Gambling News
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.
Level Media Grabs CostaBingo.com Account
Online gaming firm Mandalay Media Group retains iGaming marketing firm for development of exciting new brands and new business ventures
London, United Kingdom – April 26, 2011– Following its work on the newly launched FancyBingo.com and the well established and highly successful CostaBingo.com, owners Mandalay Media Group has announced the appointment of Level Media in a long term deal.
Clonie Gowen Lawsuit Sheds Some Light on Full Tilt Poker Corporate Structure
Poker “Snitch” Daniel Tzvetkoff Bankrupt and in Witness Protection Program
The man who helped take down Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and UB.com is bankrupt and stuck in a US witness protection program.
Daniel Tzvetkoff, the 25-year-old Australian wiz kid profiled on Gambling911.com just hours before the April 15, 2011 bust went down, is profiled in even more lurid details on the pages of the Sydney Morning Herald Monday by Cosima Marriner.
UB.com: We Want You After All US Players, But Is It Russian Roulette?
Following the crackdown on UB.com and two other online poker enterprises last week, all three companies abandoned the US market…..or sort of.
Most Bank Accounts Froze in Online Poker Crackdown Belong to Full Tilt Poker, Founder
Restraining Orders, Frozen Accounts for PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, UB.com Now Up
Online Gambling Zealot Spencer Bachus Lets District Down
Spencer Bachus Votes Against Derivative Regulations Against Best Interest of District in Agony
The man who hates online poker and other forms of Web gambling, Spencer Bachus, who also acts as the House Financial Services Committee, is helping to exasperate the agony of his district of Jefferson County. This is the claim of Joe Nocera of the New York Times.
PokerStars Shills on the Defensive
UNDER APPARENT ORDERS NOT TO DISCUSS BUSTS
It's a conspiracy!
Or is it?
Globe and Mail Intimate Look at PokerStars Founder
The Globe and Mail released quite a fascinating look at the man behind PokerStars, Israeli-born (or perhaps Canadian-born) Isai Scheinberg.
Land-based Poker Rooms Report Modest Increases Since Online Poker Crackdown
With last week’s crackdown on the three biggest online poker rooms, some of the biggest beneficiaries have been the Vegas card rooms.
Absolute Poker, UB.com Issues Statement Regarding Indictments
Absolute Poker, including the UB (formerly Ultimate Bet) brand, hereafter "Absolute Poker," issued the following statement today:
Many Dead in Karachi Gambling Club Explosion
At least 16 people were killed and 40 others wounded after a bomb went off in one of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest gambling clubs Thursday night.
According to CNN International, Raja Umar Khitab, a senior police official in Karachi, said the bomb was placed under a table at the club and consisted of at least 2 kg (about 4.5 pounds) of explosive material. The blast made a crater at the site, he added.
The explosion happened in the port city's Ghass Mandi section, police spokesman Muhammad Saleem said.