All posts by David Raker

Sheldon Adelson Dominated in Spending Efforts to Stop Online Gaming

Despite lacking any concrete studies or facts to back up his efforts, Sheldon Adelson poses a serious threat to the spread of online gaming in the United States. The Las Vegas Sands Chairman is worth over $37 billion and has said that he’ll spend “whatever it takes” to stop internet gaming. But if this is […]

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US Online Poker Halting 7-Year Casino Poker Revenue Decline

Over the past few years, a number of US casinos have closed their poker rooms, including M Resorts, Palms Casino, Circus Circus and Atlantic City’s Revel. It’s certainly not hard to see why either because many land-based poker rooms aren’t making any profits. Since 2007, when poker was at its peak in America, annual poker […]

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Parx Casino joins GameAccount Network Ready for Pennsylvania Online Poker

When it comes to online gaming in Pennsylvania, the question seems to be when, rather than if. Many expect the Quaker State to be among the first to follow Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey into the US regulated internet gaming market. Parx Casino in Bensalem, PA is getting a head start on the competition by […]

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Despite Online Poker Struggles, Delaware’s June iGaming Revenue up 7%

The latest numbers released by the Delaware Lottery show that the state’s online gaming revenue experienced a 7.14% increase in June. The state’s iGaming operation took in $187,994 in June, compared to $175,410 in May. Online casino games saw a massive 124% spike after generating $162,337 in June revenue, compared to $72,537 in May. This […]

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Nevada

Ultimate Gaming partners with El Cortez and more Nevada Casinos

The 2014 World Series of Poker didn’t do much for Ultimate Gaming and their online poker room, Ultimate Poker. After watching their main Nevada competitor, WSOP.com, receive over a 50% traffic boost from the 2014 WSOP, Ultimate Poker saw their traffic increase by a meager 10%. A large part of this was because Caesars Entertainment […]

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Harvard Study Destroys Notion That Online Poker Causes Addiction

Throughout the year, Sheldon Adelson has been feeding the American public a substantial amount of garbage regarding the evils of online poker. Using hokey one-liners such as “click your mouse and lose your house” and buying politicians like Lindsey Graham, the Las Vegas Sands CEO is doing his best to halt online poker and casino […]

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New Jersey

Betfair New Jersey in Trouble if Trump Plaza Casino Closes

The future looks bleak for Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino after they laid off 1,000 workers and stated that they might close on September 16th. Trump Entertainment Resorts tried to sell the Atlantic City-based Plaza for $20 million in April, 2013, only to have the deal blocked by the mortgage holder, billionaire Carl Icahn, who […]

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Nevada

Nevada Okays Linking System That Could Start Interstate Poker

InterState Poker has been working between two states recently; for the past few months, Delaware and Nevada have had an agreement in place that allows both states to share online poker player pools. Of course, these things take time so no major steps have been completed in the process of linking their players pools up […]

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