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Jan 31,
2012 - 888 /Caesers move towards regulation |
888 Holdings made its latest stride towards
operating in a regulated US online poker
landscape by extending their commercial
agreement with Caesars Interactive Entertainment
(CIE). Dragonfish, the British firm’s
independent B2B arm, agreed the deal that was
announced early this morning and it means the
firm will power CIE’s “established and
recognized poker brands” when regulation happens
at either state or federal level.
Read entire article
here.
Oct 5, 2011 - Nominees for Poker Hall of Fame
have been announced |
After a public nomination process on WSOP.com, and
a vetting of all nominations by the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council, the
finalists list eligible for induction into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2011 has
been determined.
It will now be up to the current Hall of Famers and a panel of media members to
determine who actually does join this exclusive club.
Read entire article
here.
Sept 22, 2011 - Frank, Berkley both took contributions from Full
TiltLAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Rep. Shelley
Berkley, D-Nev., a longtime advocate for federal legalization of Internet poker,
accepted an estimated $20,000 in contributions from Full Tilt Poker, the Boston
Globe reported Wednesday.
Jessica Mackler, a spokeswoman for Berkley’s U.S. Senate campaign, said in an
email statement the money would not be kept. It was unclear, however, how the
funds would be disposed.
Read entire article
here.
August 23, 2011 - California egaming/Poker
delayed until 2012 |
In a
letter yesterday to potential stakeholders including
card rooms, tribes and racetracks, also signed by
Senate Governmental Organization Committee chair Rod
Wright, Steinberg wrote: “We believe the concept of
bringing intrastate internet gaming to California
has merit and is worth pursuing in a smart,
methodical way”.
However,
despite many hearings and hours of testimony around
the issue, said Steinberg, “[S]ignificant,
unresolved issues remain, including tribal
exclusivity and waiver of sovereignty immunity, the
types of games that would be authorized, and who
would be eligible to apply for licenses and
potential federal constitutional questions.”
Read
entire article
here.
August 22, 2011
- Another US poker pro tells his country
to kiss off
Justin
Bonomo, an American poker pro who is widely
considered among the best around the world by
his peers, becomes yet another American to turn
his back on his country and seek greener
pastures dues to unfavourable online gambling
laws.
Justin Bonomo recently announced via his
Facebook account that he too will be leaving the
United States. Unlike other Americans who fled
to Canada during the Black Friday induced
exodus, Bonomo will be taking his talents to the
Meditteranean, to the island of Malta.
Malta is an online gambling and online poker hub
and Bonomo himself is expected to partake in the
upcoming WPT event taking place in Malta on
September 20th
Read entire article
here.
August 18, 2011 - Full
Tilt Poker Faces Another Class Action Suit
Another lawsuit has been
filed against Full Tilt Poker this time on
behalf of all account holders that played on the
online poker site. The class-action lawsuit is
against persons and companies linked to FTP and
was filed last week in the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New
York. The suit is extremely similar to the class
action RICO suit brought back in July by Steve
Segal and his band of merry men “on behalf of
themselves and all others similarly situated” by
FTP having frozen their deposits.
Read entire article
here.
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