A US District Court has dismissed civil claims filed by a group of ex Full Tilt Poker players against Full Tilt Poker units and 10 executive officers in a bid to get back the funds they had lost when the US Department of Justice (DoJ) cracked down on Full Tilt Poker, seized its domain name [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | February 3, 2012

Party Poker’s Card Rush, a promotion that promises real money online poker players plenty of golden opportunities to fatten their bankrolls, was launched on Feb 1 and is expected to last throughout the month. Players are required to continue having fun playing poker in order to receive attractive cash incentives and entries to exclusive freerolls. [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | February 2, 2012

Ian Imrich, the legal representative for Chris Ferguson, has informed Card Player that his client is now holding “positive dialogues” with the US Department of Justice (DoJ), as a result of which his case might be settled soon.
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Last September, the Southern District of New York Court had indicted [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | February 2, 2012

Zynga, the giant social gaming company, is planning to explore the world of real money online gambling, obviously because it is no longer making a profit with social gaming alone.
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Another reason could be that Zynga has finally realized that the experience of wagering real money online is unbeatable. [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | January 28, 2012

The lawmakers of the state of Iowa are now mulling over the idea of creating better online gaming plans for multistate online poker games with the potential to increase the player field and the size of the prize pools.
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Speaking on these ideas recently, Jeff Danielson said that the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | January 27, 2012

The events of April 15, 2011, commonly known as the Black Friday of online poker, made headlines for several months. On April 15, the US federal government cracked down on Full Tilt Poker, UB Poker, Absolute Poker, and PokerStars, seized their domain names, and indicted key people associated with these brands on multiple counts of [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | January 27, 2012

The authorities in Bahama have seized the poker winnings of two US brothers and their cousins, who have just returned to the US after vacationing in the Bahamas, because they failed to declare their winnings at the pre-clearance. Since the trio pleaded guilty and agreed to forfeit their winnings, they were not given any prison [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | January 26, 2012

The six-year-old relationship between Joe Hachem, the Australian professional poker player, and PokerStars, the largest online poker room in the world, has come to an end. The poker pro, who says that he wants to be closer to wife Jeanie and their kids, will probably get what he desires as he has agreed to be [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | January 26, 2012

Eight poker players, including three famous professional poker players Brad Booth, Tom Koral, and Dustin Woolf, have filed a case against the ex owners of Ultimate Bet, Excapsa Software. This online poker room used to be part of the Cereus Poker Network.
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The eight players, who used to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | January 25, 2012

Ira Rubin, who was indicted on multiple counts of conspiracy and bank fraud, has pleaded guilty on some of those counts.
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Ira Rubin, 53 years of age, was accused of processing gambling funds illegally for PokerStars, Absolute Poker, and Full Tilt Poker, three major online poker rooms that were [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | January 25, 2012