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Arizona Couple Indicted In $25,000 Casino ScamMark Allen Lomayestewa and Henrietta Wagner now face dozens of counts of embezzlement and theft in U.S. District Court after the couple was discovered skimming more than $25,000 from Casino Arizona’s player loyalty system. Arizona Department of Gaming says that Lomayestewa, a former employee of the property, falsified player-rating documents to inflate the amount that […]
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Men Of Action: Richard "The Big Bluffer" NixonRichard Nixon stood in a crowd of several thousand soldiers, mostly members of New Zealand’s Third Division, and watched as a plane carrying aviation hero Charles Lindbergh taxi on the tarmac on Green Island in the South Pacific. His visit was supposed to be a morale-boosting treat for the troops, but he was upstaged. A […]
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Christmas Day $1,000 Freeroll At BetVictor PokerThe 12 Days Of Christmas poker festival gets off to a flying start at BetVictor Poker tonight, December 25, with a $1,000 freeroll at 20:30 CET. The next dozen days see a wide variety of festive freebies and goodie giveaways in this seasonal promotion. The schedule for the next few days includes: December 25, 2012 […]
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NV Casinos Take Giant Step Toward Online PokerNevada legalized web poker in June 2011 and adopted the rules for the industry in December 2011, all of which provided casino companies the sole power operate poker sites. The Silver State business landscape is dominated by its longstanding gambling industry, which lawmakers and regulators wanted to protect as gaming reaches a new frontier. It […]
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Romania & Bulgaria Dominate BetVictor ClubWith the holiday season upon us the BetVictor Club free-play poker league is hotting up with Bulgaria dominating the 550-strong field. “chichokoko” currently holds the top spot with 1861.28 points followed closely by “kejsi180” from Poland. Romania and Bulgaria take up six of the top 10 spots, punching well above the 20 percent of players […]
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Bodog Launches Anonymous Poker SeriesThe Asian-facing Bodog Poker Network has announced its latest venture, the Anonymous Poker Tour which will see both live and online quaifying events culminate in a $100,000 Grand Final in Manila in January 2014. No details about stops on the Tour or the times of online event have been given yet and the press release […]
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PokerStars Says German Regulation Protects PlayersPokerStars, the world’s largest online poker company, has thanked the German state of Schleswig-Holstein for granting it a license to operate in the territory. Guy Templar, head of business development, said the move would protect consumers and jobs: “By opening up the market, Schleswig-Holstein has demonstrated its understanding of German players’ needs and the prevailing […]
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The Poker Year In Review - April 2012Kevin Vandersmissen wins €420,000 at the Irish Open, Sam Trickett scoops a $2 million pot in Macau and Scott Seiver won the Party Poker Premier League V for $500,000. Unibet buys Bet24 while Israel protects internet freedoms and allows poker players to continue to play. Morten Christensen takes down $410,000 at World Poker Tour Vienna. […]
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Poll: One In Four Americans OK With Web GamblingOn the Friday before Christmas 2011, the federal government announced it relaxed its position on intrastate web gambling by surprisingly clarifying a law from the 1960s. Despite states being allowed to pursue the web gambling business on their own terms, only about a quarter of Americans are OK with that, according to a poll from […]
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The Poker Year In Review - March 2012The owner of the ill-fated Epic Poker League files for bankruptcy to the surprise of almost no-one in the industry. Shufflemaster entered into an agreement to buy bwin’s online poker network Ongame while bwin.party applied for an online gaming license in Nevada. Issac Haxton beat Viktor “Isildur1” Blom in a SuperStar Showdown and the EU […]
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Sky Poker Opens Santa’s GrottoSky Poker is giving away £3,000 in free money today, Sunday December 23. The Santa’s Grotto Freeroll at 7.15 GMT will see the top five players win prizes such as an iPad, iPad mini, Kindle Fire and, of course, cash. To enter simply sign up for an account at Sky Poker if you don’t already […]
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Umerah Wins bestbet Jacksonville College Poker ChallengeAfter a successful debut in October, bestbet Jacksonville brought back a holiday edition of the College Poker Challenge. A total of 98 players bought into the events, which awarded prize drawings for each entry good for TVs, iPads, NFL and NCAA football tickets and more. The eventual winner was Ononike Umerah, a senior at the […]
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New Stops Added To Card Player Poker TourThe Card Player Poker Tour is pleased to announce the addition of three new stops to the 2013 CPPT schedule. The action kicks off in Las Vegas at the Wynn Hotel and Casino in late February. The 12-event series will start with a four-day $500+$50 no-limit hold’em event and will conclude with the five-day $5,000+$180 […]
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The Poker Year In Review - February 2012The Italian Poker Tour gets a two-time winner in the form of Oleksii Kovalchuk while French rapper Bruno “Kool Shen” Lopez wins the Euro Finals of Poker Diamond Championship. In industry news Spain decided to hasten its move towards the regulation and liberalization of its online gambling market and PokerStars established a .eu site with […]
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William Hill’s Sportingbet Plans ChallengedWilliam Hill and GVC have agreed to buy Sportingbet for £454 million, down for the initial amount of €530 million as a result of recent poor results at Sportingbet. William Hill will take on Sportingbet’s Australian operation as part of its strategy of international expansion as well as the “miapuesta” brand in Spain. Chief Executive […]
