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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.

PartyPoker Reaches 10K Cash Game Players for First Time in 16 Months

Report: Full Tilt Poker Dealings With Prospective European Investors Now “Exclusive”

Jenny Woo to Discuss Full Tilt Poker With Famed New York Attorney Next Week

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. 

Wynn Takes Bets on the World Series of Poker

William Hill May Pull Ads From News of the World

The United Kingdom’s biggest bookmaker, William Hill, is the latest online advertiser to be reviewing its advertising arrangement with disgraced London tabloid News of the World.

European Online Poker Sites Quick to Roll Out Huge Bonuses in Face of Full Tilt “Demise”

With the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) suspending Full Tilt Poker’s license last week, European online poker sites have not hesitated to raise their bonus offerings.

“Not only are they rushing to grab hold of Full Tilt Poker’s customers, these sites are also in competition with one another to provide new signups with the very best bonuses out there,” noted Payton O’Brien, Gambling911.com Senior Editor.  

Operators have made no qualms about capitalizing on Full Tilt’s plight.

QuickTender UseMyWallet Payouts Now Available but No More After 15 August

Good news for some of online gamblers and affiliates utilizing the services of payment solutions company QuickTender / UseMyWallet. 

The company has sent out a notice that it intends to pay all monies owed to these individuals, but with one caveat.  Any funds requested during a two week period in early May that were subsequently frozen by US authorities while in transit will not be available to players or affiliates. 

The US Justice Department froze funds heading to US players in mid May as part of an investigation into online gambling payment processors. 

Online Poker Traffic: PartyPoker Pulls Away from iPoker

With Full Tilt Poker shut down and PartyPoker eliminating tournament fees, the online poker traffic landscape has changed drastically in the past week.

BetOnSports Customers Receive Measly 4.6 Percent Payment After Five Years

BetUS.com Ends Its Online Gambling Affiliate Program

Alabama Political Gambling Corruption Case Enters 5th Week

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's gambling corruption trial has started its fifth week with an FBI agent testifying about his role in helping lead the investigation.

Agent John McEachern returned to the witness stand Tuesday morning in federal court in Montgomery. He is being questioned by a defense lawyer for state Sen. Quinton Ross about wiretap recordings where Ross asked VictoryLand casino owner Milton McGregor for campaign contributions. Defense attorney Lewis Gillis says the calls were routine fundraising requests in preparation for Ross' re-election campaign.

PartyPoker Becomes Second Largest Online Poker Room as Full Tilt Poker Implodes