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…
[caption id="attachment_31757" align="alignright" width="281" caption="The Atlantic Club has seen better days."][/caption] The struggling brick-and-mortar Atlantic City casino business could be getting a boost from an online poker giant if the Rational Group's bid to purchase the Atlantic Club Casino and Hotel. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, Rational Group, the owners of…
[caption id="attachment_31756" align="alignright" width="214" caption="John Shimmin"][/caption] Ever since the Isle of Man jurisdiction opened up their doors and began offering licenses to the online gaming industry years ago, the island has enjoyed all the economic benefits that's brought, like jobs. Now the tiny government is looking forward to continued growth in the gaming sector and…
The Full Tilt Poker latest news has been a whirlwind of a ride to keep up with over the past 18 months. Finally, it appears that following Full Tilt news has calmed down a bit. With the future of this brand a little less hazy, what can be expected out of Full Tilt over the…
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…
Full Tilt Poker will not be honoring payments to affiliates or tracking players to them when the site goes back online in November. The long awaited decision on affiliate money came in an e-mail from the Rational Group (the parent company of new FTP owner PokerStars). So why did affiliates get left out of the…
[caption id="attachment_28406" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Paypoint sells vouchers to Poker Stars players"][/caption] Things just got easier for Poker Stars customers, as they can now conveniently purchase new “Top UP” vouchers from Paypoint locations so they can make deposits to their accounts. All they have to do is go to anyone of the 24,000 retail outlets and…
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…
Full Tilt Poker has been granted an online gaming license by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission. This marks a major milestone in PokerStars' efforts to bring the long troubled online poker site back to life after Black Friday. The announcement came from the Rational Group, which recently acquired Full Tilt's assets, and liabilities,…
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