After a long debacle that finally ended in the UK’s online gambling famed ‘White List’ of acceptable licensing jurisdictions, it looks like Britain may be doing a complete 180 by refusing licenses to any online gambling operator located outside the country’s borders.
If you’re an avid poker player, whether it be online, at home or in a live casino poker room, chances are you have suffered from at least one emotionally devastating bad beat. It can be enough to make a player question their entire poker strategy, or even whether they should be playing poker at all. But what if bad beats didn’t exist in poker?
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was passed in 2006, and finally received its regulatory guidelines in the summer of 2010. The US government continues to maintain that online gambling is illegal within its borders. So why is it that Americans are being asked to pay taxes on their winnings from internet gambling?
After a lengthy period of speculation as to who belonged to the online poker nickname Isildur1, Viktor Blom has finally admitted his association with the moniker. Not many were surprised by the confession, but the Swede may have a twinge of regret now that the government is aware his alter-ego.
Many of us used to gather round the kitchen table and play poker with our best buds, but lives can become hectic. We get married, we have children, time seems to slip away and those delightful, good natured home games become a thing of the past. But not anymore…
PokerStars made exceptionally bold headlines recently when the world’s largest online poker room signed the likes of Viktor “Isildur1” Blom in December of 2010, but the poker room didn’t stop there. 2011 is a brand new year, and with it comes additional Team PokerStars Pros, including the most recent signing of Jonathan Duhamel.
Full Tilt Poker has spent the last seven years innovating the online poker industry. The second largest poker site in the world, Full Tilt has introduced a number of popular ways to play the game, including cashout tournaments and Matrix sit’n’gos. Their latest advancement, known as multi-entry poker tournaments, is just another prime example of their superiority in the business.
As I type this, there is a large group of officials occupying some big high-ceilinged room, seated in their comfortable chairs, discussing a number of political issues that are certainly of importance to the citizens of New Jersey. One of them is whether to enact a regulatory scheme for the legalization of online gambling within the borders of the state.
Full Tilt Poker has for years been the biggest online poker room in terms of signing pro poker players. PokerStars has been the most vigorous rival in that department, thus the acquisition of Isildur1 – recently confirmed to be 20 year old Swedish poker pro Viktor Blom – has left Full Tilt Poker with a bit of a void to fill.
The online gambling industry is a very competitive one, consisting of nearly 2,400 operators, all contending for online casino, poker, bingo and sports betting enthusiasts from every corner of the globe. But this latest attempt at customer acquisition went far beyond the boundaries of legal campaigning.
While many have suspected the identity of the illusive Isildur1, an exceptional online poker player whose bankroll fluctuates by the millions, confirmation of his identity has caused great waves in the online poker community. At last, we know for certain, Isildur1 is, in fact, Viktor Blom.
Just one week after pro poker players Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke both ended their sponsorship contracts with UB.com, Full Tilt Poker has already had a sit down with the ‘Poker Brat’ to discuss possible terms of a new contract with the top leading poker room.