Archive for August, 2013

888 Poker Axes Most Heads Up Games

888 Poker Axes Most Heads Up Games

Players at 888 Poker were greeted with an interesting surprise as they logged on to the popular online poker site this weekend, as the room has apparently decided to completely do away with heads-up tables for no limit cash games. The games have simply been removed from the lobby...
August 26th, 2013 By Shane Larson
Harry Reid Said to be Eyeing Federal Online Gambling Clampdown

Harry Reid Said to be Eyeing Federal Online Gambling Clampdown

Online poker players in the U.S. have long regarded Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as an ally in their push for legal U.S. online poker. But according to rumors currently circulating around Washington D.C., those same players may soon have good reason to change their opinion of Reid. That’s...
August 23rd, 2013 By Charles Washington
Florida and California Take Small Swings at Online Gambling

Florida and California Take Small Swings at Online Gambling

Two of the biggests potential markets for online poker in the United States – California and Florida – took tentative steps toward regulating the activity this week. But the consensus remains that both states are still quite some distance away from offering regulated online poker. Florida to look into...
August 21st, 2013 By Shane Larson
Full Tilt Repayment Process to Start Mid-September

Full Tilt Repayment Process to Start Mid-September

The Garden City Group – the company tasked by the United States DoJ with reuniting former Full Tilt Poker customers in America with their balances, revealed a major update regarding the process last week. Just as Friday was drawing to a close, the GCG announced that the remissions process...
August 19th, 2013 By Lucy Brown
William Hill Says So Long to China

William Hill Says So Long to China

One of the largest brands in online gambling has made the sudden – and severe – decision to withdraw from one of the largest potential markets for online gambling in the world. That was the news out of William Hill this week, as the operator revealed via email that...
August 17th, 2013 By Stephen Smith
New Jersey and Nevada Ready to Cooperate on Online Poker?

New Jersey and Nevada Ready to Cooperate on Online Poker?

Industry observers have long contended that an online gambling compact between Nevada and New Jersey was unlikely, due to the inherent competition between the United State’s twin gambling capitals. But now one prominent member of the gambling industry is publicly suggesting that the reverse may in fact be the...
August 8th, 2013 By Charles Washington
Claims Process for Full Tilt Poker’s US Customers to Begin Shortly

Claims Process for Full Tilt Poker’s US Customers to Begin Shortly

One of the most contentious, complicated and longest-running impacts of online poker’s Black Friday appears to be steadily progressing toward a positive resolution for poker players. The impact in question is the inability of Full Tilt Poker’s American customers to access their bankrolls, which have been in legal limbo...
August 5th, 2013 By Lucy Brown
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