All Entries in the "USA Poker" Category
Nevada’s First Intrastate Online Poker Room Delayed, But Not Forgotten
Folks in Nevada may have to wait a bit longer to get their first intrastate online poker room, and the first in the country. But chances are, even with this delay taken into account, they’ll still be the first. In the first state to pass an intrastate gambling law the first company, South Point Poker [...]
New Online Poker Bill Introduced to House
There’s a new online poker bill going before the house, thanks to Republican U.S. Representative Joe Barton, who introduced it on Friday last, June 24, 2011, with the support of four of his Republican colleagues and six of his Democratic ones. The bill would allow for the licensing, taxation and regulation of Internet poker, with [...]
How DoylesRoom Taking a Piece of Cake Left Victory Poker Defeated
Since Black Friday, much of the poker world has been closely following the dramatic, divergent stories of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker/UB, the three sites targeted by the Department of Justice’s indictment and civil complaint. However, there has been significant drama over recent months involving three other sites, too — DoylesRoom, Victory Poker, [...]
DoylesRoom and 9 Other Domains Seized
Earlier today it was announced that a federal grand jury returned indictments charging two gambling businesses and three defendants with conducting an illegal gambling business and money laundering. The two indictments were returned on April 26, 2011 and unsealed today. As part of the investigation, 11 bank accounts located in Charlotte, North Carolina; Guam; Panama; [...]
Some, Not All U.S. Player Funds Returned
The Poker Players Alliance’s Executive Director John Pappas suggested that the amount of player funds withheld because of the U.S. Department of Justice’s actions against several top poker sites on April 15, 2011 (or what has been dubbed Black Friday) might run an estimated $100,000,000 to $500,000,000. As it turns out, if he’s not right [...]
Poker Players Alliance Announces National Poker Lobbying Day
After the events of April 15th, now known throughout the poker community as Black Friday, poker advocates have been rallying support for the repeal of the prohibitive UIGEA and the restoration of legal online poker in the United States. At the forefront of this movement is the Poker Players Alliance which most recently declared that [...]
Lock Poker Set to Become Largest US Online Poker Site
In the matter of just three weeks Lock Poker has become a giant in the online poker arena. It’s estimated that they have already signed roughly 20% of US online poker players that were affected by Black Friday. They have gone from an irrelevant online poker site to the biggest thanks to the US Government [...]
Battle of the Ronin at Lock Poker Now for $500K & WSOP Seat
Lock Poker is currently running a promotion called the Battle of Ronin in which $500,000 in cash prizes are up for grabs, along with seats in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event. The full name of this competition is the Battle of the Ronin Rake Chase, which sheds a bit more light on [...]
Hero Poker 30k + 30K Freeroll May 15th, 2011
A new age has begun, an age of freedom. And all will know that 300 Spartans gave their last breath to defend it.” Spartan King Leonidas And on that day of April 15 such was the devastation that we called it ‘Black Friday’, but on May 15 Hero Poker answered with our 300… THE 30,000 [...]
Absolute Poker and UB Filing for Bankruptcy
Earlier today the parent company, Blanca Gaming, of the Cereus Network which owns Absolute Poker and UB sent out and email to their shareholders letting them know that they will most likely be filing for bankruptcy. Absolute Poker and UB ran their operations from a four story building in Costa Rica that as of this [...]
