Merge Gaming is canceling the practice of player to player (P2P) chip transfers effective November 1. Though no official reason was given, a report on 4flush.com said the move was made to combat a thriving market in, for-profit, chip sales and transfers; and possibly by the launch of Carbon Sports Brokering chip transfers from US players…
In my previous two articles of this series we took a walk down memory lane together and reminisced on "The Good Old Days of Online Poker." You know, the days when money seemed to grow on trees and there wasn’t a worry in the world. Sadly, those days are long gone. Being a US poker…
Nevada lawmakers Harry Reid and John Kyl have removed language penalizing poker players who deposit in unlicensed sites from the latest draft of their online poker bill. The unpopular provision, which stated: To deter U.S. players from patronizing illegal sites, the bill makes explicit that any property involved in or traceable to a gambling transaction…
One Canadian man, or woman, is funneling some serious cash their way at the online poker tables. A new, unidentified poker player at PokerStars who goes by the handle '1Il|1Il|1il|' is taking on some of the world's best and winning big. Nicknamed "Barcode" due to the appearance of their online screenname, the individual is up…
[caption id="attachment_28497" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="South Point Poker Wants People To Work For Them."][/caption] As predicted years ago, we are now seeing the first of the “big benefits” that the legal online gaming industry is bringing to the US economy, and that is the creation of much needed jobs. The Republican Party might want to read this…
When is a gambling website not really a gambling website? That's what the owners of Cafrino.com, a free-to-play poker site are trying to work out with the California State Attorney General's Office. The AG's Office says that anytime someone plays poker for something of value, that it's covered under statutes banning online poker. (Cafrino players…
[caption id="attachment_28330" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Players are one DOJ step closer to getting money back"][/caption] There have been some recent movements with the progress of Full Tilt Poker’s legal status and what’s going on with the revived gaming brand. Now it looks like they have just sent out an email to players advising them that the…
When you've been in the iGaming industry for as long as Randy Layman has, one would think that you'd become a bit cynical and hard-edged. That's not the case with Randy-- he genuinely seems like the nicest.guy.ever, who truly values the friendships he's made in the industry over the years. Don't mistake his sweet demeanor…
Online poker is a brutal business where hundreds of poker rooms compete for a relatively small number of players. So it's not surprising to find the road to poker success littered with the burned out remains of the poker rooms that didn't make the cut. Here's few of them that should stir your memories. PokerRoom.com…
FeltStars Poker Room on the Merge Gaming Network is closing down, according to an announcement released today. While no reason was given for the shutdown, company officials do a have a reimbursement plan for players already in place. So far, there's no words on how affiliate payments will be handled. Here's what they had to…
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