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Phil Gordon Dismissed from Full Tilt Poker Class Action Lawsuit

Phil Gordon, a professional poker player named as a defendant in a class action lawsuit against Full Tilt Poker, has voluntarily been dismissed.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/22/2011

Online Poker Cash Games in Italy Provide a Boost to Many Sites

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jul/22/2011

Hard Rock Casino Coming to Atlantic City

The Hard Rock Casino plans to open a small casino in Atlantic City, the US second largest casino destination.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jul/22/2011

Lock Poker Signs Chris Moorman and Nicky Evans as LockPRO Army Grows

Lock is thrilled to announce the new additions to their LockPRO ELITE team. Chris "moorman1" Moorman and Nicky "Cod Meharly" Evans. 

Submitted by Guest on, Jul/22/2011

Red Panda Poker Joins the Cake Poker Network

The Cake Network, one of the industry’s leading online poker networks is pleased to announce that Red Panda Poker is joining their network.

“We are excited to have Red Panda Poker join us as this is the first room on our network to be working in unison with an organized charity towards such a noteworthy cause,” said Cake Network Marketing Director, Andrew Turner.

Submitted by Guest on, Jul/20/2011

Germany Online Gambling Tax Hike Not Likely: Bwin.Party, Betfair Surge on News

Germany is unlikely to hike taxes by 17 percent on all online gambling stakes after the European Union condemned the idea on Tuesday.  This sent Bwin.Party shares surging.

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Bwin.Party topped the mid-cap gainers board, up 7¾p to 140p, while online betting exchange Betfair Group gained 16½p to 632p.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jul/19/2011

William Hill Enters Italian Online Poker Market With WilliamHill.it

William Hill is the latest online poker room to enter the powerful Italian market with its newest domain name WillianHill.it. 

William Hillis the United Kingdom’s largest bookmaker and has been in business since 1932. 
Italy opened up its market to online poker play from companies outside the nation last year.  PokerStars.it is the world’s fifth largest online poker venture. 

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jul/19/2011

Coral Welcomes Andy Hornby as New CEO

Andy Hornby has begun his reign as Chief Executive of Coral, one of the world’s biggest bookmakers.

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It had taken the firm nearly a year to replace former CEO Nick Rust, who departed for Ladbrokes.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jul/18/2011

7 Major US Online Gambling Sites Shut Down Completely: Includes English Harbour

One of the oldest established online gambling sites, the casino group English Harbour, has shut down along with 6 other online casino brands

The death of online gambling sites continues.  Among the group of casinos to delete their websites and close their gambling doors are English Harbour, Millionaire Casino, VIP Slots, Slots Galore, Silver Dollar Casino, Super Slots and Caribbean Gold Casinos.

Submitted by Guest on, Jul/17/2011

Johnny Sack Endorsing Online Gambling Business: Pay Per Head Reduced Pricing

PayPerHead.com Launches new pricing, a new site, and a new campaign featuring Soprano's Johnny Sack

PayPerHead.com, an online sportsbook service provider for local agents, today unveiled a new site and a new price-led campaign featuring Vince Curatola, Johnny Sack of The Sopranos fame.

Submitted by Guest on, Jul/17/2011

The Moment of Truth for Full Tilt Poker: July 26 Hearing Quickly Approaches

Mark your calendars those of you affected by the Full Tilt Poker closure.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/17/2011

Sports.com Merged into Sportsbook.com

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/17/2011

VIP.com, BetGameDay.com and Nine.com Shut Down

After pulling out of the US market in 2006, VIP.com, BetGameDay.com and Nine.com have decided to close shop.  The sites all feature a closure notice.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/15/2011

Betdaq Cuts Off Australian Online Gamblers

The betting exchange Betdaq has stopped accepting online gambling business from Australia.  It is reported that the company was operating there without a legitimate licence. 

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jul/15/2011

Full Tilt Poker Claims Must be Filed by Midnight Friday July 15

Those looking to file claims against Full Tilt Poker in order to recoup monies owed must do so no later than Friday July 15 (which is just hours away from this writing).

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/14/2011

Merge Gaming Expected to Reopen to US Poker Players Shortly

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/14/2011

Alderney Gaming Commission Will Hold Hearing on Full Tilt Poker July 26

A hearing is scheduled to discuss the future of Full Tilt Poker on July 26.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/12/2011

Sharks on Feeding Frenzy: Everest Poker Big Winner After Full Tilt Poker Shutdown

9300 Full Tilt Poker players were looking for new homes after the company was shut down two weeks ago and Everest Poker appears to have captured a good chunk of them. 

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/12/2011

Cake Poker Up 40 Percent Following Full Tilt Poker License Being Yanked

Cake Poker may not seem like one of the biggest European online poker networks, but they have certainly benefited from Full Tilt Poker leaving that market

With players returning home from the World Series of Poker, online poker traffic has risen 3.4 percent this past week.  Online poker rooms continue to swallow up traffic from Full Tilt Poker, which lost its license two weeks ago.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/12/2011

Webcam Online Poker Introduced by 888.com – Live Internet Poker

Submitted by Patrick Flanigan on, Jul/12/2011

Nevada Gaming Revenues Up 16 Percent

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/12/2011

Report: Full Tilt Poker Deal Could be “On the Table” by End of Next Week

eGaming Review is reporting that a deal could be “on the table” to purchase Full Tilt Poker by late next week. 

“On the table” and “Sealed” are two completely different things.  Full Tilt Poker, as we already know, comes with plenty of baggage.  This is a company that hasn’t paid US players in close to three months now and the European players are currently experiencing delays after FTP’s licensing arm shut them down last week. 

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/07/2011

Wynn Takes Bets on the World Series of Poker

Submitted by Ace King on, Jul/07/2011

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