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As many of you know, PokerStars has been in negotiations to purchase the Atlantic Club Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey since entering into contract with the owners in December of 2012. The deal seemed to be going well until suddenly, in April, Colony Capital LLC, which controls ownership of the casino, called the deal off when the expiration date for purchase passed.
Anyone who knows poker knows Daniel ‘Kid Poker’ Negreanu. He’s the charismatic, cool-headed Canadian poker pro with five WSOP bracelets, 2 WPT title and more than $18 million in live tournament cash winnings
It’s taken more than two years of player complaints for the world’s largest online poker room, PokerStars, to finally put an official end to the unethical practice of “bum hunting” on its virtual cash tables.
There has been widespread debate over a practice that has become known as “rat-holing” at online poker sites for years. PokerStars is attempting to address the issue with a ‘complex solution’; one that would involve software enhancements to impose specific, compulsory rules to prevent rat-holing by players.
There’s a new online bingo site on the world wide web, and all you have to do to find it is follow the rainbow. You just might find a pot of gold at the end, but you will definitely find a throng of gay bingo fanatics. Launched in April 2013, it’s called Fierce Bingo, and it was specifically designed to accommodate the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gendered (LGBT) community.
As it became apparent that several US states intended to enact laws that would allow for intrastate online poker and/or other forms of internet gambling, software developers were forced to come up with a way to verify each player’s location. For example, in Nevada – currently the only state to launch a legal online poker site to its adult population – only residents within the state can play. Using a method known as cell phone triangulation, Ultimate Poker is able to ensure players can only login from within the state’s borders.
It’s that time of year again, when the most seasoned professional poker players, as well as any amateur who can gather up the required buy-in, gather at the Rio Las Vegas in Nevada, USA to participate in the World Series of Poker. The most prestigious of all live poker events in the world, the 2013 WSOP is slated to kick off on Wednesday, May 29, packed with 62 events that culminate in the grand finale; the WSOP Main Event.
Last year, history was made at the World Series of Poker when renowned poker pro Guy Laliberte made the bold move to initiate a brand new event at the 2012 WSOP. A phenomenal philanthropic success, the Big One for One Drop, which featured a massive $1,000,000 buy-in, was able to raise over $5.3 million for the One Drop Foundation.
Once more, the public officials of California will be perusing the text of a new online gambling bill that aims to legalize internet poker activities within the state’s borders. There have been two previous attempts this year alone by lawmakers to pass an online gaming bill for the Golden State, but neither made it to the governor’ desk due to a lack of favorable guidelines and sufficient proponents in the senate. Could the third time be the charm?
The gambling industry across the United States has been bombarded with news of the legalization of online gaming across three major states, Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey, as well as the potential deregulation of states like California. We’ve gotten so used to seeing the headlines we simply tend to skim the literature now. But all of a sudden, a new story has emerged that the state of Illinois may be truly looking to jump on the online gambling band wagon.
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