PokerStars Raising Funds to Aid Typhoon Victims in Philippines
PokerStars is known for being one of the biggest and best online poker rooms in the world, and now it is doing something to help a country in crisis by embarking on a fundraising effort designed to help those who have been left devastated by the recent Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Site pairing up […]
NV Governor Sandoval Has Explored Compact with Delaware
The Las Vegas Sun is reporting that the governor of the first state in the United States to regulate some form of online betting, Nevada, has explored the possibility of entering into an interstate iGaming agreement with the second state to pass such legislation, Delaware. Nevada and Delaware were also numbers one and two in […]
bwin and Amaya Announce New Jersey Partnership
This week gaming services company Amaya Gaming Group Inc. announced via a press release that it is teaming up with bwin.party in New Jersey. bwin has partnered with The Borgata Under the terms of New Jersey’s iGaming law, online operators must be entered into a partnership agreement with a land-based casino property in the state’s […]
Ivey Poker Soon to Introduce Ivey League Training Site
When it first launched, many openly wondered just what the focus of IveyPoker.com was meant to be. Backed by mega famous poker pro Phil Ivey, who has said in the past that he hoped to help new poker players and those more seasoned players alike improve their games with training, it was announced this week […]
bwin.party Positioning Itself for New Jersey iGaming Approval
The last two of the remaining original founders of gaming company bwin.party Digital Entertainment will be divesting themselves of their shares in bwin – the world’s largest publicly traded gambling company – as the company works to gain a license to operate in the nascent New Jersey online betting industry. The announcement was made Thursday via […]
Singapore Sees Increase in Number of Gamblers Banned from Casinos
Though Singapore is a small nation that has only two casinos within its borders, the number of Singaporeans to find their name on a list banning them from entering those casinos has more than quadrupled since 2011, according to a recent report by The Star Online. Singapore introduced new exclusion program in 2011 In the […]
Full Tilt Traffic Down, Dropping Room to Number Five Rank
Full Tilt Poker, which last year briefly enjoyed the status of the second-busiest online poker room in the world, has now dropped down to number five, according to poker room rankings released by Poker Scout last week. Relaunch represented best time for Full Tilt Full Tilt’s traffic was at its peak shortly after the relaunch of […]
