Business & Financial
BitCoin Poker Coming Soon: Top 3 Most Likely Players
Many people in the poker community have begun to talk about the prospects of digital currency taking over the sector with BitCoin poker becoming the new reality.
South Point Casino in Las Vegas Jumps Into Online Poker Fray
PokerView Moves to Merge From Everleaf Poker Network: Offers $4 Mil Tourney
PokerView.com switches networks, will be down September 13
Latest Online Gambling X Files: TopBet.com Website Looks A Lot Like Defunct BetED.com
GTBets.com Takes Over VIP Sportsbook, BetGameDay.com and Nine.com
Liberal Economist Paul Krugman Calls BitCoin a “Stupid Currency”
Jenn Sterger Joins The Online Gambling Arena: Signs on With BetOnLine
Betfair’s Mixed Bag Following Expected Drop in 1st Quarter 2011 Revenue
Online Gambling and Digital Currency a Marriage Bound to Happen
Full Tilt Poker Hearing Postponed Again
There has been yet another postponement in the hearing to determine whether or not Full Tilt Poker is granted its license back.
SunFirst Bank Could Go Belly Up After Online Poker Indictments
SunFirst Bank, which is alleged to have processed online poker transactions and disguising them as dog food and golf ball purchases, appears to be on life support.
DigiBookie Kicking Off The New Online Gambling Trend: BitCoin Deposits
Lock Poker Malta Licensing Update
As Gambling911.com reported on Tuesday, Lock Poker continues to be licensed by both the Kahnawake Gaming Commission and the Curacao Netherlands Antilles licensing agency for online gambling.
Bwin.PartyGaming, 888.com Significantly Benefitting From Full Tilt Poker Closure
Forbes on Why Full Tilt Poker Can’t Pay: Massive Theft and US Cash Seizures
Forbes.com reported on Full Tilt Poker’s statement Tuesday elaborating further on why it has failed to pay back customers millions of dollars.
The one-time second largest online poker room in the world claims it was robbed by a payment processor in addition to funds being seized by the US Government on April 15 as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering and bank fraud. They blame everybody but themselves.
The US Government contends FTP can and should pay out its customers, implying these funds should have been segregated.
Number of Active Customers at Paddy Power Already Exceeds All of 2010
Atlantic City Ghost Town as Hurricane Irene Approaches
The US second largest gambling destination, Atlantic City, has been completely evacuated in anticipation for Hurricane Irene.
The storm had weakened to a Category 1 but was expected to bring high damaging winds and a strong storm surge. A storm of similar strength, Hurricane Belle, completely flooded neighboring Long Beach Island in 1976. That system tracked a little further out to sea than Irene’s current forecast track, which takes her right along the New Jersey coast.
This weekend is typically among the busiest for Atlantic City.
Facebook Now Permitting Online Gambling Ads Targeted Outside US
