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…
Fortune Poker is closing its doors on March 31 after nine years in the online poker business. Though no specific reasons were cited, a brief announcement on the company's site suggested that Fortune was another victim of the poker downturn that's impacted online and land-based casinos alike. Here's what the company said about the impending…
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_32726" align="alignright" width="275" caption="Governor Chris Christie"][/caption] Governor Chris Christie signed New Jersey's long awaited online gambling bill into law yesterday after the State Senate granted its final approval. It's a huge moment for the Garden State's beleaguered Atlantic City Casinos and the opening of a new space race in the US online gambling market.…
[caption id="attachment_32635" align="alignright" width="252" caption="Phil Helmuth"][/caption] Phil Helmuth With 13 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets under his belt, Wisconsin-born Phil Helmuth is a big time poker player. Helmuth is also in possession of a big-time personality that sometimes draws the ire of his fellow players. He's been famously clashed with other players and is…
[caption id="attachment_32681" align="alignright" width="146" caption="Robbie Strazynski"][/caption] Gambling affiliates with an eye on the future know that breaking into the mobile market is a good move, but many aren't quite sure what it involves. While plenty of partners have optimized their sites for mobile without difficulty, creating their mobile app is another story entirely. To get…
Bwin's departure from the Ongame poker network has caused the company to put the brakes on their recent ring-fence liquidity plan. The plan was only available to select operators, though exactly which companies participated was never made public. Though not a lot is known about Ongame's decision to suspend the program, company CEO Martin Lersby…
[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…
#1 - Poker Stars Buys Full Tilt The Black Friday saga took another big turn when Poker Stars finalized a deal purchase Full Tilt Poker's assets from the US Department of Justice in April. By the end of the year, they had relaunched the legendary site and it was like all that nastiness never happened.…
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