The United States had a thriving online poker market pre-Black Friday, but the whole industry was deconstructed in 2011 to pave way for a market which could be regulated and taxed, rather than revenues being funneled into the pockets of unlicensed offshore operators. In 2013, Nevada then became the...
August 11th, 2015 By Lucy Brown
When we think of gambling in the U.S, generally speaking there are two locations which immediately spring to mind: Las Vegas, and Atlantic City. Back in 1988, however, just Nevada and New Jersey allowed casinos but nowadays 43 of the 50 U.S. states offer this type of gambling, the...
August 10th, 2015 By Shane Larson
At the end of July, Full Tilt announced a series of sweeping changes designed to make its cash games more attractive to recreational players. One week later, and the impact on the online poker room’s traffic has already proved dramatic, but unfortunately not in a positive way, as numbers...
August 7th, 2015 By Stephen Smith
Gambling is a term used to describe betting on games of chance in order to win money or some other material benefit. Just like investing, gambling involves risk and the final outcome depends upon the player’s luck and skills, to some extent. Casinos are the facilities where the aforementioned...
August 6th, 2015 By Charles Washington
At the beginning of July, PokerStars launched its ‘Let California Play!’ campaign, an innovative summer-long tour of the Golden State by some of the site’s most popular pros. The tour’s aim was to create grassroots support for a future regulated online poker industry, and so far it is proving...
August 5th, 2015 By Adam Brown
The Ritz Club located in Piccadilly, London has won a high-profile £2 million ($3.1 million) lawsuit against Safa Abdulla Al-Geabury, after the Swiss billionaire refused to pay the debts he accrued at the casino’s roulette tables last year. At the heart of the 52 year old’s defense was the...
August 4th, 2015 By Shane Larson
At the end of July, four men were arrested in Israel and Florida accused of orchestrating a “pump-and-dump” scheme involving penny stocks and Bitcoins which is believed to have netted them millions of dollars. The fraudulent investments were offered to people across three continents, including Israel, Cyprus, and Russia,...
August 3rd, 2015 By Stephen Smith
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