Yes, Bluff magazine, an American publication, has launched an online poker room.And yes, it is legal.How?Because there is technically no gambling taking place.The company’s new venture, ClubBluff.com, is a subscription-based poker room, meaning that players pay a monthly fee to sit at the virtual tables, but no money is actually risked once the cards are [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | May 31, 2008

The last organization that would ever want to come remotely close to a gambling related legal problem is the Poker Players Alliance.It turned out that, by virtue of a mistake on its website, the PPA might have run the risk of just that sort of trouble.
The PPA recently launched a revamped website, which included a [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | May 31, 2008

The first poker room opened last week in the gambling mecca of Macau, and it was opened by – of all companies – an online poker room.On May 23, PokerStars Macau opened for business at the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino with enough seats for 160 players.
The first tournament played there was the China Earthquake [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | May 31, 2008

The conflict between Ladbrokes and Swedish gaming monopoly Svenska Spel is escalating fast: it went from a threat to a lawsuit in a matter of days and it is becoming more complex as Ladbrokes has now countersued Svenska Spel accusing it of false advertising.
Svenska Spel threatened and then sued Ladbrokes earlier this month because they [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | May 30, 2008

It’s like Christmas in summer.The cards at the World Series of Poker will be in the air at noon on Friday, marking the 39th edition of the annual poker festival.The 2008 WSOP will run May 30-July 14 at the Rio in Las Vegas and will feature 55 bracelet events.
Several changes have been made to the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | May 30, 2008

UltimateBet has released a statement confirming recent suspicions that multiple super-users did in fact defraud high-stakes UB players over the past 18 months.
In what is sure to come as a blow to the Canadian based poker giant, parent company Tokwiro Enterprise ENRG has released the findings reached through its extensive and voluntary cooperation with the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | May 29, 2008

Ireland’s top sportsbook, Paddy Power plc has followed up its announcement of an unexpected windfall in 2008 first quarter profits with a £19 million acquisition of McGranaghan Racing, a leading independent bookmaker in the Greater Belfast area. This move will augment Paddy Power’s already substantial presence in both London and Ireland with eight additional betting offices.
Paddy [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | May 29, 2008

What controls your balls? What mechanism makes your manhood change? After watching all of Mathew Barney’s 8 hour “Cremaster Cycle” in one sitting I cannot help but ask, “What controls your balls?”
And I don’t mean the physical testicles (which are in fact controlled by a pelvic muscle called the cremaster which Matthew “Mr. Bjork” [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | May 28, 2008

The good people at Party Poker have decided to send May off in style, culminating their May Madness tourney extravaganza with a chance to play for a share of $1,000,000. Qualifiers and satellites abound so everyone can grab a seat!
Throughout the month of May Party Poker has guaranteed every tourney on the site, and the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | May 28, 2008

Poker training websites are the popular thing in poker education nowadays.Started primarily by internet players and featuring primarily internet players as their instructors, most of them are quite good.For the most part, however, they are the same, offering instructor commentary on their own online poker sessions, articles, and message boards.Enter Daniel Negreanu.Negreanu opened his own [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | May 28, 2008