Archive for April, 2015

Pennsylvania Rep. Thomas Murt Introduces Anti-iGaming Bill HB1013

Pennsylvania Rep. Thomas Murt Introduces Anti-iGaming Bill HB1013

Pennsylvania launched its very first slot machines casino in 2006, followed by table games in 2010, and by 2012 The Keystone State had overtaken neighboring New Jersey as the USA’s second largest gambling market with revenues totaling $3.16 billion. Since then, revenues have fallen to $3.07 billion in 2014,...
April 29th, 2015 By Charles Washington
History Made As WSOP Circuit Crowns Its First Female Main Event Winner

History Made As WSOP Circuit Crowns Its First Female Main Event Winner

The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) first launched in 2005, and although 156 main events have been held during that time, the tour had yet to crown its first female main event champion. On Monday night, however, history was made after the Taiwanese born Michelle Chin took down...
April 27th, 2015 By Adam Brown
MSPN Boosts Delaware iPoker Revenues 26% Higher In March

MSPN Boosts Delaware iPoker Revenues 26% Higher In March

While Nevada and Delaware only enacted their interstate poker compact on March 24th, the pool sharing agreement has already had a dramatic effect on Delaware’s online poker market, with revenues rising by 26.39% to $43,636 in March, compared to February, and marking its highest point in 10 months. Online...
April 24th, 2015 By Shane Larson
What Is The Legality Of Fantasy Sports In The US?

What Is The Legality Of Fantasy Sports In The US?

While the US Justice Department targeted and shut down the country’s major unregulated iPoker operators in 2011, fantasy sports websites have managed to avoid the strict scrutiny of law enforcement and has since grown to become a multi-billion dollar industry. Nevertheless, while fantasy sports players place real money wagers...
April 23rd, 2015 By Charles Washington
Pariah Website Lock Poker Finally Shuts, Owing Millions

Pariah Website Lock Poker Finally Shuts, Owing Millions

Lock Poker has long been a blight on the online poker landscape, and over the past few years has represented all that is wrong with unregulated iPoker. None of the site’s unfortunate customers have been able to withdraw even a cent of their funds in over a year, and...
April 22nd, 2015 By Lucy Brown
Anti-RAWA Petition Highlights Serious Player Apathy

Anti-RAWA Petition Highlights Serious Player Apathy

In an effort to counter the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) introduced by Rep. Jason Chaffetz to Congress in February, the Poker Players Alliance subsequently launched an online petition on the 2nd of April, 2015, entitled “We the People”. Its intention was to collect a minimum of 100,000...
April 21st, 2015 By Stephen Smith
U.S. Online Poker Four Years After Black Friday

U.S. Online Poker Four Years After Black Friday

April 15th marked the four year anniversary of Black Friday, a day when the Justice Department shut down PokerStars, Full Tilt, and Absolute Poker’s online operations in the United States, in so doing pulling the plug on the country’s unregulated online poker market. While PokerStars and Full Tilt exited...
April 20th, 2015 By Stephen Smith
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