For those wishing to take their online tournament winnings straight to the ATM, or straight to the bar, MasterCard has a solution for you. Payment companies Intercash and TransSend have together created a MasterCard for the online gamer. The pre-paid card is now available in Europe.
European Commissioner for Internal Markets Charlie McCreevy has said he will push ahead with plans to prosecute member states who discriminate against competition from gambling firms in other states.
Speaking yesterday in Brussels to news agency Bloomberg, he said, “If member states wish to ban gambling, well, then I won’t cry at night about it. But they can’t be discriminatory against legally authorized gambling companies from other member states.”
Two conservative Republican senators have sent a letter to the chairmen of the U.S. Treasury Department of Federal Reserve System outlining concerns about the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).
Senators John E. Sununu of New Hampshire and Pete Domenici of New Mexico called for the two government agencies who are responsible for enforcing the UIGEA to amend its proposed enforcement rules to clarify just what transactions banks must block.
In the latest 2 2 dramabomb, David Sklansky goes into detail about some alleged blackmail/threatening/panty and pube shaving (NSFW) incident with WCP fave crazy girl Brandi Hawbaker.
In news just as surprising as learning that David Sklansky is a creepy old man or Phil Ivey has made another WPT final table, one-time online poker site owner and sex tape star Pamela Anderson has declared her marriage to fellow porn tape-er/poker-er Rick Salomon a fraud.
Pamela Anderson Calls Marriage to Poker Player Rick Salomon a Fraud
Congressman George Miller, Chairman of the House Democratic Policy Committee has become the latest congressman to sign up to Rep. Barney Frank’s Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act, a bill that was introduced last year to create an exemption to the current ban on online gambling for properly licensed operators.
CryptoLogic Limited has appointed Brian Hadfield as the company’s President and CEO following the departure of Javaid Aziz. Mr. Aziz is said to have retired from corporate life to be with his family, having led the company to renewed profitability in Europe as well as spearheading its entry into Asia.
Police said Tuesday they raided a home where they said much more than strip poker was being played.
Police said a man turned a poker game with neighborhood residents into his business, with thousands of dollars on the table, high-priced buy-ins, credit card machines and occasionally, nudity.
Will the State of California call for an in-depth study into online poker? Yes, if state legislator Lloyd Levine has anything to say about it.
Will a California Study Lead to Legalized Online Poker Within the State?
The UK Gambling Industry is once again in the national press right now and another mixed week looks to be ahead. Since the 2005 Gambling Act was implemented in September the UK Gaming Industry has enjoyed some conflicting highs and lows which have included being able to advertise on TV for the first time and also a major U-turn on the plans for England’s first ‘Super-Casino’.
According to industry sources, officials in America have begun inquiries into the founders of online casino PartyGaming.com.
In America, a leading anti-casino strategist has joined the fight against a plan by the Governor of the eastern state of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, to open three resort casinos while also banning online gambling.
A former executive from Gamebookers will be in charge of everything from online poker to sports betting at PartyGaming.
The online gaming company named former Gamebookers Chief Exec John O’Malia Chief Games Officer who will be responsible for all of Party’s games.
O’Malia will report to PartyGaming CEO Mitch Garber and Finance Director Martin Weigold.
Betfair Poker have once again proved they have the same eye for talent and poaching ability as Arsene Wenger or Harry Redknapp. Today they have announced the signing of Sorel Mizzi. Mizzi is possibly the best all round online player in the world right now and a perfect fit to a team that already includes Annette Obrestad.
Students attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have an abundance of poker options at hand. Because of the many choices available to UNC students, it’s been a great year for the game — even though the school is without a weekly poker program and the state is without any casinos. Students looking for local free tournaments or small-stakes action should be delighted in all that the city of Chapel Hill offers.
College Poker Life: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
The UK gambling industry is coming under fire from several, drastically different, divisions of the gaming sector this week. This is a result of some conflicting news item over the last few weeks and the 2005 Gambling Act.
Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth is one of the most played back at players in the world. Everybody wants to say they bust the 11 time WSOP bracelet winner – either because of his achievements or his infamous blow ups. Well, it isn’t just the poker players who are having a pop at him this week, top London hotel the Dorchester showed very little UK hospitality when they asked him to leave their premises.
It’s taken him twenty years to do it, but this morning Andy Black has woken up a champion. This weekend saw the affable Irishman win his first major poker tournament after he was the last man standing at the PartyPoker.com Premier League final table.
A routine observation of the traffic at DoingPoker revealed some unusual activity. After further investigation, it seems likely that the site uses robotic players, or bots, to fill up the games and create the illusion of an active player base.
It should be noted that this conclusion is an inference based solely on outside observation. It cannot be proven to a certainty. DoingPoker’s management claims that the players are human testers. Some of the evidence that led to the conclusion that they are bots is presented here, and readers are invited to investigate for themselves and make their own judgments.
PokerStars have unveiled a pair of big money promotions in February that reward both new members and loyal regulars at the same time. This month, over $2 million will be won via freerolls being run on the site.
