Representative Joe Barton (R-Arlington) took over the mantle of US online poker defender from Barney Frank after the Democrat Representative retired in 2012, and over the years Barton has helped champion online poker player rights across the US, including introducing a number of bills into the House of Representatives....
April 7th, 2015 By Stephen Smith
Canadian players in Quebec may soon find themselves unable to access some of the most popular online poker sites in the world, after the province’s government announced its intention to introduce new legislation forcing Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to unlicensed internet gambling and poker websites. The...
April 6th, 2015 By Shane Larson
In 2013, Morgan Stanley predicted the US online gambling market would be worth $9.3 billion by 2020, but the financial services corporation subsequently cut that forecast to $8 billion then $5.2 billion in 2014, and now a few months into 2015 company analysts have lowered estimates further to a...
April 3rd, 2015 By Shane Larson
While PokerStars remains locked out of the US iGaming market, the operator continues to dominate the online poker industry around the world and in the fourth quarter of 2014 helped send the revenues of its parent company Amaya Gaming Group Inc soaring to C$368.6 million. That figure represents a...
April 2nd, 2015 By Charles Washington
Delaware launched its online gambling industry in November 2013, but while online casino revenues have continued to improve over the past 13 months, the state’s internet poker revenues, on the other hand, have slumped following an initial four month growth spurt, and currently account for roughly 20% of Delaware’s...
April 1st, 2015 By Adam Brown
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