[caption id="attachment_33492" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Former Full Tilt CEO, Ray Bitar"][/caption] Former Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar will be pleading guiltyto charges relating to his role in the fraud case that brought down the American online poker industry. Bitar is in poor health and in need of a heart transplant and that's what motivated the…
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…
[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…
PokerRoom.com shut down this week with little notice to players or the press. It's the second time in as many years that the venerable online poker pioneer has shuttered its virtual doors, though this shutdown appears to be permanent. Visitors to the site were surprised to find a notice, posted early this week, informing them…
[caption id="attachment_32301" align="alignright" width="201" caption="Governor Christie supports online poker in NJ."][/caption] New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is ready to sign off an bill legalizing online poker in the Garden State, but would like to see a few changes before it becomes law. This week he issued conditional veto on House Bill AB 2578 and sent…
PokerStars is dipping its toes in the social gaming market with a new Facebook poker app called, PokerStars.net for Facebook.The new app is designed to work in conjunction with the company's free-to-play site PokerStars.net. PokerStars.net for Facebook is designed as a social game with chat, virtual items and most of the bells and whistles social…
The final nails are being hammered into Pocket Kings' coffin this week after a liquidator was appointed to handle the troubled site's remaining assets. It's just the latest chapter in the, seemingly, never-ending rain of Black Friday fallout. Pocket Kings was once part of the Full Tilt Poker portfolio and was purchased by the Rational…
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_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…
In yet another sign of the seismic changes rocking the online poker world, PokerStrategy and bwin.party are severing their longtime relationship. The reasons behind the breakup are still unclear and neither party is doling out much in the way of specifics. A press release posted on the PokerStrategy website said only: Unfortunately, as of midnight…
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