Ultimate Poker, Nevada's first legal online poker site is calling its first few days of operation an unqualified success. So many players were online that, at some points during the weekend, Ultimate Poker was the largest poker room in Nevada. According to a report in the Las Vegas Review Journal, the site, which went live…
[caption id="attachment_33854" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The Feritta brothers, ready for action."][/caption] Today is launch day for Ultimate Poker, the first legal online poker site in the United States. It's a huge step forward for the American gambling industry and a major coup for Ultimate's parent company Feritta Interactive. Ferrita Interative entered the Nevada poker race early…
[caption id="attachment_33259" align="alignright" width="253" caption="Boyd Gaming CEO, Keith Smith"][/caption] Is the New Jersey online poker market a better deal for big operators than Nevada? That's what Boyd Gaming CEO Keith Smith suggested in a recent interview with EGR Magazine. Boyd pointed to Nevada's relatively small population (less than 3 million) as one of the biggest…
888 Holdings has been awarded a Nevada Online Gaming License. They're the twentieth company to be awarded the opportunity to develop online poker in the Silver State. The company has already entered a partnership with Caesars Entertainment Corporation and is expected to have a product online by May of this year. As part of that…
[caption id="attachment_32598" align="alignright" width="160" caption="Gambling attorney Davide Gzesh"][/caption] (In Part One of our interview with Nevada gambling lawyer David Gzesh we discussed what legal online gambling in the US might mean for affiliates. In Part Two, we'll focus on what might be in store for the two big players in the US market, Nevada and…
[caption id="attachment_32624" align="alignright" width="267" caption="Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval"][/caption] The State of Nevada took a giant leap forward in the online poker race today when Governor Brian Sandoval signed an interstate online poker bill into law. Assembly Bill 44 was fast tracked through the legislative process and received unanimous approval in a joint session of the…
Paddy Power is going after the mobile market market in a big way with the release of their new Vegas-themed gaming app. Vegas is geared specifically towards iOS-powered devices and is available to UK and Irish players. The 15 casino games in the new app are designed with a playful and irreverent tone that, no…
[caption id="attachment_31852" align="alignright" width="267" caption="Nevada Governor, Brian Sandoval"][/caption] Nevada needs interstate online poker legislation and they need it fast. That's the gist of remarks Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval made in his State of the State Address this week. Sandoval is hoping that the Nevada State Legislature will move forward a bill allowing the Governor to…
[caption id="attachment_31509" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="There's Lots Of New Markets Coming in 2013"][/caption] Now that online gaming is a global industry with emerging and regulated markets becoming more prominent and public, affiliates need to know how to capitalize on this ever-changing international legal landscape. Affiliates need to understand that with regulated markets, everyone will have to…
[caption id="attachment_31520" align="alignright" width="266" caption="Nevada Gaming Control Chair, A.G. Burnett"][/caption] With one eye on the future, the Nevada state legislature is considering a bill allowing the state to enter into interstate online poker compacts. Lawmakers and Gaming Control officials stated a lack of Federal legislation as their main motivation for the change, but there's clearly…
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