as had been announced, and on top of that he is taking options for even more shares in the company.
Reuters reported on [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | November 27, 2007

Absolute Poker has obviously learned that no matter what it does, customers will keep filling its virtual tables.If the biggest cheating scandal in the history of internet poker didn’t keep players away, surely a little change in bonus terms won’t hurt?
Now, in and of itself, a change to the deposit bonus terms, even if it [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | November 27, 2007

Last week, internet poker software developer, Dobrosoft, created a new poker network, the Gold Chip Network.Comprised largely of no-name poker rooms, some of which are refugees of the Digital Gaming Network (DGN), the Gold Chip Network has a steep hill to climb if it wants to become a factor in the internet poker arena.
Dobrosoft had [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | November 27, 2007

If you’re a big fan of home poker games, this will definitely make you happy: Shuffle Tech is running the last tests before launching an automatic card shuffler suitable for home use, at a fraction of the price of a casino shuffler.
Home games are becoming more and more popular, but shuffling tends to be an [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | November 26, 2007

Lions danced to celebrate the launch of the first APPT Asian Poker open in Macau, where 352 players – including both poker celebrities and satellite winners – started to fight it out for a first prize of over $220,000 at the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino, one of the newest casinos in this modern Asian [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | November 23, 2007