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Gus Hansen Down $2.6 Million Since FTP RelaunchHe just keeps losing. Another poor week at the tables has poker professional Gus Hansen down $2.6 million on Full Tilt Poker this year, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. He lost about $370,000 since last Friday. The losses have made the Danish star by far the biggest loser on the software since it relaunched […]
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Pinnacle Buys Ameristar Casinos For $869 MillionOn Friday, casino giant Pinnacle Entertainment (NYSE: PNK) agreed to buy Ameristar Casinos (NASDAQ: ASCA) for $869 million, more than doubling its number of casino properties. Pinnacle, which owns seven casinos in Louisiana, Indiana and Missouri, as well as a racetrack in Ohio, will now take over operations at eight other Ameristar properties in Nevada, […]
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Bernard Lee's Full House Charity Donates Holiday GiftsProfessional poker player Bernard Lee donated holiday packages worth about $250 each to more than 50 children in the Lawrence, Mass. area as part of The Full House Charity Program, which provides a minimum of $20,000 annually to organizations across New England that focus on children. “In the spirit of the holiday season, my hope […]
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PokerStars To Open Madrid Poker RoomPokerStars is to open a state-of-the-art poker room at Casino Gran, Madrid, Spain after the two companies struck a partnership deal. The poker room, currently under construction and scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2013, will have over 20 tables and have capacity for more than 200 players with plans to serve up […]
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The Poker Year In Review - January 20122012 got under with with the crowing of two new champions – Jason Wheeler wins Online Player of the Year and Ben Lamb is Player of the Year. They’re quickly followed by Dave Shallow winning the World Poker Tour Dublin and Viktor Blom taking down the PCA Super High Roller In business Gabi Campos steps […]
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Zynga Poker iPhone App Has Great YearStruggling Zynga Inc. can take some solace in its “social” poker application being the highest-grossing game in the U.S. and U.K. for Apple’s iPhone in 2012, the Guardian reported. Zynga has applied to be involved with a Nevada online poker market, which could expand beyond its borders if the feds ever legalize the activity or […]
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New Jersey Online Gambling Bill Goes To GovernorNew Jersey’s 40-seat Senate approved a bill during a Thursday session that would allow intrastate online gambling. It now goes to the governor for possible signature. Among those who voted, 33 were in favor, while three were against the plan. The legislation has been speedily pushed through the legislature before the end of 2012. The […]
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Poker Hand Of The Week: What's Your Play?Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they’ll come up with dozens of different opinions. That’s just the nature of the game. Each week, Card Player will select a […]
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PKR’s 36-Event Christmas Cracker Starts FridayOnline poker site, PKR.com, launches its 36-event Christmas Cracker tournament festival tomorrow, Friday December 21, with $215,000 guaranteed in prize money over 12 days until January 1. Each day there are three events – one each at low, medium and high stakes – ranging in buy in from $1.50 to $100. As an additional Christmas […]
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Caesars Interactive Scores Nevada Web Poker LicenseCaesars Interactive Entertainment Inc., which will utilize its popular World Series of Poker brand as well as software from Gibraltar-based 888 Holdings, received a Nevada license Thursday to eventually operate real-money online poker games. The games would be intrastate until a federal bill passes, or a deal is brokered between Nevada and another state that […]
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Redbet Gaming Joins Ongame Poker NetworkThe blow of losing its largest operator, bwin, was softened somewhat at the Ongame poker network this week as it announced the signing of Swedish-listed online gaming operator Redbet. The two-year licensing deal will see Ongame power not just Redbet.com, but also Whitebet.com, and Heypoker.com. Redbet was formerly on the Entraction/IGT network which was recently […]
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The 12 Days Of Christmas At BetVictor PokerChristmas comes but once a year and at BetVictor Poker it offers 12 chances to boost your bankroll. The festive 12 Days of Christmas freebies get underway with a €1,000 freeroll on Christmas Day and come to a Christmassy conclusion 12 days later on January 5 with €2,500 worth of freerolls. In between there’s goodie […]
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Texas To Legalize Texas Hold'em Poker?The state of Texas might soon allow poker at its existing gambling establishments. A bill introduced this week calls for licensing live poker for businesses within the state. The bill implies that cash game stakes could be whatever the house wants, but the text says that tournaments have a buy-in limit of $100. The law […]
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Lederer Forfeits Millions As Part Of DOJ SettlementJust weeks after Rafe Furst settled with the U.S. Department of Justice, fellow former Full Tilt board member Howard Lederer has done the same. In exchange for the opportunity to admit to no wrongdoing in the civil complaint that stemmed from Black Friday, Lederer will forfeit more than $1.25 million and several pieces of real […]
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POY: Rettenmaier and Smith Make Last Minute PushThe 2012 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker, has entered it’s final push. With only weeks left in the year, some of the top contenders in the POY race managed to put up some incredibly last-minute results, and here’s a look: European Poker Tour Prague Festival The EPT Prague festival […]
