Monthly Archives: January 2014

New Jersey

Atlantic Club Sold for $23.4m – Should They Have Stuck With PokerStars Deal?

Well the saga of the ailing Atlantic Club Casino has finally come to an end. Caesars Entertainment and Tropicana Entertainment bought the casino and its assets for the combined price of $23.4 million. Caesars get the property and its 800 hotel rooms for $15 million, while Tropicana take 1,641 slot machines and 48 table games […]

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Poker News

Yet Another Poll shows Americans are in Favor of Online Poker

Not long ago, we discussed a poll by OnlinePokerReport that showed that over 60% of Americans strongly approve of or are indifferent to online poker. And now, yet another respectable survey has been released that shows how Americans are in favor of legal and regulated internet poker. Reason.com ran the poll and they asked: “Do […]

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PokerStars

PokerStars’ 2014 New Year’s Resolution: Keep investing in US Online Poker

You certainly can’t accuse PokerStars of not having perseverance. After a year in which their online gaming applications were rejected in both New Jersey and Nevada, PokerStars are still committed to the US online poker market. In fact, they are very “confident” that they’ll make some major progress in the United States in 2014. Eric […]

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New York

William Barbalat avoids serving time in prison for running Russian Mob poker games

Another defendant has managed to dodge prison time in connection with a Russian mob-run poker ring. William Barbalat, who operated illegal underground poker games in New York City, recently stood before Judge Jesse Furman in a Manhattan Federal courtroom. Thanks to a plea deal that he accepted, Barbalat received two years of probation and 200 […]

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin Native American Tribe Eyeing Online Poker

So far, regulated online poker in the United States has been all about the big-name casinos. But the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa First Nation peoples are looking to interrupt this monopoly by running their own online poker operation. The Lac du Flambeau Chippewa tribe operate the Lake of the Torches Resort […]

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California

Phil Laak’s Property on the Line in Back Taxes Case

Phil ‘The Unibomber’ Laak recently had a bomb dropped on him when the state of California served a lien on his personal property for unpaid taxes. Laak owes $24,874 for state taxes that he didn’t pay in 2010 and 2011. Assuming Laak refuses to or can’t pay the taxes, he could lose some or all […]

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