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G911 World Exclusive: Jay Cohen Prosecutor Defending Full Tilt Poker
Blanca Games Issues Statement re: Costa Rica Raids on Absolute Poker, UB.com Office
Blanca Games Inc. (“Blanca”), operator of online poker rooms Absolute Poker and UB, issued the following statement today:
Head of Employment Agency Threatens to Report UB.com to Feds
Disgruntled Employees at Center of Costa Rican Raids on Internet Poker Businesses
US Feds Seize Home of Playboy Playmate Destiny Davis in Online Poker Crackdown
Holder: Case Against Online Poker Sites Involved Substantial Money
Oddsmakers Contemplate What’s Next for the Ground Zero Mosque Property
Breaking: Absolute Poker and UB to focus on Non-U.S Markets and Software Biz
Note: This is the official statement released by UB.com, Absolute Poker and Blanca Games Inc. by their Public Relations Department directly to Gambling911.com.
Online Poker Prosecutor Preet Bharara Goes After Deutsche Bank
DoJ Oversight Hearing: Holder Doesn’t Know if Poker is Game of Skill
The House Judiciary Committee held a Department of Justice oversight hearing Tuesday morning with a short question related to whether poker is a game of skill or chance.
Macau Casino Revenue up 44.6 Percent
(Reuters) - Casino revenue in Macau, the world's biggest gaming market, rose 44.6 percent in April to 20.5 billion patacas ($2.56 billion).
Tiger Woods May Have Been Down $250,000 in Las Vegas
Word on the street is that Tiger Woods returned to Las Vegas this past weekend and may have been down as much as $250,000 at Mandalay Bay.
UB.com Loses More Than Three Quarters of Its Online Poker Traffic
It’s been a hard fall for UB.com and Absolute Poker as the network has lost more than three quarters of its online poker traffic post-indictments.
UB.com and Absolute Poker were caught up in an April 15 crackdown by US law enforcement along with PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Each were charged with money laundering and bank fraud. The three sites also had their domain names seized by the US Justice Department.
Bin Laden Dead Odds to Pay Out
US President Barack Obama was to announce that Osama Bin Laden is dead Sunday night.
Betting exchanges and online gambling websites have offered odds on his capture or death for years with varying prices. 6 percent of those betting this contract at intrade.com believed he would be captured or killed before year’s end.
News organizations reported that the US had recovered the body of Bin Laden and conducted a DNA sample to prove the world’s biggest terrorist’s death.
Gold Strike Casino in Tunica to pay Employees During Tunica Closure
Tunica Casinos Could Stay Closed for One Month
The recent flooding along the Mississippi River has resulted in a financial disaster for the Tunica casinos, which were forced to close over the weekend and may remain so for another month.
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has stated that the river reached flood stage in Tunica County Friday, however, the forecasted crest will not take place until May 12 at over 52 feet.
Full Tilt Poker Payouts to Begin Next Week
According to the popular website LawDonk.com, Full Tilt Poker is to begin making payouts to US customer beginning some time next week.
DOJ Oversight Committee May 3: Online Poker Indictments to be Addressed
Merge Poker Shoots Up Into Top 10 But With One Important Caveat
Another Man Arrested in Connection with Online Poker Crackdown
By Susannah Nesmith
Special Needs Poker Players Hurt by “Black Friday” Fallout: 50,000 Enter Jobs Market
Antigua Online Gambling Summit Could Address Issue With UB.com, Absolute Poker
Microgaming Online Casinos Pulling out of US Market
Reports have surfaced that Microgaming, one of the largest providers of online casinos, will no longer allow US players.
The company had previously pulled its poker network out of the US market following attempts by the Commonwealth of Kentucky to seize several dozen online gambling-related domain names. Some Microgaming casinos continued to operate in states where the activity was not specifically deemed illegal.
The move appears to have coincided with a crackdown against the three largest US-facing Internet poker rooms on April 15.
